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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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Exhibition Tidecaller
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
18%synergy
Echocasting Symposium
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Decorum Dissertation
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Pox Plague
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
92%inclusion827 decks902 decks
90%synergy
Consuming Aberration
88%inclusion794 decks902 decks
73%synergy
Tree of Perdition
73%inclusion654 decks902 decks
71%synergy
Ruin Crab
78%inclusion708 decks902 decks
70%synergy
Wall of Frost
69%inclusion619 decks902 decks
67%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
69%inclusion618 decks902 decks
62%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
73%inclusion656 decks902 decks
62%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
63%inclusion568 decks902 decks
61%synergy
The Ancient One
60%inclusion545 decks902 decks
57%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
62%inclusion558 decks902 decks
56%synergy
Top Cards
Mindcrank
68%inclusion616 decks902 decks
56%synergy
Drown in the Loch
67%inclusion608 decks902 decks
50%synergy
Singularity Rupture
66%inclusion45 decks68 decks
54%synergy
Fractured Sanity
64%inclusion573 decks902 decks
54%synergy
Counterspell
62%inclusion557 decks902 decks
6%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
61%inclusion549 decks902 decks
56%synergy
Nighthowler
59%inclusion531 decks902 decks
53%synergy
The Water Crystal
58%inclusion45 decks77 decks
50%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
54%inclusion490 decks902 decks
51%synergy
Mortivore
54%inclusion483 decks902 decks
52%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
37%inclusion333 decks902 decks
15%synergy
Rhystic Study
36%inclusion323 decks902 decks
13%synergy
Demonic Tutor
25%inclusion221 decks902 decks
6%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
18%inclusion166 decks902 decks
0%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
18%inclusion164 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Mystical Tutor
17%inclusion151 decks902 decks
4%synergy
Notion Thief
13%inclusion115 decks902 decks
2%synergy
Ancient Tomb
9.1%inclusion82 decks902 decks
1%synergy
Force of Will
9.1%inclusion82 decks902 decks
-1%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
7.9%inclusion71 decks902 decks
4%synergy
Creatures
Hover Barrier
53%inclusion475 decks902 decks
52%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
51%inclusion460 decks902 decks
38%synergy
Eater of the Dead
49%inclusion446 decks902 decks
48%synergy
Silent Arbiter
44%inclusion399 decks902 decks
43%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
41%inclusion367 decks902 decks
40%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion347 decks902 decks
34%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
38%inclusion50 decks131 decks
37%synergy
Hedron Crab
38%inclusion344 decks902 decks
34%synergy
The Mindskinner
37%inclusion232 decks630 decks
30%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
35%inclusion319 decks902 decks
28%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
35%inclusion316 decks902 decks
34%synergy
Glacial Wall
34%inclusion307 decks902 decks
34%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion299 decks902 decks
32%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion295 decks902 decks
30%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
32%inclusion292 decks902 decks
30%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
31%inclusion16 decks52 decks
29%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
29%inclusion265 decks902 decks
27%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
29%inclusion264 decks902 decks
24%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
28%inclusion254 decks902 decks
28%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
28%inclusion249 decks902 decks
27%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
27%inclusion248 decks902 decks
20%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion241 decks902 decks
26%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
26%inclusion239 decks902 decks
25%synergy
Manic Scribe
26%inclusion237 decks902 decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion223 decks902 decks
21%synergy
Aegis Turtle
24%inclusion213 decks902 decks
23%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion208 decks902 decks
22%synergy
Soulless Jailer
22%inclusion198 decks902 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
22%inclusion195 decks902 decks
20%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
20%inclusion84 decks424 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion176 decks902 decks
15%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion162 decks902 decks
17%synergy
Undead Alchemist
18%inclusion159 decks902 decks
15%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion152 decks902 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Runes
17%inclusion150 decks902 decks
16%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
16%inclusion147 decks891 decks
15%synergy
Avatar of Woe
15%inclusion139 decks902 decks
14%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
15%inclusion137 decks902 decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
15%inclusion132 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion124 decks902 decks
14%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion123 decks902 decks
11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
13%inclusion119 decks902 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Mist
12%inclusion110 decks902 decks
12%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
12%inclusion104 decks902 decks
11%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion102 decks902 decks
11%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion97 decks902 decks
10%synergy
Shield Sphere
10%inclusion93 decks902 decks
10%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion89 decks902 decks
4%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion87 decks902 decks
1%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
50%inclusion450 decks902 decks
46%synergy
Didn't Say Please
37%inclusion337 decks902 decks
32%synergy
Thought Collapse
37%inclusion334 decks902 decks
34%synergy
Negate
31%inclusion283 decks902 decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Strike
31%inclusion281 decks902 decks
28%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion261 decks902 decks
-1%synergy
Dark Ritual
23%inclusion210 decks902 decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Denial
22%inclusion198 decks902 decks
-4%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion192 decks902 decks
20%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
