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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
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
92%inclusion852 decks926 decks
90%synergy
Consuming Aberration
88%inclusion815 decks926 decks
73%synergy
Tree of Perdition
73%inclusion677 decks926 decks
71%synergy
Ruin Crab
78%inclusion722 decks926 decks
70%synergy
Wall of Frost
68%inclusion633 decks926 decks
67%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
69%inclusion639 decks926 decks
63%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
73%inclusion677 decks926 decks
63%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
62%inclusion578 decks926 decks
60%synergy
Mindcrank
69%inclusion635 decks926 decks
57%synergy
The Ancient One
60%inclusion554 decks926 decks
57%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
67%inclusion617 decks926 decks
49%synergy
Singularity Rupture
64%inclusion38 decks59 decks
52%synergy
Fractured Sanity
64%inclusion589 decks926 decks
54%synergy
Counterspell
62%inclusion575 decks926 decks
6%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
62%inclusion570 decks926 decks
56%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
61%inclusion561 decks926 decks
56%synergy
Nighthowler
59%inclusion544 decks926 decks
53%synergy
The Water Crystal
54%inclusion37 decks68 decks
45%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
54%inclusion502 decks926 decks
51%synergy
Mortivore
53%inclusion494 decks926 decks
52%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
37%inclusion342 decks926 decks
14%synergy
Rhystic Study
36%inclusion332 decks926 decks
13%synergy
Demonic Tutor
25%inclusion229 decks926 decks
6%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
19%inclusion173 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
18%inclusion171 decks926 decks
3%synergy
Mystical Tutor
17%inclusion157 decks926 decks
4%synergy
Notion Thief
13%inclusion117 decks926 decks
2%synergy
Force of Will
9.3%inclusion86 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
Ancient Tomb
9.2%inclusion85 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
8.1%inclusion75 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Hover Barrier
53%inclusion490 decks926 decks
52%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
51%inclusion476 decks926 decks
39%synergy
Eater of the Dead
49%inclusion456 decks926 decks
48%synergy
Silent Arbiter
45%inclusion417 decks926 decks
44%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
40%inclusion370 decks926 decks
39%synergy
Hedron Crab
38%inclusion352 decks926 decks
34%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion352 decks926 decks
34%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
38%inclusion46 decks122 decks
37%synergy
The Mindskinner
37%inclusion230 decks621 decks
30%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
36%inclusion333 decks926 decks
29%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
35%inclusion328 decks926 decks
35%synergy
Glacial Wall
34%inclusion319 decks926 decks
34%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion304 decks926 decks
30%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion302 decks926 decks
31%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
33%inclusion14 decks43 decks
31%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
32%inclusion299 decks926 decks
29%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
30%inclusion275 decks926 decks
28%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion274 decks926 decks
25%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
28%inclusion262 decks926 decks
28%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
28%inclusion260 decks926 decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
28%inclusion255 decks926 decks
20%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion249 decks926 decks
26%synergy
Manic Scribe
26%inclusion243 decks926 decks
25%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
26%inclusion240 decks926 decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion230 decks926 decks
21%synergy
Aegis Turtle
24%inclusion222 decks926 decks
24%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion213 decks926 decks
22%synergy
Soulless Jailer
22%inclusion202 decks926 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
22%inclusion201 decks926 decks
21%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
20%inclusion82 decks415 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion182 decks926 decks
15%synergy
Undead Alchemist
18%inclusion167 decks926 decks
15%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
17%inclusion161 decks926 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Runes
17%inclusion157 decks926 decks
17%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion157 decks926 decks
16%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
16%inclusion144 decks882 decks
15%synergy
Avatar of Woe
16%inclusion145 decks926 decks
15%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
15%inclusion142 decks926 decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
15%inclusion141 decks926 decks
3%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion127 decks926 decks
13%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion127 decks926 decks
11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
13%inclusion124 decks926 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Mist
13%inclusion116 decks926 decks
12%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
12%inclusion108 decks926 decks
11%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
12%inclusion5 decks43 decks
11%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion105 decks926 decks
11%synergy
Shield Sphere
11%inclusion98 decks926 decks
10%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion97 decks926 decks
10%synergy
Silvergill Peddler
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion92 decks926 decks
4%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
50%inclusion460 decks926 decks
46%synergy
Thought Collapse
37%inclusion345 decks926 decks
34%synergy
Didn't Say Please
37%inclusion344 decks926 decks
32%synergy
Negate
32%inclusion292 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Strike
31%inclusion288 decks926 decks
28%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion266 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
Dark Ritual
23%inclusion216 decks926 decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Denial
22%inclusion205 decks926 decks
-4%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
21%inclusion192 decks926 decks
-10%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion191 decks926 decks
