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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%inclusion121 decks141 decks
84%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
85%inclusion120 decks141 decks
83%synergy
Consuming Aberration
85%inclusion120 decks141 decks
70%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
72%inclusion102 decks141 decks
70%synergy
Nighthowler
73%inclusion103 decks141 decks
67%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
65%inclusion92 decks141 decks
64%synergy
Hover Barrier
63%inclusion89 decks141 decks
62%synergy
Glacial Wall
62%inclusion88 decks141 decks
62%synergy
Bonehoard
63%inclusion89 decks141 decks
61%synergy
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Psychic Strike
60%inclusion85 decks141 decks
57%synergy
Ruin Crab
60%inclusion84 decks141 decks
51%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
60%inclusion84 decks141 decks
56%synergy
The Water Crystal
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
48%synergy
Mortivore
57%inclusion80 decks141 decks
55%synergy
Negate
56%inclusion79 decks141 decks
23%synergy
Thought Collapse
55%inclusion77 decks141 decks
52%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
55%inclusion77 decks141 decks
49%synergy
Drown in the Loch
52%inclusion74 decks141 decks
34%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
52%inclusion73 decks141 decks
51%synergy
Creatures
Duskmantle Guildmage
52%inclusion73 decks141 decks
47%synergy
The Ancient One
50%inclusion71 decks141 decks
47%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
49%synergy
Manic Scribe
50%inclusion70 decks141 decks
48%synergy
Fleet Swallower
47%inclusion66 decks141 decks
44%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
47%inclusion66 decks141 decks
46%synergy
Aegis Turtle
45%inclusion64 decks141 decks
45%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
42%inclusion44 decks104 decks
42%synergy
Wall of Runes
41%inclusion58 decks141 decks
41%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
40%inclusion57 decks141 decks
35%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
40%inclusion56 decks141 decks
39%synergy
Wall of Mist
37%inclusion52 decks141 decks
37%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
37%inclusion52 decks141 decks
34%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
34%inclusion48 decks141 decks
32%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
32%inclusion45 decks141 decks
19%synergy
Fog Bank
32%inclusion45 decks141 decks
31%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
30%inclusion42 decks141 decks
26%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
30%inclusion35 decks118 decks
29%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
29%inclusion41 decks141 decks
29%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
28%inclusion39 decks141 decks
27%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
28%inclusion39 decks141 decks
27%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
27%inclusion38 decks141 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
26%inclusion37 decks141 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
26%inclusion37 decks141 decks
25%synergy
Wall of Air
24%inclusion34 decks141 decks
24%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
24%inclusion34 decks141 decks
20%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
23%inclusion11 decks48 decks
22%synergy
Tree of Perdition
23%inclusion32 decks141 decks
21%synergy
Monastery Flock
22%inclusion31 decks141 decks
22%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
21%inclusion30 decks141 decks
21%synergy
The Mindskinner
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
14%synergy
Academy Wall
20%inclusion28 decks141 decks
20%synergy
Wall of Junk
18%inclusion26 decks141 decks
18%synergy
Undead Alchemist
18%inclusion26 decks141 decks
16%synergy
Soulless Jailer
18%inclusion26 decks141 decks
18%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
16%inclusion23 decks141 decks
16%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
16%inclusion23 decks141 decks
16%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
16%inclusion22 decks141 decks
15%synergy
Eater of the Dead
15%inclusion21 decks141 decks
14%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
15%inclusion21 decks141 decks
14%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
15%inclusion21 decks141 decks
14%synergy
Canyon Crab
14%inclusion17 decks118 decks
14%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
13%inclusion19 decks141 decks
13%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Coral Colony
13%inclusion18 decks141 decks
13%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
12%inclusion16 decks131 decks
12%synergy
Moaning Wall
12%inclusion17 decks141 decks
12%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
11%inclusion16 decks141 decks
11%synergy
Hedron Crab
11%inclusion16 decks141 decks
8%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
11%inclusion16 decks141 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Didn't Say Please
46%inclusion65 decks141 decks
41%synergy
Counterspell
46%inclusion65 decks141 decks
-10%synergy
Into the Story
