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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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Tree of Perdition
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
87%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
85%synergy
Wall of Frost
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
76%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
67%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
65%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
64%synergy
Fraying Sanity
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
63%synergy
Consuming Aberration
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
62%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
60%synergy
Drown in the Loch
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
60%synergy
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Propaganda
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
60%synergy
Ruin Crab
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
58%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
50%synergy
The Ancient One
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
52%synergy
Counterspell
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
-1%synergy
Visions of Beyond
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
52%synergy
Eater of the Dead
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Fractured Sanity
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
46%synergy
Singularity Rupture
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Negate
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
23%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
23%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Demonic Tutor
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Mystical Tutor
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Opposition Agent
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
The One Ring
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Rhystic Study
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-11%synergy
Gifts Ungiven
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-4%synergy
Creatures
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Silent Arbiter
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Mortivore
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
44%synergy
Nighthowler
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Hover Barrier
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
44%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Wall of Runes
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Fog Bank
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Soulless Jailer
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Glacial Wall
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Wall of Mist
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Wall of Air
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Relic Golem
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Avatar of Woe
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
The Mindskinner
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Sphinx of the Second Sun
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Fleet Swallower
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Hedron Crab
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Riptide Turtle
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Manic Scribe
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Aegis Turtle
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Monastery Flock
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Havengul Lich
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Wall of Junk
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Deadly Rollick
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
24%synergy
Archive Trap
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Psychic Strike
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Memory Plunder
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Anticognition
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Dark Ritual
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-4%synergy
Thought Collapse
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Intellectual Offering
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Didn't Say Please
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Into the Story
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Go for the Throat
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Bitter Triumph
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Baleful Mastery
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Crypt Incursion
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Withering Torment
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
0%synergy
Trickbind
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Force of Despair
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Entomb
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Careful Consideration
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Imp's Mischief
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Brainstorm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-18%synergy
Fact or Fiction
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Flare of Denial
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Defile
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Blue Sun's Zenith
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Aetherize
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-1%synergy
Tale's End
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Jwari Disruption
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Cling to Dust
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Expel from Orazca
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Arcane Denial
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-15%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Unsubstantiate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mana Leak
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Shore Up
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Drown in Dreams
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Spell Pierce
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Overkill
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Sorceries
Toxic Deluge
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Traumatize
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Windfall
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Reanimate
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Ponder
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Cut Your Losses
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Mind Grind
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Aether Gale
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Dark Deal
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Mind Funeral
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Diabolic Intent
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Eldritch Pact
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Profane Transfusion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Final Act
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Bond of Insight
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Crux of Fate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Serum Visions
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Feed the Swarm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-24%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Whispering Madness
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Preordain
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Damnation
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Brainspoil
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Extract from Darkness
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Epic Downfall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Breaking Wave
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mindcrank
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
32%synergy
The Water Crystal
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
35%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Bonehoard
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Lightning Greaves
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Keening Stone
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Altar of the Brood
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Profane Memento
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Isochron Scepter
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Lithoform Engine
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Jester's Cap
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Magewright's Stone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-14%synergy
Altar of Dementia
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Court of Cunning
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
37%synergy
Memory Erosion
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Intruder Alarm
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Freed from the Real
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Mystic Remora
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
7%synergy
No Mercy
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Greed
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Shadow of the Second Sun
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Dissipation Field
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Forced Fruition
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Necromancy
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Witness Protection
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Animate Dead
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-0%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Curse of Verbosity
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
As Foretold
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Leyline of the Void
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Search for Azcanta
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Liliana Vess
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Tezzeret, Artifice Master
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
47%synergy
Reliquary Tower
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Cabal Coffers
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Restless Reef
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Ghost Quarter
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Maze of Ith
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Witch's Cottage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
War Room
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Signet
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Arcane Signet
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
-6%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Commander's Sphere
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Nyx Lotus
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Locket
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Basalt Monolith
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Worn Powerstone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Star Compass
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Prismatic Lens
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Skyclave Relic
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Sunken Hollow
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Tainted Isle
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
0%synergy
Choked Estuary
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Temple of Deceit
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Fabled Passage
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
24%synergy
Morphic Pool
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Polluted Delta
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Watery Grave
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-16%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Warped Landscape
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Dismal Backwater
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Sunken Ruins
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Prismatic Vista
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Undercity Sewers
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Bad River
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Exotic Orchard
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-21%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Reflecting Pool
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Salt Marsh
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Underground River
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-30%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Demolition Field
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Jwari Disruption
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Darkslick Shores
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
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