Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget Optimized

Phenax, God of Deception
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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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Super Intelligence
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
95%inclusion40 decks42 decks
80%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
74%inclusion31 decks42 decks
72%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
57%inclusion24 decks42 decks
55%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
60%inclusion25 decks42 decks
55%synergy
Traumatize
60%inclusion25 decks42 decks
55%synergy
Keening Stone
55%inclusion23 decks42 decks
54%synergy
Fraying Sanity
57%inclusion24 decks42 decks
53%synergy
Mindcrank
64%inclusion27 decks42 decks
52%synergy
Fleet Swallower
55%inclusion23 decks42 decks
52%synergy
Wall of Frost
52%inclusion22 decks42 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Syr Konrad, the Grim
55%inclusion23 decks42 decks
42%synergy
Ruin Crab
55%inclusion23 decks42 decks
46%synergy
Bonehoard
52%inclusion22 decks42 decks
51%synergy
Nighthowler
52%inclusion22 decks42 decks
47%synergy
Fractured Sanity
52%inclusion22 decks42 decks
43%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
50%inclusion21 decks42 decks
39%synergy
Drown in the Loch
48%inclusion20 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
48%inclusion20 decks42 decks
46%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
48%inclusion20 decks42 decks
44%synergy
Mortivore
45%inclusion19 decks42 decks
44%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Creatures
Wall of Lost Thoughts
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
42%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
42%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
40%synergy
The Mindskinner
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
31%synergy
Hover Barrier
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
37%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
34%synergy
Tree of Perdition
36%inclusion15 decks42 decks
34%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
36%inclusion15 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
32%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
28%synergy
The Ancient One
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
28%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Glacial Wall
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Manic Scribe
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
22%synergy
Eater of the Dead
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
27%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
21%synergy
Aegis Turtle
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
26%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
23%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
25%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Fog Bank
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
23%synergy
Hedron Crab
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
20%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
21%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
18%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
12%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Air
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Monastery Flock
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Mist
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Runes
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Deceit
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Soulless Jailer
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Tide Drifter
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
-0%synergy
Avatar of Woe
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Undead Alchemist
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Thought Collapse
45%inclusion19 decks42 decks
42%synergy
Counterspell
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
-13%synergy
Psychic Strike
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
38%synergy
Negate
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Archive Trap
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
27%synergy
Into the Story
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
27%synergy
Didn't Say Please
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
24%synergy
Thought Scour
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
20%synergy
Crypt Incursion
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
22%synergy
Murder
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Intellectual Offering
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Dark Ritual
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
-20%synergy
Psychic Spiral
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Memory Plunder
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
-15%synergy
Visions of Beyond
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Careful Consideration
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Doom Blade
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Aetherize
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
0%synergy
Drown in Dreams
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Countermand
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Perplex
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Expel from Orazca
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Aetherspouts
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-9%synergy
Reality Shift
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-6%synergy
Turnabout
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-9%synergy
Arcane Denial
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-19%synergy
Opt
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
45%inclusion19 decks42 decks
40%synergy
Cut Your Losses
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
34%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
27%synergy
Extract from Darkness
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
26%synergy
Whispering Madness
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
28%synergy
Singularity Rupture
30%inclusion10 decks33 decks
18%synergy
Pilfered Plans
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
26%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
21%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Aether Gale
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Mind Funeral
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Breaking Wave
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Dark Deal
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Sign in Blood
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Decorum Dissertation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Windfall
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Eldritch Pact
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Bond of Insight
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Brainspoil
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Treasure Cruise
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Tome Scour
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Mind Sculpt
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Preordain
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-1%synergy
Toxic Deluge
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-16%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Divination
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Profane Tutor
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Fascination
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Feed the Swarm
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-28%synergy
Ringsight
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
0%synergy
Decree of Pain
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Startled Awake
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
River's Rebuke
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Extinguish All Hope
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Riverchurn Monument
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
30%synergy
The Water Crystal
31%inclusion11 decks35 decks
22%synergy
Lightning Greaves
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
-1%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
-3%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Altar of the Brood
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Profane Memento
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Folio of Fancies
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Jester's Cap
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Sands of Delirium
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Codex Shredder
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Weathered Runestone
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Sentinel Totem
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Grindstone
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-1%synergy
Trepanation Blade
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
25%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
32%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
36%inclusion15 decks42 decks
35%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
31%synergy
Court of Cunning
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
23%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
22%synergy
Memory Erosion
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
20%synergy
Jace's Erasure
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Drowned Secrets
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
10%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Intruder Alarm
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Charmed Sleep
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
36%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Jace Beleren
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
34%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
33%inclusion12 decks36 decks
28%synergy
Bojuka Bog
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
-12%synergy
Reliquary Tower
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
-12%synergy
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Rogue's Passage
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
-15%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-10%synergy
Barren Moor
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Halimar Depths
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Field of Ruin
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
83%inclusion35 decks42 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Signet
71%inclusion30 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion28 decks42 decks
-17%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
50%inclusion21 decks42 decks
-8%synergy
Commander's Sphere
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
22%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
27%synergy
Fellwar Stone
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
-7%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Sky Diamond
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Prismatic Lens
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Locket
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Thought Vessel
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
-19%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Worn Powerstone
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Sphere of the Suns
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Star Compass
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Gilded Lotus
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
95%inclusion40 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Swamp
93%inclusion39 decks42 decks
-4%synergy
Command Tower
71%inclusion30 decks42 decks
-16%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
64%inclusion27 decks42 decks
27%synergy
Dismal Backwater
64%inclusion27 decks42 decks
49%synergy
Temple of Deceit
50%inclusion21 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
50%inclusion21 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
32%synergy
Evolving Wilds
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
26%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
34%synergy
Sunken Hollow
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
-25%synergy
Choked Estuary
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
-7%synergy
Tainted Isle
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
-11%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
28%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
-24%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
24%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
-9%synergy
Fetid Pools
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
-19%synergy
Underground River
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
-22%synergy
Ice Tunnel
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Warped Landscape
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Salt Marsh
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Grixis Panorama
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Waterfront District
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Path of Ancestry
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-17%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-3%synergy
Thriving Isle
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Soured Springs
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Treno, Dark City
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
3%synergy
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