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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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Charix, the Raging Isle
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
73%synergy
Fraying Sanity
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
71%synergy
Traumatize
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
70%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
69%synergy
Mindcrank
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
63%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
59%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
57%synergy
Ruin Crab
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
54%synergy
The Water Crystal
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
54%synergy
Windfall
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Top Cards
Consuming Aberration
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
47%synergy
Singularity Rupture
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
44%synergy
The Mindskinner
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
43%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
48%synergy
Hedron Crab
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
46%synergy
Reanimate
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Counterspell
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
-6%synergy
Fractured Sanity
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
40%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
39%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Rhystic Study
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Ancient Tomb
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Glacial Chasm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Demonic Tutor
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Necropotence
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Chrome Mox
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
The One Ring
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Creatures
Syr Konrad, the Grim
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Jace's Archivist
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Guiltfeeder
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Eater of the Dead
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Tree of Perdition
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Oona, Queen of the Fae
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Nighthowler
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Grave Researcher
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Screeching Scorchbeast
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Manic Scribe
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Wall of Frost
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Scrabbling Skullcrab
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Maha, Its Feathers Night
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Shield-Wall Sentinel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Spellseeker
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Necron Deathmark
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Academy Wall
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Bloodline Keeper
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Fog Bank
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Undead Alchemist
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Wall of Runes
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Fear of Failed Tests
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Mortivore
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Baleful Strix
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Snapcaster Mage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Vexing Radgull
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Meldweb Curator
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dragonlord Silumgar
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Viconia, Drow Apostate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Silent Arbiter
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
The Cyber-Controller
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Drown in the Loch
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
7%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Fact or Fiction
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Psychic Spiral
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Arcane Denial
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Didn't Say Please
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Visions of Beyond
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Archive Trap
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Withering Torment
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Spider-Sense
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Frantic Search
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Psychic Strike
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Memory Drain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Entomb
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Syncopate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Negate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-20%synergy
Brainstorm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-17%synergy
Songs of the Damned
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Countermand
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Brain Freeze
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Dark Ritual
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-24%synergy
Thought Collapse
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Mana Drain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Ertai's Scorn
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Bitter Triumph
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Quick Study
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Aetherize
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Mystical Teachings
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Thought Scour
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Tale's End
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Perplex
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Murder
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Sinister Sabotage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Demonic Consultation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Cryptic Command
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Wash Away
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Force of Negation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Stifle
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Mission Briefing
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Crypt Incursion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Drown in Dreams
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
SPELL PIERCE
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Syphon Essence
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Sorceries
Peer into the Abyss
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Mind Grind
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Dread Return
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Cut Your Losses
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Buried Alive
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Toxic Deluge
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Aether Gale
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Damnation
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Dream Harvest
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Ponder
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Increasing Confusion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Bond of Insight
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Tome Scour
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Coerced Confession
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Unearth
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Deep Analysis
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Dread Summons
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Whispering Madness
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Discovery // Dispersal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Startled Awake
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Living Death
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Psychic Drain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Recurring Insight
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Extract from Darkness
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Exhume
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Sapphire Medallion
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
29%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Expedition Map
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Grindstone
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Altar of the Brood
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Profane Memento
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
0%synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
The Everflowing Well
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Millstone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Crucible of Worlds
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Clock of Omens
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Grindclock
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Wishing Well
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Bonehoard
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Folio of Fancies
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Jet Medallion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Sands of Delirium
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Lightning Greaves
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-15%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Font of Progress
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Codex Shredder
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Lantern of the Lost
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Enchantments
Sphinx's Tutelage
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Court of Cunning
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Mystic Remora
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Animate Dead
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
26%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
30%synergy
Propaganda
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Intruder Alarm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Freed from the Real
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Aether Tunnel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Founding the Third Path
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Aqueous Form
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Case of the Shifting Visage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Out of the Tombs
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Tainted Remedy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Ominous Seas
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Tombstone Stairwell
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Witness Protection
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Disturbing Conversion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
No Mercy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Erasure
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Black Market Connections
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Haunted Crossroads
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Memory Erosion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Cabal Coffers
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
13%synergy
RELIQUARY TOWER
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Petrified Hamlet
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Maze of Ith
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Arid Archway
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Tolaria West
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Urza's Saga
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Field of the Dead
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Thespian's Stage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Castle Locthwain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Restless Reef
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-6%synergy
Rogue's Passage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-14%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Arcane Signet
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Signet
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Thought Vessel
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Mind Stone
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Basalt Monolith
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Midnight Clock
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
The Soul Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Commander's Sphere
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Hedron Archive
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-18%synergy
Gilded Lotus
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Thran Dynamo
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Patriar's Seal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Worn Powerstone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Nyx Lotus
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
0%synergy
Sunken Hollow
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Choked Estuary
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Underground River
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
9%synergy
River of Tears
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Sunken Ruins
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Polluted Delta
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Watery Grave
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Tainted Isle
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-19%synergy
Prismatic Vista
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Fabled Passage
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Exotic Orchard
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Fetid Pools
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-12%synergy
Ash Barrens
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-15%synergy
Morphic Pool
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Serpent's Pass
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Undercity Sewers
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-9%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Urza's Cave
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Reflecting Pool
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Dismal Backwater
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Darkslick Shores
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Forbidden Orchard
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Port of Karfell
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
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