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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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The Walls of Ba Sing Se
42%inclusion11 decks26 decks
41%synergy
Silvergill Peddler
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
11%synergy
Gran-Gran
3.8%inclusion1 decks26 decks
3%synergy
Agna Qel'a
3.8%inclusion1 decks26 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
92%inclusion1.32K decks1.44K decks
90%synergy
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion1.28K decks1.44K decks
74%synergy
Tree of Perdition
75%inclusion1.08K decks1.44K decks
74%synergy
Ruin Crab
78%inclusion1.11K decks1.44K decks
69%synergy
Wall of Frost
69%inclusion990 decks1.44K decks
68%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
70%inclusion1.01K decks1.44K decks
64%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
74%inclusion1.07K decks1.44K decks
64%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
65%inclusion926 decks1.44K decks
62%synergy
Mindcrank
71%inclusion1.01K decks1.44K decks
59%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
63%inclusion898 decks1.44K decks
58%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
66%inclusion942 decks1.44K decks
47%synergy
Fractured Sanity
65%inclusion936 decks1.44K decks
55%synergy
Singularity Rupture
63%inclusion32 decks51 decks
51%synergy
Counterspell
63%inclusion900 decks1.44K decks
7%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
62%inclusion892 decks1.44K decks
57%synergy
Nighthowler
60%inclusion863 decks1.44K decks
54%synergy
The Ancient One
59%inclusion847 decks1.44K decks
56%synergy
The Water Crystal
55%inclusion33 decks60 decks
46%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
54%inclusion781 decks1.44K decks
51%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
54%inclusion776 decks1.44K decks
41%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
38%inclusion540 decks1.44K decks
14%synergy
Rhystic Study
37%inclusion538 decks1.44K decks
13%synergy
Demonic Tutor
25%inclusion359 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
19%inclusion272 decks1.44K decks
2%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
19%inclusion271 decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Mystical Tutor
18%inclusion260 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Notion Thief
12%inclusion176 decks1.44K decks
1%synergy
Force of Will
10%inclusion149 decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Ancient Tomb
10%inclusion142 decks1.44K decks
1%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
7.9%inclusion113 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
53%inclusion762 decks1.44K decks
52%synergy
Hover Barrier
52%inclusion740 decks1.44K decks
51%synergy
Eater of the Dead
47%inclusion679 decks1.44K decks
46%synergy
Silent Arbiter
46%inclusion667 decks1.44K decks
45%synergy
Hedron Crab
38%inclusion552 decks1.44K decks
35%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
38%inclusion549 decks1.44K decks
31%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
37%inclusion379 decks1.01K decks
37%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
37%inclusion536 decks1.44K decks
33%synergy
The Mindskinner
37%inclusion234 decks630 decks
30%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
35%inclusion504 decks1.44K decks
34%synergy
Fleet Swallower
34%inclusion494 decks1.44K decks
32%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
34%inclusion40 decks117 decks
33%synergy
Glacial Wall
34%inclusion485 decks1.44K decks
33%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion476 decks1.44K decks
32%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
33%inclusion474 decks1.44K decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion435 decks1.44K decks
25%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
30%inclusion431 decks1.44K decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
30%inclusion429 decks1.44K decks
22%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion421 decks1.44K decks
29%synergy
Manic Scribe
29%inclusion409 decks1.44K decks
27%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
28%inclusion408 decks1.44K decks
28%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion386 decks1.44K decks
26%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion362 decks1.44K decks
21%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
24%inclusion282 decks1.15K decks
23%synergy
Aegis Turtle
23%inclusion325 decks1.44K decks
22%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion323 decks1.44K decks
21%synergy
Soulless Jailer
22%inclusion322 decks1.44K decks
22%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
21%inclusion302 decks1.44K decks
20%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion294 decks1.44K decks
15%synergy
Undead Alchemist
19%inclusion274 decks1.44K decks
16%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
19%inclusion78 decks418 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion259 decks1.44K decks
17%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion246 decks1.44K decks
16%synergy
Avatar of Woe
17%inclusion240 decks1.44K decks
16%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
16%inclusion234 decks1.44K decks
15%synergy
Wall of Runes
16%inclusion232 decks1.44K decks
16%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
16%inclusion143 decks898 decks
15%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
15%inclusion213 decks1.44K decks
3%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion207 decks1.44K decks
11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
14%inclusion201 decks1.44K decks
14%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion191 decks1.44K decks
13%synergy
Wall of Mist
13%inclusion187 decks1.44K decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
12%inclusion176 decks1.44K decks
12%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
12%inclusion168 decks1.44K decks
11%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion132 decks1.30K decks
10%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion144 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
10%inclusion41 decks418 decks
8%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion93 decks973 decks
1%synergy
Shield Sphere
10%inclusion137 decks1.44K decks
9%synergy
Sheoldred
8.5%inclusion122 decks1.44K decks
7%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
50%inclusion723 decks1.44K decks
47%synergy
Thought Collapse
37%inclusion536 decks1.44K decks
34%synergy
Didn't Say Please
37%inclusion535 decks1.44K decks
32%synergy
Negate
32%inclusion463 decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Psychic Strike
32%inclusion455 decks1.44K decks
29%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion420 decks1.44K decks
-1%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion307 decks1.44K decks
20%synergy
Mana Drain
21%inclusion303 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Dark Ritual
21%inclusion302 decks1.44K decks
-14%synergy
Arcane Denial
21%inclusion301 decks1.44K decks
