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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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Dream Harvest
3.4%inclusion2 decks58 decks
-1%synergy
Oft-Nabbed Goat
1.6%inclusion1 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
1.6%inclusion1 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Glen Elendra's Answer
1.5%inclusion1 decks65 decks
-1%synergy
Perfect Intimidation
1.2%inclusion1 decks86 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
77%inclusion722 decks936 decks
75%synergy
Consuming Aberration
87%inclusion816 decks936 decks
72%synergy
Ruin Crab
75%inclusion705 decks936 decks
67%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
59%inclusion556 decks936 decks
57%synergy
Wall of Frost
58%inclusion539 decks936 decks
56%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
65%inclusion605 decks936 decks
54%synergy
Nighthowler
59%inclusion554 decks936 decks
53%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
56%inclusion526 decks936 decks
52%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
57%inclusion532 decks936 decks
51%synergy
Fractured Sanity
57%inclusion532 decks936 decks
47%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
61%inclusion574 decks936 decks
43%synergy
Mindcrank
58%inclusion542 decks936 decks
46%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion489 decks936 decks
39%synergy
Counterspell
51%inclusion477 decks936 decks
-5%synergy
Mind Grind
51%inclusion474 decks936 decks
45%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
50%inclusion465 decks936 decks
43%synergy
Traumatize
49%inclusion460 decks936 decks
45%synergy
Tree of Perdition
48%inclusion453 decks936 decks
47%synergy
Fraying Sanity
47%inclusion443 decks936 decks
44%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
46%inclusion434 decks936 decks
40%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
8.1%inclusion76 decks936 decks
-3%synergy
Creatures
The Ancient One
45%inclusion417 decks936 decks
41%synergy
Mortivore
43%inclusion401 decks936 decks
41%synergy
Fleet Swallower
37%inclusion343 decks936 decks
34%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
36%inclusion336 decks936 decks
34%synergy
Hover Barrier
36%inclusion336 decks936 decks
35%synergy
Hedron Crab
35%inclusion330 decks936 decks
31%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
35%inclusion329 decks936 decks
31%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
34%inclusion320 decks936 decks
29%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
34%inclusion316 decks936 decks
26%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
33%inclusion309 decks936 decks
32%synergy
Manic Scribe
33%inclusion307 decks936 decks
32%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
32%inclusion297 decks936 decks
31%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
31%inclusion288 decks936 decks
28%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
31%inclusion287 decks936 decks
30%synergy
Eater of the Dead
31%inclusion286 decks936 decks
29%synergy
Silent Arbiter
30%inclusion281 decks936 decks
29%synergy
The Mindskinner
30%inclusion212 decks709 decks
23%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
30%inclusion279 decks936 decks
23%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
29%inclusion274 decks936 decks
26%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
28%inclusion260 decks936 decks
27%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
27%inclusion132 decks498 decks
26%synergy
Guiltfeeder
26%inclusion243 decks936 decks
21%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
26%inclusion216 decks844 decks
25%synergy
Undead Alchemist
23%inclusion218 decks936 decks
21%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
23%inclusion204 decks881 decks
22%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
22%inclusion205 decks936 decks
21%synergy
Glacial Wall
22%inclusion204 decks936 decks
21%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
21%inclusion196 decks936 decks
20%synergy
Aegis Turtle
20%inclusion187 decks936 decks
20%synergy
Fog Bank
20%inclusion185 decks936 decks
19%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
19%inclusion181 decks936 decks
16%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
18%inclusion23 decks125 decks
17%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
18%inclusion167 decks936 decks
17%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
18%inclusion167 decks936 decks
17%synergy
Soulless Jailer
17%inclusion158 decks936 decks
16%synergy
Avatar of Woe
16%inclusion149 decks936 decks
15%synergy
Riddlekeeper
16%inclusion149 decks936 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Runes
14%inclusion134 decks936 decks
14%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
14%inclusion128 decks936 decks
13%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
13%inclusion123 decks936 decks
12%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
13%inclusion118 decks936 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
