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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
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
10%synergy
Dream Harvest
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
92%inclusion1.24K decks1.35K decks
90%synergy
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion1.20K decks1.35K decks
74%synergy
Tree of Perdition
75%inclusion1.01K decks1.35K decks
73%synergy
Ruin Crab
77%inclusion1.05K decks1.35K decks
69%synergy
Wall of Frost
69%inclusion934 decks1.35K decks
68%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
70%inclusion949 decks1.35K decks
64%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
74%inclusion1K decks1.35K decks
64%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
64%inclusion871 decks1.35K decks
62%synergy
Mindcrank
70%inclusion948 decks1.35K decks
58%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
62%inclusion835 decks1.35K decks
57%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
66%inclusion891 decks1.35K decks
48%synergy
Fractured Sanity
65%inclusion879 decks1.35K decks
55%synergy
Counterspell
63%inclusion846 decks1.35K decks
7%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
62%inclusion844 decks1.35K decks
57%synergy
Singularity Rupture
60%inclusion35 decks58 decks
48%synergy
Nighthowler
60%inclusion806 decks1.35K decks
54%synergy
The Ancient One
59%inclusion802 decks1.35K decks
56%synergy
The Water Crystal
55%inclusion37 decks67 decks
46%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
55%inclusion741 decks1.35K decks
51%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
54%inclusion733 decks1.35K decks
41%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
37%inclusion505 decks1.35K decks
13%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
37%inclusion503 decks1.35K decks
14%synergy
Demonic Tutor
25%inclusion333 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
19%inclusion255 decks1.35K decks
3%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
18%inclusion249 decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Mystical Tutor
18%inclusion243 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Notion Thief
12%inclusion163 decks1.35K decks
1%synergy
Force of Will
10%inclusion141 decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Ancient Tomb
10%inclusion130 decks1.35K decks
1%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
7.7%inclusion104 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
53%inclusion715 decks1.35K decks
51%synergy
Hover Barrier
52%inclusion703 decks1.35K decks
51%synergy
Eater of the Dead
48%inclusion644 decks1.35K decks
46%synergy
Silent Arbiter
47%inclusion633 decks1.35K decks
45%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
39%inclusion14 decks36 decks
37%synergy
Hedron Crab
39%inclusion521 decks1.35K decks
35%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
38%inclusion518 decks1.35K decks
31%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
37%inclusion381 decks1.02K decks
37%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
37%inclusion502 decks1.35K decks
33%synergy
The Mindskinner
37%inclusion235 decks635 decks
30%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
36%inclusion44 decks123 decks
35%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
35%inclusion480 decks1.35K decks
35%synergy
Fleet Swallower
34%inclusion462 decks1.35K decks
31%synergy
Glacial Wall
34%inclusion455 decks1.35K decks
33%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion453 decks1.35K decks
32%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
33%inclusion446 decks1.35K decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
31%inclusion417 decks1.35K decks
26%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
30%inclusion407 decks1.35K decks
22%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
30%inclusion402 decks1.35K decks
28%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion396 decks1.35K decks
29%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
29%inclusion386 decks1.35K decks
28%synergy
Manic Scribe
28%inclusion383 decks1.35K decks
27%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion363 decks1.35K decks
26%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion339 decks1.35K decks
21%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
24%inclusion282 decks1.16K decks
23%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion314 decks1.35K decks
22%synergy
Aegis Turtle
23%inclusion307 decks1.35K decks
22%synergy
Soulless Jailer
22%inclusion303 decks1.35K decks
22%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
21%inclusion284 decks1.35K decks
20%synergy
Guiltfeeder
21%inclusion282 decks1.35K decks
16%synergy
Undead Alchemist
19%inclusion258 decks1.35K decks
16%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
19%inclusion80 decks423 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion243 decks1.35K decks
17%synergy
Riddlekeeper
18%inclusion237 decks1.35K decks
17%synergy
Avatar of Woe
17%inclusion224 decks1.35K decks
15%synergy
Wall of Runes
16%inclusion219 decks1.35K decks
16%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
16%inclusion146 decks903 decks
15%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
16%inclusion215 decks1.35K decks
15%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
15%inclusion199 decks1.35K decks
3%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion193 decks1.35K decks
11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
14%inclusion186 decks1.35K decks
13%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion179 decks1.35K decks
13%synergy
Wall of Mist
13%inclusion175 decks1.35K decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
12%inclusion161 decks1.35K decks
11%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
12%inclusion160 decks1.35K decks
11%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
11%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion133 decks1.30K decks
10%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion136 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
10%inclusion41 decks423 decks
8%synergy
Shield Sphere
10%inclusion130 decks1.35K decks
9%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
50%inclusion681 decks1.35K decks
47%synergy
Didn't Say Please
37%inclusion507 decks1.35K decks
32%synergy
Thought Collapse
37%inclusion502 decks1.35K decks
34%synergy
Negate
32%inclusion433 decks1.35K decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Strike
31%inclusion423 decks1.35K decks
28%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion393 decks1.35K decks
-1%synergy
Arcane Denial
22%inclusion291 decks1.35K decks
-4%synergy
Dark Ritual
21%inclusion289 decks1.35K decks
-14%synergy
Mana Drain
21%inclusion286 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion280 decks1.35K decks
19%synergy
Thought Scour
20%inclusion266 decks1.35K decks
13%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
19%inclusion255 decks1.35K decks