-5%synergy
Thought Scour
20%inclusion280 decks1.44K decks
13%synergy
Crypt Incursion
19%inclusion272 decks1.44K decks
17%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
19%inclusion267 decks1.44K decks
-12%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion250 decks1.44K decks
16%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion241 decks1.44K decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion103 decks617 decks
0%synergy
Archive Trap
17%inclusion239 decks1.44K decks
15%synergy
Drown in Dreams
15%inclusion218 decks1.44K decks
11%synergy
Swan Song
13%inclusion188 decks1.44K decks
-5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion186 decks1.44K decks
-6%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion182 decks1.44K decks
-2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion112 decks994 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion111 decks991 decks
0%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion109 decks994 decks
-5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion157 decks1.44K decks
-5%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
10%inclusion148 decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion147 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion137 decks1.44K decks
-4%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
9.5%inclusion136 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.2%inclusion132 decks1.44K decks
-7%synergy
Doom Blade
7.9%inclusion113 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Resculpt
7.6%inclusion109 decks1.44K decks
1%synergy
Murder
7.5%inclusion108 decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.4%inclusion106 decks1.44K decks
-3%synergy
Perplex
7.4%inclusion106 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Force of Negation
7.2%inclusion104 decks1.44K decks
-2%synergy
Intellectual Offering
7.0%inclusion100 decks1.44K decks
7%synergy
Opt
6.1%inclusion87 decks1.44K decks
-6%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.9%inclusion84 decks1.44K decks
-4%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.5%inclusion79 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Bitter Triumph
5.4%inclusion77 decks1.44K decks
1%synergy
See Double
5.1%inclusion73 decks1.44K decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
52%inclusion749 decks1.44K decks
48%synergy
Mind Grind
50%inclusion718 decks1.44K decks
45%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
37%inclusion537 decks1.44K decks
32%synergy
Windfall
31%inclusion442 decks1.44K decks
17%synergy
Cut Your Losses
31%inclusion442 decks1.44K decks
27%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
30%inclusion425 decks1.44K decks
20%synergy
Toxic Deluge
28%inclusion405 decks1.44K decks
2%synergy
Mind Funeral
27%inclusion386 decks1.44K decks
24%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion355 decks1.44K decks
20%synergy
Feed the Swarm
23%inclusion323 decks1.44K decks
-13%synergy
Damnation
22%inclusion314 decks1.44K decks
11%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion311 decks1.44K decks
12%synergy
Reanimate
22%inclusion310 decks1.44K decks
-3%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion250 decks1.44K decks
9%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion225 decks1.44K decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion172 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Pilfered Plans
12%inclusion166 decks1.44K decks
9%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion148 decks1.44K decks
-6%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
10%inclusion133 decks1.32K decks
9%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion41 decks419 decks
3%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
9.3%inclusion133 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.7%inclusion125 decks1.44K decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.7%inclusion125 decks1.44K decks
3%synergy
Grim Tutor
8.0%inclusion115 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Preordain
7.5%inclusion107 decks1.44K decks
-3%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.1%inclusion88 decks1.44K decks
6%synergy
Read the Bones
5.8%inclusion83 decks1.44K decks
2%synergy
Breaking Wave
5.6%inclusion81 decks1.44K decks
6%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.6%inclusion80 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.4%inclusion77 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.3%inclusion76 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
5.3%inclusion76 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.1%inclusion73 decks1.44K decks
-1%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
46%inclusion655 decks1.44K decks
44%synergy
Bonehoard
41%inclusion591 decks1.44K decks
39%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
34%inclusion493 decks1.44K decks
29%synergy
Lightning Greaves
34%inclusion487 decks1.44K decks
7%synergy
Altar of the Brood
21%inclusion300 decks1.44K decks
16%synergy
Keening Stone
20%inclusion287 decks1.44K decks
19%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
20%inclusion24 decks123 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion224 decks1.44K decks
-9%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
14%inclusion205 decks1.44K decks
14%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion194 decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion164 decks1.44K decks
9%synergy
Isochron Scepter
10%inclusion148 decks1.44K decks
7%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
10%inclusion147 decks1.44K decks
10%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion143 decks1.44K decks
9%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion141 decks1.44K decks
10%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.1%inclusion116 decks1.44K decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.5%inclusion108 decks1.44K decks
7%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.8%inclusion97 decks1.44K decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
6.5%inclusion93 decks1.44K decks
-1%synergy
The One Ring
5.2%inclusion75 decks1.44K decks
-2%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
50%inclusion715 decks1.44K decks
43%synergy
Propaganda
45%inclusion649 decks1.44K decks
29%synergy
Memory Erosion
44%inclusion637 decks1.44K decks
40%synergy
Fraying Sanity
42%inclusion596 decks1.44K decks
38%synergy
Court of Cunning
35%inclusion497 decks1.44K decks
29%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
31%inclusion438 decks1.44K decks
23%synergy
Intruder Alarm
28%inclusion397 decks1.44K decks
26%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
28%inclusion395 decks1.44K decks
25%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
27%inclusion33 decks123 decks
25%synergy
Freed from the Real
23%inclusion336 decks1.44K decks
22%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
23%inclusion335 decks1.44K decks
10%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion279 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
14%inclusion203 decks1.44K decks
