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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Exhibition Tidecaller
7.3%inclusion12 decks165 decks
6%synergy
Emeritus of Woe
2.1%inclusion3 decks144 decks
0%synergy
Decorum Dissertation
2.1%inclusion3 decks145 decks
1%synergy
Wander Off
1.4%inclusion2 decks144 decks
1%synergy
Ominous Harvest
1.2%inclusion2 decks164 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion596 decks672 decks
74%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
75%inclusion502 decks672 decks
73%synergy
Ruin Crab
74%inclusion497 decks672 decks
66%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
72%inclusion487 decks672 decks
62%synergy
Tree of Perdition
63%inclusion420 decks672 decks
61%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
64%inclusion429 decks672 decks
58%synergy
Mindcrank
64%inclusion429 decks672 decks
52%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
56%inclusion379 decks672 decks
52%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
53%inclusion356 decks672 decks
51%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
56%inclusion376 decks672 decks
50%synergy
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Drown in the Loch
61%inclusion411 decks672 decks
43%synergy
Singularity Rupture
60%inclusion296 decks493 decks
48%synergy
The Water Crystal
58%inclusion305 decks530 decks
49%synergy
Fractured Sanity
56%inclusion379 decks672 decks
47%synergy
Counterspell
56%inclusion375 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
53%inclusion354 decks672 decks
40%synergy
Nighthowler
52%inclusion347 decks672 decks
46%synergy
Mind Grind
51%inclusion345 decks672 decks
46%synergy
Eater of the Dead
49%inclusion330 decks672 decks
48%synergy
The Ancient One
49%inclusion330 decks672 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
30%inclusion204 decks672 decks
8%synergy
Rhystic Study
30%inclusion203 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Notion Thief
17%inclusion113 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Demonic Tutor
14%inclusion92 decks672 decks
-5%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
10%inclusion66 decks672 decks
-8%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
10%inclusion65 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
7.7%inclusion52 decks672 decks
-8%synergy
Mystical Tutor
7.4%inclusion50 decks672 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
Wall of Frost
46%inclusion312 decks672 decks
45%synergy
Hedron Crab
39%inclusion261 decks672 decks
35%synergy
Mortivore
38%inclusion254 decks672 decks
36%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
37%inclusion251 decks672 decks
33%synergy
The Mindskinner
37%inclusion245 decks669 decks
30%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
31%inclusion211 decks672 decks
24%synergy
Silent Arbiter
31%inclusion209 decks672 decks
30%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
31%inclusion121 decks390 decks
30%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
31%inclusion202 decks661 decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion202 decks672 decks
25%synergy
Fleet Swallower
28%inclusion191 decks672 decks
26%synergy
Hover Barrier
28%inclusion191 decks672 decks
28%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
28%inclusion190 decks672 decks
26%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
28%inclusion188 decks672 decks
20%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
25%inclusion171 decks672 decks
25%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
25%inclusion167 decks672 decks
24%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion165 decks672 decks
21%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
22%inclusion149 decks672 decks
21%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
22%inclusion149 decks672 decks
19%synergy
Undead Alchemist
22%inclusion146 decks672 decks
19%synergy
Manic Scribe
20%inclusion137 decks672 decks
19%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
20%inclusion134 decks672 decks
19%synergy
Fog Bank
19%inclusion131 decks672 decks
18%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
19%inclusion127 decks672 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
17%inclusion113 decks672 decks
12%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion111 decks672 decks
16%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
17%inclusion111 decks672 decks
16%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
16%inclusion108 decks672 decks
15%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
16%inclusion108 decks672 decks
15%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
15%inclusion104 decks672 decks
12%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion102 decks671 decks
14%synergy
Avatar of Woe
15%inclusion101 decks672 decks
14%synergy
Glacial Wall
15%inclusion98 decks672 decks
14%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
14%inclusion97 decks672 decks
13%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
14%inclusion93 decks672 decks
2%synergy
Aegis Turtle
14%inclusion91 decks672 decks
13%synergy
Soulless Jailer
12%inclusion82 decks672 decks
12%synergy
Baleful Strix
12%inclusion79 decks672 decks
-12%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
12%inclusion78 decks672 decks
11%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
11%inclusion76 decks672 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Archivist
10%inclusion70 decks672 decks
9%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion69 decks672 decks
2%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
10%inclusion68 decks672 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
10%inclusion65 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
9.4%inclusion63 decks672 decks
-3%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
8.9%inclusion60 decks672 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
8.8%inclusion59 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Wall of Runes
8.0%inclusion54 decks672 decks
8%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
8.0%inclusion54 decks672 decks
8%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
7.7%inclusion52 decks672 decks
2%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
47%inclusion319 decks672 decks
44%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
32%inclusion215 decks672 decks
28%synergy
Didn't Say Please
27%inclusion183 decks672 decks
22%synergy
Archive Trap
25%inclusion170 decks672 decks
23%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
25%inclusion165 decks672 decks
-7%synergy
Psychic Strike
24%inclusion162 decks672 decks
21%synergy
Thought Collapse
24%inclusion161 decks672 decks
21%synergy
Negate
24%inclusion159 decks672 decks
-9%synergy
Arcane Denial
23%inclusion156 decks672 decks
-3%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion145 decks672 decks
-15%synergy
Brainstorm
21%inclusion140 decks672 decks
-9%synergy
Mana Drain
21%inclusion138 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Into the Story
