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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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Hidden Lair
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
3%synergy
Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Duskmantle Guildmage
88%inclusion37 decks42 decks
84%synergy
Eater of the Dead
81%inclusion34 decks42 decks
80%synergy
Mindcrank
90%inclusion38 decks42 decks
79%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
88%inclusion37 decks42 decks
78%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
81%inclusion34 decks42 decks
75%synergy
Consuming Aberration
86%inclusion36 decks42 decks
71%synergy
Tree of Perdition
55%inclusion23 decks42 decks
53%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
60%inclusion25 decks42 decks
52%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
52%inclusion22 decks42 decks
50%synergy
Ruin Crab
57%inclusion24 decks42 decks
49%synergy
Top Cards
Counterspell
69%inclusion29 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Drown in the Loch
60%inclusion25 decks42 decks
42%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
55%inclusion23 decks42 decks
42%synergy
Dark Ritual
52%inclusion22 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Mana Drain
52%inclusion22 decks42 decks
35%synergy
Reanimate
50%inclusion21 decks42 decks
25%synergy
Singularity Rupture
50%inclusion18 decks36 decks
37%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
48%inclusion20 decks42 decks
46%synergy
Fractured Sanity
48%inclusion20 decks42 decks
38%synergy
The Mindskinner
45%inclusion19 decks42 decks
38%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
69%inclusion29 decks42 decks
50%synergy
Rhystic Study
62%inclusion26 decks42 decks
39%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
60%inclusion25 decks42 decks
37%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
55%inclusion23 decks42 decks
39%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
50%inclusion21 decks42 decks
32%synergy
Mystical Tutor
45%inclusion19 decks42 decks
32%synergy
Ancient Tomb
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Force of Will
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
28%synergy
Notion Thief
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
22%synergy
Mana Vault
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
24%synergy
Creatures
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
36%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
28%synergy
Painter's Servant
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
33%synergy
Undead Alchemist
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
24%synergy
The Ancient One
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
23%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
23%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Nighthowler
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
18%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
22%synergy
Hedron Crab
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
20%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
23%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Silent Arbiter
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
20%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
21%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
20%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
12%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
18%synergy
Mortivore
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
18%synergy
Fleet Swallower
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Frost
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
15%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Tribute Mage
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Opposition Agent
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Spellseeker
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Talion, the Kindly Lord
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
4%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Avatar of Woe
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Baleful Strix
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-14%synergy
Fog Bank
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Soulless Jailer
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Sheoldred
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Manic Scribe
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Hullbreaker Horror
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-6%synergy
Riddlekeeper
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Spellskite
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
35%synergy
Visions of Beyond
36%inclusion15 decks42 decks
32%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
26%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
-1%synergy
Brainstorm
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Swan Song
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Force of Negation
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Thought Collapse
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
18%synergy
Didn't Say Please
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Pact of Negation
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Arcane Denial
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
-7%synergy
Deadly Rollick
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
-3%synergy
Tainted Pact
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Demonic Consultation
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Archive Trap
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Psychic Strike
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Negate
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
-18%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Sink into Stupor
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Crypt Incursion
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Withering Torment
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Pongify
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
-3%synergy
Entomb
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Drown in Dreams
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
0%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Cabal Ritual
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-4%synergy
Resculpt
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Disallow
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Stifle
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-3%synergy
Dispel
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Thought Scour
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Flusterstorm
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Perplex
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Tale's End
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-9%synergy
Mana Leak
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Into the Story
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Spider-Sense
6.1%inclusion2 decks33 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Toxic Deluge
45%inclusion19 decks42 decks
20%synergy
Windfall
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
29%synergy
Traumatize
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
36%synergy
Mind Grind
36%inclusion15 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Damnation
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
23%synergy
Grim Tutor
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
20%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Imperial Seal
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Feed the Swarm
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
-18%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Fabricate
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Cut Your Losses
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Mind Funeral
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Night's Whisper
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Pilfered Plans
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Sign in Blood
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-7%synergy
Read the Bones
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Doomsday
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Diabolic Intent
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Stock Up
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Profane Tutor
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Bond of Insight
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Dread Summons
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Mnemonic Betrayal
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Dark Deal
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Flow State
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
45%inclusion19 decks42 decks
18%synergy
The Water Crystal
42%inclusion16 decks38 decks
33%synergy
Altar of the Brood
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
35%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
33%synergy
Grindstone
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
37%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
27%synergy
The One Ring
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Isochron Scepter
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
-8%synergy
Altar of Dementia
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-3%synergy
Bonehoard
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Rings of Brighthearth
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Skateboard
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
36%synergy
Mystic Remora
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
26%synergy
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
37%synergy
Memory Erosion
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
34%synergy
Intruder Alarm
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Propaganda
31%inclusion13 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Necropotence
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
21%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
18%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Animate Dead
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Black Market Connections
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Court of Cunning
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Copy Artifact
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-3%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Dance of the Dead
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Necromancy
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
3%synergy
As Foretold
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
23%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
19%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Tezzeret the Seeker
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
50%inclusion21 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Bojuka Bog
48%inclusion20 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
43%inclusion18 decks42 decks
39%synergy
Reliquary Tower
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
22%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
38%inclusion15 decks39 decks
34%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
29%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Academy Ruins
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Maze of Ith
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Urza's Saga
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Inventors' Fair
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Strip Mine
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Restless Reef
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Shelldock Isle
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-1%synergy
Mistrise Village
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Glacial Chasm
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-20%synergy
Petrified Hamlet
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
98%inclusion41 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion36 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
62%inclusion26 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Signet
62%inclusion26 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Chrome Mox
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
22%synergy
Fellwar Stone
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
-5%synergy
Thought Vessel
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
-12%synergy
Mind Stone
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
-9%synergy
Mox Diamond
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Lotus Petal
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Basalt Monolith
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Mox Opal
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Thran Dynamo
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
6%synergy
The Soul Stone
11%inclusion4 decks35 decks
6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-7%synergy
Gilded Lotus
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
7%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
98%inclusion41 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Island
98%inclusion41 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
95%inclusion40 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Watery Grave
81%inclusion34 decks42 decks
32%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
71%inclusion30 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Polluted Delta
64%inclusion27 decks42 decks
32%synergy
Underground River
57%inclusion24 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Sunken Hollow
57%inclusion24 decks42 decks
-8%synergy
Tainted Isle
55%inclusion23 decks42 decks
10%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
55%inclusion23 decks42 decks
30%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
55%inclusion23 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Morphic Pool
55%inclusion23 decks42 decks
18%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
50%inclusion21 decks42 decks
26%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Undercity Sewers
38%inclusion16 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Choked Estuary
36%inclusion15 decks42 decks
-11%synergy
Sunken Ruins
33%inclusion14 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
-11%synergy
Darkslick Shores
29%inclusion12 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Fabled Passage
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Temple of Deceit
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
-9%synergy
Underground Sea
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
17%synergy
Flooded Strand
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
15%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
24%inclusion10 decks42 decks
16%synergy
Scalding Tarn
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Marsh Flats
21%inclusion9 decks42 decks
14%synergy
Misty Rainforest
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Fetid Pools
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
3%synergy
City of Brass
19%inclusion8 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Prismatic Vista
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
11%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
-16%synergy
Reflecting Pool
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Dismal Backwater
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
0%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Sink into Stupor
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Confluence
14%inclusion6 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
1%synergy
Myriad Landscape
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
-8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
-0%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
3%synergy
Spire of Industry
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
2%synergy
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