Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget Persistent Petitioners

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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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Persistent Petitioners
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
100%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
65%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Vren, the Relentless
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
50%synergy
The Mindskinner
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
43%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Aegis Turtle
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
50%synergy
Duelist of the Mind
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
50%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
20%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Wall of Runes
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Wall of Frost
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Ruin Crab
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Wall of Mist
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Jason Bright, Glowing Prophet
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Memory Vampire
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Kadena's Silencer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
The Cyber-Controller
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Jacob Hauken, Inspector
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Dimir Guildmage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Havengul Lich
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Omen Hawker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Junk
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ethereal Investigator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mulldrifter
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Mortivore
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dimir House Guard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Balustrade Spy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Eater of the Dead
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Shadow Alley Denizen
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Trusted Advisor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Dragonlord Silumgar
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
The Mouth of Sauron
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ichorid
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Chancellor of Tales
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Nighthowler
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
The Ancient One
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Instants
Thought Scour
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
44%synergy
Consider
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
20%synergy
Thought Collapse
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Pongify
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Drown in the Loch
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Frantic Search
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Saruman's Trickery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Careful Consideration
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Go for the Throat
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Negate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-16%synergy
Brainstorm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-14%synergy
Power Sink
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Mystical Dispute
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dark Ritual
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-18%synergy
Reality Shift
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Opt
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Turnabout
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Predict
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Cancel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Glorious Gale
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Archmage's Charm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Murder
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Infernal Grasp
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Sinister Sabotage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Horribly Awry
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Silundi Vision
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Repeal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Didn't Say Please
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Visions of Beyond
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Counterspell
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-39%synergy
Mystic Confluence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Blood Pact
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Archive Trap
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Dream Twist
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Remand
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
High Tide
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Totally Lost
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Unwind
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Deduce
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Into the Story
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Think Twice
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Radical Idea
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Deep Analysis
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Preordain
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Heartless Conscription
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Fractured Sanity
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Traumatize
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Flood of Recollection
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Increasing Confusion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Shamble Back
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Divination
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dread Return
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Rise from the Tides
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Tome Scour
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Cut Your Losses
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Vicious Rumors
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Stolen by the Fae
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Self-Reflection
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Go Blank
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Surrounded by Orcs
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Quasiduplicate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Funeral Rites
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Weight of Memory
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Fortuitous Find
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Startled Awake
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Memory Sluice
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Final Parting
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Pelakka Predation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Pilfered Plans
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Secrets of the Golden City
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
River's Rebuke
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Macabre Waltz
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Gruesome Fate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Damnation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Altar of the Brood
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Altar of Dementia
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Mirran Safehouse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Lithoform Engine
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Millstone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Traveler's Amulet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Cryptolith Fragment
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Bonehoard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Otherworld Atlas
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Grindstone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mindcrank
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Lightning Greaves
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-11%synergy
Codex Shredder
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Trepanation Blade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Temple Bell
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Enchantments
Ripples of Undeath
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
47%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Tinybones Joins Up
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Fraying Sanity
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Jace's Erasure
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Underworld Connections
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Forced Fruition
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Torment of Scarabs
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Extraordinary Journey
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Eyes Everywhere
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Ill-Gotten Inheritance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
The Long Reach of Night
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Deeproot Waters
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Kasmina's Transmutation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Stab Wound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
The Bath Song
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Animate Dead
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Drowned Secrets
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Navigator's Ruin
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
No Rest for the Wicked
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Trail of Evidence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace Beleren
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Jace, Arcane Strategist
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Tasha, the Witch Queen
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Karn, the Great Creator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-6%synergy
Halimar Depths
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-3%synergy
Rivendell
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Buried Ruin
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Witch's Cottage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Barad-dûr
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Karn's Bastion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Thespian's Stage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Dark Depths
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Restless Reef
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-11%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-1%synergy
Sol Ring
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-5%synergy
Dimir Signet
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Commander's Sphere
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Sky Diamond
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-42%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Bonder's Ornament
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-14%synergy
Worn Powerstone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Mind Stone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-13%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-5%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Temple of Deceit
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Underground River
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-6%synergy
Dismal Backwater
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Tainted Isle
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-27%synergy
Waterfront District
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-17%synergy
Fetid Pools
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-23%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Evolving Wilds
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Silundi Vision
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Pelakka Predation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Path of Ancestry
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-11%synergy
Choked Estuary
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-31%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
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