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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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The Master of Lake-town
27%inclusion15 decks55 decks
24%synergy
Elrond, Moon-Reader
11%inclusion6 decks57 decks
10%synergy
Cruel Calculations
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Glamdring, Foe-hammer
2.0%inclusion1 decks49 decks
1%synergy
Troop of Ponies
2.0%inclusion1 decks49 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
93%inclusion195 decks210 decks
77%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
79%inclusion165 decks210 decks
77%synergy
Ruin Crab
79%inclusion166 decks210 decks
71%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
71%inclusion150 decks210 decks
65%synergy
Tree of Perdition
65%inclusion137 decks210 decks
63%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
71%inclusion149 decks210 decks
60%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
63%inclusion132 decks210 decks
57%synergy
The Water Crystal
62%inclusion112 decks180 decks
53%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
57%inclusion120 decks210 decks
53%synergy
Singularity Rupture
66%inclusion114 decks174 decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
67%inclusion140 decks210 decks
49%synergy
Mindcrank
64%inclusion135 decks210 decks
52%synergy
Counterspell
59%inclusion124 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Fractured Sanity
58%inclusion122 decks210 decks
48%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
56%inclusion118 decks210 decks
43%synergy
Nighthowler
56%inclusion118 decks210 decks
51%synergy
Eater of the Dead
54%inclusion113 decks210 decks
52%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
52%inclusion110 decks210 decks
50%synergy
Mind Grind
52%inclusion109 decks210 decks
47%synergy
Visions of Beyond
51%inclusion108 decks210 decks
48%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
27%inclusion57 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
24%inclusion51 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Notion Thief
20%inclusion42 decks210 decks
9%synergy
Demonic Tutor
13%inclusion27 decks210 decks
-6%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
10%inclusion22 decks210 decks
7%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
8.1%inclusion17 decks210 decks
-10%synergy
Mystical Tutor
7.1%inclusion15 decks210 decks
-6%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
-9%synergy
Force of Will
5.7%inclusion12 decks210 decks
-4%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
5.2%inclusion11 decks210 decks
-2%synergy
Creatures
The Ancient One
50%inclusion104 decks210 decks
46%synergy
Wall of Frost
42%inclusion89 decks210 decks
41%synergy
The Mindskinner
39%inclusion81 decks210 decks
31%synergy
Mortivore
38%inclusion80 decks210 decks
37%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
38%inclusion80 decks210 decks
33%synergy
Hedron Crab
38%inclusion79 decks210 decks
33%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
37%inclusion77 decks210 decks
30%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
37%inclusion77 decks210 decks
32%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
34%inclusion70 decks208 decks
33%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
33%inclusion51 decks153 decks
32%synergy
Silent Arbiter
32%inclusion68 decks210 decks
31%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
30%inclusion64 decks210 decks
30%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
30%inclusion63 decks210 decks
26%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
28%inclusion59 decks210 decks
26%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
26%inclusion55 decks210 decks
26%synergy
Hover Barrier
26%inclusion55 decks210 decks
25%synergy
Undead Alchemist
26%inclusion54 decks210 decks
23%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
26%inclusion54 decks210 decks
25%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
26%inclusion54 decks210 decks
23%synergy
Fleet Swallower
24%inclusion51 decks210 decks
22%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
23%inclusion49 decks210 decks
15%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
21%inclusion45 decks210 decks
20%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
20%inclusion42 decks210 decks
19%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
20%inclusion41 decks210 decks
16%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
20%inclusion41 decks210 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
18%inclusion37 decks210 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
17%inclusion35 decks210 decks
16%synergy
Fog Bank
16%inclusion34 decks210 decks
15%synergy
Manic Scribe
16%inclusion34 decks210 decks
15%synergy
Riddlekeeper
15%inclusion32 decks210 decks
14%synergy
Soulless Jailer
15%inclusion31 decks210 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion31 decks210 decks
13%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
14%inclusion30 decks210 decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
13%inclusion27 decks210 decks
12%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
12%inclusion26 decks210 decks
1%synergy
Baleful Strix
12%inclusion25 decks210 decks
-12%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion25 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
11%inclusion24 decks210 decks
11%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion24 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Aegis Turtle
11%inclusion24 decks210 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
11%inclusion23 decks210 decks
10%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion23 decks210 decks
10%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
10%inclusion11 decks105 decks
9%synergy
Loki, God of Mischief
10%inclusion9 decks86 decks
10%synergy
Glacial Wall
10%inclusion21 decks210 decks
10%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion20 decks210 decks
9%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
10%inclusion20 decks210 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Archivist
10%inclusion20 decks210 decks
8%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
9.2%inclusion14 decks153 decks
9%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
9.0%inclusion19 decks210 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
38%inclusion80 decks210 decks
35%synergy
Arcane Denial
29%inclusion61 decks210 decks
3%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
28%inclusion59 decks210 decks
-4%synergy
Archive Trap
28%inclusion58 decks210 decks
26%synergy
Negate
27%inclusion56 decks210 decks
-6%synergy
Didn't Say Please
26%inclusion54 decks210 decks
