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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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Captain America's Shield
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
92%inclusion771 decks841 decks
90%synergy
Consuming Aberration
88%inclusion742 decks841 decks
73%synergy
Tree of Perdition
73%inclusion610 decks841 decks
71%synergy
Ruin Crab
79%inclusion663 decks841 decks
70%synergy
Wall of Frost
69%inclusion577 decks841 decks
67%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
69%inclusion580 decks841 decks
63%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
72%inclusion608 decks841 decks
62%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
63%inclusion528 decks841 decks
61%synergy
The Ancient One
61%inclusion510 decks841 decks
57%synergy
Mindcrank
69%inclusion581 decks841 decks
57%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
67%inclusion560 decks841 decks
49%synergy
Singularity Rupture
64%inclusion46 decks72 decks
51%synergy
Fractured Sanity
63%inclusion529 decks841 decks
53%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
62%inclusion523 decks841 decks
57%synergy
Counterspell
62%inclusion518 decks841 decks
6%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
61%inclusion514 decks841 decks
57%synergy
Nighthowler
59%inclusion495 decks841 decks
53%synergy
The Water Crystal
57%inclusion46 decks81 decks
48%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
54%inclusion451 decks841 decks
50%synergy
Mortivore
54%inclusion450 decks841 decks
52%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
37%inclusion311 decks841 decks
15%synergy
Rhystic Study
36%inclusion304 decks841 decks
13%synergy
Demonic Tutor
25%inclusion209 decks841 decks
6%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
18%inclusion154 decks841 decks
3%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
18%inclusion153 decks841 decks
0%synergy
Mystical Tutor
17%inclusion144 decks841 decks
4%synergy
Notion Thief
13%inclusion111 decks841 decks
2%synergy
Ancient Tomb
9.2%inclusion77 decks841 decks
1%synergy
Force of Will
8.8%inclusion74 decks841 decks
-1%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
8.0%inclusion67 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Hover Barrier
52%inclusion438 decks841 decks
51%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
51%inclusion428 decks841 decks
38%synergy
Eater of the Dead
51%inclusion425 decks841 decks
49%synergy
Silent Arbiter
44%inclusion372 decks841 decks
43%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
42%inclusion350 decks841 decks
41%synergy
Hedron Crab
39%inclusion327 decks841 decks
35%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion322 decks841 decks
34%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
38%inclusion51 decks135 decks
37%synergy
The Mindskinner
37%inclusion235 decks633 decks
30%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
36%inclusion20 decks56 decks
34%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
36%inclusion300 decks841 decks
29%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
35%inclusion294 decks841 decks
34%synergy
Glacial Wall
34%inclusion286 decks841 decks
34%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion275 decks841 decks
32%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
32%inclusion271 decks841 decks
29%synergy
Fleet Swallower
32%inclusion270 decks841 decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion254 decks841 decks
25%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
30%inclusion249 decks841 decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
28%inclusion237 decks841 decks
20%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
28%inclusion235 decks841 decks
27%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
27%inclusion230 decks841 decks
27%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion223 decks841 decks
26%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
26%inclusion222 decks841 decks
25%synergy
Manic Scribe
25%inclusion214 decks841 decks
24%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
24%inclusion206 decks841 decks
21%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion194 decks841 decks
22%synergy
Aegis Turtle
23%inclusion194 decks841 decks
23%synergy
Soulless Jailer
22%inclusion185 decks841 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
22%inclusion181 decks841 decks
20%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
20%inclusion84 decks427 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
19%inclusion163 decks841 decks
15%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion149 decks841 decks
17%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
18%inclusion149 decks841 decks
16%synergy
Undead Alchemist
17%inclusion146 decks841 decks
15%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion144 decks841 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Runes
16%inclusion135 decks841 decks
16%synergy
Avatar of Woe
16%inclusion134 decks841 decks
15%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
15%inclusion125 decks841 decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
15%inclusion122 decks841 decks
3%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion113 decks841 decks
13%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
13%inclusion113 decks841 decks
10%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
13%inclusion110 decks841 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Mist
12%inclusion97 decks841 decks
11%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion96 decks841 decks
11%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
11%inclusion95 decks841 decks
11%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Shield Sphere
11%inclusion90 decks841 decks
10%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion86 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion85 decks841 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
50%inclusion418 decks841 decks
46%synergy
Didn't Say Please
37%inclusion310 decks841 decks
32%synergy
Thought Collapse
37%inclusion307 decks841 decks
34%synergy
Psychic Strike
31%inclusion262 decks841 decks
28%synergy
Negate
31%inclusion261 decks841 decks
-1%synergy
Brainstorm
30%inclusion249 decks841 decks
-0%synergy
Dark Ritual
23%inclusion197 decks841 decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Denial
22%inclusion187 decks841 decks
-4%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion177 decks841 decks
20%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
21%inclusion176 decks841 decks
-11%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion172 decks841 decks
3%synergy
Thought Scour
19%inclusion157 decks841 decks
12%synergy
Archive Trap
17%inclusion147 decks841 decks
