Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Upgraded Control

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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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Loki, God of Mischief
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Hidden Lair
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Ruin Crab
87%inclusion20 decks23 decks
79%synergy
Consuming Aberration
91%inclusion21 decks23 decks
76%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
78%inclusion18 decks23 decks
76%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
69%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
63%synergy
Fractured Sanity
70%inclusion16 decks23 decks
60%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
60%synergy
Eater of the Dead
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
60%synergy
Mindcrank
70%inclusion16 decks23 decks
58%synergy
Singularity Rupture
70%inclusion14 decks20 decks
57%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
56%synergy
Counterspell
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Visions of Beyond
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
57%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
57%synergy
Tree of Perdition
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
55%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
50%synergy
Nighthowler
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
51%synergy
Mind Grind
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
51%synergy
Propaganda
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
39%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
50%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Demonic Tutor
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Force of Will
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Notion Thief
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Syr Konrad, the Grim
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
35%synergy
Mortivore
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
46%synergy
Wall of Frost
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
46%synergy
Silent Arbiter
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
42%synergy
The Ancient One
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
40%synergy
The Mindskinner
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
32%synergy
Hedron Crab
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
35%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
34%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
30%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
27%synergy
Hover Barrier
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
26%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Fog Bank
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Manic Scribe
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Undead Alchemist
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Baleful Strix
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-6%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Soulless Jailer
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Guiltfeeder
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
The Reality Chip
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Blood
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Jace's Archivist
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Riddlekeeper
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Aegis Turtle
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Academy Wall
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Instants
An Offer You Can't Refuse
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Psychic Strike
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
41%synergy
Didn't Say Please
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
39%synergy
Swan Song
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Aetherize
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Into the Story
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Pongify
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Dark Ritual
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-10%synergy
Mana Drain
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Thought Scour
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Arcane Denial
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Archive Trap
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Deadly Rollick
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Negate
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-11%synergy
Thought Collapse
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Infernal Grasp
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Perplex
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Go for the Throat
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Memory Plunder
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Reality Shift
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Resculpt
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Force of Negation
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Drown in Dreams
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Withering Torment
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Hero's Downfall
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Brainstorm
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-21%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Brain Freeze
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Opt
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Baleful Mastery
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
48%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
43%synergy
Feed the Swarm
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Toxic Deluge
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Windfall
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Cut Your Losses
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Mind Funeral
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Damnation
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Reanimate
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-8%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Decree of Pain
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Extract from Darkness
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Ponder
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-8%synergy
Increasing Confusion
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Profane Tutor
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Fabricate
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Treasure Cruise
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Startled Awake
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Preordain
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
39%synergy
Lightning Greaves
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Altar of the Brood
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
34%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
33%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Isochron Scepter
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Expedition Map
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Keening Stone
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Court of Cunning
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
38%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
41%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
38%synergy
Freed from the Real
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
34%synergy
Memory Erosion
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
31%synergy
Intruder Alarm
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Fraying Sanity
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Mystic Remora
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Leyline of the Void
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
14%synergy
No Mercy
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Planar Void
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
37%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Jace Beleren
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
35%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
38%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Cabal Coffers
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Reliquary Tower
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-14%synergy
Temple of the False God
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Restless Reef
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Maze of Ith
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Urza's Saga
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Wasteland
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-18%synergy
Field of Ruin
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Agna Qel'a
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
96%inclusion22 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Signet
87%inclusion20 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Signet
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
-11%synergy
Thought Vessel
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Mind Stone
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Midnight Clock
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Commander's Sphere
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Gilded Lotus
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Thran Dynamo
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Island
96%inclusion22 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
91%inclusion21 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Swamp
91%inclusion21 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
83%inclusion19 decks23 decks
28%synergy
Sunken Hollow
78%inclusion18 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Watery Grave
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Underground River
70%inclusion16 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Polluted Delta
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Temple of Deceit
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Tainted Isle
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
-0%synergy
Morphic Pool
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Choked Estuary
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
-17%synergy
Sunken Ruins
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Fetid Pools
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Evolving Wilds
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Undercity Sewers
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Underground Sea
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Flooded Strand
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Prismatic Vista
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Fabled Passage
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Exotic Orchard
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-19%synergy
Ice Tunnel
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Dismal Backwater
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Darkslick Shores
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Misty Rainforest
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
River of Tears
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Maestros Theater
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
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