21%synergy
Into the Story
24%inclusion50 decks210 decks
22%synergy
Brainstorm
23%inclusion49 decks210 decks
-6%synergy
Dark Ritual
23%inclusion49 decks210 decks
-14%synergy
Psychic Strike
22%inclusion46 decks210 decks
19%synergy
Thought Collapse
22%inclusion46 decks210 decks
19%synergy
Drown in Dreams
21%inclusion44 decks210 decks
17%synergy
Swan Song
20%inclusion42 decks210 decks
1%synergy
Aetherize
18%inclusion38 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Sink into Stupor
18%inclusion38 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion36 decks210 decks
1%synergy
Thought Scour
16%inclusion34 decks210 decks
10%synergy
Mana Drain
15%inclusion32 decks210 decks
-2%synergy
Withering Torment
15%inclusion31 decks210 decks
-1%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion30 decks210 decks
13%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion28 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Crypt Incursion
13%inclusion27 decks210 decks
11%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
13%inclusion17 decks133 decks
10%synergy
Pongify
12%inclusion25 decks210 decks
-3%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion21 decks210 decks
-10%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
10%inclusion21 decks210 decks
-1%synergy
Infernal Grasp
10%inclusion21 decks210 decks
-6%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion20 decks210 decks
-4%synergy
Memory Plunder
9.0%inclusion19 decks210 decks
4%synergy
Perplex
9.0%inclusion19 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
8.6%inclusion18 decks210 decks
4%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.1%inclusion17 decks210 decks
-8%synergy
Frantic Search
7.6%inclusion16 decks210 decks
-12%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.6%inclusion16 decks210 decks
-1%synergy
Resculpt
7.6%inclusion16 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
6.7%inclusion14 decks210 decks
-1%synergy
Brain Freeze
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
-4%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
-3%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.2%inclusion11 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
46%inclusion96 decks210 decks
41%synergy
Toxic Deluge
35%inclusion73 decks210 decks
9%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
34%inclusion72 decks210 decks
29%synergy
Feed the Swarm
30%inclusion62 decks210 decks
-5%synergy
Windfall
29%inclusion60 decks210 decks
15%synergy
Cut Your Losses
28%inclusion59 decks210 decks
24%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
26%inclusion54 decks210 decks
17%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion53 decks210 decks
20%synergy
Reanimate
24%inclusion50 decks210 decks
-2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
24%inclusion50 decks210 decks
14%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion43 decks210 decks
18%synergy
Treasure Cruise
14%inclusion30 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
12%inclusion26 decks210 decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion25 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Damnation
12%inclusion25 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion23 decks210 decks
-5%synergy
Pilfered Plans
10%inclusion21 decks210 decks
8%synergy
Read the Bones
9.0%inclusion19 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.0%inclusion19 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Extract from Darkness
9.0%inclusion19 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.1%inclusion17 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
8.1%inclusion17 decks210 decks
-2%synergy
Startled Awake
7.1%inclusion15 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.7%inclusion14 decks210 decks
-0%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
6.7%inclusion14 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Increasing Confusion
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.7%inclusion12 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
44%inclusion93 decks210 decks
43%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
42%inclusion89 decks210 decks
37%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
37%inclusion76 decks208 decks
33%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion75 decks210 decks
8%synergy
Altar of the Brood
31%inclusion66 decks210 decks
26%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion62 decks210 decks
28%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion33 decks210 decks
-9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion31 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Keening Stone
14%inclusion29 decks210 decks
13%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
12%inclusion26 decks210 decks
12%synergy
Grindstone
11%inclusion24 decks210 decks
10%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
10%inclusion22 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion20 decks210 decks
8%synergy
Isochron Scepter
10%inclusion20 decks210 decks
7%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
7.6%inclusion16 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Profane Memento
7.1%inclusion15 decks210 decks
7%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.7%inclusion14 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
48%inclusion100 decks210 decks
30%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
44%inclusion93 decks210 decks
38%synergy
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion83 decks210 decks
36%synergy
Memory Erosion
39%inclusion82 decks210 decks
35%synergy
Intruder Alarm
37%inclusion77 decks210 decks
35%synergy
Court of Cunning
32%inclusion67 decks210 decks
26%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
32%inclusion67 decks210 decks
25%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
31%inclusion66 decks210 decks
29%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
31%inclusion65 decks208 decks
29%synergy
Mystic Remora
23%inclusion48 decks210 decks
8%synergy
Freed from the Real
20%inclusion43 decks210 decks
20%synergy
Animate Dead
16%inclusion34 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
16%inclusion34 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
16%inclusion33 decks210 decks
15%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
15%inclusion31 decks210 decks
13%synergy
Leyline of the Void
12%inclusion25 decks210 decks
8%synergy
No Mercy
10%inclusion22 decks210 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
9.0%inclusion19 decks210 decks
-2%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
5.7%inclusion12 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Jace's Erasure
