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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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Exhibition Tidecaller
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
7%synergy
Emeritus of Woe
2.5%inclusion1 decks40 decks
1%synergy
Brush Off
2.4%inclusion1 decks41 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
80%inclusion142 decks177 decks
78%synergy
Consuming Aberration
91%inclusion161 decks177 decks
76%synergy
Ruin Crab
76%inclusion135 decks177 decks
68%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
71%inclusion126 decks177 decks
65%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
72%inclusion127 decks177 decks
61%synergy
Tree of Perdition
62%inclusion110 decks177 decks
60%synergy
Eater of the Dead
56%inclusion99 decks177 decks
55%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
59%inclusion105 decks177 decks
54%synergy
The Water Crystal
63%inclusion91 decks145 decks
54%synergy
Singularity Rupture
66%inclusion91 decks138 decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
66%inclusion116 decks177 decks
48%synergy
Mindcrank
64%inclusion114 decks177 decks
52%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
58%inclusion102 decks177 decks
45%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
58%inclusion102 decks177 decks
53%synergy
Fractured Sanity
57%inclusion101 decks177 decks
47%synergy
Counterspell
56%inclusion100 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Nighthowler
55%inclusion97 decks177 decks
49%synergy
Mind Grind
54%inclusion95 decks177 decks
48%synergy
Visions of Beyond
54%inclusion95 decks177 decks
50%synergy
The Ancient One
50%inclusion88 decks177 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
27%inclusion47 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
26%inclusion46 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Notion Thief
18%inclusion31 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Demonic Tutor
15%inclusion26 decks177 decks
-4%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
9.0%inclusion16 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
8.5%inclusion15 decks177 decks
-10%synergy
Mystical Tutor
8.5%inclusion15 decks177 decks
-5%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
6.8%inclusion12 decks177 decks
-9%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
6.2%inclusion11 decks177 decks
-1%synergy
Force of Will
5.6%inclusion10 decks177 decks
-5%synergy
Creatures
Wight of Precinct Six
49%inclusion87 decks177 decks
47%synergy
Wall of Frost
45%inclusion79 decks177 decks
43%synergy
Mortivore
38%inclusion67 decks177 decks
36%synergy
The Mindskinner
37%inclusion65 decks177 decks
30%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
36%inclusion64 decks177 decks
29%synergy
Hedron Crab
36%inclusion64 decks177 decks
32%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
36%inclusion64 decks177 decks
31%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
36%inclusion63 decks177 decks
31%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
35%inclusion39 decks110 decks
34%synergy
Silent Arbiter
33%inclusion58 decks177 decks
31%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
33%inclusion57 decks175 decks
32%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
31%inclusion55 decks177 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion52 decks177 decks
29%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
28%inclusion50 decks177 decks
26%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
27%inclusion47 decks177 decks
26%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
27%inclusion47 decks177 decks
25%synergy
Undead Alchemist
26%inclusion46 decks177 decks
23%synergy
Hover Barrier
26%inclusion46 decks177 decks
25%synergy
Fleet Swallower
25%inclusion44 decks177 decks
22%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
25%inclusion44 decks177 decks
22%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion42 decks177 decks
16%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
21%inclusion37 decks177 decks
20%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
19%inclusion34 decks177 decks
18%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
19%inclusion33 decks177 decks
18%synergy
Manic Scribe
19%inclusion33 decks177 decks
17%synergy
Guiltfeeder
18%inclusion32 decks177 decks
13%synergy
Fog Bank
17%inclusion30 decks177 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
17%inclusion30 decks177 decks
16%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
17%inclusion30 decks177 decks
16%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
16%inclusion29 decks177 decks
13%synergy
Riddlekeeper
15%inclusion27 decks177 decks
14%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion24 decks177 decks
7%synergy
Soulless Jailer
14%inclusion24 decks177 decks
13%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
14%inclusion24 decks177 decks
12%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
14%inclusion24 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
13%inclusion23 decks177 decks
13%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion22 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Jace's Archivist
12%inclusion22 decks177 decks
11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
12%inclusion21 decks177 decks
11%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
12%inclusion13 decks110 decks
12%synergy
Aegis Turtle
11%inclusion20 decks177 decks
11%synergy
Baleful Strix
11%inclusion19 decks177 decks
-13%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
10%inclusion18 decks177 decks
9%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
10%inclusion18 decks177 decks
9%synergy
Avatar of Woe
10%inclusion17 decks177 decks
8%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
10%inclusion17 decks177 decks
8%synergy
Glacial Wall
10%inclusion17 decks177 decks
9%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
10%inclusion17 decks177 decks
9%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
9.0%inclusion16 decks177 decks
-3%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
9.0%inclusion16 decks177 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
39%inclusion69 decks177 decks
35%synergy
Archive Trap
29%inclusion52 decks177 decks
27%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
28%inclusion50 decks177 decks
-3%synergy
Didn't Say Please
28%inclusion49 decks177 decks
23%synergy
Into the Story
28%inclusion49 decks177 decks
26%synergy
Arcane Denial
27%inclusion48 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Negate
25%inclusion44 decks177 decks
-8%synergy
Psychic Strike
24%inclusion43 decks177 decks
21%synergy
Dark Ritual
24%inclusion42 decks177 decks
-12%synergy
Drown in Dreams
24%inclusion42 decks177 decks
19%synergy
Brainstorm
22%inclusion39 decks177 decks
-8%synergy
Swan Song
22%inclusion39 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Thought Collapse
21%inclusion38 decks177 decks
18%synergy
Aetherize
19%inclusion33 decks177 decks
