Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget 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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Lo and Li, Royal Advisors
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
71%inclusion34 decks48 decks
69%synergy
Consuming Aberration
75%inclusion36 decks48 decks
60%synergy
Wall of Frost
60%inclusion29 decks48 decks
59%synergy
Nighthowler
60%inclusion29 decks48 decks
54%synergy
Fraying Sanity
52%inclusion25 decks48 decks
48%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
50%inclusion24 decks48 decks
48%synergy
Bonehoard
48%inclusion23 decks48 decks
46%synergy
Ruin Crab
54%inclusion26 decks48 decks
46%synergy
The Ancient One
46%inclusion22 decks48 decks
42%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
46%inclusion22 decks48 decks
41%synergy
Top Cards
Dramatic Reversal
44%inclusion21 decks48 decks
40%synergy
Mind Grind
44%inclusion21 decks48 decks
38%synergy
Mortivore
42%inclusion20 decks48 decks
40%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
42%inclusion20 decks48 decks
41%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
42%inclusion20 decks48 decks
36%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
40%inclusion19 decks48 decks
33%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
40%inclusion19 decks48 decks
29%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
40%inclusion19 decks48 decks
26%synergy
Psychic Strike
40%inclusion19 decks48 decks
37%synergy
Traumatize
40%inclusion19 decks48 decks
35%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
1%synergy
Creatures
Hover Barrier
38%inclusion18 decks48 decks
37%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
35%inclusion17 decks48 decks
33%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
35%inclusion17 decks48 decks
34%synergy
Tree of Perdition
33%inclusion16 decks48 decks
32%synergy
Glacial Wall
33%inclusion16 decks48 decks
33%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
31%inclusion15 decks48 decks
30%synergy
Fleet Swallower
29%inclusion14 decks48 decks
26%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
29%inclusion14 decks48 decks
24%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
29%inclusion14 decks48 decks
29%synergy
Wall of Runes
27%inclusion13 decks48 decks
27%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
27%inclusion13 decks48 decks
27%synergy
Manic Scribe
27%inclusion13 decks48 decks
26%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
25%inclusion12 decks48 decks
21%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion12 decks48 decks
21%synergy
The Mindskinner
23%inclusion11 decks48 decks
16%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
23%inclusion11 decks48 decks
22%synergy
Hedron Crab
23%inclusion11 decks48 decks
19%synergy
Wall of Mist
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
21%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
18%synergy
Fog Bank
19%inclusion9 decks48 decks
18%synergy
Eater of the Dead
19%inclusion9 decks48 decks
17%synergy
Aegis Turtle
19%inclusion9 decks48 decks
18%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
19%inclusion9 decks48 decks
18%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
16%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
16%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
17%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
16%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
13%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
14%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Wall of Junk
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
14%synergy
Avatar of Woe
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
13%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Air
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
13%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
11%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
14%synergy
Silent Arbiter
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
11%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
12%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
12%synergy
Monastery Flock
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
12%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
10%synergy
Guiltfeeder
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
10%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
-2%synergy
Barrier of Bones
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
10%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
10%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
8%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
0%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
38%inclusion18 decks48 decks
-18%synergy
Thought Collapse
35%inclusion17 decks48 decks
32%synergy
Drown in the Loch
33%inclusion16 decks48 decks
15%synergy
Negate
29%inclusion14 decks48 decks
-3%synergy
Into the Story
25%inclusion12 decks48 decks
23%synergy
Didn't Say Please
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
16%synergy
Crypt Incursion
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
19%synergy
Aetherize
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
10%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
-9%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
19%synergy
Thought Scour
19%inclusion9 decks48 decks
12%synergy
Archive Trap
19%inclusion9 decks48 decks
17%synergy
Perplex
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
14%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
12%synergy
Fact or Fiction
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
4%synergy
Dark Ritual
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
-20%synergy
Murder
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
9%synergy
Doom Blade
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
12%synergy
Psychic Spiral
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
12%synergy
Memory Lapse
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
1%synergy
Frantic Search
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
-8%synergy
Countermand
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
10%synergy
Intellectual Offering
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
10%synergy
Hero's Downfall
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Denial
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
-15%synergy
Shred Memory
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
8%synergy
Expel from Orazca
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
8%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
-2%synergy
Careful Consideration
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
8%synergy
Price of Fame
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
3%synergy
Memory Plunder
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
2%synergy
Brainstorm
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
-22%synergy
Songs of the Damned
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Soul Manipulation
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Countersquall
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
2%synergy
Dig Through Time
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
-2%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
4%synergy
Anticognition
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
-8%synergy
Pongify
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
-9%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
-10%synergy
Essence Capture
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Charm
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Tutor
33%inclusion16 decks48 decks
27%synergy
Fractured Sanity
31%inclusion15 decks48 decks
21%synergy
Treasure Cruise
29%inclusion14 decks48 decks
20%synergy
Singularity Rupture
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Cut Your Losses
23%inclusion11 decks48 decks
19%synergy
Feed the Swarm
23%inclusion11 decks48 decks
-13%synergy
Pilfered Plans
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
18%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
19%inclusion9 decks48 decks
14%synergy
Whispering Madness
19%inclusion9 decks48 decks
16%synergy
Mind Funeral
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
12%synergy
Extract from Darkness
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Mind Sculpt
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
12%synergy
Increasing Confusion
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
12%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Windfall
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
-3%synergy
