Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Upgraded Combo

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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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Agna Qel'a
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
100%inclusion22 decks22 decks
85%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
86%inclusion19 decks22 decks
84%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
86%inclusion19 decks22 decks
76%synergy
Eater of the Dead
73%inclusion16 decks22 decks
71%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
68%inclusion15 decks22 decks
64%synergy
The Water Crystal
71%inclusion10 decks14 decks
63%synergy
Tree of Perdition
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
62%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
57%synergy
Ruin Crab
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
55%synergy
Fractured Sanity
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
54%synergy
Top Cards
Counterspell
68%inclusion15 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Drown in the Loch
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
45%synergy
Mindcrank
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
51%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
59%inclusion13 decks22 decks
53%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
53%synergy
Visions of Beyond
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
51%synergy
Lightning Greaves
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
27%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
37%synergy
Undead Alchemist
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
47%synergy
Nighthowler
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
44%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Demonic Tutor
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Rhystic Study
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Notion Thief
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-5%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Creatures
Silent Arbiter
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
44%synergy
The Ancient One
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
42%synergy
Wall of Frost
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
44%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
40%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
37%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
35%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
29%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
34%synergy
Mortivore
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
27%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
31%synergy
Fleet Swallower
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
27%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
27%synergy
Hedron Crab
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
26%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
The Mindskinner
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Riddlekeeper
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Aegis Turtle
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Guiltfeeder
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Boggart Trawler
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Hover Barrier
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Jace's Archivist
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Avatar of Woe
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Baleful Strix
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-9%synergy
Fog Bank
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Soulless Jailer
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Spellskite
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Relic Golem
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Wall of Runes
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Kami of the Crescent Moon
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Clone
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Brainstorm
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
33%synergy
Negate
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Swan Song
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Arcane Denial
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
2%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-7%synergy
Dark Ritual
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-12%synergy
Archive Trap
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Into the Story
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Psychic Strike
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Reality Shift
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Mana Drain
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Frantic Search
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-5%synergy
Fact or Fiction
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Aetherize
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Thought Scour
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Perplex
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Didn't Say Please
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Crypt Incursion
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Drown in Dreams
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Withering Torment
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
Fell the Profane
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Entomb
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-7%synergy
Snuff Out
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Cabal Ritual
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Forbid
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Bitter Triumph
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Resculpt
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Baleful Mastery
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Mana Leak
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Dig Through Time
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Evacuation
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Magic Damper
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Singularity Rupture
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
38%synergy
Windfall
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
32%synergy
Mind Grind
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
40%synergy
Traumatize
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
41%synergy
Toxic Deluge
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
32%synergy
Feed the Swarm
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
-4%synergy
Cut Your Losses
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
23%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Mind Funeral
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Read the Bones
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Whispering Madness
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Treasure Cruise
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Damnation
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Grim Tutor
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Ponder
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-7%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Wash Out
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Deep Analysis
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Diresight
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Syphon Mind
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Seize the Secrets
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Extract from Darkness
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mesmeric Orb
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
40%synergy
Altar of the Brood
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
32%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Bonehoard
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Isochron Scepter
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-11%synergy
Helm of Obedience
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Sentinel Totem
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Keening Stone
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Altar of Dementia
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Intruder Alarm
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
44%synergy
Propaganda
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
29%synergy
Freed from the Real
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
35%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
30%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
29%synergy
Mystic Remora
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
31%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Memory Erosion
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
23%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Fraying Sanity
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Leyline of the Void
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Court of Cunning
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Animate Dead
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Lost in the Maze
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Forced Fruition
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Sanguine Bond
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Drowned Secrets
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-4%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
68%inclusion15 decks22 decks
29%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
48%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Reliquary Tower
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
-9%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Maze of Ith
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Field of Ruin
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Wasteland
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Urza's Saga
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Cabal Coffers
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Castle Locthwain
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Mistrise Village
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
95%inclusion21 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Sol Ring
95%inclusion21 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
77%inclusion17 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Dimir Signet
77%inclusion17 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Fellwar Stone
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Thought Vessel
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Midnight Clock
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Mind Stone
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Commander's Sphere
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-5%synergy
Coldsteel Heart
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Gilded Lotus
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Relic of Legends
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Thran Dynamo
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Lens
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion22 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion22 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion22 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Watery Grave
86%inclusion19 decks22 decks
40%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
82%inclusion18 decks22 decks
29%synergy
Sunken Hollow
68%inclusion15 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Choked Estuary
59%inclusion13 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Temple of Deceit
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Underground River
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Polluted Delta
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Tainted Isle
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
-8%synergy
Morphic Pool
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
0%synergy
Sunken Ruins
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Undercity Sewers
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Fetid Pools
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Boggart Trawler
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Dismal Backwater
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Misty Rainforest
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-9%synergy
Underground Sea
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
River of Tears
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Flooded Strand
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Fabled Passage
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Darkslick Shores
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-5%synergy
Scalding Tarn
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Marsh Flats
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Port of Karfell
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
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