15%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion143 decks841 decks
15%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion105 decks620 decks
1%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion142 decks841 decks
6%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion140 decks841 decks
12%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion139 decks841 decks
15%synergy
Swan Song
14%inclusion115 decks841 decks
-5%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion107 decks841 decks
-3%synergy
Deadly Rollick
12%inclusion105 decks841 decks
-7%synergy
Sink into Stupor
12%inclusion97 decks841 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion96 decks841 decks
-4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion96 decks841 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion95 decks841 decks
-0%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion90 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion81 decks841 decks
-4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
9.3%inclusion78 decks841 decks
-1%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.2%inclusion77 decks841 decks
-7%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
8.2%inclusion69 decks841 decks
3%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Murder
7.5%inclusion63 decks841 decks
0%synergy
Doom Blade
6.9%inclusion58 decks841 decks
4%synergy
Resculpt
6.9%inclusion58 decks841 decks
1%synergy
Force of Negation
6.5%inclusion55 decks841 decks
-2%synergy
Perplex
6.4%inclusion54 decks841 decks
4%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.4%inclusion54 decks841 decks
-3%synergy
Opt
6.3%inclusion53 decks841 decks
-5%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.3%inclusion53 decks841 decks
6%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.7%inclusion48 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.2%inclusion44 decks841 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
51%inclusion427 decks841 decks
45%synergy
Traumatize
50%inclusion419 decks841 decks
45%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
37%inclusion307 decks841 decks
31%synergy
Windfall
33%inclusion276 decks841 decks
19%synergy
Cut Your Losses
30%inclusion249 decks841 decks
26%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion246 decks841 decks
20%synergy
Toxic Deluge
29%inclusion242 decks841 decks
3%synergy
Mind Funeral
26%inclusion215 decks841 decks
23%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion207 decks841 decks
20%synergy
Feed the Swarm
23%inclusion196 decks841 decks
-12%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
23%inclusion196 decks841 decks
13%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion190 decks841 decks
-2%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion178 decks841 decks
11%synergy
Treasure Cruise
16%inclusion136 decks841 decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion132 decks841 decks
8%synergy
Pilfered Plans
12%inclusion101 decks841 decks
10%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
11%inclusion91 decks841 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
10%inclusion88 decks841 decks
4%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion86 decks841 decks
-6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion41 decks428 decks
3%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.3%inclusion78 decks841 decks
3%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
9.0%inclusion76 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.1%inclusion68 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
7.5%inclusion63 decks841 decks
-3%synergy
Dream Harvest
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
2%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.5%inclusion55 decks841 decks
3%synergy
Eldritch Pact
5.9%inclusion50 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
5.8%inclusion49 decks841 decks
2%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.7%inclusion48 decks841 decks
-1%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.6%inclusion47 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Echocasting Symposium
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Decorum Dissertation
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Pox Plague
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Breaking Wave
5.2%inclusion44 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.1%inclusion43 decks841 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
46%inclusion387 decks841 decks
45%synergy
Bonehoard
39%inclusion326 decks841 decks
37%synergy
Lightning Greaves
37%inclusion309 decks841 decks
9%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
35%inclusion294 decks841 decks
30%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
21%inclusion30 decks141 decks
18%synergy
Altar of the Brood
21%inclusion173 decks841 decks
16%synergy
Keening Stone
18%inclusion148 decks841 decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion131 decks841 decks
-9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion125 decks841 decks
2%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion112 decks841 decks
13%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion93 decks841 decks
9%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion83 decks841 decks
9%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion81 decks841 decks
9%synergy
Isochron Scepter
9.3%inclusion78 decks841 decks
6%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
8.6%inclusion72 decks841 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.0%inclusion67 decks841 decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.5%inclusion63 decks841 decks
-1%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.7%inclusion56 decks841 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.4%inclusion54 decks841 decks
6%synergy
The One Ring
5.9%inclusion50 decks841 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
50%inclusion423 decks841 decks
44%synergy
Propaganda
48%inclusion401 decks841 decks
30%synergy
Memory Erosion
42%inclusion357 decks841 decks
38%synergy
Fraying Sanity
41%inclusion348 decks841 decks
38%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion276 decks841 decks
27%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion253 decks841 decks
23%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
28%inclusion39 decks141 decks
26%synergy
Intruder Alarm
27%inclusion225 decks841 decks
26%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
26%inclusion220 decks841 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
26%inclusion215 decks841 decks
13%synergy
Freed from the Real
23%inclusion194 decks841 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion161 decks841 decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
15%inclusion122 decks841 decks