11%inclusion103 decks936 decks
10%synergy
Shadow Kin
11%inclusion100 decks936 decks
8%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion96 decks924 decks
10%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
10%inclusion81 decks799 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Archivist
10%inclusion91 decks936 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Mist
10%inclusion89 decks936 decks
9%synergy
Wall of Junk
9.1%inclusion85 decks936 decks
9%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
8.8%inclusion82 decks936 decks
8%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
8.6%inclusion54 decks630 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
45%inclusion420 decks936 decks
41%synergy
Didn't Say Please
41%inclusion381 decks936 decks
36%synergy
Thought Collapse
37%inclusion345 decks936 decks
34%synergy
Visions of Beyond
36%inclusion340 decks936 decks
33%synergy
Psychic Strike
36%inclusion333 decks936 decks
33%synergy
Negate
29%inclusion271 decks936 decks
-4%synergy
Into the Story
27%inclusion253 decks936 decks
25%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
27%inclusion250 decks936 decks
25%synergy
Crypt Incursion
22%inclusion208 decks936 decks
21%synergy
Thought Scour
22%inclusion207 decks936 decks
16%synergy
Drown in Dreams
20%inclusion188 decks936 decks
16%synergy
Archive Trap
20%inclusion188 decks936 decks
18%synergy
Aetherize
18%inclusion165 decks936 decks
7%synergy
Brainstorm
17%inclusion158 decks936 decks
-14%synergy
Arcane Denial
15%inclusion137 decks936 decks
-11%synergy
Dark Ritual
15%inclusion136 decks936 decks
-21%synergy
Memory Plunder
14%inclusion134 decks936 decks
8%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
12%inclusion114 decks936 decks
-18%synergy
Withering Torment
12%inclusion81 decks704 decks
-5%synergy
Psychic Spiral
11%inclusion100 decks936 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion83 decks836 decks
-2%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion91 decks936 decks
-7%synergy
Reality Shift
9.1%inclusion85 decks936 decks
-5%synergy
Pongify
8.9%inclusion83 decks936 decks
-6%synergy
Murder
8.4%inclusion79 decks936 decks
1%synergy
Doom Blade
8.1%inclusion76 decks936 decks
5%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.9%inclusion74 decks936 decks
-2%synergy
Intellectual Offering
7.8%inclusion73 decks936 decks
8%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.7%inclusion72 decks936 decks
-2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.5%inclusion70 decks936 decks
-8%synergy
Perplex
7.4%inclusion69 decks936 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.3%inclusion61 decks837 decks
-8%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.5%inclusion61 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Opt
6.2%inclusion58 decks936 decks
-6%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.0%inclusion56 decks936 decks
-4%synergy
Resculpt
5.9%inclusion55 decks936 decks
-1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
5.6%inclusion47 decks837 decks
-10%synergy
Swan Song
5.6%inclusion52 decks936 decks
-13%synergy
Cancel
5.3%inclusion50 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Induce Paranoia
5.3%inclusion50 decks936 decks
5%synergy
Countermand
5.1%inclusion48 decks936 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Singularity Rupture
46%inclusion117 decks256 decks
34%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
32%inclusion301 decks936 decks
27%synergy
Cut Your Losses
31%inclusion288 decks936 decks
27%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
31%inclusion288 decks936 decks
26%synergy
Mind Funeral
28%inclusion263 decks936 decks
25%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
25%inclusion238 decks936 decks
16%synergy
Extract from Darkness
23%inclusion216 decks936 decks
16%synergy
Feed the Swarm
22%inclusion202 decks936 decks
-14%synergy
Windfall
21%inclusion201 decks936 decks
8%synergy
Pilfered Plans
21%inclusion192 decks936 decks
18%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
19%inclusion181 decks936 decks
10%synergy
Treasure Cruise
16%inclusion146 decks936 decks
7%synergy
Toxic Deluge
14%inclusion131 decks936 decks
-12%synergy
Reanimate
13%inclusion123 decks936 decks
-11%synergy
Whispering Madness
13%inclusion120 decks936 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion113 decks936 decks
5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
11%inclusion107 decks936 decks
11%synergy
Mind Sculpt
10%inclusion94 decks936 decks
9%synergy
Startled Awake
10%inclusion93 decks936 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
8.8%inclusion82 decks936 decks
-7%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.7%inclusion81 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Damnation
8.4%inclusion79 decks936 decks
-2%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
8.4%inclusion78 decks928 decks
7%synergy
Read the Bones
8.3%inclusion78 decks936 decks
4%synergy
Eldritch Pact
8.0%inclusion75 decks936 decks
7%synergy
Tome Scour
7.8%inclusion73 decks936 decks
