Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Upgraded

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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20%inclusion25 decks122 decks
17%synergy
Elrond, Moon-Reader
7.1%inclusion9 decks127 decks
7%synergy
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1.6%inclusion2 decks122 decks
2%synergy
The Weaver King
1.1%inclusion1 decks92 decks
0%synergy
Reverent Howl
1.0%inclusion1 decks104 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
88%inclusion683 decks772 decks
73%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
75%inclusion580 decks772 decks
73%synergy
Ruin Crab
73%inclusion565 decks772 decks
65%synergy
Tree of Perdition
64%inclusion495 decks772 decks
62%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
70%inclusion544 decks772 decks
60%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
64%inclusion496 decks772 decks
58%synergy
Mindcrank
63%inclusion490 decks772 decks
51%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
53%inclusion411 decks772 decks
51%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
56%inclusion433 decks772 decks
51%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
55%inclusion423 decks772 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
61%inclusion470 decks772 decks
43%synergy
Singularity Rupture
61%inclusion362 decks598 decks
48%synergy
The Water Crystal
57%inclusion364 decks635 decks
48%synergy
Counterspell
57%inclusion441 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Fractured Sanity
56%inclusion431 decks772 decks
46%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion404 decks772 decks
39%synergy
Nighthowler
52%inclusion400 decks772 decks
46%synergy
Mind Grind
50%inclusion384 decks772 decks
44%synergy
Eater of the Dead
49%inclusion381 decks772 decks
48%synergy
The Ancient One
49%inclusion380 decks772 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
30%inclusion234 decks772 decks
8%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
28%inclusion218 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Notion Thief
17%inclusion131 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Demonic Tutor
15%inclusion112 decks772 decks
-4%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
10%inclusion79 decks772 decks
7%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
10%inclusion75 decks772 decks
-8%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
7.8%inclusion60 decks772 decks
-7%synergy
Mystical Tutor
7.5%inclusion58 decks772 decks
-5%synergy
Force of Will
5.3%inclusion41 decks772 decks
-5%synergy
Creatures
Wall of Frost
45%inclusion351 decks772 decks
44%synergy
Hedron Crab
38%inclusion295 decks772 decks
34%synergy
Mortivore
37%inclusion288 decks772 decks
36%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
37%inclusion283 decks772 decks
32%synergy
The Mindskinner
36%inclusion277 decks772 decks
29%synergy
Silent Arbiter
33%inclusion252 decks772 decks
31%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
32%inclusion244 decks772 decks
25%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
31%inclusion158 decks507 decks
30%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
31%inclusion237 decks764 decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
31%inclusion239 decks772 decks
26%synergy
Hover Barrier
29%inclusion225 decks772 decks
28%synergy
Fleet Swallower
28%inclusion214 decks772 decks
25%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
27%inclusion212 decks772 decks
20%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
27%inclusion207 decks772 decks
25%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
25%inclusion190 decks772 decks
24%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
24%inclusion184 decks772 decks
23%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
24%inclusion184 decks772 decks
20%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
22%inclusion173 decks772 decks
21%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
22%inclusion166 decks772 decks
19%synergy
Undead Alchemist
21%inclusion162 decks772 decks
19%synergy
Fog Bank
20%inclusion154 decks772 decks
19%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
20%inclusion153 decks772 decks
19%synergy
Manic Scribe
19%inclusion144 decks772 decks
18%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
18%inclusion139 decks772 decks
17%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
18%inclusion136 decks772 decks
16%synergy
Guiltfeeder
17%inclusion130 decks772 decks
12%synergy
Riddlekeeper
16%inclusion124 decks772 decks
15%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
16%inclusion124 decks772 decks
15%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
16%inclusion122 decks772 decks
15%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
16%inclusion121 decks772 decks
12%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion119 decks772 decks
14%synergy
Glacial Wall
15%inclusion114 decks772 decks
14%synergy
Avatar of Woe
14%inclusion111 decks772 decks
13%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
14%inclusion110 decks772 decks
13%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
13%inclusion99 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Soulless Jailer
13%inclusion97 decks772 decks
12%synergy
Aegis Turtle
13%inclusion97 decks772 decks
12%synergy
Baleful Strix
12%inclusion92 decks772 decks
-12%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
11%inclusion88 decks772 decks
11%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion84 decks772 decks
10%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
10%inclusion81 decks772 decks
10%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion81 decks772 decks
2%synergy
Loki, God of Mischief
10%inclusion23 decks220 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Archivist
10%inclusion78 decks772 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
9.3%inclusion72 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
9.1%inclusion70 decks772 decks
9%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
8.7%inclusion27 decks310 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
8.7%inclusion67 decks772 decks
7%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
8.5%inclusion66 decks772 decks
-3%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
8.3%inclusion64 decks772 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
48%inclusion371 decks772 decks
44%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
33%inclusion258 decks772 decks
30%synergy
Didn't Say Please
26%inclusion199 decks772 decks
21%synergy
Archive Trap
25%inclusion194 decks772 decks
23%synergy
Negate
24%inclusion186 decks772 decks
-8%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
24%inclusion184 decks772 decks
-8%synergy
Thought Collapse
23%inclusion179 decks772 decks
20%synergy
Arcane Denial
23%inclusion179 decks772 decks
-3%synergy
Psychic Strike
22%inclusion173 decks772 decks
20%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion172 decks772 decks
-15%synergy
Brainstorm
