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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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Echocasting Symposium
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
92%inclusion916 decks998 decks
90%synergy
Consuming Aberration
88%inclusion880 decks998 decks
73%synergy
Tree of Perdition
73%inclusion732 decks998 decks
72%synergy
Ruin Crab
78%inclusion775 decks998 decks
69%synergy
Wall of Frost
68%inclusion681 decks998 decks
67%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
69%inclusion692 decks998 decks
63%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
73%inclusion729 decks998 decks
63%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
63%inclusion626 decks998 decks
61%synergy
The Ancient One
60%inclusion601 decks998 decks
57%synergy
Mindcrank
68%inclusion683 decks998 decks
56%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
67%inclusion668 decks998 decks
49%synergy
Singularity Rupture
64%inclusion43 decks67 decks
52%synergy
Fractured Sanity
63%inclusion632 decks998 decks
54%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
62%inclusion617 decks998 decks
56%synergy
Counterspell
62%inclusion615 decks998 decks
6%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
61%inclusion606 decks998 decks
56%synergy
Nighthowler
59%inclusion588 decks998 decks
53%synergy
The Water Crystal
55%inclusion42 decks76 decks
46%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
54%inclusion538 decks998 decks
50%synergy
Mortivore
53%inclusion531 decks998 decks
52%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
37%inclusion365 decks998 decks
14%synergy
Rhystic Study
36%inclusion359 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Demonic Tutor
24%inclusion238 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
19%inclusion185 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
18%inclusion183 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Mystical Tutor
17%inclusion166 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Notion Thief
12%inclusion123 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Force of Will
9.4%inclusion94 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Ancient Tomb
8.9%inclusion89 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
8.2%inclusion82 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Hover Barrier
52%inclusion522 decks998 decks
51%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion517 decks998 decks
39%synergy
Eater of the Dead
49%inclusion490 decks998 decks
48%synergy
Silent Arbiter
44%inclusion443 decks998 decks
43%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
38%inclusion380 decks998 decks
37%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion376 decks998 decks
33%synergy
Hedron Crab
37%inclusion373 decks998 decks
33%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
37%inclusion367 decks998 decks
30%synergy
The Mindskinner
37%inclusion232 decks631 decks
30%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
37%inclusion48 decks131 decks
36%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
35%inclusion350 decks998 decks
34%synergy
Glacial Wall
34%inclusion339 decks998 decks
33%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion327 decks998 decks
30%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion327 decks998 decks
32%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
32%inclusion320 decks998 decks
29%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
31%inclusion16 decks51 decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion297 decks998 decks
25%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
29%inclusion293 decks998 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion291 decks998 decks
29%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
28%inclusion282 decks998 decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
27%inclusion274 decks998 decks
20%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion269 decks998 decks
26%synergy
Manic Scribe
27%inclusion265 decks998 decks
25%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
26%inclusion259 decks998 decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion248 decks998 decks
21%synergy
Aegis Turtle
24%inclusion237 decks998 decks
23%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion229 decks998 decks
22%synergy
Soulless Jailer
22%inclusion218 decks998 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
22%inclusion217 decks998 decks
21%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion200 decks998 decks
15%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
19%inclusion82 decks424 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion184 decks998 decks
18%synergy
Undead Alchemist
18%inclusion183 decks998 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Runes
17%inclusion169 decks998 decks
17%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion167 decks998 decks
16%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
16%inclusion147 decks892 decks
15%synergy
Avatar of Woe
16%inclusion158 decks998 decks
15%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
15%inclusion150 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
15%inclusion149 decks998 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion140 decks998 decks
14%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion138 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
14%inclusion7 decks51 decks
13%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
14%inclusion136 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Mist
13%inclusion127 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
12%inclusion121 decks998 decks
12%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion113 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion112 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Shield Sphere
10%inclusion103 decks998 decks
10%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion98 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
9.4%inclusion40 decks424 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
49%inclusion493 decks998 decks
46%synergy
Didn't Say Please
37%inclusion369 decks998 decks
32%synergy
Thought Collapse
36%inclusion364 decks998 decks
33%synergy
Negate
32%inclusion316 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Strike
30%inclusion301 decks998 decks
27%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion288 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Dark Ritual
23%inclusion230 decks998 decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Denial
22%inclusion220 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
21%inclusion208 decks998 decks
-10%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion208 decks998 decks
19%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion204 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Thought Scour
20%inclusion197 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Archive Trap
18%inclusion177 decks998 decks
16%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion168 decks998 decks
15%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion103 decks618 decks
1%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion166 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion166 decks998 decks
15%synergy
Drown in Dreams
16%inclusion157 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Swan Song
14%inclusion135 decks998 decks
-5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion127 decks998 decks
-7%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion125 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion114 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion111 decks985 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion110 decks985 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion109 decks982 decks
0%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion101 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion100 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion96 decks998 decks
-6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
9.4%inclusion94 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
8.7%inclusion87 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Murder
7.4%inclusion74 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Doom Blade
7.3%inclusion73 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Resculpt
7.3%inclusion73 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Force of Negation
6.9%inclusion69 decks998 decks
-2%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.6%inclusion66 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.4%inclusion64 decks998 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
6.3%inclusion63 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.0%inclusion60 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Opt
5.9%inclusion59 decks998 decks
-6%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.5%inclusion55 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
50%inclusion496 decks998 decks
45%synergy
Mind Grind
49%inclusion494 decks998 decks
44%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
36%inclusion364 decks998 decks
31%synergy
Windfall
32%inclusion319 decks998 decks
18%synergy
Cut Your Losses
30%inclusion295 decks998 decks
26%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion289 decks998 decks
20%synergy
Toxic Deluge
29%inclusion286 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Mind Funeral
26%inclusion256 decks998 decks
23%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
24%inclusion238 decks998 decks
19%synergy
Feed the Swarm
23%inclusion231 decks998 decks
-12%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion228 decks998 decks
-2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion222 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion206 decks998 decks
