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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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Silvergill Peddler
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Dream Harvest
4.5%inclusion1 decks22 decks
0%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
92%inclusion1.23K decks1.34K decks
90%synergy
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion1.19K decks1.34K decks
74%synergy
Tree of Perdition
75%inclusion1K decks1.34K decks
73%synergy
Ruin Crab
77%inclusion1.04K decks1.34K decks
69%synergy
Wall of Frost
69%inclusion925 decks1.34K decks
68%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
70%inclusion938 decks1.34K decks
64%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
74%inclusion990 decks1.34K decks
63%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
64%inclusion863 decks1.34K decks
62%synergy
Mindcrank
70%inclusion939 decks1.34K decks
58%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
62%inclusion826 decks1.34K decks
57%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
66%inclusion885 decks1.34K decks
48%synergy
Fractured Sanity
65%inclusion870 decks1.34K decks
55%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
62%inclusion835 decks1.34K decks
57%synergy
Counterspell
62%inclusion835 decks1.34K decks
6%synergy
Singularity Rupture
62%inclusion37 decks60 decks
49%synergy
Nighthowler
60%inclusion799 decks1.34K decks
54%synergy
The Ancient One
59%inclusion797 decks1.34K decks
56%synergy
The Water Crystal
57%inclusion39 decks69 decks
48%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
55%inclusion736 decks1.34K decks
51%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
54%inclusion724 decks1.34K decks
41%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
37%inclusion498 decks1.34K decks
14%synergy
Rhystic Study
37%inclusion497 decks1.34K decks
13%synergy
Demonic Tutor
24%inclusion326 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
19%inclusion250 decks1.34K decks
2%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
18%inclusion244 decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Mystical Tutor
18%inclusion236 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Notion Thief
12%inclusion163 decks1.34K decks
1%synergy
Force of Will
10%inclusion139 decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Ancient Tomb
9.4%inclusion126 decks1.34K decks
1%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
7.5%inclusion100 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
53%inclusion711 decks1.34K decks
52%synergy
Hover Barrier
52%inclusion695 decks1.34K decks
51%synergy
Eater of the Dead
48%inclusion637 decks1.34K decks
46%synergy
Silent Arbiter
47%inclusion624 decks1.34K decks
45%synergy
Hedron Crab
38%inclusion516 decks1.34K decks
35%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
38%inclusion15 decks39 decks
37%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
38%inclusion514 decks1.34K decks
31%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
37%inclusion381 decks1.02K decks
37%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
37%inclusion499 decks1.34K decks
33%synergy
The Mindskinner
37%inclusion235 decks635 decks
30%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
36%inclusion45 decks125 decks
35%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
35%inclusion475 decks1.34K decks
35%synergy
Fleet Swallower
34%inclusion461 decks1.34K decks
32%synergy
Glacial Wall
34%inclusion452 decks1.34K decks
33%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
34%inclusion450 decks1.34K decks
32%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
33%inclusion444 decks1.34K decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
31%inclusion414 decks1.34K decks
26%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
30%inclusion407 decks1.34K decks
22%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
30%inclusion402 decks1.34K decks
28%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion395 decks1.34K decks
29%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
29%inclusion386 decks1.34K decks
28%synergy
Manic Scribe
28%inclusion380 decks1.34K decks
27%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion361 decks1.34K decks
26%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion339 decks1.34K decks
22%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
24%inclusion282 decks1.16K decks
23%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion313 decks1.34K decks
22%synergy
Aegis Turtle
23%inclusion304 decks1.34K decks
22%synergy
Soulless Jailer
22%inclusion297 decks1.34K decks
22%synergy
Guiltfeeder
21%inclusion281 decks1.34K decks
16%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
21%inclusion281 decks1.34K decks
20%synergy
Undead Alchemist
19%inclusion257 decks1.34K decks
16%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
19%inclusion80 decks424 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion240 decks1.34K decks
17%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion234 decks1.34K decks
17%synergy
Avatar of Woe
17%inclusion222 decks1.34K decks
15%synergy
Wall of Runes
16%inclusion217 decks1.34K decks
16%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
16%inclusion146 decks903 decks
15%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
16%inclusion213 decks1.34K decks
15%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
15%inclusion6 decks39 decks
15%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
15%inclusion197 decks1.34K decks
3%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion191 decks1.34K decks
11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
14%inclusion184 decks1.34K decks
13%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion176 decks1.34K decks
13%synergy
Wall of Mist
13%inclusion172 decks1.34K decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
12%inclusion159 decks1.34K decks
11%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
12%inclusion157 decks1.34K decks
11%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion136 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion132 decks1.30K decks
10%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
9.4%inclusion40 decks424 decks
8%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
9.4%inclusion92 decks978 decks
1%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
50%inclusion675 decks1.34K decks
47%synergy
Didn't Say Please
38%inclusion505 decks1.34K decks
33%synergy
Thought Collapse
37%inclusion499 decks1.34K decks
34%synergy
Negate
32%inclusion428 decks1.34K decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Strike
31%inclusion422 decks1.34K decks
28%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion387 decks1.34K decks
-2%synergy
Dark Ritual
21%inclusion288 decks1.34K decks
-14%synergy
Arcane Denial
21%inclusion284 decks1.34K decks
-4%synergy
Mana Drain
21%inclusion282 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion278 decks1.34K decks
19%synergy
Thought Scour
20%inclusion265 decks1.34K decks
13%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
19%inclusion252 decks1.34K decks
-12%synergy
