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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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Singularity Rupture
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
88%synergy
Wall of Frost
86%inclusion140 decks163 decks
85%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
85%inclusion139 decks163 decks
83%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
74%inclusion121 decks163 decks
72%synergy
Consuming Aberration
87%inclusion141 decks163 decks
72%synergy
Nighthowler
75%inclusion122 decks163 decks
69%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
66%inclusion108 decks163 decks
65%synergy
Bonehoard
66%inclusion108 decks163 decks
64%synergy
Hover Barrier
63%inclusion103 decks163 decks
62%synergy
Glacial Wall
61%inclusion99 decks163 decks
60%synergy
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Ruin Crab
66%inclusion107 decks163 decks
57%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
60%inclusion97 decks163 decks
56%synergy
Mortivore
58%inclusion95 decks163 decks
57%synergy
The Water Crystal
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
48%synergy
Psychic Strike
57%inclusion93 decks163 decks
54%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
56%inclusion91 decks163 decks
50%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
55%inclusion89 decks163 decks
50%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
54%synergy
Thought Collapse
54%inclusion88 decks163 decks
51%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
53%inclusion87 decks163 decks
52%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
5.5%inclusion9 decks163 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
Manic Scribe
53%inclusion87 decks163 decks
52%synergy
The Ancient One
50%inclusion81 decks163 decks
46%synergy
Fleet Swallower
48%inclusion79 decks163 decks
46%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
47%inclusion77 decks163 decks
47%synergy
Aegis Turtle
44%inclusion72 decks163 decks
44%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
43%inclusion70 decks163 decks
38%synergy
Wall of Runes
42%inclusion69 decks163 decks
42%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
41%inclusion45 decks110 decks
40%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
40%inclusion66 decks163 decks
39%synergy
Wall of Mist
38%inclusion62 decks163 decks
38%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
37%inclusion60 decks163 decks
34%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
35%inclusion57 decks163 decks
33%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
34%inclusion56 decks163 decks
21%synergy
Fog Bank
34%inclusion55 decks163 decks
33%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
32%inclusion52 decks163 decks
28%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
30%inclusion38 decks126 decks
29%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
29%inclusion47 decks163 decks
29%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
28%inclusion46 decks163 decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
28%inclusion46 decks163 decks
20%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
28%inclusion45 decks163 decks
26%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
28%inclusion45 decks163 decks
27%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
28%inclusion45 decks163 decks
23%synergy
Guiltfeeder
26%inclusion42 decks163 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Air
23%inclusion38 decks163 decks
23%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
23%inclusion37 decks163 decks
22%synergy
Soulless Jailer
23%inclusion37 decks163 decks
22%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
21%synergy
Academy Wall
21%inclusion35 decks163 decks
21%synergy
Monastery Flock
21%inclusion34 decks163 decks
21%synergy
The Mindskinner
21%inclusion15 decks72 decks
14%synergy
Undead Alchemist
20%inclusion32 decks163 decks
17%synergy
Tree of Perdition
19%inclusion31 decks163 decks
17%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
18%inclusion29 decks163 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Junk
17%inclusion28 decks163 decks
17%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
17%inclusion28 decks163 decks
17%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
16%inclusion26 decks163 decks
16%synergy
Coral Colony
15%inclusion24 decks163 decks
15%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
14%inclusion23 decks163 decks
14%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
14%inclusion23 decks163 decks
14%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
13%inclusion22 decks163 decks
13%synergy
Canyon Crab
13%inclusion17 decks126 decks
13%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
13%inclusion13 decks99 decks
12%synergy
Eater of the Dead
13%inclusion21 decks163 decks
12%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
13%inclusion21 decks163 decks
13%synergy
Doorkeeper
13%inclusion21 decks163 decks
13%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
13%inclusion18 decks142 decks
12%synergy
Riptide Turtle
12%inclusion20 decks163 decks
12%synergy
Silent Arbiter
12%inclusion19 decks163 decks
10%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
12%inclusion19 decks163 decks
10%synergy
Hedron Crab
12%inclusion19 decks163 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Drown in the Loch
53%inclusion86 decks163 decks
34%synergy
Negate
53%inclusion86 decks163 decks
20%synergy
