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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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Glen Elendra's Answer
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Duskmantle Guildmage
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
95%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
94%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
90%synergy
Mindcrank
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
88%synergy
Mana Drain
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
83%synergy
Brainstorm
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
70%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
76%synergy
Demonic Tutor
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
81%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
81%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
77%synergy
Mystical Tutor
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
86%synergy
Force of Will
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
64%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
59%synergy
Imperial Seal
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
44%synergy
Opposition Agent
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
42%synergy
Ancient Tomb
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
42%synergy
Creatures
Eater of the Dead
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
74%synergy
Consuming Aberration
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
60%synergy
Painter's Servant
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
75%synergy
Tree of Perdition
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
48%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
37%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
47%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
49%synergy
Talion, the Kindly Lord
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
43%synergy
Notion Thief
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
39%synergy
Quantum Riddler
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Nethergoyf
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Silent Arbiter
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
17%synergy
Snapcaster Mage
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
15%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Spellseeker
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
18%synergy
Fleet Swallower
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Gilded Drake
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Thieves' Guild Enforcer
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Burnished Hart
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Ruin Crab
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
17%synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Jace's Archivist
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Phantasmal Image
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Nezahal, Primal Tide
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Hullbreaker Horror
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
9%synergy
Spellskite
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Ledger Shredder
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
18%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
13%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Instants
Dark Ritual
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
40%synergy
Swan Song
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
57%synergy
Arcane Denial
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
49%synergy
Force of Negation
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
66%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
45%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
19%synergy
Entomb
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
42%synergy
Disallow
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
48%synergy
Visions of Beyond
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
46%synergy
Counterspell
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
-6%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
46%synergy
Pact of Negation
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
45%synergy
Deadly Rollick
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
5%synergy
Pongify
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
10%synergy
Frantic Search
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
6%synergy
Mental Misstep
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Memory Plunder
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
19%synergy
Broken Ambitions
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Thought Collapse
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Dispel
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
19%synergy
Reality Shift
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
11%synergy
Thought Scour
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
19%synergy
Flusterstorm
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
18%synergy
Didn't Say Please
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Long-Term Plans
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Impulse
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Evacuation
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Sorceries
Windfall
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
61%synergy
Reanimate
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
51%synergy
Toxic Deluge
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
49%synergy
Ponder
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
34%synergy
Dark Deal
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
49%synergy
Damnation
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
39%synergy
Grim Tutor
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
46%synergy
Singularity Rupture
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
21%synergy
Gitaxian Probe
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Profane Tutor
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Cut Your Losses
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Commit // Memory
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
-10%synergy
Diabolic Vision
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Whispering Madness
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Mnemonic Betrayal
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Fractured Sanity
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
15%synergy
Traumatize
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
15%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
16%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
74%synergy
Grindstone
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
74%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
41%synergy
Lightning Greaves
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Isochron Scepter
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
47%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Crawlspace
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
The One Ring
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
18%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Altar of the Brood
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
1%synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Codex Shredder
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
18%synergy
The Water Crystal
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
16%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
44%synergy
Necromancy
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
46%synergy
Copy Artifact
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
49%synergy
Mystic Remora
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
34%synergy
Necropotence
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
47%synergy
Animate Dead
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
39%synergy
Black Market Connections
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
40%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
43%synergy
Waste Not
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Dance of the Dead
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Fraying Sanity
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
No Mercy
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Propaganda
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Planeswalkers
Narset, Parter of Veils
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
47%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
19%synergy
Utility Lands
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
62%synergy
Reliquary Tower
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
39%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
55%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
56%synergy
Bojuka Bog
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
11%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
46%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
44%synergy
Wasteland
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
8%synergy
Maze of Ith
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Urza's Saga
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
19%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Cabal Coffers
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
14%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Academy Ruins
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Strip Mine
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
12%synergy
Arcane Signet
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
-34%synergy
Lotus Petal
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
42%synergy
Mana Vault
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
45%synergy
Grim Monolith
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
-33%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Dimir Signet
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
-35%synergy
Thought Vessel
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
-7%synergy
Gilded Lotus
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Thran Dynamo
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Mox Opal
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Chrome Mox
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
18%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Mox Diamond
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
12%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion4 decks4 decks
3%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
50%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
35%synergy
Morphic Pool
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
38%synergy
Polluted Delta
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
43%synergy
Watery Grave
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
28%synergy
Prismatic Vista
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
44%synergy
Undercity Sewers
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
30%synergy
Misty Rainforest
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
41%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
11%synergy
Underground River
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
10%synergy
Sunken Hollow
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
-16%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
26%synergy
Marsh Flats
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
42%synergy
Sunken Ruins
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
35%synergy
Flooded Strand
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
41%synergy
Tainted Isle
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
-19%synergy
Fabled Passage
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
17%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
14%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
3%synergy
Underground Sea
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
12%synergy
Ash Barrens
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
17%synergy
Reflecting Pool
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
-28%synergy
River of Tears
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
14%synergy
Evolving Wilds
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
8%synergy
Scalding Tarn
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
17%synergy
Mana Confluence
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
19%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
17%synergy
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