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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13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Valeria Richards, Precocious
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Loki, God of Mischief
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Captain America's Shield
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
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Tree of Perdition
80%inclusion56 decks70 decks
78%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
83%inclusion58 decks70 decks
77%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
74%inclusion52 decks70 decks
72%synergy
Consuming Aberration
86%inclusion60 decks70 decks
71%synergy
The Ancient One
66%inclusion46 decks70 decks
62%synergy
Ruin Crab
70%inclusion49 decks70 decks
62%synergy
Visions of Beyond
64%inclusion45 decks70 decks
61%synergy
Eater of the Dead
60%inclusion42 decks70 decks
59%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
59%inclusion41 decks70 decks
57%synergy
The Water Crystal
66%inclusion39 decks59 decks
57%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
63%inclusion44 decks70 decks
45%synergy
Mana Drain
61%inclusion43 decks70 decks
44%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
61%inclusion43 decks70 decks
51%synergy
Singularity Rupture
56%inclusion32 decks57 decks
44%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
54%inclusion38 decks70 decks
49%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
51%inclusion36 decks70 decks
45%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
51%inclusion25 decks49 decks
50%synergy
Counterspell
50%inclusion35 decks70 decks
-6%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
49%inclusion34 decks70 decks
43%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
49%inclusion34 decks70 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
66%inclusion46 decks70 decks
43%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
41%inclusion29 decks70 decks
19%synergy
Demonic Tutor
34%inclusion24 decks70 decks
15%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
26%inclusion18 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
21%inclusion15 decks70 decks
6%synergy
Notion Thief
21%inclusion15 decks70 decks
10%synergy
Ancient Tomb
20%inclusion14 decks70 decks
12%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
19%inclusion13 decks70 decks
15%synergy
The One Ring
19%inclusion13 decks70 decks
12%synergy
Mana Vault
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Creatures
Wall of Frost
47%inclusion33 decks70 decks
46%synergy
Silent Arbiter
46%inclusion32 decks70 decks
44%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
43%inclusion30 decks70 decks
30%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
41%inclusion29 decks70 decks
37%synergy
Nighthowler
40%inclusion28 decks70 decks
34%synergy
Hedron Crab
40%inclusion28 decks70 decks
36%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
34%inclusion24 decks70 decks
30%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
34%inclusion24 decks70 decks
23%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
33%inclusion23 decks69 decks
32%synergy
The Mindskinner
29%inclusion20 decks70 decks
22%synergy
Hover Barrier
29%inclusion20 decks70 decks
28%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
27%inclusion19 decks70 decks
22%synergy
Undead Alchemist
26%inclusion18 decks70 decks
23%synergy
Mortivore
24%inclusion17 decks70 decks
23%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
24%inclusion17 decks70 decks
24%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
23%inclusion16 decks70 decks
22%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
21%inclusion15 decks70 decks
20%synergy
Riddlekeeper
21%inclusion15 decks70 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
20%inclusion14 decks70 decks
19%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
20%inclusion14 decks70 decks
18%synergy
Fog Bank
19%inclusion13 decks70 decks
17%synergy
Fleet Swallower
19%inclusion13 decks70 decks
16%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
19%inclusion13 decks70 decks
10%synergy
Manic Scribe
17%inclusion12 decks70 decks
16%synergy
Soulless Jailer
16%inclusion11 decks70 decks
15%synergy
Spellskite
16%inclusion11 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
16%inclusion11 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
14%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
14%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
11%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
14%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
13%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
13%synergy
Faerie Mastermind
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Archivist
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
12%synergy
Hullbreaker Horror
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
-4%synergy
Talion, the Kindly Lord
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
10%synergy
Baleful Strix
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
-14%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
10%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
9%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
9%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Sheoldred
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Glacial Wall
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Swan Song
37%inclusion26 decks70 decks
18%synergy
Arcane Denial
37%inclusion26 decks70 decks
11%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
36%inclusion25 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
33%inclusion23 decks70 decks
17%synergy
Dark Ritual
30%inclusion21 decks70 decks
-6%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
27%inclusion19 decks70 decks
24%synergy
Sink into Stupor
27%inclusion19 decks70 decks
11%synergy
Deadly Rollick
24%inclusion17 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Brainstorm
24%inclusion17 decks70 decks
-5%synergy
Force of Negation
24%inclusion17 decks70 decks
15%synergy
Negate
19%inclusion13 decks70 decks
-14%synergy
Withering Torment