Crypt Incursion
18%inclusion244 decks1.34K decks
16%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion234 decks1.34K decks
7%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion234 decks1.34K decks
16%synergy
Archive Trap
17%inclusion229 decks1.34K decks
15%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion103 decks622 decks
0%synergy
Drown in Dreams
15%inclusion206 decks1.34K decks
11%synergy
Swan Song
13%inclusion174 decks1.34K decks
-5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion171 decks1.34K decks
-7%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion168 decks1.34K decks
-2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion112 decks996 decks
0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion112 decks999 decks
-4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion149 decks1.34K decks
-5%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion110 decks999 decks
-5%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion139 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
10%inclusion136 decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion129 decks1.34K decks
-4%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.4%inclusion126 decks1.34K decks
-7%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
8.7%inclusion117 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Doom Blade
8.1%inclusion108 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.8%inclusion104 decks1.34K decks
-2%synergy
Murder
7.8%inclusion104 decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Resculpt
7.2%inclusion96 decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Perplex
7.2%inclusion96 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Force of Negation
7.2%inclusion96 decks1.34K decks
-2%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.8%inclusion91 decks1.34K decks
7%synergy
Opt
6.1%inclusion82 decks1.34K decks
-6%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.1%inclusion82 decks1.34K decks
-4%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.6%inclusion75 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Bitter Triumph
5.1%inclusion69 decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
See Double
5.1%inclusion68 decks1.34K decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
53%inclusion707 decks1.34K decks
48%synergy
Mind Grind
50%inclusion674 decks1.34K decks
45%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
36%inclusion487 decks1.34K decks
31%synergy
Windfall
31%inclusion412 decks1.34K decks
17%synergy
Cut Your Losses
30%inclusion409 decks1.34K decks
27%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion395 decks1.34K decks
20%synergy
Toxic Deluge
28%inclusion378 decks1.34K decks
2%synergy
Mind Funeral
27%inclusion360 decks1.34K decks
24%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion333 decks1.34K decks
20%synergy
Feed the Swarm
23%inclusion302 decks1.34K decks
-13%synergy
Reanimate
22%inclusion296 decks1.34K decks
-2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion295 decks1.34K decks
12%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion285 decks1.34K decks
11%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion230 decks1.34K decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion210 decks1.34K decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion154 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Pilfered Plans
11%inclusion152 decks1.34K decks
9%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
10%inclusion135 decks1.32K decks
9%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion135 decks1.34K decks
-6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
9.4%inclusion40 decks425 decks
2%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
8.9%inclusion120 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.6%inclusion115 decks1.34K decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.5%inclusion114 decks1.34K decks
2%synergy
Grim Tutor
7.5%inclusion101 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Preordain
7.2%inclusion96 decks1.34K decks
-3%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.2%inclusion83 decks1.34K decks
6%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.7%inclusion77 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
5.6%inclusion75 decks1.34K decks
2%synergy
Breaking Wave
5.6%inclusion75 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.5%inclusion74 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.4%inclusion72 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.1%inclusion69 decks1.34K decks
-1%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
5.1%inclusion68 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
45%inclusion607 decks1.34K decks
44%synergy
Bonehoard
41%inclusion553 decks1.34K decks
39%synergy
Lightning Greaves
34%inclusion461 decks1.34K decks
7%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
34%inclusion456 decks1.34K decks
29%synergy
Altar of the Brood
21%inclusion276 decks1.34K decks
16%synergy
Keening Stone
20%inclusion263 decks1.34K decks
18%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
19%inclusion25 decks131 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion211 decks1.34K decks
-9%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
14%inclusion191 decks1.34K decks
14%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion187 decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
12%inclusion155 decks1.34K decks
10%synergy
Isochron Scepter
10%inclusion140 decks1.34K decks
7%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion133 decks1.34K decks
10%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion133 decks1.34K decks
9%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
10%inclusion131 decks1.34K decks
9%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.1%inclusion108 decks1.34K decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.9%inclusion93 decks1.34K decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.8%inclusion91 decks1.34K decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
6.6%inclusion88 decks1.34K decks
-1%synergy
Profane Memento
5.3%inclusion71 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
The One Ring
5.1%inclusion69 decks1.34K decks
-2%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
50%inclusion667 decks1.34K decks
43%synergy
Propaganda
46%inclusion616 decks1.34K decks
29%synergy
Memory Erosion
44%inclusion594 decks1.34K decks
40%synergy
Fraying Sanity
42%inclusion562 decks1.34K decks
38%synergy
Court of Cunning
35%inclusion465 decks1.34K decks
29%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion401 decks1.34K decks
22%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
28%inclusion37 decks131 decks
26%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
28%inclusion370 decks1.34K decks
25%synergy
Intruder Alarm
27%inclusion366 decks1.34K decks
26%synergy
Freed from the Real
24%inclusion317 decks1.34K decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
23%inclusion313 decks1.34K decks
10%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion259 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
