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

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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Charix, the Raging Isle
81%inclusion22 decks27 decks
79%synergy
Consuming Aberration
85%inclusion23 decks27 decks
70%synergy
Ruin Crab
78%inclusion21 decks27 decks
69%synergy
Eater of the Dead
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
65%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
63%inclusion17 decks27 decks
62%synergy
Tree of Perdition
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
58%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
56%synergy
Drown in the Loch
70%inclusion19 decks27 decks
52%synergy
Intruder Alarm
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
51%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Mindcrank
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
44%synergy
Fractured Sanity
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
46%synergy
Singularity Rupture
50%inclusion10 decks20 decks
38%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
42%synergy
Nighthowler
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
42%synergy
The Ancient One
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
45%synergy
The Water Crystal
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
39%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
43%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
44%synergy
Wall of Frost
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
43%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Rhystic Study
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Force of Will
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Notion Thief
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
4%synergy
The One Ring
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Mana Vault
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Demonic Tutor
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-8%synergy
Necropotence
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Mystical Tutor
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Creatures
Cruel Somnophage
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
39%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
40%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
40%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Undead Alchemist
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
34%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Hover Barrier
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
32%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
32%synergy
The Mindskinner
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
25%synergy
Mortivore
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
25%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Silent Arbiter
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
25%synergy
Avatar of Woe
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
25%synergy
Hedron Crab
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
24%inclusion4 decks17 decks
23%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Manic Scribe
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
19%inclusion5 decks26 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Fleet Swallower
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Glacial Wall
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Jace's Archivist
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Riddlekeeper
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Spellskite
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Aegis Turtle
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
15%inclusion4 decks26 decks
7%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion4 decks26 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Runes
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Unctus, Grand Metatect
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Fatestitcher
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
10%synergy
Wall of Junk
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Fog Bank
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Clever Conjurer
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Soulless Jailer
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
-11%synergy
Visions of Beyond
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
33%synergy
Negate
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Psychic Strike
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Didn't Say Please
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-14%synergy
Mana Drain
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Sink into Stupor
19%inclusion5 decks26 decks
4%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-12%synergy
Resculpt
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Thought Scour
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Swan Song
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Into the Story
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Memory Plunder
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Thought Collapse
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Archive Trap
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Withering Torment
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
-4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Charm
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Intellectual Offering
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Arcane Denial
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-15%synergy
Force of Negation
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Memory Lapse
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Crypt Incursion
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Drown in Dreams
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Pact of Negation
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Refocus
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Pongify
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-8%synergy
Stroke of Genius
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Psychic Spiral
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Countersquall
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Aetherize
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-4%synergy
Tale's End
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Reins of Power
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Cerulean Wisps
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Fleeting Reflection
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-11%synergy
Octopus Form
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Maddening Cacophony
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
34%synergy
Windfall
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
20%synergy
Mind Grind
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Toxic Deluge
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Traumatize
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Whispering Madness
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Reanimate
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Cut Your Losses
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Feed the Swarm
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-24%synergy
Pilfered Plans
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Mind Funeral
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Life's Finale
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Increasing Confusion
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Imperial Seal
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Fascination
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Dread Summons
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Hidden Strings
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Syphon Mind
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Bitter Ordeal
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Damnation
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Seize the Secrets
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Grim Tutor
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Day of Black Sun
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Spirit Water Revival
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Altar of the Brood
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
25%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Lightning Greaves
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Isochron Scepter
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Folio of Fancies
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Ghost Vacuum
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Crawlspace
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-6%synergy
Manifold Key
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Grindstone
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Magewright's Stone
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Keening Stone
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Enchantments
Mystic Remora
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Propaganda
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Freed from the Real
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Fraying Sanity
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
25%synergy
Memory Erosion
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Court of Cunning
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Lost in the Maze
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Black Market Connections
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
No Mercy
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Animate Dead
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-4%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
35%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Reliquary Tower
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
33%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Restless Reef
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
19%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Buried Ruin
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Academy Ruins
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Field of Ruin
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-6%synergy
Barren Moor
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Ancient Tomb
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Memorial to Folly
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Ghost Quarter
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Urza's Saga
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Cabal Coffers
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Field of the Dead
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Thespian's Stage
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-20%synergy
Multiversal Passage
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
85%inclusion23 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Arcane Signet
74%inclusion20 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Signet
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Commander's Sphere
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Thought Vessel
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-9%synergy
Midnight Clock
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Basalt Monolith
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Thran Dynamo
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Grim Monolith
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Sky Diamond
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Gilded Lotus
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Chrome Mox
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Mox Diamond
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion27 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion27 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
85%inclusion23 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Watery Grave
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
19%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Choked Estuary
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Tainted Isle
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
20%synergy
Exotic Orchard
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Underground River
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Polluted Delta
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Fetid Pools
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Temple of Deceit
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
-6%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
-14%synergy
Darkslick Shores
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Morphic Pool
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-14%synergy
Sink into Stupor
19%inclusion5 decks26 decks
4%synergy
Fabled Passage
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-6%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Underground Sea
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Dismal Backwater
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
15%inclusion4 decks26 decks
7%synergy
Undercity Sewers
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-6%synergy
Mana Confluence
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Sunken Ruins
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
City of Brass
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Fell the Profane
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
-4%synergy
Myriad Landscape
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
1%synergy
Misty Rainforest
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Reflecting Pool
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Marsh Flats
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Flooded Strand
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy