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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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Dream Harvest
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Glen Elendra's Answer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
50%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
48%synergy
Traumatize
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
48%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
45%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
43%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
42%synergy
Consuming Aberration
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
41%synergy
Fraying Sanity
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
40%synergy
Wall of Frost
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
39%synergy
Fractured Sanity
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
38%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
30%synergy
Mindcrank
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
36%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
38%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
31%synergy
Ruin Crab
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
36%synergy
Singularity Rupture
41%inclusion7 decks17 decks
29%synergy
Nighthowler
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
34%synergy
Counterspell
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
-16%synergy
The Ancient One
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
37%synergy
Cut Your Losses
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
32%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Rhystic Study
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Notion Thief
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Field of the Dead
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Mystical Tutor
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Opposition Agent
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Necropotence
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-16%synergy
Creatures
Wall of Lost Thoughts
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
31%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
25%synergy
Hedron Crab
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
28%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Tree of Perdition
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
26%synergy
Eater of the Dead
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
26%synergy
The Mindskinner
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Silent Arbiter
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Baleful Strix
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-3%synergy
Glacial Wall
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Sheoldred
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
17%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Avatar of Woe
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Fog Bank
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Fleet Swallower
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Aegis Turtle
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Talion, the Kindly Lord
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Manic Scribe
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Guiltfeeder
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Wall of Junk
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Mortivore
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Runes
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Undead Alchemist
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Kami of the Crescent Moon
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Eye Collector
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Gisa, the Hellraiser
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Angel of Suffering
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Hover Barrier
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Noxious Gearhulk
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Mist
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Leveler
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Didn't Say Please
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
24%synergy
Negate
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-9%synergy
Thought Collapse
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Archive Trap
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Arcane Denial
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-6%synergy
Visions of Beyond
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Drown in Dreams
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Psychic Strike
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
-14%synergy
Fact or Fiction
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Swan Song
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Dark Ritual
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
-19%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Frantic Search
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-7%synergy
Demonic Consultation
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Crypt Incursion
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Dig Through Time
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Zuko's Conviction
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-7%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Entomb
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Brainstorm
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-22%synergy
Songs of the Damned
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Brain Freeze
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Essence Scatter
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Cabal Ritual
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Psychic Spiral
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Reality Shift
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-6%synergy
Opt
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Resculpt
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Thought Scour
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Perplex
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Murder
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Mission Briefing
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Unwind
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Hero's Downfall
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Deny Entry
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
It'll Quench Ya!
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Scour for Scrap
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Swallowed by Leviathan
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Dreams of Laguna
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Windfall
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Treasure Cruise
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Toxic Deluge
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-16%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Grim Tutor
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Reanimate
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
-8%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Ponder
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Dread Return
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Unearth
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
8%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Damnation
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Boomerang Basics
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Wail of the Forgotten
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Crux of Fate
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Ringsight
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Yawgmoth's Vile Offering
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Army of the Damned
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Buried Alive
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Living Death
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Mind Funeral
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Extract from Darkness
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Exhume
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Bond of Insight
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Combat Tutorial
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
32%inclusion6 decks19 decks
23%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Altar of the Brood
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Lightning Greaves
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-7%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
-8%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
3%synergy
The Grim Captain's Locker
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Millstone
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Crucible of Worlds
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Jet Medallion
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Altar of Dementia
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Folio of Fancies
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Bonehoard
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Expedition Map
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Grindstone
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
The Enigma Jewel
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Howling Mine
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Isochron Scepter
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Codex Shredder
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Court of Cunning
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Memory Erosion
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
20%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Mystic Remora
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
No Mercy
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Nightmares and Daydreams
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Intruder Alarm
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Rooftop Storm
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-3%synergy
Endless Ranks of the Dead
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Animate Dead
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-3%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Out of the Tombs
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
25%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
35%inclusion7 decks20 decks
30%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-12%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Academy Ruins
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Cabal Coffers
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Vault of Whispers
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Seat of the Synod
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Darksteel Citadel
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Thespian's Stage
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-7%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Mistrise Village
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Agna Qel'a
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Buried Ruin
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Urza's Saga
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Witch's Cottage
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Castle Locthwain
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-19%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
88%inclusion22 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Sol Ring
84%inclusion21 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Signet
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
-11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-7%synergy
Thought Vessel
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-8%synergy
Mind Stone
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-5%synergy
Commander's Sphere
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Basalt Monolith
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
The Soul Stone
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
7%synergy
Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Sky Diamond
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Midnight Clock
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
96%inclusion24 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Swamp
92%inclusion23 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Command Tower
84%inclusion21 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Sunken Hollow
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Watery Grave
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Morphic Pool
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Temple of Deceit
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Choked Estuary
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
-12%synergy
Tainted Isle
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
-16%synergy
Myriad Landscape
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Dismal Backwater
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Polluted Delta
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
-12%synergy
Undercity Sewers
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Underground River
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-16%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-13%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Sunken Ruins
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-5%synergy
Fabled Passage
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
8%synergy
River of Tears
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Port of Karfell
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Reflecting Pool
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Darkslick Shores
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Path of Ancestry
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-16%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Serpent's Pass
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Prismatic Vista
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Ash Barrens
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Demolition Field
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-9%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Cavern of Souls
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
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