14%inclusion186 decks1.34K decks
13%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion185 decks1.34K decks
13%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion183 decks1.34K decks
12%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion157 decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion128 decks1.34K decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.4%inclusion113 decks1.34K decks
-2%synergy
No Mercy
8.0%inclusion107 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Drowned Secrets
6.2%inclusion83 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
5.6%inclusion75 decks1.34K decks
3%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5.1%inclusion67 decks1.31K decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
25%inclusion340 decks1.34K decks
19%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
18%inclusion246 decks1.34K decks
16%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
18%inclusion235 decks1.34K decks
15%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.8%inclusion104 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.7%inclusion76 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion626 decks1.34K decks
8%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion516 decks1.34K decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion504 decks1.34K decks
1%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
36%inclusion25 decks70 decks
31%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion312 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
23%inclusion308 decks1.34K decks
6%synergy
Restless Reef
20%inclusion271 decks1.34K decks
13%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
16%inclusion219 decks1.34K decks
12%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
16%inclusion212 decks1.34K decks
-3%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion182 decks1.34K decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion172 decks1.34K decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
12%inclusion164 decks1.34K decks
9%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion162 decks1.34K decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
9.5%inclusion127 decks1.34K decks
-18%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.2%inclusion110 decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
6.6%inclusion88 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.3%inclusion84 decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.5%inclusion74 decks1.34K decks
2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.4%inclusion73 decks1.34K decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91%inclusion1.22K decks1.34K decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
84%inclusion1.13K decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion926 decks1.34K decks
9%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
56%inclusion756 decks1.34K decks
-2%synergy
Mind Stone
37%inclusion497 decks1.34K decks
8%synergy
Fellwar Stone
29%inclusion390 decks1.34K decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion361 decks1.34K decks
9%synergy
Thought Vessel
26%inclusion352 decks1.34K decks
-6%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion158 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
9.1%inclusion122 decks1.34K decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.6%inclusion115 decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Dimir Locket
8.3%inclusion111 decks1.34K decks
6%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
7.9%inclusion106 decks1.34K decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7.8%inclusion104 decks1.34K decks
8%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.4%inclusion99 decks1.34K decks
2%synergy
Mana Crypt
6.1%inclusion82 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.1%inclusion69 decks1.34K decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion1.30K decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion1.29K decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion1.15K decks1.34K decks
-2%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion895 decks1.34K decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
61%inclusion820 decks1.34K decks
8%synergy
Watery Grave
52%inclusion698 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
48%inclusion646 decks1.34K decks
8%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion621 decks1.34K decks
7%synergy
Choked Estuary
43%inclusion581 decks1.34K decks
-4%synergy
Morphic Pool
39%inclusion524 decks1.34K decks
2%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion516 decks1.34K decks
2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
38%inclusion503 decks1.34K decks
-2%synergy
Underground River
32%inclusion435 decks1.34K decks
-7%synergy
Polluted Delta
32%inclusion433 decks1.34K decks
1%synergy
Tainted Isle
32%inclusion432 decks1.34K decks
-12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion398 decks1.34K decks
13%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
28%inclusion376 decks1.34K decks
3%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
25%inclusion159 decks641 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion304 decks1.34K decks
-10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion286 decks1.34K decks
-1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
21%inclusion278 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion247 decks1.34K decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
18%inclusion236 decks1.34K decks
2%synergy
Undercity Sewers
17%inclusion223 decks1.34K decks
-4%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion187 decks1.34K decks
-2%synergy
Darkslick Shores
13%inclusion179 decks1.34K decks
-1%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion175 decks1.34K decks
0%synergy
Fabled Passage
12%inclusion165 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
12%inclusion159 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion112 decks996 decks
0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion112 decks999 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion110 decks999 decks
-5%synergy
Reflecting Pool
10%inclusion135 decks1.34K decks
5%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion132 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
9.4%inclusion92 decks978 decks
1%synergy
Prismatic Vista
8.8%inclusion118 decks1.34K decks
3%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
8.7%inclusion117 decks1.34K decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
6.9%inclusion92 decks1.34K decks
-4%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.0%inclusion80 decks1.34K decks
1%synergy
Flooded Strand
5.8%inclusion78 decks1.34K decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.6%inclusion55 decks982 decks
-1%synergy
Misty Rainforest
5.4%inclusion73 decks1.34K decks
-3%synergy
Port of Karfell
5.4%inclusion72 decks1.34K decks
-1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.1%inclusion69 decks1.34K decks
-1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
5.1%inclusion68 decks1.34K decks
-3%synergy
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