Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Expensive Upgraded

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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Emeritus of Woe
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Flow State
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
86%inclusion56 decks65 decks
80%synergy
Tree of Perdition
74%inclusion48 decks65 decks
72%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
74%inclusion48 decks65 decks
72%synergy
Consuming Aberration
86%inclusion56 decks65 decks
71%synergy
Ruin Crab
74%inclusion48 decks65 decks
66%synergy
Eater of the Dead
60%inclusion39 decks65 decks
59%synergy
The Water Crystal
67%inclusion36 decks54 decks
58%synergy
Visions of Beyond
60%inclusion39 decks65 decks
56%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
63%inclusion41 decks65 decks
53%synergy
The Ancient One
55%inclusion36 decks65 decks
52%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
57%inclusion37 decks65 decks
39%synergy
Mana Drain
57%inclusion37 decks65 decks
39%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
55%inclusion36 decks65 decks
50%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
52%inclusion34 decks65 decks
45%synergy
Toxic Deluge
52%inclusion34 decks65 decks
27%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
51%inclusion33 decks65 decks
46%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
51%inclusion33 decks65 decks
49%synergy
Singularity Rupture
50%inclusion26 decks52 decks
38%synergy
Counterspell
49%inclusion32 decks65 decks
-7%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
48%inclusion31 decks65 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
71%inclusion46 decks65 decks
48%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
45%inclusion29 decks65 decks
22%synergy
Demonic Tutor
29%inclusion19 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
26%inclusion17 decks65 decks
8%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
23%inclusion15 decks65 decks
20%synergy
Ancient Tomb
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Notion Thief
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
6%synergy
The One Ring
15%inclusion10 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
15%inclusion10 decks65 decks
0%synergy
Force of Will
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
2%synergy
Creatures
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
48%inclusion20 decks42 decks
46%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
43%inclusion28 decks65 decks
30%synergy
Hedron Crab
43%inclusion28 decks65 decks
39%synergy
Nighthowler
43%inclusion28 decks65 decks
37%synergy
Wall of Frost
43%inclusion28 decks65 decks
42%synergy
Silent Arbiter
42%inclusion27 decks65 decks
40%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
40%inclusion26 decks65 decks
35%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
35%inclusion23 decks65 decks
31%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
34%inclusion22 decks64 decks
33%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
34%inclusion22 decks65 decks
22%synergy
Hover Barrier
29%inclusion19 decks65 decks
28%synergy
The Mindskinner
28%inclusion18 decks65 decks
21%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
28%inclusion18 decks65 decks
27%synergy
Mortivore
28%inclusion18 decks65 decks
26%synergy
Undead Alchemist
26%inclusion17 decks65 decks
24%synergy
Riddlekeeper
23%inclusion15 decks65 decks
22%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
23%inclusion15 decks65 decks
18%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
22%inclusion14 decks65 decks
21%synergy
Fog Bank
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
19%synergy
Fleet Swallower
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
17%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
19%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
18%inclusion12 decks65 decks
17%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
18%inclusion12 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
16%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
16%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
16%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Manic Scribe
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
15%inclusion10 decks65 decks
15%synergy
Spellskite
15%inclusion10 decks65 decks
8%synergy
Soulless Jailer
15%inclusion10 decks65 decks
15%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
13%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
13%synergy
Faerie Mastermind
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
11%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Junk
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
12%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
12%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Avatar of Woe
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Baleful Strix
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
-13%synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Talion, the Kindly Lord
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Archivist
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Instants
An Offer You Can't Refuse
35%inclusion23 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Swan Song
34%inclusion22 decks65 decks
15%synergy
Arcane Denial
32%inclusion21 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Dark Ritual
26%inclusion17 decks65 decks
-10%synergy
Force of Negation
26%inclusion17 decks65 decks
17%synergy
Deadly Rollick
25%inclusion16 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
25%inclusion16 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Sink into Stupor
25%inclusion16 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Negate
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
-13%synergy
Didn't Say Please
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
15%synergy
Brainstorm
18%inclusion12 decks65 decks
-12%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
18%inclusion12 decks65 decks
15%synergy
Withering Torment
18%inclusion12 decks65 decks
2%synergy
Thought Collapse
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
14%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
15%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
13%synergy
Psychic Strike
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
11%synergy
Archive Trap
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
12%synergy
Pongify
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
-3%synergy
Aetherize
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
1%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
11%synergy
Into the Story
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
11%synergy
Thought Scour
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
1%synergy
Memory Plunder
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
3%synergy
Reality Shift
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
-4%synergy
Resculpt
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
3%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
-3%synergy
Strix Serenade
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
3%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
-2%synergy
Memory Lapse
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Mystical Tutor
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
-6%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
1%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
-10%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
-4%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
2%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
-4%synergy
Magic Damper
5.7%inclusion3 decks53 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
45%inclusion29 decks65 decks
35%synergy
Windfall
42%inclusion27 decks65 decks
28%synergy
Reanimate
42%inclusion27 decks65 decks
17%synergy
Traumatize
42%inclusion27 decks65 decks
37%synergy
Mind Grind
37%inclusion24 decks65 decks
32%synergy
Damnation
35%inclusion23 decks65 decks
25%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
31%inclusion20 decks65 decks
22%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
31%inclusion20 decks65 decks
26%synergy
Feed the Swarm
29%inclusion19 decks65 decks
-6%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
18%inclusion12 decks65 decks
14%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
18%inclusion12 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Cut Your Losses
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
13%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
12%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
16%inclusion10 decks64 decks
9%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
15%inclusion10 decks65 decks
14%synergy
Mind Funeral
15%inclusion10 decks65 decks
13%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