20%inclusion158 decks772 decks
-9%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion157 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Into the Story
19%inclusion145 decks772 decks
17%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion130 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion130 decks772 decks
15%synergy
Drown in Dreams
16%inclusion126 decks772 decks
12%synergy
Swan Song
16%inclusion120 decks772 decks
-3%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion119 decks772 decks
-0%synergy
Thought Scour
14%inclusion111 decks772 decks
8%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion111 decks772 decks
13%synergy
Sink into Stupor
14%inclusion110 decks772 decks
-2%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion105 decks772 decks
-2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion101 decks772 decks
2%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
13%inclusion52 decks411 decks
10%synergy
Withering Torment
12%inclusion94 decks772 decks
-4%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion85 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
10%inclusion81 decks772 decks
-0%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion80 decks772 decks
-10%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
10%inclusion80 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
8.8%inclusion68 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
8.3%inclusion64 decks772 decks
-5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.3%inclusion64 decks772 decks
-8%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.2%inclusion63 decks772 decks
-1%synergy
GO FOR THE THROAT
7.5%inclusion58 decks772 decks
-8%synergy
Resculpt
7.0%inclusion54 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.4%inclusion42 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Frantic Search
5.3%inclusion41 decks772 decks
-14%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
5.3%inclusion41 decks772 decks
-3%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.1%inclusion39 decks772 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
47%inclusion359 decks772 decks
42%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
34%inclusion265 decks772 decks
29%synergy
Toxic Deluge
32%inclusion247 decks772 decks
7%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
28%inclusion217 decks772 decks
23%synergy
Windfall
27%inclusion209 decks772 decks
14%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion191 decks772 decks
-10%synergy
Mind Funeral
24%inclusion187 decks772 decks
22%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
24%inclusion186 decks772 decks
15%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
24%inclusion185 decks772 decks
14%synergy
Cut Your Losses
24%inclusion183 decks772 decks
20%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion178 decks772 decks
-2%synergy
Damnation
18%inclusion141 decks772 decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion97 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Extract from Darkness
12%inclusion96 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Treasure Cruise
12%inclusion91 decks772 decks
4%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion85 decks772 decks
-5%synergy
Pilfered Plans
10%inclusion81 decks772 decks
8%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
10%inclusion79 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Whispering Madness
9.3%inclusion72 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Preordain
9.1%inclusion70 decks772 decks
-1%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.4%inclusion57 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
7.3%inclusion56 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Increasing Confusion
7.1%inclusion55 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.0%inclusion54 decks772 decks
0%synergy
Read the Bones
6.9%inclusion53 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Startled Awake
6.9%inclusion53 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Grim Tutor
5.8%inclusion45 decks772 decks
2%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.3%inclusion41 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
38%inclusion294 decks772 decks
37%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
38%inclusion292 decks772 decks
32%synergy
Lightning Greaves
35%inclusion269 decks772 decks
7%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
34%inclusion257 decks764 decks
30%synergy
Altar of the Brood
30%inclusion235 decks772 decks
25%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion231 decks772 decks
28%synergy
Keening Stone
15%inclusion114 decks772 decks
14%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion112 decks772 decks
-10%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
13%inclusion102 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
12%inclusion96 decks772 decks
4%synergy
Grindstone
11%inclusion84 decks772 decks
10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
10%inclusion75 decks772 decks
9%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion75 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Isochron Scepter
9.3%inclusion72 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.7%inclusion67 decks772 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
8.2%inclusion63 decks772 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.4%inclusion57 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.3%inclusion49 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Jet Medallion
6.1%inclusion47 decks772 decks
-3%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.0%inclusion46 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Folio of Fancies
5.8%inclusion45 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
48%inclusion367 decks772 decks
30%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
43%inclusion332 decks772 decks
37%synergy
Fraying Sanity
42%inclusion321 decks772 decks
38%synergy
Memory Erosion
39%inclusion302 decks772 decks
35%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
30%inclusion233 decks764 decks
28%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
30%inclusion235 decks772 decks
28%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion233 decks772 decks
23%synergy
Intruder Alarm
30%inclusion232 decks772 decks
29%synergy
Court of Cunning
28%inclusion220 decks772 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
22%inclusion172 decks772 decks
9%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion150 decks772 decks
19%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion146 decks772 decks
4%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
15%inclusion118 decks772 decks
13%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion111 decks772 decks
14%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion96 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion77 decks772 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
9.2%inclusion71 decks772 decks
-2%synergy
No Mercy
