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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
47%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
87%inclusion78 decks90 decks
85%synergy
Wall of Frost
84%inclusion76 decks90 decks
83%synergy
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion80 decks90 decks
74%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
76%inclusion68 decks90 decks
73%synergy
Nighthowler
74%inclusion67 decks90 decks
69%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
69%inclusion62 decks90 decks
65%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
66%inclusion59 decks90 decks
65%synergy
Mortivore
66%inclusion59 decks90 decks
64%synergy
Hover Barrier
64%inclusion58 decks90 decks
64%synergy
Glacial Wall
60%inclusion54 decks90 decks
60%synergy
Top Cards
Singularity Rupture
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
59%synergy
Bonehoard
60%inclusion54 decks90 decks
58%synergy
Ruin Crab
60%inclusion54 decks90 decks
52%synergy
Psychic Strike
59%inclusion53 decks90 decks
56%synergy
Drown in the Loch
58%inclusion52 decks90 decks
40%synergy
Negate
56%inclusion50 decks90 decks
23%synergy
The Ancient One
56%inclusion50 decks90 decks
52%synergy
Fraying Sanity
54%inclusion49 decks90 decks
51%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
54%inclusion49 decks90 decks
50%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-5%synergy
Creatures
Jace's Phantasm
51%inclusion46 decks90 decks
50%synergy
Aegis Turtle
49%inclusion44 decks90 decks
48%synergy
Manic Scribe
48%inclusion43 decks90 decks
47%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
47%inclusion42 decks90 decks
46%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
47%inclusion42 decks90 decks
41%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
46%inclusion41 decks90 decks
45%synergy
Fleet Swallower
44%inclusion40 decks90 decks
42%synergy
Wall of Runes
42%inclusion38 decks90 decks
42%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
41%inclusion37 decks90 decks
36%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
40%inclusion36 decks90 decks
39%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
38%inclusion34 decks90 decks
35%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
37%inclusion33 decks90 decks
36%synergy
Wall of Mist
36%inclusion32 decks90 decks
35%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
34%inclusion31 decks90 decks
33%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
32%inclusion29 decks90 decks
19%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
32%inclusion29 decks90 decks
28%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
30%inclusion27 decks90 decks
30%synergy
Fog Bank
30%inclusion27 decks90 decks
29%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
27%inclusion24 decks90 decks
26%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
26%inclusion13 decks50 decks
25%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
26%inclusion23 decks90 decks
24%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
26%inclusion23 decks90 decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
26%inclusion23 decks90 decks
22%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion22 decks90 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Air
24%inclusion22 decks90 decks
24%synergy
The Mindskinner
23%inclusion15 decks65 decks
16%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
21%inclusion19 decks90 decks
21%synergy
Monastery Flock
21%inclusion19 decks90 decks
21%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Junk
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
20%synergy
Eater of the Dead
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
18%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
19%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
18%inclusion16 decks90 decks
17%synergy
Tree of Perdition
17%inclusion15 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Soulless Jailer
17%inclusion15 decks90 decks
16%synergy
Silvergill Peddler
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Omni-Changeling
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Undead Alchemist
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Academy Wall
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
13%inclusion12 decks89 decks
12%synergy
Tide Drifter
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
-1%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Canyon Crab
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Deceit
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Thought Collapse
53%inclusion48 decks90 decks
50%synergy
Didn't Say Please
48%inclusion43 decks90 decks
43%synergy
Counterspell
43%inclusion39 decks90 decks
-13%synergy
Into the Story
43%inclusion39 decks90 decks
42%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
36%inclusion32 decks90 decks
34%synergy
Crypt Incursion
34%inclusion31 decks90 decks
33%synergy
Aetherize
30%inclusion27 decks90 decks
19%synergy
Thought Scour
24%inclusion22 decks90 decks
18%synergy
Murder
22%inclusion20 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Doom Blade
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
16%synergy
Intellectual Offering
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
19%synergy
Brainstorm
18%inclusion16 decks90 decks
-12%synergy
Octopus Form
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Hero's Downfall
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Fact or Fiction
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
3%synergy
Opt
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
1%synergy
Go for the Throat
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
-5%synergy
Drown in Dreams
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
-0%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Magic Damper
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Careful Consideration
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Dark Ritual
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
-27%synergy
Cancel
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Archive Trap
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
7.8%inclusion5 decks64 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
-6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
-8%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Expel from Orazca
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Essence Scatter
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Resculpt
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
0%synergy
Shore Up
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Withering Torment
6.3%inclusion4 decks64 decks
-10%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Visions of Beyond
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
44%inclusion40 decks90 decks
35%synergy
Treasure Cruise
43%inclusion39 decks90 decks
35%synergy
Cut Your Losses
42%inclusion38 decks90 decks
38%synergy
Extract from Darkness
40%inclusion36 decks90 decks
33%synergy
Traumatize
36%inclusion32 decks90 decks
31%synergy
Pilfered Plans
33%inclusion30 decks90 decks
31%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
