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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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The Master of Lake-town
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
75%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
81%inclusion17 decks21 decks
75%synergy
Tree of Perdition
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
74%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
74%synergy
Ruin Crab
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
68%synergy
The Ancient One
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
63%synergy
Singularity Rupture
74%inclusion14 decks19 decks
61%synergy
Eater of the Dead
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
61%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
60%synergy
The Water Crystal
68%inclusion13 decks19 decks
59%synergy
Top Cards
Counterspell
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
51%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
59%inclusion10 decks17 decks
57%synergy
Hedron Crab
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
53%synergy
Mind Grind
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
52%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
52%synergy
Fractured Sanity
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
48%synergy
Propaganda
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
39%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
47%synergy
Drown in the Loch
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
35%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Demonic Tutor
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
24%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Notion Thief
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
The One Ring
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Mana Vault
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Force of Will
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Creatures
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
39%synergy
Silent Arbiter
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
46%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
43%synergy
Nighthowler
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
37%synergy
Undead Alchemist
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
36%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
36%synergy
Wall of Frost
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
37%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
33%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
34%synergy
The Mindskinner
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
26%synergy
Mortivore
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
33%synergy
Soulless Jailer
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
33%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Fog Bank
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Faerie Mastermind
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Guiltfeeder
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Sheoldred
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Hover Barrier
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Riddlekeeper
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Shield Sphere
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Loki, God of Mischief
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-0%synergy
Hunted Horror
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Kami of the Crescent Moon
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Fleet Swallower
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Forensic Researcher
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
49%synergy
Sink into Stupor
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Mana Drain
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Swan Song
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Dark Ritual
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
-9%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
25%synergy
Deadly Rollick
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
8%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-8%synergy
Thought Collapse
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Arcane Denial
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-3%synergy
Crypt Incursion
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Withering Torment
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Negate
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-13%synergy
Didn't Say Please
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Drown in Dreams
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Archive Trap
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Into the Story
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Aetherize
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Psychic Strike
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Brain Freeze
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Resculpt
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Force of Negation
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Baleful Mastery
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Spider-Sense
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
4%synergy
Magic Damper
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Consult the Star Charts
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Windfall
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
29%synergy
Traumatize
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
38%synergy
Cut Your Losses
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
29%synergy
Feed the Swarm
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Reanimate
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
24%synergy
Toxic Deluge
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Damnation
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Grim Tutor
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Ponder
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Lórien Revealed
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Mind Funeral
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Stock Up
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Treasure Cruise
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Night's Whisper
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Startled Awake
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Preordain
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Extract from Darkness
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Ureni's Rebuff
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
51%synergy
Mindcrank
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
36%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
39%synergy
Lightning Greaves
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Altar of the Brood
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
33%synergy
Bonehoard
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-10%synergy
Keening Stone
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
10%inclusion2 decks20 decks
6%synergy
Voltaic Key
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Unwinding Clock
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Manifold Key
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Magewright's Stone
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Howling Mine
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Isochron Scepter
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Codex Shredder
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Insight Engine
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Intruder Alarm
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
42%synergy
Fraying Sanity
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
34%synergy
Memory Erosion
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
34%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
31%synergy
Mystic Remora
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Court of Cunning
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Animate Dead
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
17%synergy
No Mercy
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Black Market Connections
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Freed from the Real
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Forced Fruition
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Planar Void
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
42%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
34%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
39%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
40%inclusion8 decks20 decks
35%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Cabal Coffers
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Reliquary Tower
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-12%synergy
Urza's Saga
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Academy Ruins
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Tolaria West
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Inventors' Fair
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Restless Reef
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Vault of Whispers
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Ancient Tomb
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Maze of Ith
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Strip Mine
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Field of Ruin
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Uthros, Titanic Godcore
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Mistrise Village
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Signet
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Thought Vessel
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Midnight Clock
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Mox Opal
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Lotus Petal
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
The Soul Stone
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
-1%synergy
Lands
Underground Sea
100%inclusion21 decks21 decks
87%synergy
Command Tower
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Island
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Watery Grave
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
41%synergy
Swamp
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
-11%synergy
Polluted Delta
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
53%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Morphic Pool
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
30%synergy
Undercity Sewers
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
36%synergy
Sunken Hollow
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
-8%synergy
Misty Rainforest
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
44%synergy
Flooded Strand
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
44%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Sunken Ruins
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
30%synergy
Underground River
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Prismatic Vista
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Scalding Tarn
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
30%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
26%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Marsh Flats
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
26%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
25%synergy
Tainted Isle
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
-16%synergy
Fetid Pools
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Fell the Profane
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Temple of Deceit
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-11%synergy
Choked Estuary
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-23%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Fabled Passage
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-20%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Darkslick Shores
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-5%synergy
Exotic Orchard
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-18%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
River of Tears
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Mana Confluence
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
City of Brass
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Hidden Lair
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Dismal Backwater
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-7%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
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