9.1%inclusion70 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
7.5%inclusion58 decks772 decks
7%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.4%inclusion42 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
25%inclusion195 decks772 decks
19%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
23%inclusion174 decks772 decks
21%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion121 decks772 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.9%inclusion61 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.5%inclusion50 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
52%inclusion402 decks772 decks
13%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion292 decks772 decks
29%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
36%inclusion232 decks644 decks
31%synergy
RELIQUARY TOWER
32%inclusion247 decks772 decks
-4%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion175 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion173 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
17%inclusion130 decks772 decks
-2%synergy
Restless Reef
17%inclusion128 decks772 decks
10%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
16%inclusion120 decks772 decks
12%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion102 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion100 decks772 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion100 decks772 decks
4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
12%inclusion89 decks772 decks
-15%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
8.7%inclusion67 decks772 decks
7%synergy
Cabal Coffers
8.7%inclusion67 decks772 decks
-2%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.0%inclusion62 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.3%inclusion56 decks772 decks
4%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.9%inclusion53 decks772 decks
-1%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.3%inclusion49 decks772 decks
-0%synergy
Maze of Ith
5.6%inclusion43 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
5.4%inclusion42 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.4%inclusion42 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Urza's Saga
5.2%inclusion40 decks772 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
92%inclusion709 decks772 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
82%inclusion635 decks772 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Signet
62%inclusion482 decks772 decks
4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
57%inclusion442 decks772 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
31%inclusion238 decks772 decks
-0%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion225 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion217 decks772 decks
-3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion133 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion86 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.2%inclusion63 decks772 decks
8%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.9%inclusion53 decks772 decks
-1%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.5%inclusion50 decks772 decks
1%synergy
The Soul Stone
6.0%inclusion35 decks584 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Locket
5.8%inclusion45 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.6%inclusion43 decks772 decks
-2%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.2%inclusion40 decks772 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion752 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Swamp
97%inclusion748 decks772 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion675 decks772 decks
0%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
70%inclusion538 decks772 decks
15%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion516 decks772 decks
2%synergy
Watery Grave
62%inclusion480 decks772 decks
13%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
45%inclusion347 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Underground River
45%inclusion344 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion339 decks772 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
44%inclusion337 decks772 decks
7%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
42%inclusion326 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Tainted Isle
41%inclusion320 decks772 decks
-3%synergy
Morphic Pool
41%inclusion314 decks772 decks
4%synergy
Temple of Deceit
39%inclusion303 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Polluted Delta
39%inclusion303 decks772 decks
7%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
32%inclusion249 decks772 decks
8%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
29%inclusion223 decks772 decks
5%synergy
Sunken Ruins
27%inclusion212 decks772 decks
10%synergy
Evolving Wilds
24%inclusion185 decks772 decks
8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion180 decks772 decks
-9%synergy
Dismal Backwater
22%inclusion173 decks772 decks
7%synergy
Undercity Sewers
22%inclusion170 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Fetid Pools
22%inclusion169 decks772 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion163 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
19%inclusion144 decks772 decks
8%synergy
Darkslick Shores
16%inclusion127 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion119 decks772 decks
-0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
14%inclusion110 decks772 decks
-2%synergy
Underground Sea
14%inclusion107 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion101 decks772 decks
2%synergy
Fabled Passage
12%inclusion93 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
11%inclusion88 decks772 decks
6%synergy
River of Tears
11%inclusion86 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion84 decks772 decks
4%synergy
Hidden Lair
11%inclusion23 decks216 decks
2%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion81 decks772 decks
2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
9.3%inclusion72 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.5%inclusion66 decks772 decks
4%synergy
Flooded Strand
8.5%inclusion66 decks772 decks
-0%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
8.2%inclusion63 decks772 decks
0%synergy
Misty Rainforest
7.9%inclusion61 decks772 decks
-0%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
7.6%inclusion59 decks772 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
7.4%inclusion57 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
6.9%inclusion53 decks772 decks
-1%synergy
Marsh Flats
6.6%inclusion51 decks772 decks
-1%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
6.5%inclusion50 decks772 decks
0%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.7%inclusion44 decks772 decks
-0%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
5.6%inclusion43 decks772 decks
-2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.4%inclusion42 decks772 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.1%inclusion39 decks772 decks
-1%synergy
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