38%inclusion53 decks141 decks
36%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
36%inclusion51 decks141 decks
35%synergy
Crypt Incursion
33%inclusion46 decks141 decks
31%synergy
Thought Scour
31%inclusion44 decks141 decks
25%synergy
Aetherize
28%inclusion40 decks141 decks
18%synergy
Murder
26%inclusion36 decks141 decks
18%synergy
Doom Blade
25%inclusion35 decks141 decks
22%synergy
Brainstorm
20%inclusion28 decks141 decks
-11%synergy
Magic Damper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Intellectual Offering
14%inclusion20 decks141 decks
14%synergy
Memory Plunder
13%inclusion19 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion18 decks141 decks
-3%synergy
Hero's Downfall
12%inclusion17 decks141 decks
9%synergy
Fact or Fiction
12%inclusion17 decks141 decks
2%synergy
Opt
12%inclusion17 decks141 decks
0%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion11 decks101 decks
-1%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
10%inclusion6 decks62 decks
7%synergy
Drown in Dreams
9.2%inclusion13 decks141 decks
5%synergy
Careful Consideration
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
8%synergy
Essence Scatter
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Archive Trap
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Dark Ritual
7.8%inclusion11 decks141 decks
-27%synergy
Psychic Spiral
7.8%inclusion11 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Expel from Orazca
7.8%inclusion11 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Charm
7.1%inclusion10 decks141 decks
5%synergy
Reality Shift
7.1%inclusion10 decks141 decks
-7%synergy
Dream Twist
7.1%inclusion10 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Cancel
6.4%inclusion9 decks141 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.4%inclusion9 decks141 decks
-9%synergy
Reenact the Crime
5.7%inclusion8 decks140 decks
5%synergy
Remand
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
5%synergy
Shore Up
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
46%inclusion65 decks141 decks
36%synergy
Treasure Cruise
41%inclusion58 decks141 decks
32%synergy
Cut Your Losses
39%inclusion55 decks141 decks
35%synergy
Extract from Darkness
39%inclusion55 decks141 decks
31%synergy
Traumatize
35%inclusion50 decks141 decks
31%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
34%inclusion48 decks141 decks
24%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
30%inclusion43 decks141 decks
24%synergy
Pilfered Plans
30%inclusion42 decks141 decks
27%synergy
Feed the Swarm
19%inclusion27 decks141 decks
-17%synergy
Whispering Madness
18%inclusion25 decks141 decks
15%synergy
Mind Funeral
17%inclusion24 decks141 decks
14%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Breaking Wave
16%inclusion23 decks141 decks
16%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
16%inclusion22 decks141 decks
11%synergy
Languish
14%inclusion20 decks141 decks
13%synergy
Mind Grind
13%inclusion19 decks141 decks
8%synergy
Read the Bones
13%inclusion18 decks141 decks
9%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
13%inclusion18 decks141 decks
12%synergy
Eldritch Pact
12%inclusion17 decks141 decks
12%synergy
Mind Sculpt
12%inclusion17 decks141 decks
11%synergy
Aether Gale
12%inclusion17 decks141 decks
11%synergy
Dark Deal
10%inclusion14 decks141 decks
9%synergy
Seize the Secrets
9.3%inclusion11 decks118 decks
9%synergy
Windfall
9.2%inclusion13 decks141 decks
-5%synergy
Ponder
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
-8%synergy
Bond of Insight
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
8%synergy
Dread Summons
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
5%synergy
Tome Scour
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
2%synergy
Ravenform
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
6%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
7.8%inclusion11 decks141 decks
6%synergy
Brainspoil
7.8%inclusion11 decks141 decks
8%synergy
Fell
6.2%inclusion5 decks81 decks
4%synergy
Fascination
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
5%synergy
Epic Downfall
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
5%synergy
Set Adrift
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
6%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
-4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
38%inclusion54 decks141 decks
37%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
27%synergy
Mindcrank
30%inclusion43 decks141 decks
18%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
21%inclusion30 decks141 decks
20%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
21%inclusion29 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
16%inclusion22 decks141 decks
15%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
12%inclusion17 decks141 decks
11%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
11%inclusion15 decks141 decks
9%synergy
Sentinel Totem
11%inclusion15 decks141 decks
11%synergy
Profane Memento
11%inclusion15 decks141 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
9.2%inclusion13 decks141 decks
-15%synergy
Codex Shredder
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
7.8%inclusion11 decks141 decks
6%synergy