7%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion31 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
18%inclusion31 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Withering Torment
18%inclusion31 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Mana Drain
17%inclusion30 decks177 decks
-1%synergy
Thought Scour
16%inclusion29 decks177 decks
10%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
15%inclusion27 decks177 decks
14%synergy
Crypt Incursion
14%inclusion24 decks177 decks
12%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion24 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion18 decks177 decks
-3%synergy
Perplex
10%inclusion18 decks177 decks
7%synergy
Pongify
10%inclusion17 decks177 decks
-6%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
9.2%inclusion8 decks87 decks
7%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
9.0%inclusion16 decks177 decks
-1%synergy
Memory Plunder
9.0%inclusion16 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Fact or Fiction
9.0%inclusion16 decks177 decks
0%synergy
Deadly Rollick
8.5%inclusion15 decks177 decks
-11%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.5%inclusion15 decks177 decks
-7%synergy
Frantic Search
7.9%inclusion14 decks177 decks
-11%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.9%inclusion14 decks177 decks
-8%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
7.3%inclusion13 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.3%inclusion13 decks177 decks
-3%synergy
Resculpt
6.8%inclusion12 decks177 decks
0%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
6.2%inclusion11 decks177 decks
-2%synergy
Force of Negation
5.6%inclusion10 decks177 decks
-3%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.6%inclusion10 decks177 decks
-4%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.1%inclusion9 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
46%inclusion82 decks177 decks
42%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
32%inclusion57 decks177 decks
27%synergy
Toxic Deluge
31%inclusion54 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Feed the Swarm
29%inclusion52 decks177 decks
-6%synergy
Cut Your Losses
28%inclusion49 decks177 decks
24%synergy
Windfall
27%inclusion48 decks177 decks
14%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
27%inclusion47 decks177 decks
22%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
27%inclusion47 decks177 decks
17%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion41 decks177 decks
-2%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion36 decks177 decks
18%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
20%inclusion36 decks177 decks
11%synergy
Treasure Cruise
14%inclusion24 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
14%inclusion24 decks177 decks
9%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion22 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Damnation
12%inclusion22 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion19 decks177 decks
-6%synergy
Pilfered Plans
11%inclusion19 decks177 decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
10%inclusion18 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Read the Bones
8.5%inclusion15 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Startled Awake
8.5%inclusion15 decks177 decks
8%synergy
Increasing Confusion
7.3%inclusion13 decks177 decks
7%synergy
Whispering Madness
7.3%inclusion13 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
7.3%inclusion13 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Preordain
6.8%inclusion12 decks177 decks
-3%synergy
Sign in Blood
6.8%inclusion12 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
6.2%inclusion11 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.2%inclusion11 decks177 decks
0%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.2%inclusion11 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.6%inclusion10 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Tome Scour
5.1%inclusion9 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Lórien Revealed
5.1%inclusion9 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
48%inclusion85 decks177 decks
47%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
42%inclusion74 decks177 decks
37%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
38%inclusion66 decks175 decks
34%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion64 decks177 decks
9%synergy
Altar of the Brood
35%inclusion62 decks177 decks
30%synergy
Bonehoard
28%inclusion49 decks177 decks
26%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion27 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Grindstone
14%inclusion25 decks177 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion25 decks177 decks
-10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion23 decks177 decks
12%synergy
Keening Stone
12%inclusion22 decks177 decks
11%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
10%inclusion18 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion17 decks177 decks
8%synergy
Isochron Scepter
8.5%inclusion15 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Profane Memento
7.9%inclusion14 decks177 decks
7%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
7.3%inclusion13 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.8%inclusion12 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.2%inclusion11 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.2%inclusion11 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Altar of Dementia
5.1%inclusion9 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
48%inclusion85 decks177 decks
30%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
45%inclusion79 decks177 decks
38%synergy
Fraying Sanity
41%inclusion73 decks177 decks
37%synergy
Memory Erosion
37%inclusion66 decks177 decks
33%synergy
Intruder Alarm
36%inclusion63 decks177 decks
34%synergy
Court of Cunning
34%inclusion60 decks177 decks
28%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
31%inclusion54 decks175 decks
29%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
31%inclusion54 decks177 decks
28%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
31%inclusion54 decks177 decks
23%synergy
Freed from the Real
23%inclusion41 decks177 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Remora
23%inclusion40 decks177 decks
7%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
18%inclusion32 decks177 decks
17%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18%inclusion32 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
16%inclusion28 decks177 decks
14%synergy
Animate Dead
15%inclusion27 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Leyline of the Void
13%inclusion23 decks177 decks
10%synergy
No Mercy
9.0%inclusion16 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.5%inclusion15 decks177 decks
-2%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
6.8%inclusion12 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
5.1%inclusion9 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
25%inclusion44 decks177 decks