33%inclusion30 decks90 decks
23%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
28%inclusion25 decks90 decks
21%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
-15%synergy
Breaking Wave
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
20%synergy
Whispering Madness
18%inclusion16 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Aether Gale
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Mind Grind
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Mind Funeral
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Eldritch Pact
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Mind Sculpt
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Seize the Secrets
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Dark Deal
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
-7%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Dread Summons
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Languish
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Brainspoil
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Windfall
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
-6%synergy
Final Act
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Decree of Pain
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Set Adrift
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Ravenform
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Tome Scour
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Bond of Insight
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
0%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-4%synergy
Fell
5.1%inclusion4 decks78 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
41%synergy
Keening Stone
41%inclusion37 decks90 decks
40%synergy
Mindcrank
27%inclusion24 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
21%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
24%inclusion22 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
21%inclusion19 decks90 decks
20%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
17%inclusion15 decks90 decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
-11%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Sentinel Totem
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Lightning Greaves
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-21%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Codex Shredder
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Patient Rebuilding
41%inclusion37 decks90 decks
40%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
31%inclusion28 decks90 decks
29%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
28%inclusion25 decks90 decks
21%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
23%inclusion21 decks90 decks
20%synergy
Propaganda
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
2%synergy
Intruder Alarm
18%inclusion16 decks90 decks
17%synergy
Court of Cunning
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Drowned Secrets
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Memory Erosion
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Jace's Erasure
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Freed from the Real
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-6%synergy
Scuttletide
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Lost in the Maze
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Crab Umbra
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Death's Approach
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-4%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
28%inclusion25 decks90 decks
22%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
47%inclusion42 decks90 decks
38%synergy
Bojuka Bog
28%inclusion25 decks90 decks
-11%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
22%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
-24%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
-0%synergy
Dreadship Reef
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-1%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
0%synergy
Restless Reef
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
0%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
77%inclusion69 decks90 decks
-11%synergy
Arcane Signet
74%inclusion67 decks90 decks
-9%synergy
Dimir Signet
70%inclusion63 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Mind Stone
48%inclusion43 decks90 decks
20%synergy
Commander's Sphere
40%inclusion36 decks90 decks
24%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
34%inclusion31 decks90 decks
-23%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
31%inclusion28 decks90 decks
29%synergy
Dimir Locket
31%inclusion28 decks90 decks
28%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
23%inclusion21 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Sky Diamond
23%inclusion21 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Fellwar Stone
18%inclusion16 decks90 decks
-13%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Prismatic Lens
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Worn Powerstone
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Thought Vessel
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
-22%synergy
Star Compass
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Midnight Clock
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
100%inclusion90 decks90 decks
3%synergy
Swamp
98%inclusion88 decks90 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
73%inclusion66 decks90 decks
-14%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
59%inclusion53 decks90 decks
21%synergy
Evolving Wilds
58%inclusion52 decks90 decks
41%synergy
Dismal Backwater
56%inclusion50 decks90 decks
40%synergy
Sunken Hollow
54%inclusion49 decks90 decks
-11%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion40 decks90 decks
-3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
40%inclusion36 decks90 decks
29%synergy
Temple of Deceit
40%inclusion36 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
39%inclusion35 decks90 decks
32%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
32%inclusion29 decks90 decks
-7%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
30%inclusion27 decks90 decks
25%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
30%inclusion27 decks90 decks
25%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion22 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Tainted Isle
22%inclusion20 decks90 decks
-22%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
22%inclusion20 decks90 decks
-32%synergy
Exotic Orchard
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
-17%synergy
Salt Marsh
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Grixis Panorama
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
-0%synergy
Fetid Pools
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
-6%synergy
Warped Landscape
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
3%synergy
Waterfront District
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-2%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
0%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-35%synergy
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