7%synergy
Dread Summons
7.8%inclusion73 decks936 decks
4%synergy
Preordain
6.6%inclusion62 decks936 decks
-3%synergy
Bond of Insight
6.0%inclusion56 decks936 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.7%inclusion53 decks936 decks
-1%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.2%inclusion49 decks936 decks
3%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
5.0%inclusion47 decks936 decks
0%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
41%inclusion385 decks936 decks
39%synergy
The Water Crystal
40%inclusion131 decks328 decks
31%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
30%inclusion283 decks936 decks
29%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
28%inclusion263 decks936 decks
23%synergy
Keening Stone
26%inclusion239 decks936 decks
24%synergy
Altar of the Brood
23%inclusion214 decks936 decks
18%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
20%inclusion102 decks498 decks
17%synergy
Lightning Greaves
18%inclusion173 decks936 decks
-9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
15%inclusion138 decks936 decks
13%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion137 decks936 decks
1%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion122 decks936 decks
-11%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
12%inclusion115 decks936 decks
12%synergy
Folio of Fancies
10%inclusion92 decks936 decks
9%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
10%inclusion89 decks936 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
8.5%inclusion80 decks936 decks
8%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
8.4%inclusion79 decks936 decks
8%synergy
Grindstone
7.5%inclusion70 decks936 decks
6%synergy
Altar of Dementia
7.3%inclusion68 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.5%inclusion61 decks936 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.5%inclusion61 decks936 decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
6.1%inclusion57 decks936 decks
-1%synergy
Sands of Delirium
5.4%inclusion51 decks936 decks
5%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
5.4%inclusion51 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Memory Erosion
43%inclusion403 decks936 decks
39%synergy
Court of Cunning
37%inclusion345 decks936 decks
31%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
35%inclusion331 decks936 decks
32%synergy
Propaganda
32%inclusion299 decks936 decks
15%synergy
Intruder Alarm
26%inclusion240 decks936 decks
24%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
23%inclusion211 decks936 decks
21%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
20%inclusion184 decks936 decks
12%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion181 decks936 decks
18%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
19%inclusion94 decks498 decks
17%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
19%inclusion175 decks936 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion160 decks936 decks
4%synergy
Drowned Secrets
10%inclusion93 decks936 decks
9%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
9.3%inclusion87 decks936 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Erasure
8.7%inclusion81 decks936 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
7.8%inclusion73 decks936 decks
5%synergy
Animate Dead
7.6%inclusion71 decks936 decks
-4%synergy
Mystic Remora
6.5%inclusion61 decks936 decks
-9%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
5.2%inclusion49 decks936 decks
4%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5.1%inclusion47 decks927 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
26%inclusion244 decks936 decks
24%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
25%inclusion238 decks936 decks
19%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion146 decks936 decks
13%synergy
Jace Beleren
11%inclusion100 decks936 decks
10%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.6%inclusion62 decks936 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
6.3%inclusion59 decks936 decks
5%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
6.2%inclusion58 decks936 decks
4%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
5.4%inclusion51 decks936 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
45%inclusion417 decks936 decks
6%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
44%inclusion415 decks936 decks
35%synergy
Reliquary Tower
28%inclusion265 decks936 decks
-8%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
22%inclusion78 decks347 decks
18%synergy
Restless Reef
21%inclusion199 decks936 decks
14%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
20%inclusion183 decks936 decks
2%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
15%inclusion138 decks936 decks
12%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
14%inclusion132 decks936 decks
12%synergy
Temple of the False God
14%inclusion129 decks936 decks
4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
13%inclusion118 decks936 decks
-15%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion96 decks936 decks
