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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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Duskmantle Guildmage
76%inclusion19 decks25 decks
71%synergy
Tree of Perdition
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
70%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
80%inclusion20 decks25 decks
69%synergy
Mindcrank
80%inclusion20 decks25 decks
68%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
66%synergy
Consuming Aberration
80%inclusion20 decks25 decks
65%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
62%synergy
Eater of the Dead
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
59%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
59%synergy
Ruin Crab
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
52%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
46%synergy
Reanimate
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
31%synergy
Toxic Deluge
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
31%synergy
Counterspell
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
0%synergy
The Water Crystal
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
43%synergy
Windfall
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
38%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
39%synergy
Dark Ritual
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
48%synergy
Fractured Sanity
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
38%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
68%inclusion17 decks25 decks
45%synergy
Demonic Tutor
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
37%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
38%synergy
Rhystic Study
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
29%synergy
Mystical Tutor
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
30%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
28%synergy
Force of Will
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Ancient Tomb
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
20%synergy
Necropotence
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Creatures
Silent Arbiter
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
39%synergy
The Mindskinner
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
33%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
33%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
34%synergy
The Ancient One
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
33%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
32%synergy
Nighthowler
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
26%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
20%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
27%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
24%synergy
Mortivore
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Undead Alchemist
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Frost
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
20%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Painter's Servant
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
24%synergy
Notion Thief
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Hedron Crab
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
17%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
17%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Spellseeker
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Avatar of Woe
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Fleet Swallower
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Talion, the Kindly Lord
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Hullbreaker Horror
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Spellskite
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Relic Golem
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Opposition Agent
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Fog Bank
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Snapcaster Mage
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Sheoldred
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Trinket Mage
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
9%synergy
Guiltfeeder
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Instants
An Offer You Can't Refuse
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Visions of Beyond
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
40%synergy
Mana Drain
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Arcane Denial
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Brainstorm
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Swan Song
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Force of Negation
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Deadly Rollick
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Didn't Say Please
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Fell the Profane
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Psychic Strike
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Negate
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
-17%synergy
Thought Collapse
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Reality Shift
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Disallow
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Pact of Negation
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Pongify
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-3%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Aetherize
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Resculpt
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Crypt Incursion
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Drown in Dreams
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Archive Trap
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Baleful Mastery
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Sink into Stupor
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Withering Torment
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Spider-Sense
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Glen Elendra's Answer
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Frantic Search
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-11%synergy
Tainted Pact
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Shred Memory
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Entomb
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-8%synergy
Memory Plunder
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Doom Blade
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Cabal Ritual
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Tale's End
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Murder
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Undermine
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Dispel
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Bitter Triumph
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Stifle
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Memory Lapse
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Demonic Consultation
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Into the Story
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Singularity Rupture
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
33%synergy
Grim Tutor
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
40%synergy
Traumatize
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
35%synergy
Feed the Swarm
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-11%synergy
Damnation
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Mind Grind
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Imperial Seal
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Stock Up
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Fabricate
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Whispering Madness
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Night's Whisper
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Dark Deal
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Mind Funeral
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-8%synergy
Bond of Insight
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Cut Your Losses
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Pilfered Plans
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Mnemonic Betrayal
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mesmeric Orb
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
35%synergy
Altar of the Brood
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
31%synergy
Lightning Greaves
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
24%synergy
Grindstone
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Bonehoard
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Isochron Scepter
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
The One Ring
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Helm of Obedience
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-5%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Rings of Brighthearth
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Jet Medallion
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Keening Stone
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Magewright's Stone
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Codex Shredder
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Mystic Remora
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
29%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
37%synergy
Propaganda
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Intruder Alarm
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
35%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
30%synergy
Fraying Sanity
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
32%synergy
Memory Erosion
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
32%synergy
Animate Dead
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Court of Cunning
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Black Market Connections
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Leyline of the Void
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
17%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Freed from the Real
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Copy Artifact
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Necromancy
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Necrodominance
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Counterbalance
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Dance of the Dead
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
28%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
29%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
40%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
35%synergy
Reliquary Tower
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
25%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Cabal Coffers
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Academy Ruins
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Restless Reef
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Maze of Ith
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Urza's Saga
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Strip Mine
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Rogue's Passage
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-15%synergy
Wasteland
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Buried Ruin
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Halimar Depths
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Rivendell
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Witch's Cottage
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Inventors' Fair
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Castle Locthwain
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Agna Qel'a
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
96%inclusion24 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Signet
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
-12%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Signet
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
-3%synergy
Mind Stone
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Fellwar Stone
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Thought Vessel
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-8%synergy
Lotus Petal
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Midnight Clock
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Mana Vault
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Mox Opal
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Chrome Mox
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
The Soul Stone
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-9%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Coldsteel Heart
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Gilded Lotus
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Mox Diamond
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
96%inclusion24 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion24 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Island
96%inclusion24 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Watery Grave
68%inclusion17 decks25 decks
20%synergy
Morphic Pool
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
28%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Polluted Delta
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
28%synergy
Tainted Isle
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Sunken Hollow
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
-10%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
28%synergy
Underground River
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Temple of Deceit
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Choked Estuary
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
-12%synergy
Undercity Sewers
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
-6%synergy
Sunken Ruins
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Prismatic Vista
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Misty Rainforest
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Underground Sea
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Marsh Flats
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Fabled Passage
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Scalding Tarn
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Flooded Strand
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Fell the Profane
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Dismal Backwater
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Mana Confluence
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Darkslick Shores
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Exotic Orchard
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-21%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-5%synergy
Sink into Stupor
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
1%synergy
River of Tears
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
City of Brass
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-3%synergy
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