Didn't Say Please
47%inclusion77 decks163 decks
42%synergy
Counterspell
45%inclusion74 decks163 decks
-10%synergy
Into the Story
39%inclusion63 decks163 decks
37%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
36%inclusion59 decks163 decks
35%synergy
Crypt Incursion
31%inclusion51 decks163 decks
30%synergy
Thought Scour
28%inclusion45 decks163 decks
21%synergy
Aetherize
24%inclusion39 decks163 decks
13%synergy
Doom Blade
23%inclusion38 decks163 decks
20%synergy
Murder
23%inclusion37 decks163 decks
15%synergy
Brainstorm
20%inclusion32 decks163 decks
-11%synergy
Magic Damper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Fact or Fiction
13%inclusion22 decks163 decks
3%synergy
Intellectual Offering
13%inclusion22 decks163 decks
13%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion21 decks163 decks
-3%synergy
Memory Plunder
13%inclusion21 decks163 decks
7%synergy
Hero's Downfall
11%inclusion18 decks163 decks
8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion11 decks107 decks
-1%synergy
Opt
10%inclusion16 decks163 decks
-2%synergy
Drown in Dreams
9.2%inclusion15 decks163 decks
5%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
9.0%inclusion6 decks67 decks
6%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
8.6%inclusion14 decks163 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Charm
8.0%inclusion13 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
8.0%inclusion13 decks163 decks
-6%synergy
Careful Consideration
7.4%inclusion12 decks163 decks
7%synergy
Essence Scatter
7.4%inclusion12 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Dark Ritual
7.4%inclusion12 decks163 decks
-28%synergy
Expel from Orazca
6.7%inclusion11 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Aetherspouts
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
4%synergy
Psychic Spiral
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
5%synergy
Cancel
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
-10%synergy
Dream Twist
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Archive Trap
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
4%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
-4%synergy
Perplex
5.5%inclusion9 decks163 decks
3%synergy
Visions of Beyond
5.5%inclusion9 decks163 decks
2%synergy
Shore Up
5.5%inclusion9 decks163 decks
4%synergy
Reenact the Crime
5.2%inclusion8 decks153 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
48%inclusion78 decks163 decks
38%synergy
Treasure Cruise
42%inclusion68 decks163 decks
33%synergy
Cut Your Losses
40%inclusion65 decks163 decks
36%synergy
Traumatize
38%inclusion62 decks163 decks
34%synergy
Extract from Darkness
37%inclusion60 decks163 decks
29%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
33%inclusion54 decks163 decks
23%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
33%inclusion53 decks163 decks
26%synergy
Pilfered Plans
31%inclusion50 decks163 decks
28%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion33 decks163 decks
-16%synergy
Whispering Madness
18%inclusion29 decks163 decks
15%synergy
Mind Funeral
18%inclusion29 decks163 decks
15%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
17%inclusion27 decks163 decks
12%synergy
Breaking Wave
16%inclusion26 decks163 decks
16%synergy
Languish
14%inclusion23 decks163 decks
13%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
13%inclusion21 decks163 decks
12%synergy
Eldritch Pact
12%inclusion20 decks163 decks
12%synergy
Mind Grind
12%inclusion20 decks163 decks
7%synergy
Read the Bones
12%inclusion19 decks163 decks
8%synergy
Aether Gale
12%inclusion19 decks163 decks
11%synergy
Mind Sculpt
11%inclusion18 decks163 decks
10%synergy
Seize the Secrets
10%inclusion12 decks126 decks
9%synergy
Windfall
9.2%inclusion15 decks163 decks
-5%synergy
Dark Deal
9.2%inclusion15 decks163 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.2%inclusion15 decks163 decks
3%synergy
Ravenform
9.2%inclusion15 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Ponder
8.6%inclusion14 decks163 decks
-8%synergy
Dread Summons
8.6%inclusion14 decks163 decks
5%synergy
Tome Scour
8.6%inclusion14 decks163 decks
8%synergy
Bond of Insight
7.4%inclusion12 decks163 decks
7%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
7.4%inclusion12 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Fell
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
6.7%inclusion11 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Brainspoil
6.7%inclusion11 decks163 decks
7%synergy
Fascination
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.5%inclusion9 decks163 decks
5%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
5.5%inclusion9 decks163 decks
-4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
5.5%inclusion8 decks146 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
39%inclusion64 decks163 decks
38%synergy
Mindcrank
34%inclusion56 decks163 decks
22%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
30%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion32 decks163 decks
5%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
19%inclusion31 decks163 decks
18%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
17%inclusion28 decks163 decks
17%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion18 decks163 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
11%inclusion18 decks163 decks
11%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion18 decks163 decks
-13%synergy
Sentinel Totem
10%inclusion17 decks163 decks