20%inclusion134 decks672 decks
18%synergy
Aetherize
18%inclusion119 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion113 decks672 decks
13%synergy
Swan Song
16%inclusion106 decks672 decks
-3%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion105 decks672 decks
14%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
15%inclusion104 decks672 decks
14%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion102 decks672 decks
-1%synergy
Thought Scour
15%inclusion100 decks672 decks
9%synergy
Withering Torment
13%inclusion89 decks669 decks
-3%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion89 decks672 decks
-2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion89 decks672 decks
2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion86 decks672 decks
-3%synergy
Memory Plunder
12%inclusion79 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
11%inclusion71 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
11%inclusion30 decks284 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion66 decks672 decks
-10%synergy
Reality Shift
9.4%inclusion63 decks672 decks
-4%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
9.2%inclusion62 decks672 decks
4%synergy
Perplex
9.2%inclusion62 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.6%inclusion58 decks672 decks
-1%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.5%inclusion57 decks672 decks
-7%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.3%inclusion49 decks672 decks
-9%synergy
Psychic Spiral
6.0%inclusion40 decks672 decks
5%synergy
Resculpt
6.0%inclusion40 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.5%inclusion37 decks672 decks
-4%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
5.4%inclusion36 decks672 decks
-3%synergy
Frantic Search
5.2%inclusion35 decks672 decks
-14%synergy
Memory Lapse
5.1%inclusion34 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
48%inclusion324 decks672 decks
44%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
35%inclusion233 decks672 decks
30%synergy
Toxic Deluge
32%inclusion212 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
29%inclusion195 decks672 decks
24%synergy
Windfall
28%inclusion187 decks672 decks
14%synergy
Mind Funeral
26%inclusion174 decks672 decks
23%synergy
Cut Your Losses
25%inclusion170 decks672 decks
21%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion170 decks672 decks
-10%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
25%inclusion170 decks672 decks
16%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
23%inclusion157 decks672 decks
14%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion154 decks672 decks
-2%synergy
Damnation
18%inclusion122 decks672 decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion88 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Treasure Cruise
12%inclusion83 decks672 decks
4%synergy
Extract from Darkness
12%inclusion83 decks672 decks
5%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
11%inclusion76 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion75 decks672 decks
-5%synergy
Pilfered Plans
11%inclusion75 decks672 decks
9%synergy
Whispering Madness
9.1%inclusion61 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Preordain
9.1%inclusion61 decks672 decks
-1%synergy
Increasing Confusion
7.9%inclusion53 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Startled Awake
7.4%inclusion50 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.1%inclusion48 decks672 decks
1%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
7.1%inclusion48 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.5%inclusion44 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Read the Bones
6.4%inclusion43 decks672 decks
2%synergy
Grim Tutor
5.8%inclusion39 decks672 decks
2%synergy
Dread Summons
5.5%inclusion37 decks672 decks
2%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.4%inclusion36 decks672 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
39%inclusion259 decks672 decks
37%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
38%inclusion256 decks672 decks
33%synergy
Lightning Greaves
35%inclusion236 decks672 decks
8%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
34%inclusion224 decks661 decks
30%synergy
Altar of the Brood
31%inclusion211 decks672 decks
26%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion203 decks672 decks
28%synergy
Keening Stone
15%inclusion103 decks672 decks
14%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion101 decks672 decks
-10%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
13%inclusion90 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
12%inclusion78 decks672 decks
4%synergy
Grindstone
11%inclusion77 decks672 decks
10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
10%inclusion70 decks672 decks
10%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion66 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
9.2%inclusion62 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Isochron Scepter
8.6%inclusion58 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Profane Memento
8.6%inclusion58 decks672 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.0%inclusion47 decks672 decks
5%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.1%inclusion41 decks672 decks
5%synergy
Jet Medallion
6.1%inclusion41 decks672 decks
-2%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.0%inclusion40 decks672 decks
5%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
5.7%inclusion38 decks672 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
47%inclusion319 decks672 decks
30%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
43%inclusion291 decks672 decks
37%synergy
Fraying Sanity
43%inclusion287 decks672 decks
39%synergy
Memory Erosion
40%inclusion267 decks672 decks
36%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
31%inclusion210 decks672 decks
28%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
31%inclusion202 decks661 decks
28%synergy
Court of Cunning
30%inclusion201 decks672 decks
24%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
29%inclusion198 decks672 decks
22%synergy
Intruder Alarm
29%inclusion196 decks672 decks
28%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
24%inclusion161 decks672 decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion129 decks672 decks
18%synergy
Mystic Remora
18%inclusion120 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
16%inclusion108 decks672 decks
14%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion96 decks672 decks
14%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion85 decks672 decks
2%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion68 decks672 decks
7%synergy
No Mercy
8.9%inclusion60 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.5%inclusion57 decks672 decks
-2%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
7.4%inclusion50 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Drowned Secrets
6.0%inclusion40 decks672 decks
5%synergy
Jace's Erasure
