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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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Loki, God of Mischief
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
47%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Tree of Perdition
93%inclusion70 decks75 decks
92%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
92%inclusion69 decks75 decks
90%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
87%inclusion65 decks75 decks
80%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
81%inclusion61 decks75 decks
71%synergy
Consuming Aberration
85%inclusion64 decks75 decks
70%synergy
Ruin Crab
76%inclusion57 decks75 decks
68%synergy
Visions of Beyond
69%inclusion52 decks75 decks
66%synergy
Eater of the Dead
67%inclusion50 decks75 decks
65%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
67%inclusion50 decks75 decks
63%synergy
Mindcrank
73%inclusion55 decks75 decks
61%synergy
Top Cards
Mana Drain
68%inclusion51 decks75 decks
51%synergy
Fractured Sanity
64%inclusion48 decks75 decks
54%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
61%inclusion46 decks75 decks
60%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
60%inclusion45 decks75 decks
56%synergy
Lightning Greaves
59%inclusion44 decks75 decks
31%synergy
Counterspell
57%inclusion43 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Drown in the Loch
57%inclusion43 decks75 decks
40%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
57%inclusion43 decks75 decks
50%synergy
The Ancient One
56%inclusion42 decks75 decks
53%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
56%inclusion42 decks75 decks
43%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
79%inclusion59 decks75 decks
56%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
73%inclusion55 decks75 decks
51%synergy
Demonic Tutor
72%inclusion54 decks75 decks
53%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
67%inclusion50 decks75 decks
49%synergy
Ancient Tomb
61%inclusion46 decks75 decks
53%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
61%inclusion46 decks75 decks
46%synergy
Mystical Tutor
47%inclusion35 decks75 decks
34%synergy
Force of Will
33%inclusion25 decks75 decks
23%synergy
The One Ring
25%inclusion19 decks75 decks
19%synergy
Imperial Seal
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
19%synergy
Creatures
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
65%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
53%inclusion40 decks75 decks
48%synergy
Silent Arbiter
52%inclusion39 decks75 decks
51%synergy
Wall of Frost
52%inclusion39 decks75 decks
51%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
49%inclusion37 decks75 decks
47%synergy
Hedron Crab
45%inclusion34 decks75 decks
41%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
41%inclusion31 decks75 decks
34%synergy
Nighthowler
41%inclusion31 decks75 decks
36%synergy
Mortivore
40%inclusion30 decks75 decks
39%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
37%inclusion28 decks75 decks
26%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
35%inclusion26 decks75 decks
34%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
33%inclusion25 decks75 decks
29%synergy
The Mindskinner
33%inclusion20 decks61 decks
26%synergy
Hover Barrier
31%inclusion23 decks75 decks
30%synergy
Fleet Swallower
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
21%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
22%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
23%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
23%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
23%synergy
Soulless Jailer
23%inclusion17 decks75 decks
22%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
19%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
19%synergy
Riddlekeeper
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
21%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
19%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
17%synergy
Undead Alchemist
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
18%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Manic Scribe
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
17%inclusion6 decks35 decks
16%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Sheoldred
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
14%synergy
Notion Thief
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Glacial Wall
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Avatar of Woe
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Painter's Servant
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
12%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Shield Sphere
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
12%synergy
Aegis Turtle
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
12%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Fog Bank
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
10%synergy
The Reality Chip
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Deadly Rollick
47%inclusion35 decks75 decks
27%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
43%inclusion32 decks75 decks
39%synergy
Brainstorm
41%inclusion31 decks75 decks
12%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
40%inclusion30 decks75 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Denial
37%inclusion28 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Dark Ritual
36%inclusion27 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Swan Song
35%inclusion26 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Force of Negation
27%inclusion20 decks75 decks
18%synergy
Sink into Stupor
27%inclusion20 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Negate
25%inclusion19 decks75 decks
-7%synergy
Withering Torment
24%inclusion14 decks59 decks
8%synergy
Pongify
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Didn't Say Please
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
12%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Thought Collapse
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Archive Trap
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
14%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Resculpt
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Infernal Grasp
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Pact of Negation
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Chain of Vapor
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
8%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Psychic Strike
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Delay
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Into the Story
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
8%synergy
Reality Shift
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Aetherize
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
Thought Scour
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Demonic Consultation
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Crypt Incursion
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
-9%synergy
Cabal Ritual
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Strix Serenade
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
Tainted Pact
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Fact or Fiction
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-4%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-6%synergy
Sorceries
Singularity Rupture
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
62%synergy
Toxic Deluge
56%inclusion42 decks75 decks
31%synergy
Mind Grind
49%inclusion37 decks75 decks
44%synergy
Damnation
49%inclusion37 decks75 decks
39%synergy
Windfall
45%inclusion34 decks75 decks
32%synergy
Traumatize
44%inclusion33 decks75 decks
39%synergy
Reanimate
39%inclusion29 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
37%inclusion28 decks75 decks
32%synergy
Feed the Swarm
27%inclusion20 decks75 decks
-8%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
27%inclusion20 decks75 decks
