Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Upgraded

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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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The Master of Lake-town
23%inclusion41 decks175 decks
20%synergy
Elrond, Moon-Reader
6.1%inclusion11 decks180 decks
6%synergy
Cruel Calculations
5.7%inclusion2 decks35 decks
5%synergy
Troop of Ponies
1.3%inclusion2 decks159 decks
0%synergy
Confusticate and Bebother
1.2%inclusion2 decks163 decks
0%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion700 decks789 decks
73%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
75%inclusion593 decks789 decks
73%synergy
Ruin Crab
74%inclusion583 decks789 decks
65%synergy
Tree of Perdition
64%inclusion505 decks789 decks
62%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
70%inclusion555 decks789 decks
60%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
65%inclusion511 decks789 decks
58%synergy
Mindcrank
63%inclusion499 decks789 decks
51%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
53%inclusion419 decks789 decks
51%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
56%inclusion443 decks789 decks
51%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
55%inclusion434 decks789 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
61%inclusion479 decks789 decks
43%synergy
Singularity Rupture
60%inclusion369 decks619 decks
47%synergy
The Water Crystal
58%inclusion377 decks655 decks
49%synergy
Counterspell
57%inclusion451 decks789 decks
1%synergy
Fractured Sanity
55%inclusion437 decks789 decks
46%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion411 decks789 decks
39%synergy
Nighthowler
52%inclusion407 decks789 decks
46%synergy
Mind Grind
49%inclusion390 decks789 decks
44%synergy
Eater of the Dead
49%inclusion390 decks789 decks
48%synergy
The Ancient One
49%inclusion389 decks789 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
31%inclusion244 decks789 decks
9%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
28%inclusion223 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Notion Thief
17%inclusion135 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Demonic Tutor
14%inclusion112 decks789 decks
-4%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
11%inclusion85 decks789 decks
7%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
10%inclusion76 decks789 decks
-8%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
7.5%inclusion59 decks789 decks
-8%synergy
Mystical Tutor
7.5%inclusion59 decks789 decks
-5%synergy
Force of Will
5.7%inclusion45 decks789 decks
-4%synergy
Creatures
Wall of Frost
45%inclusion355 decks789 decks
44%synergy
Hedron Crab
39%inclusion304 decks789 decks
34%synergy
Mortivore
38%inclusion296 decks789 decks
36%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
37%inclusion291 decks789 decks
33%synergy
The Mindskinner
35%inclusion279 decks789 decks
28%synergy
Silent Arbiter
32%inclusion252 decks789 decks
31%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
32%inclusion168 decks530 decks
30%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
32%inclusion250 decks789 decks
25%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
31%inclusion245 decks782 decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
31%inclusion241 decks789 decks
26%synergy
Hover Barrier
29%inclusion226 decks789 decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
27%inclusion216 decks789 decks
20%synergy
Fleet Swallower
27%inclusion212 decks789 decks
24%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
26%inclusion208 decks789 decks
25%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
25%inclusion194 decks789 decks
24%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
24%inclusion187 decks789 decks
23%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
24%inclusion186 decks789 decks
20%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
23%inclusion179 decks789 decks
22%synergy
Undead Alchemist
21%inclusion168 decks789 decks
19%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
21%inclusion167 decks789 decks
18%synergy
Fog Bank
20%inclusion156 decks789 decks
19%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
20%inclusion155 decks789 decks
19%synergy
Manic Scribe
19%inclusion147 decks789 decks
18%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
18%inclusion140 decks789 decks
17%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
17%inclusion137 decks789 decks
16%synergy
Riddlekeeper
16%inclusion129 decks789 decks
16%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
16%inclusion129 decks789 decks
16%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
16%inclusion128 decks789 decks
15%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
16%inclusion127 decks789 decks
13%synergy
Guiltfeeder
16%inclusion126 decks789 decks
11%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion122 decks789 decks
14%synergy
Glacial Wall
14%inclusion114 decks789 decks
14%synergy
Avatar of Woe
14%inclusion113 decks789 decks
13%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
14%inclusion108 decks789 decks
13%synergy
Soulless Jailer
13%inclusion102 decks789 decks
12%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
13%inclusion102 decks789 decks
1%synergy
Aegis Turtle
12%inclusion98 decks789 decks
12%synergy
Baleful Strix
12%inclusion94 decks789 decks
-12%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion89 decks789 decks
11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
11%inclusion85 decks789 decks
10%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion83 decks789 decks
2%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
10%inclusion81 decks789 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Archivist
10%inclusion81 decks789 decks
9%synergy
Loki, God of Mischief
10%inclusion26 decks261 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
9.3%inclusion73 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
9.1%inclusion72 decks789 decks
9%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
8.7%inclusion30 decks343 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
8.5%inclusion67 decks789 decks
7%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
8.2%inclusion65 decks789 decks
-4%synergy
Wall of Junk
8.1%inclusion64 decks789 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
48%inclusion380 decks789 decks
44%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
34%inclusion265 decks789 decks
30%synergy
Archive Trap
26%inclusion203 decks789 decks
24%synergy
Didn't Say Please
26%inclusion202 decks789 decks
21%synergy
Negate
24%inclusion192 decks789 decks
-8%synergy
Arcane Denial
24%inclusion187 decks789 decks
-3%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
24%inclusion186 decks789 decks
-9%synergy
Thought Collapse
23%inclusion183 decks789 decks
20%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion177 decks789 decks
-15%synergy
Psychic Strike
22%inclusion172 decks789 decks
19%synergy
Mana Drain
21%inclusion162 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Brainstorm
20%inclusion158 decks789 decks