-12%synergy
Crypt Incursion
18%inclusion247 decks1.35K decks
17%synergy
Aetherize
18%inclusion237 decks1.35K decks
7%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion233 decks1.35K decks
16%synergy
Archive Trap
17%inclusion232 decks1.35K decks
15%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion103 decks622 decks
0%synergy
Drown in Dreams
15%inclusion207 decks1.35K decks
11%synergy
Swan Song
13%inclusion176 decks1.35K decks
-5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion174 decks1.35K decks
-7%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion171 decks1.35K decks
-2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion112 decks996 decks
0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion112 decks999 decks
-4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion149 decks1.35K decks
-5%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion110 decks999 decks
-5%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
10%inclusion141 decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion139 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion130 decks1.35K decks
-4%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.4%inclusion127 decks1.35K decks
-7%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
8.9%inclusion121 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Doom Blade
7.9%inclusion107 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Murder
7.9%inclusion107 decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.8%inclusion105 decks1.35K decks
-2%synergy
Perplex
7.3%inclusion99 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Force of Negation
7.3%inclusion99 decks1.35K decks
-2%synergy
Resculpt
7.2%inclusion98 decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.8%inclusion92 decks1.35K decks
7%synergy
Opt
6.1%inclusion82 decks1.35K decks
-6%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.1%inclusion82 decks1.35K decks
-4%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.5%inclusion75 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
See Double
5.2%inclusion70 decks1.35K decks
3%synergy
Bitter Triumph
5.2%inclusion70 decks1.35K decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
53%inclusion712 decks1.35K decks
48%synergy
Mind Grind
50%inclusion677 decks1.35K decks
45%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
36%inclusion492 decks1.35K decks
31%synergy
Windfall
31%inclusion417 decks1.35K decks
17%synergy
Cut Your Losses
30%inclusion411 decks1.35K decks
26%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion395 decks1.35K decks
20%synergy
Toxic Deluge
28%inclusion384 decks1.35K decks
3%synergy
Mind Funeral
27%inclusion361 decks1.35K decks
24%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion338 decks1.35K decks
20%synergy
Feed the Swarm
22%inclusion303 decks1.35K decks
-13%synergy
Reanimate
22%inclusion299 decks1.35K decks
-2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion299 decks1.35K decks
12%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion289 decks1.35K decks
11%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion232 decks1.35K decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion212 decks1.35K decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion156 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Pilfered Plans
11%inclusion154 decks1.35K decks
9%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion140 decks1.35K decks
-6%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
10%inclusion134 decks1.32K decks
9%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion41 decks424 decks
3%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
9.2%inclusion124 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.6%inclusion116 decks1.35K decks
2%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.5%inclusion115 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Grim Tutor
7.8%inclusion105 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Preordain
7.4%inclusion100 decks1.35K decks
-3%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.1%inclusion83 decks1.35K decks
6%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.8%inclusion79 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
5.6%inclusion76 decks1.35K decks
2%synergy
Breaking Wave
5.5%inclusion75 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.5%inclusion75 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.2%inclusion71 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.2%inclusion70 decks1.35K decks
-1%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
5.1%inclusion69 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
46%inclusion616 decks1.35K decks
44%synergy
Bonehoard
41%inclusion558 decks1.35K decks
39%synergy
Lightning Greaves
34%inclusion466 decks1.35K decks
7%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
34%inclusion459 decks1.35K decks
29%synergy
Altar of the Brood
21%inclusion281 decks1.35K decks
16%synergy
Keening Stone
19%inclusion263 decks1.35K decks
18%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
19%inclusion25 decks129 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion211 decks1.35K decks
-9%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
14%inclusion191 decks1.35K decks
13%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion188 decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion155 decks1.35K decks
10%synergy
Isochron Scepter
10%inclusion141 decks1.35K decks
7%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion134 decks1.35K decks
10%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion134 decks1.35K decks
9%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
10%inclusion133 decks1.35K decks
9%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.0%inclusion108 decks1.35K decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.9%inclusion94 decks1.35K decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.9%inclusion93 decks1.35K decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
6.5%inclusion88 decks1.35K decks
-1%synergy
The One Ring
5.3%inclusion72 decks1.35K decks
-2%synergy
Profane Memento
5.1%inclusion69 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
50%inclusion672 decks1.35K decks
43%synergy
Propaganda
46%inclusion619 decks1.35K decks
29%synergy
Memory Erosion
44%inclusion598 decks1.35K decks
40%synergy
Fraying Sanity
42%inclusion567 decks1.35K decks
38%synergy
Court of Cunning
35%inclusion469 decks1.35K decks
29%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion405 decks1.35K decks
22%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
29%inclusion37 decks129 decks
27%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
27%inclusion372 decks1.35K decks
25%synergy
Intruder Alarm
27%inclusion369 decks1.35K decks
26%synergy
Freed from the Real
24%inclusion319 decks1.35K decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
23%inclusion317 decks1.35K decks
10%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion263 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