Tome Scour
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
10%synergy
Startled Awake
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
10%synergy
Dark Deal
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
9%synergy
Toxic Deluge
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
-16%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
1%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Decree of Pain
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
-2%synergy
Aether Gale
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Ponder
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
-8%synergy
Dread Return
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
2%synergy
Bond of Insight
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
2%synergy
Breaking Wave
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
8%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
3%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Deep Analysis
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
3%synergy
Psychic Drain
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Ravenform
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
3%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Profane Tutor
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Sadistic Sacrament
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
2%synergy
Brainspoil
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mindcrank
33%inclusion16 decks48 decks
21%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
25%inclusion12 decks48 decks
11%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion12 decks48 decks
22%synergy
Keening Stone
23%inclusion11 decks48 decks
22%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
19%inclusion9 decks48 decks
18%synergy
The Water Crystal
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Lightning Greaves
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
-11%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
-12%synergy
Profane Memento
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
12%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
9%synergy
Altar of the Brood
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
2%synergy
Millstone
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
8%synergy
Trepanation Blade
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
8%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Sentinel Totem
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Isochron Scepter
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
3%synergy
Hot Dog Cart
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Sands of Delirium
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
38%inclusion18 decks48 decks
21%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
29%inclusion14 decks48 decks
26%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
25%inclusion12 decks48 decks
23%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
25%inclusion12 decks48 decks
23%synergy
Memory Erosion
19%inclusion9 decks48 decks
14%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Secrets
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
14%synergy
Court of Cunning
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
9%synergy
Intruder Alarm
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Erasure
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
9%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
8%synergy
Greed
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Confounding Conundrum
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
23%inclusion11 decks48 decks
21%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
15%synergy
Jace Beleren
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
12%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
11%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
8%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
48%inclusion23 decks48 decks
39%synergy
Bojuka Bog
23%inclusion11 decks48 decks
-16%synergy
Mortuary Mire
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
9%synergy
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
-11%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
-3%synergy
Halimar Depths
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
-26%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
8%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
3%synergy
Pit of Offerings
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
4%synergy
Sunken Palace
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Castle Vantress
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
2%synergy
Restless Reef
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
73%inclusion35 decks48 decks
-15%synergy
Arcane Signet
60%inclusion29 decks48 decks
-24%synergy
Dimir Signet
58%inclusion28 decks48 decks
-2%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
46%inclusion22 decks48 decks
-13%synergy
Dimir Locket
27%inclusion13 decks48 decks
24%synergy
Mind Stone
27%inclusion13 decks48 decks
-3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
25%inclusion12 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
19%synergy
Thought Vessel
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
-15%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
14%synergy
Fellwar Stone
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
-16%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Worn Powerstone
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
9%synergy
Sky Diamond
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
2%synergy
Midnight Clock
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
1%synergy
Gilded Lotus
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Lens
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Bandit's Haul
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Mistvein Borderpost
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
1%synergy
Sphere of the Suns
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Star Compass
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Island
98%inclusion47 decks48 decks
1%synergy
Swamp
98%inclusion47 decks48 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
71%inclusion34 decks48 decks
-17%synergy
Sunken Hollow
58%inclusion28 decks48 decks
-8%synergy
Temple of Deceit
54%inclusion26 decks48 decks
18%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion24 decks48 decks
10%synergy
Dismal Backwater
50%inclusion24 decks48 decks
34%synergy
Evolving Wilds
46%inclusion22 decks48 decks
29%synergy
Myriad Landscape
46%inclusion22 decks48 decks
23%synergy
Choked Estuary
46%inclusion22 decks48 decks
-2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
44%inclusion21 decks48 decks
4%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
42%inclusion20 decks48 decks
-11%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
31%inclusion15 decks48 decks
20%synergy
Fetid Pools
31%inclusion15 decks48 decks
15%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
31%inclusion15 decks48 decks
24%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
29%inclusion14 decks48 decks
23%synergy
Tainted Isle
25%inclusion12 decks48 decks
-19%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
16%synergy
Exotic Orchard
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
-12%synergy
Underground River
21%inclusion10 decks48 decks
-18%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
-23%synergy
Watery Grave
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
-32%synergy
River of Tears
15%inclusion7 decks48 decks
4%synergy
Grixis Panorama
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
12%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
1%synergy
Soured Springs
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Port of Karfell
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
3%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
0%synergy
Salt Marsh
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Boggart Trawler
8.3%inclusion4 decks48 decks
2%synergy
Thriving Isle
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
4%synergy
Escape Tunnel
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Bad River
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
5%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
1%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
-22%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
1%synergy
Warped Landscape
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
6%synergy
Murky Sewer
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
4%synergy
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