Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Optimized Midrange

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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100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
23xlift
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100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
9.2xlift
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100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
7.5xlift
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80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
38xlift
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80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
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80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
21xlift
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80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
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80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
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5.3xlift
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80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
7.4xlift
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80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
10xlift
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80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
2.1xlift
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60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
48xlift
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5.3xlift
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60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
8.0xlift
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60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
48xlift
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60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
8.0xlift
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60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
48xlift
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60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
24xlift
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40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
48xlift
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40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
48xlift
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40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
8.0xlift
Fleet Swallower
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
16xlift
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40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
2.2xlift
Wight of Precinct Six
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
48xlift
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40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
6.0xlift
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40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
19xlift
Cruel Somnophage
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
14xlift
Nemesis of Reason
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
8.7xlift
Sewer Nemesis
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
19xlift
Captain N'ghathrod
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
8.7xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6.8xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
24xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Mortivore
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48xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
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1.7xlift
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12xlift
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48xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
24xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16xlift
Riddlekeeper
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16xlift
Sire of Stagnation
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5.3xlift
Mnemonic Wall
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
Notion Thief
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.4xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12xlift
Gogo, Master of Mimicry
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20xlift
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Kitsune's Technique
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
31xlift
Drown in the Loch
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
3.2xlift
Psychic Strike
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
24xlift
Mana Drain
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1.3xlift
Counterspell
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Fierce Guardianship
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Cyclonic Rift
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
0.9xlift
Vampiric Tutor
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Frantic Search
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.6xlift
Brainstorm
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.2xlift
Thought Collapse
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
24xlift
Swan Song
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Force of Will
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
0.9xlift
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40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.5xlift
Didn't Say Please
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
12xlift
Visions of Beyond
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
10xlift
Archive Trap
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32xlift
Mystical Tutor
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Withering Torment
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Glen Elendra's Answer
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
10xlift
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Pongify
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Rapid Hybridization
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.4xlift
Muddle the Mixture
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2.2xlift
See Double
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
Whir of Invention
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4.8xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.8xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2.1xlift
Entomb
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.7xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Lim-Dûl's Vault
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1.5xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16xlift
Countermand
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
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Dark Ritual
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.3xlift
Redirect
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
Flusterstorm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Disallow
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12xlift
Grisly Spectacle
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
Perplex
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6.0xlift
Demonic Consultation
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Force of Negation
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.7xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.5xlift
Crypt Incursion
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
24xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10xlift
Narset's Reversal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4.8xlift
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.2xlift
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Cut Your Losses
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6.8xlift
Demonic Tutor
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Reanimate
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1.3xlift
Fractured Sanity
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
7.2xlift
Mind Funeral
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
20xlift
Traumatize
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14xlift
Singularity Rupture
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
6.4xlift
Ponder
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2.3xlift
Mind Grind
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
14xlift
Breach the Multiverse
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
5.3xlift
Spirit Water Revival
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
53xlift
Mathemagics
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
45xlift
Windfall
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0.8xlift
Diabolic Tutor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6.0xlift
Gitaxian Probe
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2.8xlift
Divination
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
24xlift
Bond of Insight
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
Sea Gate Restoration
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.8xlift
Glimpse the Unthinkable
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4.8xlift
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.7xlift
Dread Summons
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
24xlift
Blasphemous Edict
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2.4xlift
Destroy the Evidence
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
Toxic Deluge
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.4xlift
Aether Gale
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
Pilfered Plans
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
24xlift
Bitter Ordeal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
24xlift
Grim Tutor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Utility Artifacts
Riverchurn Monument
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
8.0xlift
Lightning Greaves
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
2.2xlift
The Water Crystal
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
6.1xlift
Mesmeric Orb
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
5.0xlift
Thousand-Year Elixir
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32xlift
Grindstone
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
19xlift
Altar of the Brood
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
5.6xlift
Profane Memento
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
48xlift
Eye of Ojer Taq
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
Illusionist's Bracers
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
24xlift
Primal Amulet
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
Swiftfoot Boots
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.6xlift
Keening Stone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
Isochron Scepter
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2.7xlift
Sapphire Medallion
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.8xlift
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
38xlift
Enchantments
Sphinx's Tutelage
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
18xlift
Rhystic Study
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
0.9xlift
Bloodchief Ascension
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
4.0xlift
Memory Erosion
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
13xlift
Psychic Corrosion
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
6.4xlift
Mystic Remora
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Black Market Connections
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.8xlift
The Rise of Sozin
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
61xlift
Freed from the Real
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16xlift
Intruder Alarm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12xlift
Court of Cunning
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.7xlift
Unstoppable Plan
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12xlift
Necromancy
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.2xlift
Copy Artifact
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6.8xlift
Necropotence
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.6xlift
Animate Dead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.9xlift
Propaganda
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.5xlift
Phyrexian Arena
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.8xlift
Leyline of the Void
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.4xlift
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
16xlift
Ashiok, Dream Render
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2.4xlift
Narset, Parter of Veils
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2.0xlift
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Minamo, School at Water's Edge
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
6.2xlift
Nephalia Drownyard
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
10xlift
Mystic Sanctuary
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
2.0xlift
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.3xlift
Reliquary Tower
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.4xlift
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
0.9xlift
Otawara, Soaring City
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
0.9xlift
Agna Qel'a
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
11xlift
Ancient Tomb
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.5xlift
Mistrise Village
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2.7xlift
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16xlift
Scavenger Grounds
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4.8xlift
War Room
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6.8xlift
Glacial Chasm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
24xlift
Sunken Palace
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
24xlift
Drownyard Temple
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12xlift
Cephalid Coliseum
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.2xlift
Dust Bowl
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
Restless Reef
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
3.2xlift
Rogue's Passage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.4xlift
Shelldock Isle
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
48xlift
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Sol Ring
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Talisman of Dominance
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Mana Vault
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.8xlift
Dimir Signet
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
0.7xlift
Chrome Mox
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.4xlift
Bender's Waterskin
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.1xlift
Lotus Petal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Fellwar Stone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.5xlift
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Patriar's Seal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10xlift
Midnight Clock
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6.8xlift
Mind Stone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.2xlift
Mox Diamond
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
2.5xlift
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
1.1xlift
Swamp
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Island
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Watery Grave
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
1.2xlift
Shipwreck Marsh
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
1.6xlift
Underground River
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
1.2xlift
Tainted Isle
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1.6xlift
Clearwater Pathway
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1.4xlift
Drowned Catacomb
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Morphic Pool
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Gloomlake Verge
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
1.2xlift
Fabled Passage
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
Dimir Aqueduct
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.8xlift
Hydroelectric Specimen
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
2.2xlift
Sunken Hollow
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
0.7xlift
Choked Estuary
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.4xlift
Sunken Ruins
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
1.2xlift
Polluted Delta
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
0.5xlift
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Undercity Sewers
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.5xlift
Temple of Deceit
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.3xlift
Darkwater Catacombs
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.8xlift
Sea Gate Restoration
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.8xlift
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.7xlift
River of Tears
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.5xlift
Darkslick Shores
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
Sink into Stupor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
0.5xlift
Waterlogged Teachings
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.2xlift
City of Brass
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1.0xlift
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