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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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The Master of Lake-town
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
100%inclusion14 decks14 decks
85%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
79%inclusion11 decks14 decks
77%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
79%inclusion11 decks14 decks
76%synergy
Fraying Sanity
79%inclusion11 decks14 decks
75%synergy
Mindcrank
79%inclusion11 decks14 decks
67%synergy
Ruin Crab
71%inclusion10 decks14 decks
63%synergy
Fractured Sanity
71%inclusion10 decks14 decks
62%synergy
Thought Collapse
64%inclusion9 decks14 decks
61%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
64%inclusion9 decks14 decks
61%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
71%inclusion10 decks14 decks
61%synergy
Top Cards
The Water Crystal
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
60%synergy
Nighthowler
64%inclusion9 decks14 decks
59%synergy
Psychic Strike
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
54%synergy
Negate
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
25%synergy
Wall of Frost
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
56%synergy
Bonehoard
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
55%synergy
Traumatize
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
53%synergy
Drown in the Loch
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
32%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
37%synergy
The Mindskinner
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
43%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
49%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
49%synergy
Fleet Swallower
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
47%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
45%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
49%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
45%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Tree of Perdition
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
41%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
37%synergy
Fog Bank
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
42%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
42%synergy
The Ancient One
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
40%synergy
Hover Barrier
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
42%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
42%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
40%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
35%synergy
Eater of the Dead
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
34%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
34%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
35%synergy
Glacial Wall
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
35%synergy
Manic Scribe
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
35%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
31%synergy
Aegis Turtle
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
35%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
29%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
27%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
28%synergy
Hedron Crab
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
24%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
28%synergy
Riptide Turtle
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
28%synergy
Guiltfeeder
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
17%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Mist
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Air
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
20%synergy
Riddlekeeper
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
17%synergy
Monastery Flock
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Relic Golem
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Runes
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Tide Drifter
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Canyon Crab
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Silver Myr
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
12%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Soulless Jailer
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Instants
Grisly Spectacle
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
49%synergy
Didn't Say Please
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
31%synergy
Counterspell
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
-20%synergy
Crypt Incursion
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
34%synergy
Into the Story
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
34%synergy
Archive Trap
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
27%synergy
Go for the Throat
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Memory Plunder
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
16%synergy
Anticognition
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Intellectual Offering
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Aetherize
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
10%synergy
Thought Scour
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
15%synergy
Mana Leak
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
19%synergy
Visions of Beyond
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
18%synergy
Drown in Dreams
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
17%synergy
Careful Consideration
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-15%synergy
Countermand
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Doom Blade
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
12%synergy
Psychic Spiral
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Reality Shift
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
1%synergy
Opt
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Quick Study
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Murder
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Expel from Orazca
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Shore Up
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
It'll Quench Ya!
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-9%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-3%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Obsessive Search
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
See Double
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Memory Drain
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Voyage's End
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-25%synergy
Syncopate
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Illusionist's Gambit
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Aetherspouts
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Consider
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-6%synergy
Dark Ritual
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-30%synergy
Blue Sun's Zenith
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Undermine
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Dispel
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Countersquall
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
1%synergy
Turnabout
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Ertai's Scorn
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Resculpt
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
1%synergy
Miscalculation
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Sorceries
Singularity Rupture
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
33%synergy
Mind Grind
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
38%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
23%synergy
Pilfered Plans
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
26%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
15%synergy
Tome Scour
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Whispering Madness
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
19%synergy
Aether Gale
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Mind Funeral
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
19%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
16%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Extract from Darkness
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Windfall
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
1%synergy
Increasing Confusion
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Eldritch Pact
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Mind Sculpt
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Cut Your Losses
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
10%synergy
Feed the Swarm
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-21%synergy
Read the Bones
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
10%synergy
Dread Summons
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Brainspoil
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Breaking Wave
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Decorum Dissertation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Profane Tutor
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Profane Transfusion
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Duress
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Bond of Insight
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Coerced Confession
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Curse of the Swine
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Treasure Cruise
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-1%synergy
Temporal Manipulation
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
0%synergy
Decree of Pain
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Startled Awake
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Reanimate
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-18%synergy
Memory Sluice
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Irenicus's Vile Duplication
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Mnemonic Betrayal
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Syphon Mind
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-3%synergy
Toxic Deluge
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-18%synergy
Dark Deal
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
River's Rebuke
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Riverchurn Monument
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
46%synergy
Keening Stone
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
42%synergy
Profane Memento
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
35%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
16%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
19%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Lightning Greaves
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
-6%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Jester's Cap
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Grindstone
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Altar of the Brood
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-10%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Millstone
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Sentinel Totem
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Meekstone
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Clock of Omens
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Grindclock
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Wishing Well
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
1%synergy
Sands of Delirium
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Font of Progress
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Codex Shredder
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Court of Cunning
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
37%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
36%synergy
Propaganda
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
25%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
35%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
26%synergy
Memory Erosion
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
24%synergy
Freed from the Real
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
20%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Erasure
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Leyline of the Void
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Founding the Third Path
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Intruder Alarm
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Dissipation Field
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Lost in the Maze
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Extravagant Replication
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Forced Fruition
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Tainted Remedy
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Witness Protection
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
No Mercy
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Drowned Secrets
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-0%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
34%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
27%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
16%synergy
Jace Beleren
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Liliana Vess
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Jace Reawakened
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
41%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
41%synergy
Bojuka Bog
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
-10%synergy
Dreadship Reef
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
20%synergy
Restless Reef
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
15%synergy
Halimar Depths
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
8%synergy
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-21%synergy
Agna Qel'a
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-10%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-1%synergy
Mistrise Village
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Arid Archway
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Darksteel Citadel
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-19%synergy
Shelldock Isle
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
93%inclusion13 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Arcane Signet
71%inclusion10 decks14 decks
-12%synergy
Dimir Signet
64%inclusion9 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
27%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
-15%synergy
Mind Stone
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Locket
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
19%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
20%synergy
Worn Powerstone
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Star Compass
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Prismatic Lens
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Sphere of the Suns
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-24%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Patriar's Seal
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Nyx Lotus
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion14 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion14 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
71%inclusion10 decks14 decks
-16%synergy
Temple of Deceit
64%inclusion9 decks14 decks
30%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
18%synergy
Dismal Backwater
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
34%synergy
Evolving Wilds
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
34%synergy
Tainted Isle
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
-1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
32%synergy
Sunken Hollow
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
-22%synergy
Choked Estuary
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
29%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
-20%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
23%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
24%synergy
Exotic Orchard
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
-11%synergy
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-5%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-2%synergy
Warped Landscape
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Salt Marsh
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Underground River
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-27%synergy
River of Tears
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
8%synergy
Serpent's Pass
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-9%synergy
Waterfront District
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Ash Barrens
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-33%synergy
Grixis Panorama
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Demolition Field
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Darkslick Shores
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-7%synergy
Soured Springs
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Sunken Ruins
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-4%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
1%synergy
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