-9%synergy
Into the Story
19%inclusion146 decks789 decks
17%synergy
Aetherize
16%inclusion129 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion128 decks789 decks
14%synergy
Drown in Dreams
16%inclusion128 decks789 decks
12%synergy
Swan Song
16%inclusion124 decks789 decks
-3%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion122 decks789 decks
-0%synergy
Thought Scour
14%inclusion111 decks789 decks
8%synergy
Sink into Stupor
14%inclusion111 decks789 decks
-2%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion110 decks789 decks
-1%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion110 decks789 decks
13%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion105 decks789 decks
2%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
13%inclusion57 decks439 decks
11%synergy
Withering Torment
12%inclusion96 decks789 decks
-4%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion87 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Deadly Rollick
11%inclusion86 decks789 decks
-9%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
11%inclusion83 decks789 decks
-0%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
10%inclusion81 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
8.6%inclusion68 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.5%inclusion67 decks789 decks
-7%synergy
Reality Shift
8.2%inclusion65 decks789 decks
-5%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.1%inclusion64 decks789 decks
-1%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.5%inclusion59 decks789 decks
-8%synergy
Resculpt
7.0%inclusion55 decks789 decks
1%synergy
Frantic Search
5.6%inclusion44 decks789 decks
-14%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.3%inclusion42 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
5.2%inclusion41 decks789 decks
-3%synergy
Force of Negation
5.2%inclusion41 decks789 decks
-4%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.2%inclusion41 decks789 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
46%inclusion366 decks789 decks
42%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
34%inclusion271 decks789 decks
29%synergy
Toxic Deluge
33%inclusion258 decks789 decks
7%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
28%inclusion222 decks789 decks
23%synergy
Windfall
28%inclusion218 decks789 decks
14%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion195 decks789 decks
-10%synergy
Cut Your Losses
24%inclusion192 decks789 decks
20%synergy
Mind Funeral
24%inclusion188 decks789 decks
21%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
24%inclusion187 decks789 decks
14%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
24%inclusion187 decks789 decks
15%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion179 decks789 decks
-3%synergy
Damnation
18%inclusion140 decks789 decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion98 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Extract from Darkness
12%inclusion98 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Treasure Cruise
12%inclusion93 decks789 decks
4%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion88 decks789 decks
-5%synergy
Pilfered Plans
11%inclusion83 decks789 decks
8%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
10%inclusion82 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Whispering Madness
9.3%inclusion73 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Preordain
8.9%inclusion70 decks789 decks
-1%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.2%inclusion57 decks789 decks
1%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
7.2%inclusion57 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Increasing Confusion
7.0%inclusion55 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Startled Awake
7.0%inclusion55 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.8%inclusion54 decks789 decks
-0%synergy
Read the Bones
6.7%inclusion53 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.0%inclusion47 decks789 decks
2%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.3%inclusion42 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
39%inclusion305 decks789 decks
37%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
38%inclusion296 decks789 decks
32%synergy
Lightning Greaves
35%inclusion274 decks789 decks
7%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
34%inclusion262 decks782 decks
30%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion236 decks789 decks
28%synergy
Altar of the Brood
30%inclusion236 decks789 decks
25%synergy
Keening Stone
15%inclusion118 decks789 decks
14%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion116 decks789 decks
-10%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
13%inclusion103 decks789 decks
0%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
12%inclusion98 decks789 decks
4%synergy
Grindstone
11%inclusion86 decks789 decks
10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
10%inclusion81 decks789 decks
10%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion77 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Isochron Scepter
10%inclusion75 decks789 decks
7%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.5%inclusion67 decks789 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
8.0%inclusion63 decks789 decks
7%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.4%inclusion58 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.2%inclusion49 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
5.8%inclusion46 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Folio of Fancies
5.8%inclusion46 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Jet Medallion
5.8%inclusion46 decks789 decks
-3%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
47%inclusion374 decks789 decks
29%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
43%inclusion336 decks789 decks
36%synergy
Fraying Sanity
42%inclusion332 decks789 decks
38%synergy
Memory Erosion
39%inclusion310 decks789 decks
35%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
31%inclusion242 decks789 decks
28%synergy
Intruder Alarm
30%inclusion240 decks789 decks
29%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion239 decks789 decks
23%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
30%inclusion236 decks782 decks
28%synergy
Court of Cunning
28%inclusion224 decks789 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
22%inclusion176 decks789 decks
9%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion150 decks789 decks
18%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion150 decks789 decks
4%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
15%inclusion119 decks789 decks
13%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion111 decks789 decks
13%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion98 decks789 decks
1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion80 decks789 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
9.4%inclusion74 decks789 decks
-2%synergy
No Mercy
9.0%inclusion71 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
7.5%inclusion59 decks789 decks