19%inclusion13 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Didn't Say Please
17%inclusion12 decks70 decks
12%synergy
Thought Collapse
16%inclusion11 decks70 decks
13%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion11 decks70 decks
14%synergy
Drown in Dreams
16%inclusion11 decks70 decks
12%synergy
Psychic Strike
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
10%synergy
Archive Trap
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
11%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
1%synergy
Force of Will
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
1%synergy
Into the Story
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
10%synergy
Pongify
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
-5%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Aetherize
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
-1%synergy
Resculpt
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Strix Serenade
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
6%synergy
Thought Scour
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
9%synergy
Reality Shift
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
-5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
-1%synergy
Mystical Tutor
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
-5%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
-3%synergy
Memory Plunder
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
1%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
-2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
-9%synergy
Memory Lapse
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Dig Through Time
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
-2%synergy
Go for the Throat
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
-10%synergy
Snuff Out
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
-0%synergy
Three Steps Ahead
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
2%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
-2%synergy
Bitter Triumph
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
1%synergy
Magic Damper
5.2%inclusion3 decks58 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Toxic Deluge
49%inclusion34 decks70 decks
23%synergy
Reanimate
47%inclusion33 decks70 decks
22%synergy
Fractured Sanity
47%inclusion33 decks70 decks
38%synergy
Windfall
41%inclusion29 decks70 decks
28%synergy
Damnation
39%inclusion27 decks70 decks
28%synergy
Mind Grind
36%inclusion25 decks70 decks
30%synergy
Traumatize
33%inclusion23 decks70 decks
28%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
27%inclusion19 decks70 decks
22%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
27%inclusion19 decks70 decks
18%synergy
Feed the Swarm
24%inclusion17 decks70 decks
-11%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
20%inclusion14 decks70 decks
15%synergy
Cut Your Losses
16%inclusion11 decks70 decks
12%synergy
Grim Tutor
16%inclusion11 decks70 decks
12%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
14%inclusion10 decks69 decks
8%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
10%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Ponder
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
-3%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
12%synergy
Lórien Revealed
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Treasure Cruise
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Preordain
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
1%synergy
Mind Funeral
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Night's Whisper
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
2%synergy
Stock Up
5.8%inclusion4 decks69 decks
4%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Fabricate
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Whispering Madness
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Extract from Darkness
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
-2%synergy
Pilfered Plans
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mindcrank
47%inclusion33 decks70 decks
35%synergy
Lightning Greaves
44%inclusion31 decks70 decks
17%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
35%inclusion24 decks69 decks
31%synergy
Altar of the Brood
31%inclusion22 decks70 decks
26%synergy
Bonehoard
19%inclusion13 decks70 decks
17%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
12%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
9%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Grindstone
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
10%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
-13%synergy
Isochron Scepter
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
9%synergy
Keening Stone
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
-4%synergy
Crawlspace
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Folio of Fancies
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Magewright's Stone
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Jet Medallion
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
-3%synergy
Profane Memento
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Lantern of Insight
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Codex Shredder
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Intruder Alarm
46%inclusion32 decks70 decks
44%synergy
Propaganda
46%inclusion32 decks70 decks
28%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
41%inclusion28 decks69 decks
39%synergy
Mystic Remora
37%inclusion26 decks70 decks
22%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
34%inclusion24 decks70 decks
28%synergy
Memory Erosion
33%inclusion23 decks70 decks
29%synergy
Court of Cunning
31%inclusion22 decks70 decks
26%synergy
Fraying Sanity
27%inclusion19 decks70 decks
23%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
24%inclusion17 decks70 decks
24%synergy
Black Market Connections
24%inclusion17 decks70 decks
14%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
23%inclusion16 decks70 decks
16%synergy
Freed from the Real
21%inclusion15 decks70 decks
21%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
21%inclusion15 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
19%inclusion13 decks70 decks
16%synergy
Animate Dead