5.7%inclusion12 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
22%inclusion47 decks210 decks
17%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
19%inclusion40 decks210 decks
17%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion35 decks210 decks
15%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.6%inclusion16 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
7.1%inclusion15 decks210 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
55%inclusion115 decks210 decks
16%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
45%inclusion82 decks182 decks
40%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion77 decks210 decks
28%synergy
Reliquary Tower
28%inclusion58 decks210 decks
-8%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion49 decks210 decks
4%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
20%inclusion43 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
19%inclusion40 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Restless Reef
19%inclusion39 decks210 decks
13%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
16%inclusion33 decks210 decks
12%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
16%inclusion33 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
12%inclusion26 decks210 decks
9%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion26 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion23 decks210 decks
-16%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
9.0%inclusion19 decks210 decks
1%synergy
Cabal Coffers
8.1%inclusion17 decks210 decks
-2%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
7.6%inclusion16 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Halimar Depths
7.1%inclusion15 decks210 decks
1%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
6.7%inclusion14 decks210 decks
1%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
-1%synergy
Urza's Saga
5.2%inclusion11 decks210 decks
-1%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.2%inclusion11 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
92%inclusion193 decks210 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion180 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Signet
63%inclusion133 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
63%inclusion132 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Mind Stone
31%inclusion65 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion59 decks210 decks
-3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
27%inclusion57 decks210 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
16%inclusion34 decks210 decks
1%synergy
Midnight Clock
16%inclusion33 decks210 decks
9%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
9.0%inclusion19 decks210 decks
9%synergy
The Soul Stone
7.0%inclusion12 decks171 decks
1%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.7%inclusion14 decks210 decks
-1%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.7%inclusion14 decks210 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Locket
5.7%inclusion12 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.7%inclusion12 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.2%inclusion11 decks210 decks
-2%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion204 decks210 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion201 decks210 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
93%inclusion195 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
72%inclusion151 decks210 decks
17%synergy
Sunken Hollow
68%inclusion143 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Watery Grave
66%inclusion138 decks210 decks
17%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
50%inclusion106 decks210 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion105 decks210 decks
13%synergy
Underground River
48%inclusion100 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
47%inclusion99 decks210 decks
8%synergy
Choked Estuary
45%inclusion95 decks210 decks
-2%synergy
Tainted Isle
43%inclusion91 decks210 decks
-1%synergy
Polluted Delta
43%inclusion91 decks210 decks
11%synergy
Morphic Pool
43%inclusion90 decks210 decks
7%synergy
Temple of Deceit
41%inclusion87 decks210 decks
7%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
34%inclusion72 decks210 decks
10%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
31%inclusion65 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Sunken Ruins
27%inclusion56 decks210 decks
9%synergy
Exotic Orchard
25%inclusion53 decks210 decks
-7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
22%inclusion46 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion45 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Fetid Pools
21%inclusion45 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Undercity Sewers
21%inclusion44 decks210 decks
-0%synergy
Darkslick Shores
20%inclusion43 decks210 decks
7%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion41 decks210 decks
4%synergy
Sink into Stupor
18%inclusion38 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion37 decks210 decks
7%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion36 decks210 decks
1%synergy
River of Tears
16%inclusion33 decks210 decks
6%synergy
Fabled Passage
14%inclusion30 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion28 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Underground Sea
12%inclusion26 decks210 decks
-1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion25 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Hidden Lair
12%inclusion10 decks86 decks
3%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion24 decks210 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
11%inclusion23 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
10%inclusion22 decks210 decks
4%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion20 decks210 decks
4%synergy
Flooded Strand
9.0%inclusion19 decks210 decks
0%synergy
Misty Rainforest
8.1%inclusion17 decks210 decks
-0%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
8.1%inclusion17 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Marsh Flats
7.6%inclusion16 decks210 decks
-0%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
7.6%inclusion16 decks210 decks
-0%synergy
Reflecting Pool
7.1%inclusion15 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
7.1%inclusion15 decks210 decks
1%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.7%inclusion14 decks210 decks
2%synergy
Scalding Tarn
6.7%inclusion14 decks210 decks
-1%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
-0%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
-4%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.2%inclusion13 decks210 decks
-0%synergy
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