Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Tap / Untap

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Landon Crispens
Dec 8, 2025
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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Silvergill Peddler
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
87%inclusion20 decks23 decks
85%synergy
Ruin Crab
83%inclusion19 decks23 decks
74%synergy
Eater of the Dead
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
73%synergy
Consuming Aberration
87%inclusion20 decks23 decks
72%synergy
Tree of Perdition
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
63%synergy
Drown in the Loch
78%inclusion18 decks23 decks
60%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
57%synergy
Fractured Sanity
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
56%synergy
Intruder Alarm
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
55%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
55%synergy
Top Cards
Singularity Rupture
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
50%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
50%synergy
Mindcrank
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
45%synergy
The Water Crystal
53%inclusion9 decks17 decks
44%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
50%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
42%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
48%synergy
Counterspell
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
-4%synergy
Nighthowler
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
42%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
42%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Rhystic Study
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
7%synergy
The One Ring
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Notion Thief
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Force of Will
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Imperial Seal
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Mana Vault
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Demonic Tutor
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-11%synergy
Necropotence
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Field of the Dead
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Creatures
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
47%synergy
The Ancient One
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
45%synergy
Wall of Frost
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
42%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
38%synergy
Undead Alchemist
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
36%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
39%inclusion7 decks18 decks
38%synergy
The Mindskinner
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
31%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
34%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
31%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
34%synergy
Silent Arbiter
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Mortivore
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Hedron Crab
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
27%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Guiltfeeder
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Hover Barrier
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
25%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Fleet Swallower
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Avatar of Woe
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Glacial Wall
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Jace's Archivist
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Manic Scribe
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
15%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Fog Bank
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Unctus, Grand Metatect
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Soulless Jailer
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Pain Seer
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Spellskite
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Scaretiller
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Fatestitcher
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Clever Conjurer
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Aegis Turtle
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
35%synergy
Negate
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Psychic Strike
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Didn't Say Please
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Sink into Stupor
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-14%synergy
Resculpt
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
20%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-13%synergy
Mana Drain
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Thought Scour
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Swan Song
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Archive Trap
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Memory Plunder
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Thought Collapse
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Withering Torment
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Intellectual Offering
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Arcane Denial
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-13%synergy
Memory Lapse
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Crypt Incursion
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Drown in Dreams
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Into the Story
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Charm
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Refocus
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Pongify
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Countersquall
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Turnabout
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Aetherize
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Reins of Power
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Fleeting Reflection
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Pact of Negation
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Mystical Tutor
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Force of Negation
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Octopus Form
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Magic Damper
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Windfall
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Mind Grind
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Toxic Deluge
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Traumatize
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Cut Your Losses
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Feed the Swarm
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-22%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Whispering Madness
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Reanimate
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-11%synergy
Mind Funeral
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Life's Finale
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Dread Summons
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Hidden Strings
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Pilfered Plans
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Bitter Ordeal
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Damnation
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Seize the Secrets
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Grim Tutor
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Day of Black Sun
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Spirit Water Revival
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Grasping Tentacles
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
43%synergy
Altar of the Brood
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
28%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Lightning Greaves
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Isochron Scepter
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
17%inclusion3 decks18 decks
13%synergy
Folio of Fancies
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Ghost Vacuum
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Grindstone
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Magewright's Stone
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Crawlspace
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Enchantments
Unstoppable Plan
44%inclusion8 decks18 decks
42%synergy
Propaganda
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
27%synergy
Mystic Remora
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Fraying Sanity
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
27%synergy
Freed from the Real
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Court of Cunning
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Black Market Connections
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Memory Erosion
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Lost in the Maze
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Leyline of the Void
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
No Mercy
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Animate Dead
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
37%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
47%inclusion8 decks17 decks
42%synergy
Reliquary Tower
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Restless Reef
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-4%synergy
Buried Ruin
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Academy Ruins
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Castle Locthwain
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-6%synergy
Field of Ruin
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Coffers
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-4%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-18%synergy
Ancient Tomb
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Barren Moor
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Thespian's Stage
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
83%inclusion19 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Arcane Signet
78%inclusion18 decks23 decks
-6%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Signet
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Fellwar Stone
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Mind Stone
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Thought Vessel
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-6%synergy
Midnight Clock
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Thran Dynamo
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Basalt Monolith
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Chrome Mox
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Mox Diamond
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Grim Monolith
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Sky Diamond
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Gilded Lotus
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
The Soul Stone
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion23 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion23 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
83%inclusion19 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Sunken Hollow
70%inclusion16 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Watery Grave
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Choked Estuary
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
29%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Tainted Isle
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Fetid Pools
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Underground River
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Polluted Delta
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Darkslick Shores
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Morphic Pool
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-10%synergy
Sink into Stupor
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Temple of Deceit
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-14%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-18%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Undercity Sewers
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Fabled Passage
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Underground Sea
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Dismal Backwater
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Confluence
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-9%synergy
City of Brass
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Boggart Trawler
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Marsh Flats
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Flooded Strand
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Port of Karfell
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Misty Rainforest
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Treno, Dark City
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
3%synergy