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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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Thought Collapse
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
86%synergy
Mindcrank
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
77%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
76%synergy
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
74%synergy
Fraying Sanity
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
74%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
66%synergy
Eater of the Dead
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
65%synergy
Wall of Frost
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
65%synergy
Bonehoard
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
65%synergy
Nighthowler
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
61%synergy
Top Cards
Fractured Sanity
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
57%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
49%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
49%synergy
Negate
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
23%synergy
Fleet Swallower
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
53%synergy
Mind Grind
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
50%synergy
Ruin Crab
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
47%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
50%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
55%synergy
Game Changers
Thassa's Oracle
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Notion Thief
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-1%synergy
Creatures
Charix, the Raging Isle
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
53%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
52%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
51%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
38%synergy
Mortivore
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
The Mindskinner
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Glacial Wall
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Hover Barrier
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Manic Scribe
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Silent Arbiter
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Fog Bank
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Tide Drifter
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Hedron Crab
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Pain Seer
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Mist
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Wall of Air
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%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
Monastery Flock
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Guiltfeeder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Trophy Mage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Tree of Perdition
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Stormtide Leviathan
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Havengul Lich
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Halo Forager
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Wonder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Carrionette
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Avatar of Woe
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Nimbleclaw Adept
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Geist of the Archives
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Runes
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Deceiver Exarch
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
52%synergy
Drown in the Loch
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
26%synergy
Psychic Strike
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
41%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Didn't Say Please
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Counterspell
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-22%synergy
Into the Story
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Careful Consideration
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Psychic Spiral
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Opt
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Intellectual Offering
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Thought Scour
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Expel from Orazca
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Mana Leak
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Crypt Incursion
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Hero's Downfall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Pongify
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-4%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Frantic Search
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-8%synergy
Voyage's End
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Go for the Throat
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Brainstorm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-20%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Soul Manipulation
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Countermand
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Consider
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Spinal Embrace
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Doom Blade
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Blue Sun's Zenith
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Tainted Indulgence
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Undermine
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Nexus of Fate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Dispel
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Curate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Aetherize
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Miscalculation
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Murder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Arcane Denial
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-14%synergy
Memory Lapse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Demon's Due
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Visions of Beyond
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Cast Down
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Ingenuity
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Quicken
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Drown in Dreams
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Archive Trap
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Remand
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Induce Paranoia
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sorceries
Maddening Cacophony
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
45%synergy
Pilfered Plans
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Traumatize
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Whispering Madness
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Aether Gale
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Singularity Rupture
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Windfall
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Increasing Confusion
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Eldritch Pact
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Tome Scour
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Mind Sculpt
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Treasure Cruise
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
13%synergy
Read the Bones
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Dread Summons
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Decree of Pain
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Mind Funeral
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Brainspoil
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Extract from Darkness
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Breaking Wave
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Fascination
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Silver Scrutiny
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Espionage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dread Return
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Unearth
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Cut Your Losses
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Wash Out
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Feed the Swarm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-25%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Quasiduplicate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Night's Whisper
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Ambition's Cost
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Walk the Plank
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Startled Awake
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Baral's Expertise
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Memory Sluice
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Talent of the Telepath
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Irenicus's Vile Duplication
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Syphon Mind
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Psychic Drain
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Preordain
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Necromantic Selection
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Tempest
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Stitch Together
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
The Black Breath
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dark Deal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Lightning Greaves
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Jester's Cap
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
The Water Crystal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
The Everflowing Well
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Sentinel Totem
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Folio of Fancies
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Crook of Condemnation
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Altar of the Brood
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Profane Memento
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Altar of Dementia
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Codex Shredder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Lantern of the Lost
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Collector's Vault
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Enchantments
Court of Cunning
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
38%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Propaganda
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Memory Erosion
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Out of the Tombs
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Intimidation Campaign
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Copy Enchantment
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Erasure
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Animate Dead
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
0%synergy
Oubliette
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Drowned Secrets
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Search for Azcanta
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Jace Beleren
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Kaito, Dancing Shadow
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Liliana Vess
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Jace Reawakened
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
46%synergy
Bojuka Bog
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-17%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Hall of Storm Giants
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Halimar Depths
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Blighted Fen
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-17%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
-6%synergy
Sol Ring
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
-11%synergy
Dimir Signet
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Mind Stone
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
26%synergy
Dimir Locket
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Commander's Sphere
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-26%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Thought Vessel
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Worn Powerstone
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Star Compass
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Prismatic Lens
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Sphere of the Suns
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Fellwar Stone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-20%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Stonespeaker Crystal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Thran Dynamo
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Nyx Lotus
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
71%synergy
Command Tower
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
-21%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Dismal Backwater
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
51%synergy
Temple of Deceit
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Evolving Wilds
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Sunken Hollow
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Tainted Isle
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
0%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
-8%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Fetid Pools
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Waterfront District
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-11%synergy
Warped Landscape
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Salt Marsh
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
River of Tears
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Darkslick Shores
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Choked Estuary
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-26%synergy
Ice Tunnel
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Ash Barrens
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-29%synergy
Grixis Panorama
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Underground River
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-28%synergy
Demolition Field
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Morphic Pool
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-26%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-12%synergy
Soured Springs
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
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