19%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion189 decks926 decks
3%synergy
Thought Scour
19%inclusion176 decks926 decks
13%synergy
Archive Trap
18%inclusion167 decks926 decks
16%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion159 decks926 decks
6%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion157 decks926 decks
16%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion101 decks608 decks
1%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion153 decks926 decks
15%synergy
Drown in Dreams
16%inclusion146 decks926 decks
12%synergy
Swan Song
13%inclusion123 decks926 decks
-5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion120 decks926 decks
-7%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion120 decks926 decks
-2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
12%inclusion109 decks926 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion108 decks926 decks
0%synergy
Fell the Profane
12%inclusion107 decks926 decks
-4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion105 decks926 decks
-5%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion97 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion89 decks926 decks
-4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
9.3%inclusion86 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.2%inclusion85 decks926 decks
-7%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
8.3%inclusion77 decks926 decks
3%synergy
Murder
7.7%inclusion71 decks926 decks
0%synergy
Resculpt
7.5%inclusion69 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Doom Blade
7.0%inclusion65 decks926 decks
4%synergy
Force of Negation
7.0%inclusion65 decks926 decks
-2%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.7%inclusion62 decks926 decks
-3%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.7%inclusion62 decks926 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
6.2%inclusion57 decks926 decks
3%synergy
Opt
5.8%inclusion54 decks926 decks
-6%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.5%inclusion51 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.4%inclusion50 decks926 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
50%inclusion463 decks926 decks
45%synergy
Traumatize
50%inclusion462 decks926 decks
45%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
37%inclusion340 decks926 decks
32%synergy
Windfall
33%inclusion301 decks926 decks
19%synergy
Cut Your Losses
30%inclusion278 decks926 decks
26%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion271 decks926 decks
20%synergy
Toxic Deluge
29%inclusion270 decks926 decks
4%synergy
Mind Funeral
25%inclusion234 decks926 decks
23%synergy
Feed the Swarm
24%inclusion220 decks926 decks
-11%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
24%inclusion219 decks926 decks
19%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion214 decks926 decks
-2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
23%inclusion213 decks926 decks
13%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion193 decks926 decks
11%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion156 decks926 decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion148 decks926 decks
9%synergy
Pilfered Plans
12%inclusion108 decks926 decks
9%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion102 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
11%inclusion99 decks926 decks
10%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion94 decks926 decks
-6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion41 decks416 decks
3%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
9.1%inclusion84 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.7%inclusion81 decks926 decks
3%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.0%inclusion74 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
7.2%inclusion67 decks926 decks
-3%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.9%inclusion64 decks926 decks
3%synergy
Eldritch Pact
5.8%inclusion54 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Breaking Wave
5.7%inclusion53 decks926 decks
6%synergy
Read the Bones
5.5%inclusion51 decks926 decks
2%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.4%inclusion50 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.3%inclusion49 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.2%inclusion48 decks926 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
46%inclusion424 decks926 decks
44%synergy
Bonehoard
39%inclusion363 decks926 decks
37%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion337 decks926 decks
9%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
35%inclusion320 decks926 decks
29%synergy
Altar of the Brood
20%inclusion187 decks926 decks
15%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
20%inclusion25 decks128 decks
16%synergy
Keening Stone
18%inclusion167 decks926 decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion152 decks926 decks
-8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion138 decks926 decks
2%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion125 decks926 decks
13%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion101 decks926 decks
9%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion95 decks926 decks
9%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion88 decks926 decks
9%synergy
Isochron Scepter
9.1%inclusion84 decks926 decks
6%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
8.7%inclusion81 decks926 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.5%inclusion79 decks926 decks
7%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.2%inclusion67 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.0%inclusion65 decks926 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.0%inclusion56 decks926 decks
5%synergy
The One Ring
5.6%inclusion52 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
50%inclusion465 decks926 decks
44%synergy
Propaganda
47%inclusion437 decks926 decks
30%synergy
Memory Erosion
43%inclusion397 decks926 decks
39%synergy
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion375 decks926 decks
37%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion304 decks926 decks
27%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion276 decks926 decks
22%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
27%inclusion249 decks926 decks
24%synergy
Intruder Alarm
27%inclusion247 decks926 decks
25%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
27%inclusion34 decks128 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
25%inclusion227 decks926 decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
23%inclusion214 decks926 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion175 decks926 decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
15%inclusion136 decks926 decks