21%inclusion190 decks902 decks
-10%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion181 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Thought Scour
19%inclusion169 decks902 decks
12%synergy
Archive Trap
18%inclusion163 decks902 decks
16%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion156 decks902 decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion106 decks617 decks
1%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion153 decks902 decks
15%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion151 decks902 decks
15%synergy
Drown in Dreams
16%inclusion144 decks902 decks
12%synergy
Swan Song
13%inclusion121 decks902 decks
-5%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion116 decks902 decks
-2%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion114 decks902 decks
-7%synergy
Fell the Profane
12%inclusion107 decks902 decks
-4%synergy
Sink into Stupor
12%inclusion107 decks902 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion107 decks902 decks
0%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion103 decks902 decks
-4%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion94 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion86 decks902 decks
-4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
9.2%inclusion83 decks902 decks
-1%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.2%inclusion83 decks902 decks
-7%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
8.3%inclusion75 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Murder
7.8%inclusion70 decks902 decks
0%synergy
Resculpt
7.3%inclusion66 decks902 decks
1%synergy
Doom Blade
7.2%inclusion65 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Force of Negation
6.9%inclusion62 decks902 decks
-2%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.5%inclusion59 decks902 decks
-3%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.5%inclusion59 decks902 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
6.0%inclusion54 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Opt
5.9%inclusion53 decks902 decks
-6%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.7%inclusion51 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.5%inclusion50 decks902 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
51%inclusion456 decks902 decks
45%synergy
Traumatize
50%inclusion448 decks902 decks
45%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
36%inclusion328 decks902 decks
31%synergy
Windfall
33%inclusion297 decks902 decks
19%synergy
Cut Your Losses
30%inclusion268 decks902 decks
26%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion266 decks902 decks
20%synergy
Toxic Deluge
29%inclusion260 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Mind Funeral
25%inclusion229 decks902 decks
23%synergy
Feed the Swarm
24%inclusion218 decks902 decks
-11%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
24%inclusion216 decks902 decks
19%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
23%inclusion207 decks902 decks
13%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion204 decks902 decks
-2%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion191 decks902 decks
11%synergy
Treasure Cruise
16%inclusion148 decks902 decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion146 decks902 decks
9%synergy
Pilfered Plans
12%inclusion107 decks902 decks
9%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
11%inclusion101 decks902 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion96 decks902 decks
4%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion90 decks902 decks
-6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion41 decks425 decks
3%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
8.9%inclusion80 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.9%inclusion80 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.0%inclusion72 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Dream Harvest
7.7%inclusion3 decks39 decks
3%synergy
Preordain
7.2%inclusion65 decks902 decks
-3%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.7%inclusion60 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.0%inclusion54 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.7%inclusion51 decks902 decks
-1%synergy
Read the Bones
5.5%inclusion50 decks902 decks
2%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.4%inclusion49 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Breaking Wave
5.4%inclusion49 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.3%inclusion48 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
46%inclusion415 decks902 decks
45%synergy
Bonehoard
39%inclusion350 decks902 decks
37%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion329 decks902 decks
9%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
35%inclusion314 decks902 decks
30%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
21%inclusion29 decks137 decks
17%synergy
Altar of the Brood
20%inclusion179 decks902 decks
15%synergy
Keening Stone
18%inclusion162 decks902 decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion147 decks902 decks
-8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion136 decks902 decks
2%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion121 decks902 decks
13%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion100 decks902 decks
9%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion92 decks902 decks
9%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion86 decks902 decks
9%synergy
Isochron Scepter
9.0%inclusion81 decks902 decks
6%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
8.6%inclusion78 decks902 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.0%inclusion72 decks902 decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.2%inclusion65 decks902 decks
-1%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.9%inclusion62 decks902 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.1%inclusion55 decks902 decks
5%synergy
The One Ring
5.8%inclusion52 decks902 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
50%inclusion455 decks902 decks
44%synergy
Propaganda
48%inclusion430 decks902 decks
30%synergy
Memory Erosion
43%inclusion389 decks902 decks
39%synergy
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion365 decks902 decks
37%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion299 decks902 decks
27%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion270 decks902 decks
23%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
28%inclusion39 decks137 decks
26%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
26%inclusion239 decks902 decks
24%synergy
Intruder Alarm
26%inclusion237 decks902 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
25%inclusion224 decks902 decks
12%synergy
Freed from the Real
23%inclusion207 decks902 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion172 decks902 decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