7%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.7%inclusion45 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
25%inclusion198 decks789 decks
19%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
22%inclusion175 decks789 decks
20%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
15%inclusion121 decks789 decks
13%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.9%inclusion62 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.1%inclusion48 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
52%inclusion409 decks789 decks
13%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion297 decks789 decks
29%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
36%inclusion242 decks664 decks
32%synergy
Reliquary Tower
32%inclusion251 decks789 decks
-4%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion179 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion176 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
17%inclusion134 decks789 decks
-2%synergy
Restless Reef
17%inclusion131 decks789 decks
11%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
16%inclusion124 decks789 decks
12%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion107 decks789 decks
1%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion104 decks789 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion103 decks789 decks
4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
12%inclusion91 decks789 decks
-15%synergy
Cabal Coffers
8.6%inclusion68 decks789 decks
-2%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
8.5%inclusion67 decks789 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.0%inclusion63 decks789 decks
1%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.8%inclusion54 decks789 decks
-1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
6.8%inclusion54 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.5%inclusion51 decks789 decks
0%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
5.6%inclusion44 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Maze of Ith
5.3%inclusion42 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.3%inclusion42 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Urza's Saga
5.1%inclusion40 decks789 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
92%inclusion724 decks789 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
82%inclusion650 decks789 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Signet
63%inclusion495 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
57%inclusion451 decks789 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
31%inclusion243 decks789 decks
-0%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion230 decks789 decks
2%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion221 decks789 decks
-3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion134 decks789 decks
1%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion92 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.0%inclusion63 decks789 decks
8%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.8%inclusion54 decks789 decks
-1%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.6%inclusion52 decks789 decks
1%synergy
The Soul Stone
6.1%inclusion37 decks605 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Locket
6.0%inclusion47 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.6%inclusion44 decks789 decks
-2%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.3%inclusion42 decks789 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion769 decks789 decks
1%synergy
Swamp
97%inclusion765 decks789 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion689 decks789 decks
-0%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
70%inclusion551 decks789 decks
15%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion528 decks789 decks
2%synergy
Watery Grave
62%inclusion490 decks789 decks
13%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
45%inclusion356 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Underground River
44%inclusion351 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion345 decks789 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
43%inclusion343 decks789 decks
7%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
42%inclusion332 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Tainted Isle
42%inclusion331 decks789 decks
-2%synergy
Morphic Pool
41%inclusion322 decks789 decks
4%synergy
Temple of Deceit
40%inclusion312 decks789 decks
5%synergy
Polluted Delta
39%inclusion311 decks789 decks
7%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
32%inclusion253 decks789 decks
8%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
29%inclusion230 decks789 decks
4%synergy
Sunken Ruins
27%inclusion214 decks789 decks
10%synergy
Evolving Wilds
24%inclusion191 decks789 decks
8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion182 decks789 decks
-9%synergy
Undercity Sewers
22%inclusion174 decks789 decks
1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
22%inclusion174 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Fetid Pools
22%inclusion171 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion168 decks789 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
19%inclusion146 decks789 decks
8%synergy
Darkslick Shores
17%inclusion132 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion122 decks789 decks
-0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
14%inclusion111 decks789 decks
-2%synergy
Underground Sea
14%inclusion107 decks789 decks
0%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion105 decks789 decks
2%synergy
Fabled Passage
12%inclusion97 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Hidden Lair
11%inclusion29 decks257 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
11%inclusion89 decks789 decks
2%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
11%inclusion89 decks789 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion85 decks789 decks
4%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion83 decks789 decks
2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
9.3%inclusion73 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.6%inclusion68 decks789 decks
4%synergy
Flooded Strand
8.6%inclusion68 decks789 decks
-0%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
7.9%inclusion62 decks789 decks
-0%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
7.7%inclusion61 decks789 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
7.6%inclusion60 decks789 decks
2%synergy
Misty Rainforest
7.6%inclusion60 decks789 decks
-1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
6.8%inclusion54 decks789 decks
-1%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
6.5%inclusion51 decks789 decks
0%synergy
Marsh Flats
6.5%inclusion51 decks789 decks
-1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.8%inclusion46 decks789 decks
-0%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
5.4%inclusion43 decks789 decks
-2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.3%inclusion42 decks789 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.1%inclusion40 decks789 decks
-1%synergy
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