10%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
10%inclusion16 decks163 decks
8%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
7.4%inclusion12 decks163 decks
5%synergy
Codex Shredder
7.4%inclusion12 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
47%inclusion77 decks163 decks
43%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
34%inclusion55 decks163 decks
33%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
31%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
30%inclusion49 decks163 decks
28%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
27%inclusion44 decks163 decks
24%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
25%inclusion41 decks163 decks
19%synergy
Intruder Alarm
18%inclusion30 decks163 decks
17%synergy
Propaganda
18%inclusion29 decks163 decks
2%synergy
Court of Cunning
17%inclusion27 decks163 decks
11%synergy
Drowned Secrets
10%inclusion16 decks163 decks
9%synergy
Freed from the Real
9.2%inclusion15 decks163 decks
8%synergy
Memory Erosion
9.2%inclusion15 decks163 decks
5%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
8.0%inclusion13 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Death's Approach
7.4%inclusion12 decks163 decks
7%synergy
Jace's Erasure
6.7%inclusion11 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
-7%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
5.5%inclusion9 decks163 decks
5%synergy
Lost in the Maze
5.2%inclusion8 decks154 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
5.5%inclusion9 decks163 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
26%inclusion43 decks163 decks
20%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
7.4%inclusion12 decks163 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
7.4%inclusion12 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.7%inclusion11 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
44%inclusion72 decks163 decks
35%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Bojuka Bog
24%inclusion39 decks163 decks
-15%synergy
Temple of the False God
15%inclusion25 decks163 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
15%inclusion24 decks163 decks
7%synergy
Reliquary Tower
8.6%inclusion14 decks163 decks
-28%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.7%inclusion11 decks163 decks
-1%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
-11%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.1%inclusion10 decks163 decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
72%inclusion117 decks163 decks
-17%synergy
Arcane Signet
70%inclusion114 decks163 decks
-14%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion112 decks163 decks
8%synergy
Mind Stone
49%inclusion80 decks163 decks
19%synergy
Commander's Sphere
40%inclusion66 decks163 decks
22%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
32%inclusion52 decks163 decks
-27%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
31%inclusion50 decks163 decks
29%synergy
Dimir Locket
27%inclusion44 decks163 decks
24%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
23%inclusion37 decks163 decks
14%synergy
Sky Diamond
23%inclusion37 decks163 decks
14%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
14%inclusion23 decks163 decks
14%synergy
Worn Powerstone
13%inclusion21 decks163 decks
9%synergy
Prismatic Lens
13%inclusion21 decks163 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
12%inclusion20 decks163 decks
-19%synergy
Thought Vessel
8.0%inclusion13 decks163 decks
-24%synergy
Midnight Clock
7.4%inclusion12 decks163 decks
0%synergy
Star Compass
6.7%inclusion11 decks163 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Island
99%inclusion161 decks163 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
98%inclusion160 decks163 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
68%inclusion111 decks163 decks
-20%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
55%inclusion89 decks163 decks
15%synergy
Evolving Wilds
55%inclusion89 decks163 decks
38%synergy
Sunken Hollow
53%inclusion87 decks163 decks
-13%synergy
Dismal Backwater
53%inclusion86 decks163 decks
37%synergy
Choked Estuary
40%inclusion66 decks163 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
39%inclusion63 decks163 decks
32%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
37%inclusion61 decks163 decks
26%synergy
Temple of Deceit
37%inclusion61 decks163 decks
1%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
31%inclusion51 decks163 decks
-9%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
28%inclusion46 decks163 decks
22%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
28%inclusion46 decks163 decks
24%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion35 decks163 decks
-1%synergy
Tainted Isle
21%inclusion34 decks163 decks
-23%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
20%inclusion33 decks163 decks
-32%synergy
Exotic Orchard
15%inclusion24 decks163 decks
-18%synergy
Waterfront District
12%inclusion20 decks163 decks
9%synergy
Salt Marsh
12%inclusion19 decks163 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion11 decks107 decks
-1%synergy
Warped Landscape
9.2%inclusion15 decks163 decks
9%synergy
Grixis Panorama
8.0%inclusion13 decks163 decks
8%synergy
Port of Karfell
8.0%inclusion13 decks163 decks
1%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.4%inclusion12 decks163 decks
2%synergy
Fetid Pools
6.7%inclusion11 decks163 decks
-10%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
-2%synergy
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