14%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion118 decks841 decks
13%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion118 decks841 decks
12%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion103 decks841 decks
1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion84 decks841 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
10%inclusion81 decks841 decks
-1%synergy
No Mercy
9.4%inclusion79 decks841 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.4%inclusion45 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
24%inclusion198 decks841 decks
18%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
18%inclusion153 decks841 decks
16%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion147 decks841 decks
15%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.0%inclusion59 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.5%inclusion46 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion393 decks841 decks
8%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion316 decks841 decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
36%inclusion304 decks841 decks
0%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
33%inclusion27 decks82 decks
28%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
24%inclusion200 decks841 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion185 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
18%inclusion151 decks841 decks
12%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
17%inclusion145 decks841 decks
13%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
16%inclusion135 decks841 decks
-2%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion119 decks841 decks
2%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion109 decks841 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion107 decks841 decks
3%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion101 decks841 decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.8%inclusion74 decks841 decks
-18%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.6%inclusion64 decks841 decks
-0%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.1%inclusion51 decks841 decks
-0%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.7%inclusion48 decks841 decks
3%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
5.5%inclusion46 decks841 decks
4%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
5.1%inclusion43 decks841 decks
2%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.1%inclusion43 decks841 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion755 decks841 decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
83%inclusion697 decks841 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion580 decks841 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
58%inclusion485 decks841 decks
-0%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion318 decks841 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
32%inclusion272 decks841 decks
2%synergy
Thought Vessel
27%inclusion228 decks841 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
26%inclusion221 decks841 decks
10%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion97 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
8.7%inclusion73 decks841 decks
1%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.4%inclusion71 decks841 decks
8%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.1%inclusion68 decks841 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
8.0%inclusion67 decks841 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Locket
7.4%inclusion62 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.1%inclusion60 decks841 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion816 decks841 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion811 decks841 decks
-0%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion724 decks841 decks
-1%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion556 decks841 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
62%inclusion520 decks841 decks
7%synergy
Watery Grave
53%inclusion447 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
49%inclusion416 decks841 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion385 decks841 decks
8%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion367 decks841 decks
-3%synergy
Morphic Pool
41%inclusion346 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Temple of Deceit
37%inclusion315 decks841 decks
2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
37%inclusion307 decks841 decks
-3%synergy
Underground River
34%inclusion287 decks841 decks
-7%synergy
Polluted Delta
34%inclusion284 decks841 decks
1%synergy
Tainted Isle
32%inclusion270 decks841 decks
-12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion253 decks841 decks
14%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
28%inclusion233 decks841 decks
3%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
25%inclusion158 decks638 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion202 decks841 decks
-8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion176 decks841 decks
1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
19%inclusion161 decks841 decks
3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion152 decks841 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
18%inclusion148 decks841 decks
1%synergy
Undercity Sewers
16%inclusion132 decks841 decks
-5%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion115 decks841 decks
-0%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion114 decks841 decks
-2%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion110 decks841 decks
-0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
12%inclusion97 decks841 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion96 decks841 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion95 decks841 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion95 decks841 decks
-0%synergy
Fabled Passage
11%inclusion91 decks841 decks
2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
11%inclusion90 decks841 decks
6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion82 decks841 decks
2%synergy
Prismatic Vista
10%inclusion80 decks841 decks
4%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion80 decks841 decks
4%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
7.6%inclusion64 decks841 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
6.5%inclusion55 decks841 decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.8%inclusion49 decks841 decks
-1%synergy
Flooded Strand
5.8%inclusion49 decks841 decks
-3%synergy
Misty Rainforest
5.6%inclusion47 decks841 decks
-3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
5.2%inclusion44 decks841 decks
-3%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.1%inclusion43 decks841 decks
1%synergy
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