5.2%inclusion35 decks672 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion181 decks672 decks
21%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
24%inclusion160 decks672 decks
22%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion113 decks672 decks
15%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
8.0%inclusion54 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.7%inclusion45 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
5.1%inclusion34 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
53%inclusion354 decks672 decks
14%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion262 decks672 decks
30%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
37%inclusion197 decks539 decks
32%synergy
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion222 decks672 decks
-3%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
23%inclusion156 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion152 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Restless Reef
17%inclusion116 decks672 decks
11%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
16%inclusion110 decks672 decks
-2%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
14%inclusion93 decks672 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion89 decks672 decks
4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion87 decks672 decks
10%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion87 decks672 decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
12%inclusion78 decks672 decks
-15%synergy
Cabal Coffers
8.8%inclusion59 decks672 decks
-2%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
8.6%inclusion58 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.7%inclusion52 decks672 decks
4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.6%inclusion51 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
7.0%inclusion47 decks672 decks
-1%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.3%inclusion42 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Maze of Ith
5.7%inclusion38 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.5%inclusion37 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91%inclusion613 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Signet
82%inclusion553 decks672 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Signet
62%inclusion419 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
57%inclusion380 decks672 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
30%inclusion204 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion185 decks672 decks
-4%synergy
Mind Stone
28%inclusion185 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion117 decks672 decks
1%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion80 decks672 decks
5%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.9%inclusion60 decks672 decks
9%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.0%inclusion47 decks672 decks
1%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.1%inclusion41 decks672 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Locket
5.5%inclusion37 decks672 decks
3%synergy
The Soul Stone
5.4%inclusion26 decks479 decks
0%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.1%inclusion34 decks672 decks
-3%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion655 decks672 decks
1%synergy
Swamp
97%inclusion651 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion583 decks672 decks
-1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
71%inclusion479 decks672 decks
17%synergy
Sunken Hollow
68%inclusion458 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Watery Grave
63%inclusion423 decks672 decks
15%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
46%inclusion308 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion295 decks672 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
43%inclusion292 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Underground River
43%inclusion291 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
42%inclusion284 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Morphic Pool
42%inclusion283 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Tainted Isle
41%inclusion278 decks672 decks
-3%synergy
Temple of Deceit
41%inclusion276 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Polluted Delta
40%inclusion266 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
32%inclusion212 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
29%inclusion193 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Sunken Ruins
26%inclusion176 decks672 decks
10%synergy
Evolving Wilds
24%inclusion161 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Fetid Pools
23%inclusion156 decks672 decks
7%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion154 decks672 decks
-10%synergy
Undercity Sewers
22%inclusion149 decks672 decks
1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
22%inclusion148 decks672 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion144 decks672 decks
1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
19%inclusion129 decks672 decks
8%synergy
Darkslick Shores
17%inclusion113 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion102 decks672 decks
-1%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion90 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion89 decks672 decks
2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion86 decks672 decks
-3%synergy
Fabled Passage
12%inclusion80 decks672 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
11%inclusion73 decks672 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion72 decks672 decks
4%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
11%inclusion71 decks672 decks
5%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion69 decks672 decks
2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
10%inclusion65 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Flooded Strand
8.6%inclusion58 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
8.5%inclusion57 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Misty Rainforest
7.9%inclusion53 decks672 decks
-1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
7.9%inclusion53 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
7.1%inclusion48 decks672 decks
1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
7.1%inclusion48 decks672 decks
-1%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
7.1%inclusion48 decks672 decks
3%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
7.0%inclusion47 decks672 decks
1%synergy
Marsh Flats
6.8%inclusion46 decks672 decks
-1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
6.5%inclusion44 decks672 decks
0%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.0%inclusion40 decks672 decks
1%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
5.7%inclusion38 decks672 decks
-2%synergy
Port of Karfell
5.2%inclusion35 decks672 decks
-1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.1%inclusion34 decks672 decks
-2%synergy
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