Sands of Delirium
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
48%inclusion67 decks141 decks
44%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
33%inclusion46 decks141 decks
32%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
31%inclusion44 decks141 decks
29%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
29%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
26%inclusion36 decks141 decks
23%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
22%inclusion31 decks141 decks
16%synergy
Intruder Alarm
19%inclusion27 decks141 decks
18%synergy
Propaganda
16%inclusion23 decks141 decks
0%synergy
Court of Cunning
13%inclusion18 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Drowned Secrets
11%inclusion16 decks141 decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion14 decks141 decks
9%synergy
Memory Erosion
10%inclusion14 decks141 decks
6%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Death's Approach
7.8%inclusion11 decks141 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Erasure
7.8%inclusion11 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
5%synergy
Animate Dead
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
-6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
-8%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.4%inclusion9 decks141 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
28%inclusion39 decks141 decks
21%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
6.4%inclusion9 decks141 decks
4%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
6.4%inclusion9 decks141 decks
4%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
43%inclusion60 decks141 decks
33%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Bojuka Bog
25%inclusion35 decks141 decks
-14%synergy
Temple of the False God
14%inclusion20 decks141 decks
4%synergy
Restless Reef
12%inclusion17 decks141 decks
5%synergy
Reliquary Tower
10%inclusion14 decks141 decks
-26%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.8%inclusion11 decks141 decks
0%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.4%inclusion9 decks141 decks
0%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
-12%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
72%inclusion101 decks141 decks
-17%synergy
Arcane Signet
70%inclusion98 decks141 decks
-15%synergy
Dimir Signet
68%inclusion96 decks141 decks
8%synergy
Mind Stone
48%inclusion67 decks141 decks
18%synergy
Commander's Sphere
40%inclusion56 decks141 decks
22%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
33%inclusion46 decks141 decks
-26%synergy
Dimir Locket
28%inclusion40 decks141 decks
26%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
28%inclusion39 decks141 decks
26%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
23%inclusion32 decks141 decks
14%synergy
Sky Diamond
21%inclusion30 decks141 decks
13%synergy
Fellwar Stone
15%inclusion21 decks141 decks
-16%synergy
Prismatic Lens
14%inclusion20 decks141 decks
12%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
13%inclusion19 decks141 decks
13%synergy
Worn Powerstone
12%inclusion17 decks141 decks
9%synergy
Thought Vessel
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
-23%synergy
Star Compass
7.8%inclusion11 decks141 decks
7%synergy
Midnight Clock
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
-2%synergy
Lands
Island
99%inclusion139 decks141 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
98%inclusion138 decks141 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
66%inclusion93 decks141 decks
-22%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
52%inclusion74 decks141 decks
13%synergy
Dismal Backwater
52%inclusion74 decks141 decks
37%synergy
Sunken Hollow
52%inclusion74 decks141 decks
-13%synergy
Evolving Wilds
50%inclusion70 decks141 decks
33%synergy
Choked Estuary
39%inclusion55 decks141 decks
-9%synergy
Temple of Deceit
37%inclusion52 decks141 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
37%inclusion52 decks141 decks
30%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
33%inclusion46 decks141 decks
21%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
30%inclusion42 decks141 decks
-10%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
28%inclusion40 decks141 decks
24%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
26%inclusion37 decks141 decks
20%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
20%inclusion28 decks141 decks
-33%synergy
Tainted Isle
18%inclusion26 decks141 decks
-26%synergy
Myriad Landscape
18%inclusion26 decks141 decks
-4%synergy
Exotic Orchard
13%inclusion19 decks141 decks
-20%synergy
Waterfront District
12%inclusion17 decks141 decks
9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion11 decks101 decks
-1%synergy
Salt Marsh
11%inclusion15 decks141 decks
9%synergy
Warped Landscape
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
8%synergy
Grixis Panorama
8.5%inclusion12 decks141 decks
8%synergy
Fetid Pools
6.4%inclusion9 decks141 decks
-10%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.4%inclusion9 decks141 decks
-1%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.7%inclusion8 decks141 decks
1%synergy
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