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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
85%inclusion121 decks142 decks
84%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
86%inclusion122 decks142 decks
84%synergy
Consuming Aberration
86%inclusion122 decks142 decks
71%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
72%inclusion102 decks142 decks
70%synergy
Nighthowler
73%inclusion103 decks142 decks
67%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
64%inclusion91 decks142 decks
63%synergy
Hover Barrier
63%inclusion89 decks142 decks
62%synergy
Glacial Wall
62%inclusion88 decks142 decks
61%synergy
Bonehoard
63%inclusion90 decks142 decks
61%synergy
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Ruin Crab
61%inclusion87 decks142 decks
53%synergy
Psychic Strike
59%inclusion84 decks142 decks
56%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
59%inclusion84 decks142 decks
55%synergy
The Water Crystal
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
48%synergy
Mortivore
57%inclusion81 decks142 decks
56%synergy
Negate
56%inclusion79 decks142 decks
23%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
54%inclusion77 decks142 decks
49%synergy
Thought Collapse
54%inclusion76 decks142 decks
50%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
54%inclusion76 decks142 decks
49%synergy
Drown in the Loch
52%inclusion74 decks142 decks
34%synergy
Creatures
Jace's Phantasm
52%inclusion74 decks142 decks
51%synergy
The Ancient One
51%inclusion73 decks142 decks
48%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
49%synergy
Manic Scribe
50%inclusion71 decks142 decks
49%synergy
Fleet Swallower
47%inclusion67 decks142 decks
44%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
47%inclusion67 decks142 decks
47%synergy
Aegis Turtle
47%inclusion67 decks142 decks
47%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
42%inclusion44 decks104 decks
42%synergy
Wall of Runes
42%inclusion60 decks142 decks
42%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
40%inclusion57 decks142 decks
35%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
39%inclusion56 decks142 decks
38%synergy
Wall of Mist
37%inclusion53 decks142 decks
37%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
37%inclusion53 decks142 decks
34%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
35%inclusion50 decks142 decks
33%synergy
Fog Bank
33%inclusion47 decks142 decks
32%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
32%inclusion46 decks142 decks
19%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
31%inclusion44 decks142 decks
27%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
30%inclusion35 decks118 decks
29%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
29%inclusion41 decks142 decks
29%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
27%inclusion39 decks142 decks
27%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
27%inclusion39 decks142 decks
27%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
27%inclusion38 decks142 decks
26%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
27%inclusion38 decks142 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
25%inclusion36 decks142 decks
20%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
24%inclusion34 decks142 decks
20%synergy
Wall of Air
23%inclusion33 decks142 decks
23%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
23%inclusion11 decks48 decks
22%synergy
The Mindskinner
22%inclusion15 decks67 decks
16%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
22%inclusion31 decks142 decks
21%synergy
Monastery Flock
22%inclusion31 decks142 decks
22%synergy
Tree of Perdition
21%inclusion30 decks142 decks
19%synergy
Academy Wall
20%inclusion29 decks142 decks
20%synergy
Undead Alchemist
18%inclusion26 decks142 decks
16%synergy
Soulless Jailer
18%inclusion26 decks142 decks
18%synergy
Wall of Junk
18%inclusion25 decks142 decks
17%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
16%inclusion23 decks142 decks
16%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
15%inclusion22 decks142 decks
15%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
15%inclusion22 decks142 decks
15%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
15%inclusion22 decks142 decks
15%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
15%inclusion21 decks142 decks
14%synergy
Canyon Crab
14%inclusion17 decks118 decks
14%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
13%inclusion19 decks142 decks
13%synergy
Eater of the Dead
13%inclusion19 decks142 decks
12%synergy
Coral Colony
13%inclusion19 decks142 decks
13%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
12%inclusion16 decks130 decks
12%synergy
Moaning Wall
12%inclusion17 decks142 decks
12%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
11%inclusion16 decks142 decks
10%synergy
Hedron Crab
11%inclusion16 decks142 decks
7%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
11%inclusion16 decks142 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
47%inclusion67 decks142 decks
-9%synergy
Didn't Say Please
46%inclusion66 decks142 decks
41%synergy
Into the Story
38%inclusion54 decks142 decks
