Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Upgraded Combo

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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Elrond, Moon-Reader
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
50%synergy
Loki, God of Mischief
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Hidden Lair
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
100%inclusion27 decks27 decks
85%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
78%inclusion21 decks27 decks
76%synergy
Eater of the Dead
70%inclusion19 decks27 decks
69%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
78%inclusion21 decks27 decks
67%synergy
Tree of Perdition
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
65%synergy
Singularity Rupture
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
63%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
62%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
63%inclusion17 decks27 decks
62%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
60%synergy
Mindcrank
70%inclusion19 decks27 decks
58%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
49%synergy
Ruin Crab
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
58%synergy
Counterspell
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
63%inclusion17 decks27 decks
58%synergy
The Water Crystal
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
53%synergy
Nighthowler
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
54%synergy
Visions of Beyond
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
55%synergy
Intruder Alarm
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
54%synergy
Lightning Greaves
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Fractured Sanity
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Demonic Tutor
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Notion Thief
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Force of Will
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Mystical Tutor
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Creatures
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
39%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
47%synergy
The Ancient One
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
45%synergy
Silent Arbiter
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
39%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
40%synergy
Undead Alchemist
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
38%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
34%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
39%synergy
Wall of Frost
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
39%synergy
Hedron Crab
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
29%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
30%inclusion6 decks20 decks
29%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Mortivore
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
25%synergy
The Mindskinner
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
19%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
25%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
25%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
25%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Riddlekeeper
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Guiltfeeder
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Boggart Trawler
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Barrowgoyf
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Jace's Archivist
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
15%inclusion3 decks20 decks
15%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Fleet Swallower
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Soulless Jailer
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Hover Barrier
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Spellskite
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Aegis Turtle
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Baleful Strix
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-13%synergy
Fog Bank
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Dreadhound
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Sheoldred
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
48%synergy
Negate
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
5%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Brainstorm
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Denial
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
29%inclusion5 decks17 decks
27%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Mana Drain
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-14%synergy
Swan Song
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Perplex
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
19%synergy
Archive Trap
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
20%synergy
Withering Torment
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Deadly Rollick
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Into the Story
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Pongify
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-0%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Frantic Search
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Reality Shift
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Didn't Say Please
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Drown in Dreams
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Psychic Strike
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Fact or Fiction
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Aetherize
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-0%synergy
Resculpt
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Force of Negation
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Magic Damper
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Entomb
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-9%synergy
Snuff Out
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Gifts Ungiven
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Cabal Ritual
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Thought Collapse
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Forbid
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Bitter Triumph
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Thought Scour
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Baleful Mastery
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Mana Leak
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Crypt Incursion
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-4%synergy
Dig Through Time
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Evacuation
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Spider-Sense
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Windfall
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
27%synergy
Mind Grind
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
35%synergy
Traumatize
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Toxic Deluge
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Feed the Swarm
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
-9%synergy
Reanimate
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Damnation
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Cut Your Losses
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Mind Funeral
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Whispering Madness
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Treasure Cruise
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Read the Bones
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Night's Whisper
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Preordain
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Sign in Blood
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Grim Tutor
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Stock Up
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Dread Return
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Wash Out
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Lórien Revealed
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Diresight
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Syphon Mind
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Shredder's Technique
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Splinter's Technique
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mesmeric Orb
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
43%synergy
Altar of the Brood
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
30%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Isochron Scepter
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
19%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Grindstone
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Altar of Dementia
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Helm of Obedience
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Howling Mine
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
27%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
34%synergy
Freed from the Real
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
27%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
31%synergy
Mystic Remora
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
33%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
27%synergy
Fraying Sanity
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Memory Erosion
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Animate Dead
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Leyline of the Void
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Court of Cunning
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Black Market Connections
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
0%synergy
No Mercy
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
70%inclusion19 decks27 decks
32%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
41%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Reliquary Tower
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Restless Reef
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Urza's Saga
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Field of Ruin
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Agna Qel'a
10%inclusion2 decks20 decks
8%synergy
Wasteland
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Maze of Ith
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Inventors' Fair
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Academy Ruins
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion27 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Arcane Signet
93%inclusion25 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
78%inclusion21 decks27 decks
20%synergy
Dimir Signet
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Thought Vessel
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Mind Stone
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-6%synergy
Gilded Lotus
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Midnight Clock
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Commander's Sphere
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-9%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-0%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Sky Diamond
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-0%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion27 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion27 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
96%inclusion26 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Watery Grave
89%inclusion24 decks27 decks
40%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
78%inclusion21 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Underground River
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Choked Estuary
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Polluted Delta
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Morphic Pool
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Temple of Deceit
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
-6%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Sunken Ruins
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Tainted Isle
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
-15%synergy
Undercity Sewers
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Underground Sea
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Evolving Wilds
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Misty Rainforest
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Fetid Pools
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Boggart Trawler
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Sink into Stupor
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Darkslick Shores
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-9%synergy
Ice Tunnel
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Reflecting Pool
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Dismal Backwater
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
River of Tears
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Flooded Strand
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Fabled Passage
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-4%synergy
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