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Landon Crispens
Dec 8, 2025
Landon Crispens
The Best MTG Sorceries of 2025 for Commander
Our 2025 reviews are chugging along. Today we're bringing you our picks for the best sorceries of the year for Commander players.
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The Walls of Ba Sing Se
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion24 decks27 decks
74%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
64%synergy
Fleet Swallower
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
56%synergy
Traumatize
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
55%synergy
Wall of Frost
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
54%synergy
Mind Grind
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
54%synergy
Mindcrank
63%inclusion17 decks27 decks
51%synergy
Keening Stone
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
51%synergy
Bonehoard
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
50%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Fraying Sanity
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
48%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
47%synergy
Thought Collapse
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
45%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
44%synergy
Ruin Crab
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
40%synergy
Drown in the Loch
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
38%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
38%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
41%synergy
Psychic Strike
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
41%synergy
Game Changers
Narset, Parter of Veils
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Notion Thief
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
43%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
42%synergy
Nighthowler
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
38%synergy
Manic Scribe
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
39%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
38%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
31%synergy
Hover Barrier
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
33%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Eater of the Dead
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
32%synergy
Glacial Wall
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Tree of Perdition
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
24%synergy
The Ancient One
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Tide Drifter
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
22%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Fog Bank
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Mist
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Avatar of Woe
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
The Mindskinner
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Deceit
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Wall of Air
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Aegis Turtle
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Monastery Flock
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Wall of Junk
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Runes
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Undead Alchemist
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Jace's Mindseeker
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Riddlekeeper
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Shield Sphere
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Hedron Crab
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Negate
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Counterspell
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
-19%synergy
Thought Scour
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Didn't Say Please
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
25%synergy
Into the Story
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Intellectual Offering
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Psychic Spiral
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Crypt Incursion
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Careful Consideration
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Opt
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Murder
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Memory Plunder
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Visions of Beyond
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Archive Trap
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Dark Ritual
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-24%synergy
Reality Shift
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Aetherize
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Expel from Orazca
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Denial
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-14%synergy
Induce Paranoia
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Pongify
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-7%synergy
Thirst for Discovery
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Brainstorm
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-23%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Soul Manipulation
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Countermand
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Spinal Embrace
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-9%synergy
Drown in Dreams
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Behold the Multiverse
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Dig Through Time
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Perplex
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-9%synergy
Narset's Reversal
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Scour for Scrap
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Magic Damper
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
35%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
30%synergy
Whispering Madness
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
38%synergy
Cut Your Losses
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Pilfered Plans
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
31%synergy
Extract from Darkness
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Singularity Rupture
24%inclusion4 decks17 decks
12%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Read the Bones
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Windfall
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Aether Gale
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Dark Deal
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Breaking Wave
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Fascination
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Decree of Pain
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Mind Funeral
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Brainspoil
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Mind Sculpt
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Treasure Cruise
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Toxic Deluge
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-15%synergy
Sign in Blood
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Tunnel Vision
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Divination
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Eldritch Pact
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Profane Tutor
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Increasing Confusion
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Bond of Insight
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Dread Return
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Bitter Ordeal
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Dread Summons
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Walk the Plank
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Extinguish All Hope
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Sadistic Sacrament
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Notion Rain
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Lightning Greaves
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
19%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Folio of Fancies
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Jester's Cap
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Altar of the Brood
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Sands of Delirium
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Sentinel Totem
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Cathar's Shield
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Weathered Runestone
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Sword of the Paruns
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Crumbling Sanctuary
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Grindstone
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Requiem Monolith
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Cryogen Relic
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
World Map
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
25%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Court of Cunning
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
20%synergy
Memory Erosion
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Jace's Erasure
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Drowned Secrets
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Leyline of the Void
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Freed from the Real
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Animate Dead
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-4%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
31%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Jace Beleren
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
43%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Bojuka Bog
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-20%synergy
Temple of the False God
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-17%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Field of Ruin
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Skyline Cascade
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Barren Moor
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
85%inclusion23 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Signet
78%inclusion21 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Arcane Signet
63%inclusion17 decks27 decks
-21%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
-7%synergy
Mind Stone
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Commander's Sphere
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
35%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Sky Diamond
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Fellwar Stone
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Dimir Locket
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
19%synergy
Prismatic Lens
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
20%synergy
Thought Vessel
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-17%synergy
Worn Powerstone
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Sphere of the Suns
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Star Compass
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Thran Dynamo
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Hedron Archive
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Gilded Lotus
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion26 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Island
96%inclusion26 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
-21%synergy
Dismal Backwater
63%inclusion17 decks27 decks
47%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
40%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
41%synergy
Temple of Deceit
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Choked Estuary
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
-7%synergy
Sunken Hollow
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
-29%synergy
Tainted Isle
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
-11%synergy
Fetid Pools
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
27%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
-23%synergy
Myriad Landscape
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Underground River
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-17%synergy
Exotic Orchard
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-18%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-25%synergy
Grixis Panorama
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Warped Landscape
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Salt Marsh
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Waterfront District
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Ice Tunnel
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Darkslick Shores
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-7%synergy
Path of Ancestry
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-21%synergy
Sunken Ruins
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-7%synergy
River of Tears
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-4%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Watery Grave
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-39%synergy
Treno, Dark City
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
3%synergy
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