36%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
36%inclusion51 decks142 decks
34%synergy
Crypt Incursion
32%inclusion46 decks142 decks
31%synergy
Thought Scour
30%inclusion43 decks142 decks
24%synergy
Aetherize
28%inclusion40 decks142 decks
17%synergy
Murder
26%inclusion37 decks142 decks
18%synergy
Doom Blade
25%inclusion36 decks142 decks
23%synergy
Brainstorm
21%inclusion30 decks142 decks
-9%synergy
Magic Damper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Intellectual Offering
13%inclusion19 decks142 decks
13%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion18 decks142 decks
-4%synergy
Memory Plunder
13%inclusion18 decks142 decks
7%synergy
Fact or Fiction
13%inclusion18 decks142 decks
3%synergy
Hero's Downfall
12%inclusion17 decks142 decks
9%synergy
Opt
12%inclusion17 decks142 decks
0%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion11 decks101 decks
-1%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Drown in Dreams
9.2%inclusion13 decks142 decks
5%synergy
Essence Scatter
8.5%inclusion12 decks142 decks
7%synergy
Reality Shift
8.5%inclusion12 decks142 decks
-6%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
8.5%inclusion12 decks142 decks
7%synergy
Careful Consideration
7.7%inclusion11 decks142 decks
8%synergy
Dark Ritual
7.7%inclusion11 decks142 decks
-27%synergy
Psychic Spiral
7.7%inclusion11 decks142 decks
7%synergy
Archive Trap
7.7%inclusion11 decks142 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Charm
7.0%inclusion10 decks142 decks
5%synergy
Expel from Orazca
7.0%inclusion10 decks142 decks
6%synergy
Dream Twist
7.0%inclusion10 decks142 decks
7%synergy
Cancel
6.3%inclusion9 decks142 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.3%inclusion9 decks142 decks
-10%synergy
Withering Torment
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
-10%synergy
Reenact the Crime
5.8%inclusion8 decks139 decks
5%synergy
Shore Up
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
4%synergy
Remand
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
5%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
46%inclusion66 decks142 decks
37%synergy
Treasure Cruise
42%inclusion60 decks142 decks
33%synergy
Extract from Darkness
40%inclusion57 decks142 decks
33%synergy
Cut Your Losses
39%inclusion55 decks142 decks
35%synergy
Traumatize
35%inclusion50 decks142 decks
31%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
34%inclusion48 decks142 decks
23%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
32%inclusion45 decks142 decks
25%synergy
Pilfered Plans
30%inclusion43 decks142 decks
28%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion28 decks142 decks
-16%synergy
Mind Funeral
18%inclusion26 decks142 decks
16%synergy
Whispering Madness
17%inclusion24 decks142 decks
14%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Breaking Wave
15%inclusion22 decks142 decks
15%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
15%inclusion21 decks142 decks
10%synergy
Languish
14%inclusion20 decks142 decks
13%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
13%inclusion19 decks142 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
13%inclusion18 decks142 decks
9%synergy
Mind Grind
13%inclusion18 decks142 decks
7%synergy
Eldritch Pact
12%inclusion17 decks142 decks
11%synergy
Mind Sculpt
12%inclusion17 decks142 decks
11%synergy
Aether Gale
11%inclusion15 decks142 decks
10%synergy
Seize the Secrets
9.3%inclusion11 decks118 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
9.2%inclusion13 decks142 decks
-7%synergy
Dark Deal
9.2%inclusion13 decks142 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.2%inclusion13 decks142 decks
3%synergy
Windfall
8.5%inclusion12 decks142 decks
-5%synergy
Bond of Insight
8.5%inclusion12 decks142 decks
8%synergy
Tome Scour
8.5%inclusion12 decks142 decks
8%synergy
Dread Summons
8.5%inclusion12 decks142 decks
5%synergy
Ravenform
8.5%inclusion12 decks142 decks
6%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
7.0%inclusion10 decks142 decks
6%synergy
Brainspoil
7.0%inclusion10 decks142 decks
7%synergy
Fascination
6.3%inclusion9 decks142 decks
6%synergy
Fell
6.2%inclusion5 decks81 decks
4%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
-4%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
-4%synergy
Epic Downfall
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
5%synergy
Set Adrift
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
39%inclusion56 decks142 decks
38%synergy
Mindcrank
31%inclusion44 decks142 decks
19%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
27%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
20%inclusion29 decks142 decks
20%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion28 decks142 decks
6%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
16%inclusion23 decks142 decks
16%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
11%inclusion16 decks142 decks
10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion16 decks142 decks
11%synergy
Profane Memento
11%inclusion16 decks142 decks
11%synergy
Sentinel Totem
11%inclusion15 decks142 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
9.2%inclusion13 decks142 decks
-15%synergy
Codex Shredder