2%synergy
Halimar Depths
9.2%inclusion86 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
8.0%inclusion75 decks936 decks
-12%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.8%inclusion64 decks936 decks
-2%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
6.5%inclusion61 decks936 decks
-12%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
6.4%inclusion60 decks936 decks
-6%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
6.1%inclusion57 decks936 decks
2%synergy
Castle Vantress
5.9%inclusion55 decks936 decks
1%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
5.7%inclusion53 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.6%inclusion52 decks936 decks
2%synergy
Barren Moor
5.2%inclusion49 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
85%inclusion799 decks936 decks
-3%synergy
Arcane Signet
77%inclusion717 decks936 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir Signet
64%inclusion599 decks936 decks
4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
47%inclusion439 decks936 decks
-12%synergy
Mind Stone
32%inclusion298 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
30%inclusion279 decks936 decks
12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
23%inclusion213 decks936 decks
-8%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion189 decks936 decks
-12%synergy
Midnight Clock
13%inclusion117 decks936 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
11%inclusion104 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
10%inclusion96 decks936 decks
2%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion95 decks936 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Locket
10%inclusion91 decks936 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
6.9%inclusion65 decks936 decks
5%synergy
Worn Powerstone
6.2%inclusion58 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.2%inclusion49 decks936 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
96%inclusion896 decks936 decks
-1%synergy
Swamp
95%inclusion893 decks936 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
79%inclusion738 decks936 decks
-9%synergy
Sunken Hollow
63%inclusion587 decks936 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
54%inclusion502 decks936 decks
15%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
50%inclusion467 decks936 decks
-3%synergy
Temple of Deceit
49%inclusion454 decks936 decks
12%synergy
Choked Estuary
47%inclusion441 decks936 decks
-1%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
41%inclusion380 decks936 decks
1%synergy
Tainted Isle
34%inclusion314 decks936 decks
-11%synergy
Evolving Wilds
33%inclusion308 decks936 decks
16%synergy
Dismal Backwater
32%inclusion298 decks936 decks
16%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
31%inclusion292 decks936 decks
-9%synergy
Watery Grave
30%inclusion280 decks936 decks
-17%synergy
Underground River
25%inclusion235 decks936 decks
-14%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion223 decks936 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
24%inclusion222 decks936 decks
12%synergy
Exotic Orchard
22%inclusion209 decks936 decks
-11%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
21%inclusion196 decks936 decks
14%synergy
Morphic Pool
20%inclusion188 decks936 decks
-17%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion186 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
18%inclusion165 decks936 decks
-7%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
16%inclusion116 decks710 decks
-7%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
16%inclusion148 decks936 decks
10%synergy
Polluted Delta
16%inclusion146 decks936 decks
-16%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
13%inclusion125 decks936 decks
9%synergy
Darkslick Shores
10%inclusion98 decks936 decks
-3%synergy
River of Tears
10%inclusion97 decks936 decks
0%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion83 decks836 decks
-2%synergy
Undercity Sewers
9.4%inclusion88 decks936 decks
-11%synergy
Sunken Ruins
9.1%inclusion85 decks936 decks
-6%synergy
Ice Tunnel
8.2%inclusion77 decks936 decks
3%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
8.2%inclusion77 decks936 decks
2%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.8%inclusion73 decks936 decks
1%synergy
Fabled Passage
7.5%inclusion70 decks936 decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.3%inclusion61 decks837 decks
-8%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
7.2%inclusion60 decks831 decks
-1%synergy
Waterfront District
7.2%inclusion67 decks936 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.9%inclusion57 decks831 decks
0%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.2%inclusion58 decks936 decks
-21%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
5.7%inclusion53 decks936 decks
-2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
5.6%inclusion47 decks837 decks
-10%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.6%inclusion52 decks936 decks
-2%synergy
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