15%inclusion133 decks902 decks
14%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion125 decks902 decks
12%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion122 decks902 decks
13%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion110 decks902 decks
1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion90 decks902 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
9.4%inclusion85 decks902 decks
-1%synergy
No Mercy
8.9%inclusion80 decks902 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.4%inclusion49 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
24%inclusion215 decks902 decks
18%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
19%inclusion167 decks902 decks
17%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
18%inclusion158 decks902 decks
15%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.2%inclusion65 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.7%inclusion51 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion425 decks902 decks
9%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion341 decks902 decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
36%inclusion323 decks902 decks
-0%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
33%inclusion26 decks78 decks
28%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
24%inclusion213 decks902 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
23%inclusion203 decks902 decks
6%synergy
Restless Reef
18%inclusion165 decks902 decks
12%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
17%inclusion151 decks902 decks
13%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
16%inclusion144 decks902 decks
-2%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion128 decks902 decks
2%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion114 decks902 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion112 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion110 decks902 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
9.1%inclusion82 decks902 decks
-18%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.3%inclusion66 decks902 decks
-0%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.0%inclusion54 decks902 decks
-1%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
5.8%inclusion52 decks902 decks
4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.8%inclusion52 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.2%inclusion47 decks902 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion812 decks902 decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
84%inclusion754 decks902 decks
-0%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion624 decks902 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
57%inclusion518 decks902 decks
-0%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion344 decks902 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
32%inclusion288 decks902 decks
1%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion249 decks902 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion247 decks902 decks
11%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion102 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
8.6%inclusion78 decks902 decks
1%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.3%inclusion75 decks902 decks
8%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.2%inclusion74 decks902 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
8.1%inclusion73 decks902 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Locket
7.8%inclusion70 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.2%inclusion65 decks902 decks
2%synergy
Mana Vault
5.1%inclusion46 decks902 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion874 decks902 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion868 decks902 decks
-0%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion780 decks902 decks
-1%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion599 decks902 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
63%inclusion566 decks902 decks
8%synergy
Watery Grave
52%inclusion472 decks902 decks
4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
49%inclusion439 decks902 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
45%inclusion410 decks902 decks
8%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion393 decks902 decks
-4%synergy
Morphic Pool
40%inclusion365 decks902 decks
4%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion340 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
37%inclusion333 decks902 decks
-2%synergy
Underground River
34%inclusion308 decks902 decks
-6%synergy
Polluted Delta
34%inclusion305 decks902 decks
1%synergy
Tainted Isle
32%inclusion291 decks902 decks
-12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion274 decks902 decks
14%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
28%inclusion250 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
25%inclusion156 decks635 decks
0%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion216 decks902 decks
-8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion195 decks902 decks
1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion176 decks902 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion166 decks902 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
18%inclusion159 decks902 decks
1%synergy
Undercity Sewers
16%inclusion147 decks902 decks
-4%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion124 decks902 decks
-0%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion122 decks902 decks
-3%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion117 decks902 decks
-0%synergy
Fell the Profane
12%inclusion107 decks902 decks
-4%synergy
Sink into Stupor
12%inclusion107 decks902 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion107 decks902 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion103 decks902 decks
5%synergy
Fabled Passage
11%inclusion96 decks902 decks
2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
11%inclusion95 decks902 decks
6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion87 decks902 decks
1%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion86 decks902 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Vista
9.3%inclusion84 decks902 decks
3%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
7.6%inclusion69 decks902 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
6.3%inclusion57 decks902 decks
-4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.0%inclusion54 decks902 decks
-1%synergy
Flooded Strand
6.0%inclusion54 decks902 decks
-3%synergy
Misty Rainforest
5.7%inclusion51 decks902 decks
-3%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.3%inclusion48 decks902 decks
1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
5.2%inclusion47 decks902 decks
-3%synergy
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