19%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
21%inclusion37 decks177 decks
19%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
19%inclusion33 decks177 decks
17%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.9%inclusion14 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
7.9%inclusion14 decks177 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
7.3%inclusion13 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
56%inclusion100 decks177 decks
18%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
48%inclusion71 decks147 decks
43%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion69 decks177 decks
30%synergy
Reliquary Tower
25%inclusion45 decks177 decks
-11%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
24%inclusion42 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
21%inclusion38 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
20%inclusion36 decks177 decks
14%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
19%inclusion34 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
15%inclusion27 decks177 decks
11%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion25 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion23 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
11%inclusion20 decks177 decks
8%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion19 decks177 decks
-16%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
9.0%inclusion16 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
9.0%inclusion16 decks177 decks
7%synergy
Cabal Coffers
9.0%inclusion16 decks177 decks
-1%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.8%inclusion12 decks177 decks
-1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
6.8%inclusion12 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
6.8%inclusion12 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.2%inclusion11 decks177 decks
0%synergy
Maze of Ith
5.6%inclusion10 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
5.6%inclusion10 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.6%inclusion10 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
5.6%inclusion10 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
5.1%inclusion9 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91%inclusion161 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Signet
85%inclusion150 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Signet
63%inclusion111 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
60%inclusion107 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion49 decks177 decks
-4%synergy
Mind Stone
27%inclusion47 decks177 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
26%inclusion46 decks177 decks
-5%synergy
Commander's Sphere
15%inclusion26 decks177 decks
-2%synergy
Midnight Clock
15%inclusion26 decks177 decks
8%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion17 decks177 decks
9%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.2%inclusion11 decks177 decks
1%synergy
The Soul Stone
5.9%inclusion8 decks135 decks
1%synergy
Sky Diamond
5.6%inclusion10 decks177 decks
-2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.6%inclusion10 decks177 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Locket
5.1%inclusion9 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.1%inclusion9 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Patriar's Seal
5.1%inclusion9 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion172 decks177 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
95%inclusion169 decks177 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
91%inclusion161 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
74%inclusion131 decks177 decks
20%synergy
Sunken Hollow
69%inclusion122 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Watery Grave
66%inclusion117 decks177 decks
18%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
52%inclusion92 decks177 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion88 decks177 decks
12%synergy
Underground River
46%inclusion82 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
46%inclusion81 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Choked Estuary
45%inclusion80 decks177 decks
-2%synergy
Polluted Delta
45%inclusion79 decks177 decks
12%synergy
Morphic Pool
44%inclusion78 decks177 decks
8%synergy
Temple of Deceit
42%inclusion74 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Tainted Isle
41%inclusion72 decks177 decks
-4%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
34%inclusion60 decks177 decks
9%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
33%inclusion58 decks177 decks
9%synergy
Sunken Ruins
25%inclusion44 decks177 decks
9%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion43 decks177 decks
-8%synergy
Undercity Sewers
22%inclusion39 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
21%inclusion38 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Darkslick Shores
21%inclusion37 decks177 decks
7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion36 decks177 decks
0%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion36 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion36 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion31 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion31 decks177 decks
6%synergy
Sink into Stupor
18%inclusion31 decks177 decks
2%synergy
River of Tears
15%inclusion27 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion24 decks177 decks
5%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion24 decks177 decks
7%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion24 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Underground Sea
12%inclusion22 decks177 decks
-1%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion22 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion19 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Vista
10%inclusion18 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion17 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
9.0%inclusion16 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Flooded Strand
9.0%inclusion16 decks177 decks
0%synergy
Marsh Flats
8.5%inclusion15 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Misty Rainforest
7.9%inclusion14 decks177 decks
-1%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
7.9%inclusion14 decks177 decks
0%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.3%inclusion13 decks177 decks
3%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.3%inclusion13 decks177 decks
-3%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
7.3%inclusion13 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
7.3%inclusion13 decks177 decks
-1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
6.8%inclusion12 decks177 decks
2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
6.2%inclusion11 decks177 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
6.2%inclusion11 decks177 decks
-1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.2%inclusion11 decks177 decks
0%synergy
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