10%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion167 decks998 decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion157 decks998 decks
8%synergy
Pilfered Plans
12%inclusion118 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion108 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
11%inclusion106 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion103 decks998 decks
-6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion41 decks425 decks
3%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
9.3%inclusion93 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.5%inclusion85 decks998 decks
2%synergy
Whispering Madness
7.9%inclusion79 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
7.0%inclusion70 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.7%inclusion67 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.0%inclusion60 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.6%inclusion56 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Breaking Wave
5.5%inclusion55 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
5.4%inclusion54 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.3%inclusion53 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.1%inclusion51 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
46%inclusion459 decks998 decks
45%synergy
Bonehoard
40%inclusion399 decks998 decks
38%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion360 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
35%inclusion345 decks998 decks
29%synergy
Altar of the Brood
21%inclusion208 decks998 decks
16%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
20%inclusion27 decks137 decks
16%synergy
Keening Stone
18%inclusion176 decks998 decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion160 decks998 decks
-8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion145 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
14%inclusion135 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion111 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion104 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion95 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
9.4%inclusion94 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Isochron Scepter
9.2%inclusion92 decks998 decks
6%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.8%inclusion88 decks998 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.1%inclusion71 decks998 decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.1%inclusion71 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.2%inclusion62 decks998 decks
5%synergy
The One Ring
5.5%inclusion55 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
49%inclusion493 decks998 decks
43%synergy
Propaganda
46%inclusion463 decks998 decks
29%synergy
Memory Erosion
42%inclusion421 decks998 decks
38%synergy
Fraying Sanity
41%inclusion406 decks998 decks
37%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion328 decks998 decks
27%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion295 decks998 decks
22%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
28%inclusion38 decks137 decks
26%synergy
Intruder Alarm
27%inclusion274 decks998 decks
26%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
27%inclusion267 decks998 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
24%inclusion241 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
23%inclusion233 decks998 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion190 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
14%inclusion140 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion136 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
13%inclusion133 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion125 decks998 decks
2%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion99 decks998 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
10%inclusion95 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
No Mercy
9.0%inclusion90 decks998 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.3%inclusion53 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5.1%inclusion51 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
25%inclusion245 decks998 decks
19%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
18%inclusion183 decks998 decks
16%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
18%inclusion176 decks998 decks
16%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.3%inclusion73 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.4%inclusion54 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion471 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion370 decks998 decks
28%synergy
Reliquary Tower
35%inclusion350 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
31%inclusion24 decks77 decks
26%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion233 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion221 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
19%inclusion185 decks998 decks
12%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
17%inclusion166 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
16%inclusion155 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion139 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion123 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
12%inclusion122 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion117 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.7%inclusion87 decks998 decks
-18%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.3%inclusion73 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
5.9%inclusion59 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.7%inclusion57 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.7%inclusion57 decks998 decks
2%synergy
Halimar Depths
5.6%inclusion56 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion902 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Signet
84%inclusion839 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion687 decks998 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
57%inclusion564 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion379 decks998 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
31%inclusion311 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion273 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Thought Vessel
27%inclusion270 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion116 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
8.8%inclusion88 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.6%inclusion86 decks998 decks
8%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.5%inclusion85 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
8.4%inclusion84 decks998 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Locket
7.8%inclusion78 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.3%inclusion73 decks998 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion969 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion962 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion862 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion663 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
63%inclusion624 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Watery Grave
52%inclusion518 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
49%inclusion487 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion456 decks998 decks
8%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion435 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Morphic Pool
40%inclusion403 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion379 decks998 decks
2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
36%inclusion364 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Polluted Delta
34%inclusion337 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Underground River
33%inclusion331 decks998 decks
-7%synergy
Tainted Isle
32%inclusion322 decks998 decks
-12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion297 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
28%inclusion282 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
25%inclusion157 decks636 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion235 decks998 decks
-9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion216 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion196 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion183 decks998 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
17%inclusion174 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Undercity Sewers
17%inclusion168 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion139 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion136 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion133 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Fabled Passage
11%inclusion114 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion111 decks985 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion112 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion110 decks985 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion109 decks982 decks
0%synergy
Reflecting Pool
10%inclusion101 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion95 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
9.2%inclusion89 decks964 decks
1%synergy
Prismatic Vista
9.2%inclusion92 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
8.2%inclusion82 decks998 decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
6.6%inclusion66 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Flooded Strand
5.7%inclusion57 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.7%inclusion55 decks968 decks
-1%synergy
Misty Rainforest
5.5%inclusion55 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.5%inclusion55 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
5.0%inclusion50 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
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