17%inclusion12 decks70 decks
6%synergy
No Mercy
17%inclusion12 decks70 decks
14%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Field of Dreams
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
24%inclusion17 decks70 decks
18%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
11%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
11%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
66%inclusion46 decks70 decks
46%synergy
Bojuka Bog
63%inclusion44 decks70 decks
24%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
59%inclusion41 decks70 decks
40%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
49%inclusion34 decks70 decks
45%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
41%inclusion29 decks70 decks
29%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
37%inclusion23 decks62 decks
32%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
33%inclusion23 decks70 decks
16%synergy
Reliquary Tower
26%inclusion18 decks70 decks
-10%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
24%inclusion17 decks70 decks
16%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
20%inclusion14 decks70 decks
17%synergy
Cabal Coffers
20%inclusion14 decks70 decks
9%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
20%inclusion14 decks70 decks
17%synergy
Urza's Saga
17%inclusion12 decks70 decks
11%synergy
Academy Ruins
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
9%synergy
Castle Locthwain
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
9%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Strip Mine
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
9%synergy
Restless Reef
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Maze of Ith
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
6%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Buried Ruin
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Inventors' Fair
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Command Beacon
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Wasteland
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Mortuary Mire
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
-2%synergy
War Room
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
94%inclusion66 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Signet
89%inclusion62 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
71%inclusion50 decks70 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Signet
66%inclusion46 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
44%inclusion31 decks70 decks
14%synergy
Thought Vessel
39%inclusion27 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Mind Stone
24%inclusion17 decks70 decks
-4%synergy
The Soul Stone
24%inclusion13 decks55 decks
18%synergy
Mox Opal
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
9%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Thran Dynamo
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Patriar's Seal
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
-2%synergy
Lotus Petal
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
-2%synergy
Mox Diamond
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
2%synergy
Chrome Mox
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
-0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion67 decks70 decks
-1%synergy
Island
96%inclusion67 decks70 decks
-1%synergy
Underground Sea
94%inclusion66 decks70 decks
81%synergy
Watery Grave
94%inclusion66 decks70 decks
46%synergy
Command Tower
90%inclusion63 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Delta
86%inclusion60 decks70 decks
53%synergy
Morphic Pool
84%inclusion59 decks70 decks
48%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
74%inclusion52 decks70 decks
20%synergy
Undercity Sewers
56%inclusion39 decks70 decks
35%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
53%inclusion37 decks70 decks
13%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
53%inclusion37 decks70 decks
29%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
51%inclusion36 decks70 decks
27%synergy
Underground River
51%inclusion36 decks70 decks
11%synergy
Sunken Hollow
50%inclusion35 decks70 decks
-15%synergy
Sunken Ruins
50%inclusion35 decks70 decks
33%synergy
Flooded Strand
41%inclusion29 decks70 decks
33%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
41%inclusion29 decks70 decks
33%synergy
Misty Rainforest
40%inclusion28 decks70 decks
32%synergy
Scalding Tarn
36%inclusion25 decks70 decks
28%synergy
Marsh Flats
34%inclusion24 decks70 decks
26%synergy
Tainted Isle
33%inclusion23 decks70 decks
-11%synergy
Fell the Profane
33%inclusion23 decks70 decks
17%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
33%inclusion23 decks70 decks
26%synergy
Prismatic Vista
31%inclusion22 decks70 decks
25%synergy
Sink into Stupor
27%inclusion19 decks70 decks
11%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion16 decks70 decks
-10%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
23%inclusion16 decks70 decks
-16%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
23%inclusion16 decks70 decks
-15%synergy
Reflecting Pool
23%inclusion16 decks70 decks
18%synergy
Fabled Passage
20%inclusion14 decks70 decks
11%synergy
Temple of Deceit
20%inclusion14 decks70 decks
-15%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
19%inclusion13 decks70 decks
10%synergy
Fetid Pools
16%inclusion11 decks70 decks
-0%synergy
Choked Estuary
16%inclusion11 decks70 decks
-31%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
-7%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
7%synergy
River of Tears
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
2%synergy
Darkslick Shores
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
-2%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
5%synergy
City of Brass
10%inclusion7 decks70 decks
4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
-1%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
2%synergy
Urza's Cave
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
-9%synergy
Cavern of Souls
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Confluence
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
2%synergy
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