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Phenax, God of Deception
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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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Echocasting Symposium
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
87%inclusion80 decks92 decks
85%synergy
Wall of Frost
84%inclusion77 decks92 decks
82%synergy
Consuming Aberration
90%inclusion83 decks92 decks
75%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
76%inclusion70 decks92 decks
74%synergy
Nighthowler
76%inclusion70 decks92 decks
70%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
68%inclusion63 decks92 decks
65%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
65%inclusion60 decks92 decks
64%synergy
Hover Barrier
65%inclusion60 decks92 decks
64%synergy
Mortivore
65%inclusion60 decks92 decks
64%synergy
Glacial Wall
62%inclusion57 decks92 decks
61%synergy
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Singularity Rupture
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Psychic Strike
61%inclusion56 decks92 decks
58%synergy
Bonehoard
61%inclusion56 decks92 decks
59%synergy
Ruin Crab
61%inclusion56 decks92 decks
53%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
59%synergy
Drown in the Loch
58%inclusion53 decks92 decks
40%synergy
Fraying Sanity
55%inclusion51 decks92 decks
52%synergy
Negate
54%inclusion50 decks92 decks
22%synergy
Thought Collapse
54%inclusion50 decks92 decks
51%synergy
The Ancient One
53%inclusion49 decks92 decks
50%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
Jace's Phantasm
53%inclusion49 decks92 decks
52%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
53%inclusion49 decks92 decks
49%synergy
Manic Scribe
50%inclusion46 decks92 decks
49%synergy
Aegis Turtle
49%inclusion45 decks92 decks
48%synergy
Fleet Swallower
48%inclusion44 decks92 decks
45%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
48%inclusion44 decks92 decks
47%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
48%inclusion44 decks92 decks
42%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
45%inclusion41 decks92 decks
44%synergy
Wall of Runes
42%inclusion39 decks92 decks
42%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
42%inclusion39 decks92 decks
37%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
41%inclusion38 decks92 decks
40%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
38%inclusion35 decks92 decks
35%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
37%inclusion34 decks92 decks
35%synergy
Wall of Mist
35%inclusion32 decks92 decks
35%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
35%inclusion32 decks92 decks
34%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
32%inclusion29 decks92 decks
27%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
30%inclusion28 decks92 decks
30%synergy
Fog Bank
29%inclusion27 decks92 decks
28%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
28%inclusion26 decks92 decks
25%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
27%inclusion25 decks92 decks
27%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
27%inclusion25 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
26%inclusion24 decks92 decks
25%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
26%inclusion24 decks92 decks
26%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
25%synergy
Wall of Air
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
25%synergy
The Mindskinner
23%inclusion15 decks64 decks
16%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
22%synergy
Monastery Flock
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
22%synergy
Guiltfeeder
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
16%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Wall of Junk
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Eater of the Dead
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Soulless Jailer
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
17%synergy
Silvergill Peddler
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Omni-Changeling
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Tree of Perdition
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
15%synergy
Undead Alchemist
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Academy Wall
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
15%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
15%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
15%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
14%inclusion12 decks87 decks
12%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
0%synergy
Tide Drifter
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Didn't Say Please
47%inclusion43 decks92 decks
42%synergy
Into the Story
45%inclusion41 decks92 decks
43%synergy
Counterspell
42%inclusion39 decks92 decks
-14%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
35%inclusion32 decks92 decks
33%synergy
Crypt Incursion
35%inclusion32 decks92 decks
33%synergy
Aetherize
29%inclusion27 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Thought Scour
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Murder
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Doom Blade
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Intellectual Offering
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Brainstorm
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
-14%synergy
Octopus Form
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Hero's Downfall
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Fact or Fiction
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Drown in Dreams
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Magic Damper
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
-6%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Opt
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Careful Consideration
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Dark Ritual
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
-27%synergy
Cancel
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Essence Scatter
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-6%synergy
Expel from Orazca
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Archive Trap
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
-9%synergy
Shore Up
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Withering Torment
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-10%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Resculpt
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-1%synergy
Visions of Beyond
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
48%inclusion44 decks92 decks
38%synergy
Treasure Cruise
45%inclusion41 decks92 decks
36%synergy
Cut Your Losses
43%inclusion40 decks92 decks
40%synergy
Extract from Darkness
41%inclusion38 decks92 decks
34%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
37%inclusion34 decks92 decks
26%synergy
Traumatize
37%inclusion34 decks92 decks
32%synergy
Pilfered Plans
35%inclusion32 decks92 decks
32%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
30%inclusion28 decks92 decks
24%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
-15%synergy
Breaking Wave
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Whispering Madness
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Mind Funeral
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Mind Grind
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Aether Gale
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Read the Bones
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Eldritch Pact
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Mind Sculpt
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Dark Deal
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Seize the Secrets
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Languish
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
-8%synergy
Dread Summons
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Brainspoil
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Set Adrift
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Windfall
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
-7%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Final Act
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Tome Scour
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Decree of Pain
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Ravenform
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Fascination
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Bond of Insight
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-4%synergy
Fell
5.3%inclusion4 decks76 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
41%synergy
Keening Stone
40%inclusion37 decks92 decks
39%synergy
Mindcrank
29%inclusion27 decks92 decks
17%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
21%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
23%inclusion21 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
17%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
-11%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Sentinel Totem
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Profane Memento
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Lightning Greaves
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-22%synergy
Enchantments
Patient Rebuilding
41%inclusion38 decks92 decks
40%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
32%inclusion29 decks92 decks
30%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
30%inclusion28 decks92 decks
24%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
22%synergy
Propaganda
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Intruder Alarm
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
15%synergy
Court of Cunning
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Drowned Secrets
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Memory Erosion
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Erasure
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Freed from the Real
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Death's Approach
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
-7%synergy
Lost in the Maze
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
29%inclusion27 decks92 decks
23%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
47%inclusion43 decks92 decks
38%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
22%synergy
Bojuka Bog
26%inclusion24 decks92 decks
-13%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
-25%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-1%synergy
Dreadship Reef
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Mortuary Mire
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Restless Reef
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-1%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
75%inclusion69 decks92 decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Signet
74%inclusion68 decks92 decks
-10%synergy
Dimir Signet
70%inclusion64 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Mind Stone
49%inclusion45 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Commander's Sphere
42%inclusion39 decks92 decks
26%synergy
Dimir Locket
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
31%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
32%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
32%inclusion29 decks92 decks
-26%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Sky Diamond
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Fellwar Stone
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
-14%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Prismatic Lens
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Worn Powerstone
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Thought Vessel
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
-23%synergy
Star Compass
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Midnight Clock
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
100%inclusion92 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Swamp
98%inclusion90 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
76%inclusion70 decks92 decks
-11%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
63%inclusion58 decks92 decks
25%synergy
Dismal Backwater
59%inclusion54 decks92 decks
43%synergy
Evolving Wilds
59%inclusion54 decks92 decks
42%synergy
Sunken Hollow
53%inclusion49 decks92 decks
-12%synergy
Choked Estuary
42%inclusion39 decks92 decks
-5%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
41%inclusion38 decks92 decks
35%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
40%inclusion37 decks92 decks
29%synergy
Temple of Deceit
39%inclusion36 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
29%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
32%inclusion29 decks92 decks
-8%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
32%inclusion29 decks92 decks
26%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion22 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Tainted Isle
23%inclusion21 decks92 decks
-21%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
-35%synergy
Exotic Orchard
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
-18%synergy
Salt Marsh
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Grixis Panorama
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Waterfront District
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Fetid Pools
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
-7%synergy
Warped Landscape
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
0%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-35%synergy
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