9.2%inclusion13 decks142 decks
7%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
7.7%inclusion11 decks142 decks
6%synergy
Sands of Delirium
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
46%inclusion66 decks142 decks
43%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
32%inclusion46 decks142 decks
31%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
31%inclusion44 decks142 decks
29%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
29%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
25%inclusion35 decks142 decks
22%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
23%inclusion32 decks142 decks
16%synergy
Intruder Alarm
18%inclusion26 decks142 decks
17%synergy
Propaganda
18%inclusion25 decks142 decks
1%synergy
Court of Cunning
14%inclusion20 decks142 decks
8%synergy
Drowned Secrets
11%inclusion16 decks142 decks
10%synergy
Memory Erosion
11%inclusion15 decks142 decks
6%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion14 decks142 decks
9%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
8.5%inclusion12 decks142 decks
7%synergy
Death's Approach
7.7%inclusion11 decks142 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Erasure
7.7%inclusion11 decks142 decks
7%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
-8%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.3%inclusion9 decks142 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion39 decks142 decks
21%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.3%inclusion9 decks142 decks
6%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
3%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
42%inclusion60 decks142 decks
33%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Bojuka Bog
25%inclusion35 decks142 decks
-14%synergy
Temple of the False God
15%inclusion21 decks142 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
12%inclusion17 decks142 decks
5%synergy
Reliquary Tower
10%inclusion14 decks142 decks
-26%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.0%inclusion10 decks142 decks
-1%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.3%inclusion9 decks142 decks
0%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
-12%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
73%inclusion103 decks142 decks
-16%synergy
Arcane Signet
70%inclusion100 decks142 decks
-14%synergy
Dimir Signet
68%inclusion97 decks142 decks
8%synergy
Mind Stone
48%inclusion68 decks142 decks
19%synergy
Commander's Sphere
42%inclusion59 decks142 decks
24%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
30%inclusion43 decks142 decks
-29%synergy
Dimir Locket
29%inclusion41 decks142 decks
26%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
28%inclusion40 decks142 decks
26%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
23%inclusion32 decks142 decks
14%synergy
Sky Diamond
21%inclusion30 decks142 decks
13%synergy
Fellwar Stone
15%inclusion22 decks142 decks
-15%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
14%inclusion20 decks142 decks
14%synergy
Prismatic Lens
13%inclusion18 decks142 decks
11%synergy
Worn Powerstone
12%inclusion17 decks142 decks
9%synergy
Thought Vessel
7.7%inclusion11 decks142 decks
-24%synergy
Star Compass
7.0%inclusion10 decks142 decks
6%synergy
Midnight Clock
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
-2%synergy
Lands
Island
99%inclusion140 decks142 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
98%inclusion139 decks142 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
66%inclusion94 decks142 decks
-22%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
53%inclusion75 decks142 decks
14%synergy
Sunken Hollow
53%inclusion75 decks142 decks
-13%synergy
Dismal Backwater
52%inclusion74 decks142 decks
36%synergy
Evolving Wilds
51%inclusion73 decks142 decks
35%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
38%inclusion54 decks142 decks
31%synergy
Choked Estuary
38%inclusion54 decks142 decks
-10%synergy
Temple of Deceit
36%inclusion51 decks142 decks
0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
35%inclusion49 decks142 decks
23%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
30%inclusion42 decks142 decks
25%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
29%inclusion41 decks142 decks
-11%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
27%inclusion38 decks142 decks
21%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion29 decks142 decks
-2%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
20%inclusion29 decks142 decks
-32%synergy
Tainted Isle
19%inclusion27 decks142 decks
-25%synergy
Exotic Orchard
13%inclusion19 decks142 decks
-20%synergy
Waterfront District
12%inclusion17 decks142 decks
9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion11 decks101 decks
-1%synergy
Salt Marsh
11%inclusion15 decks142 decks
9%synergy
Warped Landscape
8.5%inclusion12 decks142 decks
8%synergy
Grixis Panorama
7.7%inclusion11 decks142 decks
7%synergy
Fetid Pools
6.3%inclusion9 decks142 decks
-10%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.3%inclusion9 decks142 decks
-1%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.6%inclusion8 decks142 decks
1%synergy
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