17%synergy
Grim Tutor
25%inclusion19 decks75 decks
22%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
25%inclusion19 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Mind Funeral
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Cut Your Losses
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
14%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Sign in Blood
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
5.7%inclusion2 decks35 decks
-1%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Preordain
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Extract from Darkness
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
41%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
44%inclusion33 decks75 decks
39%synergy
Bonehoard
28%inclusion21 decks75 decks
26%synergy
Altar of the Brood
27%inclusion20 decks75 decks
22%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Insight Engine
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Grindstone
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
14%synergy
Isochron Scepter
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
-13%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Keening Stone
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Altar of Dementia
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
51%inclusion38 decks75 decks
44%synergy
Propaganda
49%inclusion37 decks75 decks
31%synergy
Mystic Remora
47%inclusion35 decks75 decks
32%synergy
Memory Erosion
44%inclusion33 decks75 decks
40%synergy
Intruder Alarm
28%inclusion21 decks75 decks
27%synergy
Black Market Connections
28%inclusion21 decks75 decks
17%synergy
Freed from the Real
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
23%synergy
Court of Cunning
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
18%synergy
Fraying Sanity
23%inclusion17 decks75 decks
19%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
23%inclusion17 decks75 decks
22%synergy
Animate Dead
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
No Mercy
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
14%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Necropotence
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Copy Artifact
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Leyline of the Void
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion20 decks75 decks
21%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
8%synergy
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
8%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
76%inclusion57 decks75 decks
56%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
53%inclusion40 decks75 decks
35%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
51%inclusion38 decks75 decks
38%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
50%inclusion2 decks4 decks
45%synergy
Bojuka Bog
49%inclusion37 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Reliquary Tower
37%inclusion28 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Cabal Coffers
32%inclusion24 decks75 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
28%inclusion21 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
25%inclusion19 decks75 decks
17%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
20%inclusion15 decks75 decks
17%synergy
Urza's Saga
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
15%inclusion11 decks75 decks
14%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Academy Ruins
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Sunken Palace
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
7%synergy
Wasteland
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Glacial Chasm
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
5%synergy
Command Beacon
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Strip Mine
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
96%inclusion72 decks75 decks
12%synergy
Sol Ring
92%inclusion69 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
71%inclusion53 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Dimir Signet
68%inclusion51 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
45%inclusion34 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Thought Vessel
35%inclusion26 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Mana Vault
23%inclusion17 decks75 decks
18%synergy
Mind Stone
23%inclusion17 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Chrome Mox
23%inclusion17 decks75 decks
17%synergy
Mana Crypt
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
18%synergy
Mox Opal
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Mox Diamond
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Jeweled Lotus
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Commander's Sphere
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Gilded Lotus
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Mox Amber
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
2%synergy
Lotus Petal
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
93%inclusion70 decks75 decks
6%synergy
Swamp
93%inclusion70 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
Island
93%inclusion70 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
Watery Grave
93%inclusion70 decks75 decks
45%synergy
Underground Sea
87%inclusion65 decks75 decks
73%synergy
Polluted Delta
84%inclusion63 decks75 decks
51%synergy
Morphic Pool
73%inclusion55 decks75 decks
37%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
65%inclusion49 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Sunken Hollow
61%inclusion46 decks75 decks
-4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
60%inclusion45 decks75 decks
20%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
53%inclusion40 decks75 decks
29%synergy
Underground River
53%inclusion40 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Sunken Ruins
51%inclusion38 decks75 decks
34%synergy
Prismatic Vista
44%inclusion33 decks75 decks
38%synergy
Undercity Sewers
36%inclusion27 decks75 decks
15%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
34%inclusion21 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Reflecting Pool
31%inclusion23 decks75 decks
26%synergy
Tainted Isle
29%inclusion22 decks75 decks
-15%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
28%inclusion21 decks75 decks
-11%synergy
Misty Rainforest
27%inclusion20 decks75 decks
18%synergy
Sink into Stupor
27%inclusion20 decks75 decks
11%synergy
Marsh Flats
25%inclusion19 decks75 decks
18%synergy
Flooded Strand
25%inclusion19 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Scalding Tarn
24%inclusion18 decks75 decks
16%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
23%inclusion17 decks75 decks
-15%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
14%synergy
Choked Estuary
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
-26%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
21%inclusion16 decks75 decks
13%synergy
Exotic Orchard
19%inclusion14 decks75 decks
-14%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Fabled Passage
17%inclusion13 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Temple of Deceit
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
-19%synergy
Mana Confluence
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
10%synergy
City of Brass
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
-7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Fetid Pools
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Darkslick Shores
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
9.3%inclusion7 decks75 decks
3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-8%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-1%synergy
Cavern of Souls
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-3%synergy
River of Tears
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-5%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
0%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-6%synergy
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