13%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion198 decks1.44K decks
12%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion196 decks1.44K decks
13%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion167 decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion138 decks1.44K decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.6%inclusion124 decks1.44K decks
-2%synergy
No Mercy
7.8%inclusion112 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.9%inclusion84 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
5.6%inclusion80 decks1.44K decks
3%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5.1%inclusion67 decks1.31K decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
26%inclusion366 decks1.44K decks
19%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
18%inclusion260 decks1.44K decks
16%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
18%inclusion252 decks1.44K decks
15%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.3%inclusion105 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.5%inclusion79 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion668 decks1.44K decks
8%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion553 decks1.44K decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion546 decks1.44K decks
2%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
36%inclusion22 decks61 decks
31%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
23%inclusion337 decks1.44K decks
6%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion336 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Restless Reef
20%inclusion293 decks1.44K decks
13%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
17%inclusion241 decks1.44K decks
13%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
16%inclusion234 decks1.44K decks
-2%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion201 decks1.44K decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion184 decks1.44K decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion183 decks1.44K decks
10%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion172 decks1.44K decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
10%inclusion139 decks1.44K decks
-18%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.4%inclusion121 decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.7%inclusion96 decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
6.5%inclusion93 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.8%inclusion83 decks1.44K decks
2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.5%inclusion79 decks1.44K decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91%inclusion1.30K decks1.44K decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
84%inclusion1.21K decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Dimir Signet
70%inclusion1K decks1.44K decks
9%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
56%inclusion810 decks1.44K decks
-2%synergy
Mind Stone
37%inclusion536 decks1.44K decks
8%synergy
Fellwar Stone
30%inclusion425 decks1.44K decks
-1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion388 decks1.44K decks
9%synergy
Thought Vessel
26%inclusion372 decks1.44K decks
-6%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion165 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Sky Diamond
10%inclusion138 decks1.44K decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.6%inclusion124 decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Dimir Locket
8.6%inclusion123 decks1.44K decks
6%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
8.5%inclusion122 decks1.44K decks
7%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7.8%inclusion112 decks1.44K decks
8%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.3%inclusion105 decks1.44K decks
2%synergy
Mana Crypt
6.7%inclusion96 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion1.39K decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion1.38K decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion1.24K decks1.44K decks
-2%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion954 decks1.44K decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
61%inclusion880 decks1.44K decks
9%synergy
Watery Grave
52%inclusion747 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
48%inclusion686 decks1.44K decks
8%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion663 decks1.44K decks
7%synergy
Choked Estuary
43%inclusion616 decks1.44K decks
-5%synergy
Morphic Pool
39%inclusion564 decks1.44K decks
3%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion548 decks1.44K decks
2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
37%inclusion537 decks1.44K decks
-3%synergy
Underground River
33%inclusion468 decks1.44K decks
-7%synergy
Tainted Isle
33%inclusion467 decks1.44K decks
-12%synergy
Polluted Delta
32%inclusion462 decks1.44K decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion425 decks1.44K decks
13%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
28%inclusion399 decks1.44K decks
3%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
25%inclusion159 decks636 decks
2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion326 decks1.44K decks
-10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion307 decks1.44K decks
-1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
21%inclusion307 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
19%inclusion267 decks1.44K decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
18%inclusion264 decks1.44K decks
3%synergy
Undercity Sewers
16%inclusion225 decks1.43K decks
-4%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion201 decks1.44K decks
-2%synergy
Darkslick Shores
13%inclusion190 decks1.44K decks
-1%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion184 decks1.44K decks
0%synergy
Fabled Passage
12%inclusion176 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
12%inclusion172 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion112 decks994 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion111 decks991 decks
0%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion109 decks994 decks
-5%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion148 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Reflecting Pool
10%inclusion147 decks1.44K decks
5%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion93 decks973 decks
1%synergy
Prismatic Vista
8.9%inclusion128 decks1.44K decks
3%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
8.6%inclusion124 decks1.44K decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
7.0%inclusion100 decks1.44K decks
-4%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.3%inclusion91 decks1.44K decks
1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.7%inclusion56 decks977 decks
-1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.7%inclusion82 decks1.44K decks
-1%synergy
Flooded Strand
5.6%inclusion81 decks1.44K decks
-3%synergy
Misty Rainforest
5.4%inclusion77 decks1.44K decks
-3%synergy
Port of Karfell
5.1%inclusion73 decks1.44K decks
-2%synergy
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