14%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion129 decks926 decks
13%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion128 decks926 decks
12%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion113 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion94 decks926 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
10%inclusion88 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
No Mercy
8.9%inclusion82 decks926 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.5%inclusion51 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
24%inclusion225 decks926 decks
18%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
18%inclusion171 decks926 decks
16%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
18%inclusion163 decks926 decks
16%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.3%inclusion68 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.8%inclusion54 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion437 decks926 decks
9%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion347 decks926 decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
35%inclusion328 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
29%inclusion20 decks69 decks
24%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
24%inclusion223 decks926 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion207 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
18%inclusion166 decks926 decks
11%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
17%inclusion157 decks926 decks
13%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
16%inclusion145 decks926 decks
-3%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion130 decks926 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion118 decks926 decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion116 decks926 decks
10%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion115 decks926 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.7%inclusion81 decks926 decks
-18%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.3%inclusion68 decks926 decks
0%synergy
Halimar Depths
5.9%inclusion55 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
5.7%inclusion53 decks926 decks
4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.7%inclusion53 decks926 decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.3%inclusion49 decks926 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion834 decks926 decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
84%inclusion775 decks926 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion642 decks926 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
57%inclusion525 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion348 decks926 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
32%inclusion292 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion257 decks926 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion254 decks926 decks
11%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion106 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
8.7%inclusion81 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.5%inclusion79 decks926 decks
8%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.4%inclusion78 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
8.2%inclusion76 decks926 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Locket
7.9%inclusion73 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.3%inclusion68 decks926 decks
2%synergy
Mana Vault
5.2%inclusion48 decks926 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion898 decks926 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion892 decks926 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion802 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion615 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
63%inclusion579 decks926 decks
8%synergy
Watery Grave
52%inclusion481 decks926 decks
4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
48%inclusion448 decks926 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
45%inclusion420 decks926 decks
7%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion405 decks926 decks
-3%synergy
Morphic Pool
40%inclusion371 decks926 decks
4%synergy
Temple of Deceit
37%inclusion347 decks926 decks
2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
37%inclusion340 decks926 decks
-3%synergy
Polluted Delta
34%inclusion313 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Underground River
33%inclusion310 decks926 decks
-7%synergy
Tainted Isle
32%inclusion296 decks926 decks
-12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion280 decks926 decks
14%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
28%inclusion259 decks926 decks
3%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
24%inclusion152 decks626 decks
0%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion221 decks926 decks
-9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion200 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion181 decks926 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion169 decks926 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
17%inclusion162 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Undercity Sewers
16%inclusion151 decks926 decks
-4%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion130 decks926 decks
0%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion122 decks926 decks
0%synergy
Fetid Pools
13%inclusion121 decks926 decks
-3%synergy
Sink into Stupor
12%inclusion109 decks926 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
12%inclusion108 decks926 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion108 decks926 decks
0%synergy
Fell the Profane
12%inclusion107 decks926 decks
-4%synergy
Fabled Passage
11%inclusion100 decks926 decks
2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
10%inclusion97 decks926 decks
6%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion90 decks926 decks
4%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
9.4%inclusion87 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Prismatic Vista
9.1%inclusion84 decks926 decks
3%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
8.1%inclusion75 decks926 decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
6.5%inclusion60 decks926 decks
-4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.8%inclusion54 decks926 decks
-1%synergy
Flooded Strand
5.8%inclusion54 decks926 decks
-3%synergy
Misty Rainforest
5.6%inclusion52 decks926 decks
-3%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.4%inclusion50 decks926 decks
1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
5.1%inclusion47 decks926 decks
-3%synergy
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