7%synergy
Grim Tutor
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Ponder
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
-7%synergy
Lórien Revealed
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Whispering Madness
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
1%synergy
Treasure Cruise
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
-1%synergy
Preordain
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
-2%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Pilfered Plans
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Stock Up
6.3%inclusion4 decks64 decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Extract from Darkness
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
-1%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mindcrank
45%inclusion29 decks65 decks
33%synergy
Lightning Greaves
40%inclusion26 decks65 decks
13%synergy
Altar of the Brood
35%inclusion23 decks65 decks
30%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
34%inclusion22 decks64 decks
31%synergy
Bonehoard
22%inclusion14 decks65 decks
20%synergy
Altar of Dementia
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
12%synergy
Grindstone
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
11%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Keening Stone
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
11%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
-14%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
7%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
-5%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Expedition Map
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
7%synergy
Isochron Scepter
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Crawlspace
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Lantern of Insight
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Codex Shredder
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Intruder Alarm
46%inclusion30 decks65 decks
45%synergy
Propaganda
45%inclusion29 decks65 decks
27%synergy
Mystic Remora
38%inclusion25 decks65 decks
23%synergy
Memory Erosion
37%inclusion24 decks65 decks
33%synergy
Court of Cunning
35%inclusion23 decks65 decks
30%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
34%inclusion22 decks64 decks
32%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
34%inclusion22 decks65 decks
27%synergy
Fraying Sanity
26%inclusion17 decks65 decks
22%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
25%inclusion16 decks65 decks
17%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
25%inclusion16 decks65 decks
24%synergy
Black Market Connections
23%inclusion15 decks65 decks
13%synergy
Freed from the Real
22%inclusion14 decks65 decks
21%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
17%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
7%synergy
Animate Dead
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
6%synergy
No Mercy
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
14%synergy
Leyline of the Void
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Field of Dreams
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
12%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
63%inclusion41 decks65 decks
43%synergy
Bojuka Bog
62%inclusion40 decks65 decks
23%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
52%inclusion34 decks65 decks
34%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
46%inclusion30 decks65 decks
42%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
40%inclusion23 decks57 decks
35%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
34%inclusion22 decks65 decks
21%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
32%inclusion21 decks65 decks
15%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
28%inclusion18 decks65 decks
19%synergy
Reliquary Tower
28%inclusion18 decks65 decks
-8%synergy
Cabal Coffers
23%inclusion15 decks65 decks
13%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
22%inclusion14 decks65 decks
19%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
17%synergy
Urza's Saga
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Strip Mine
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
11%synergy
Restless Reef
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Academy Ruins
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
7%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Maze of Ith
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
7%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
8%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Command Beacon
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Dreadship Reef
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Wasteland
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
-2%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
0%synergy
War Room
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Mistrise Village
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
95%inclusion62 decks65 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Signet
89%inclusion58 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion45 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
68%inclusion44 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
43%inclusion28 decks65 decks
13%synergy
Thought Vessel
38%inclusion25 decks65 decks
7%synergy
Mind Stone
25%inclusion16 decks65 decks
-3%synergy
The Soul Stone
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
17%synergy
Mana Vault
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Patriar's Seal
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
8%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
7%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
2%synergy
Mox Opal
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
-2%synergy
Lands
Underground Sea
95%inclusion62 decks65 decks
82%synergy
Island
95%inclusion62 decks65 decks
-1%synergy
Swamp
94%inclusion61 decks65 decks
-3%synergy
Watery Grave
94%inclusion61 decks65 decks
46%synergy
Command Tower
89%inclusion58 decks65 decks
2%synergy
Polluted Delta
83%inclusion54 decks65 decks
51%synergy
Morphic Pool
80%inclusion52 decks65 decks
44%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
74%inclusion48 decks65 decks
20%synergy
Undercity Sewers
58%inclusion38 decks65 decks
38%synergy
Sunken Hollow
55%inclusion36 decks65 decks
-10%synergy
Underground River
52%inclusion34 decks65 decks
12%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
51%inclusion33 decks65 decks
27%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
49%inclusion32 decks65 decks
25%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
49%inclusion32 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Sunken Ruins
49%inclusion32 decks65 decks
33%synergy
Flooded Strand
38%inclusion25 decks65 decks
30%synergy
Misty Rainforest
37%inclusion24 decks65 decks
28%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
37%inclusion24 decks65 decks
29%synergy
Prismatic Vista
34%inclusion22 decks65 decks
28%synergy
Scalding Tarn
32%inclusion21 decks65 decks
24%synergy
Tainted Isle
31%inclusion20 decks65 decks
-14%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
31%inclusion20 decks65 decks
23%synergy
Marsh Flats
31%inclusion20 decks65 decks
23%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
26%inclusion17 decks65 decks
-13%synergy
Fell the Profane
25%inclusion16 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Sink into Stupor
25%inclusion16 decks65 decks
9%synergy
Fabled Passage
23%inclusion15 decks65 decks
15%synergy
Temple of Deceit
23%inclusion15 decks65 decks
-12%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
23%inclusion15 decks65 decks
-15%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Choked Estuary
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
-27%synergy
Exotic Orchard
18%inclusion12 decks65 decks
-14%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
18%inclusion12 decks65 decks
10%synergy
Reflecting Pool
17%inclusion11 decks65 decks
12%synergy
Myriad Landscape
15%inclusion10 decks65 decks
-6%synergy
Darkslick Shores
15%inclusion10 decks65 decks
1%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
7%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
5%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion8 decks65 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
4%synergy
Evolving Wilds
11%inclusion7 decks65 decks
-6%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
-2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
9.2%inclusion6 decks65 decks
-1%synergy
Urza's Cave
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
6%synergy
City of Brass
7.7%inclusion5 decks65 decks
2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
-4%synergy
Cavern of Souls
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
-3%synergy
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