14%inclusion188 decks1.35K decks
13%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion186 decks1.35K decks
13%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion185 decks1.35K decks
12%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion160 decks1.35K decks
1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion131 decks1.35K decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.5%inclusion115 decks1.35K decks
-2%synergy
No Mercy
8.1%inclusion109 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Drowned Secrets
6.2%inclusion84 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
5.5%inclusion75 decks1.35K decks
3%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5.1%inclusion67 decks1.31K decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
25%inclusion344 decks1.35K decks
19%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
18%inclusion249 decks1.35K decks
16%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion235 decks1.35K decks
15%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.7%inclusion104 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.7%inclusion77 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion632 decks1.35K decks
8%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion520 decks1.35K decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion512 decks1.35K decks
2%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
37%inclusion25 decks68 decks
32%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion314 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
23%inclusion311 decks1.35K decks
6%synergy
Restless Reef
20%inclusion272 decks1.35K decks
13%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
16%inclusion222 decks1.35K decks
12%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
16%inclusion217 decks1.35K decks
-3%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion185 decks1.35K decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion175 decks1.35K decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
12%inclusion166 decks1.35K decks
9%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion162 decks1.35K decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
10%inclusion129 decks1.35K decks
-18%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.2%inclusion111 decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
6.5%inclusion88 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.4%inclusion86 decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.6%inclusion76 decks1.35K decks
2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.5%inclusion74 decks1.35K decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91%inclusion1.23K decks1.35K decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
84%inclusion1.14K decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion935 decks1.35K decks
9%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
57%inclusion766 decks1.35K decks
-2%synergy
Mind Stone
37%inclusion501 decks1.35K decks
8%synergy
Fellwar Stone
29%inclusion397 decks1.35K decks
-1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion360 decks1.35K decks
9%synergy
Thought Vessel
26%inclusion357 decks1.35K decks
-5%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion158 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Sky Diamond
9.1%inclusion123 decks1.35K decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.6%inclusion116 decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Dimir Locket
8.3%inclusion112 decks1.35K decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7.8%inclusion106 decks1.35K decks
8%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
7.8%inclusion106 decks1.35K decks
6%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.5%inclusion101 decks1.35K decks
2%synergy
Mana Crypt
6.4%inclusion87 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.2%inclusion70 decks1.35K decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion1.31K decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion1.30K decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion1.17K decks1.35K decks
-2%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion903 decks1.35K decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
61%inclusion831 decks1.35K decks
8%synergy
Watery Grave
52%inclusion706 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
48%inclusion654 decks1.35K decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion627 decks1.35K decks
7%synergy
Choked Estuary
43%inclusion584 decks1.35K decks
-5%synergy
Morphic Pool
39%inclusion532 decks1.35K decks
3%synergy
Temple of Deceit
39%inclusion522 decks1.35K decks
2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
37%inclusion507 decks1.35K decks
-2%synergy
Underground River
33%inclusion441 decks1.35K decks
-7%synergy
Polluted Delta
32%inclusion439 decks1.35K decks
1%synergy
Tainted Isle
32%inclusion435 decks1.35K decks
-12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion400 decks1.35K decks
13%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
28%inclusion379 decks1.35K decks
3%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
25%inclusion159 decks641 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion307 decks1.35K decks
-10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion290 decks1.35K decks
-1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
21%inclusion280 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion250 decks1.35K decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
18%inclusion240 decks1.35K decks
2%synergy
Undercity Sewers
17%inclusion225 decks1.35K decks
-4%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion189 decks1.35K decks
-2%synergy
Darkslick Shores
13%inclusion182 decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion176 decks1.35K decks
0%synergy
Fabled Passage
12%inclusion168 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
12%inclusion159 decks1.35K 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%inclusion139 decks1.35K decks
5%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion133 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
9.4%inclusion92 decks978 decks
1%synergy
Prismatic Vista
8.8%inclusion119 decks1.35K decks
3%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
8.6%inclusion117 decks1.35K decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
6.9%inclusion94 decks1.35K decks
-4%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.0%inclusion81 decks1.35K decks
1%synergy
Flooded Strand
5.8%inclusion78 decks1.35K decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.6%inclusion55 decks982 decks
-1%synergy
Misty Rainforest
5.4%inclusion73 decks1.35K decks
-3%synergy
Port of Karfell
5.3%inclusion72 decks1.35K decks
-2%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.3%inclusion72 decks1.35K decks
-1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
5.0%inclusion68 decks1.35K decks
-3%synergy
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