Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget Core

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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Wall of Frost
74%inclusion65 decks88 decks
73%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
72%inclusion63 decks88 decks
69%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
69%inclusion61 decks88 decks
67%synergy
Nighthowler
68%inclusion60 decks88 decks
62%synergy
Consuming Aberration
77%inclusion68 decks88 decks
62%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
61%inclusion54 decks88 decks
61%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
61%inclusion54 decks88 decks
56%synergy
Psychic Strike
57%inclusion50 decks88 decks
54%synergy
Manic Scribe
55%inclusion48 decks88 decks
53%synergy
Glacial Wall
53%inclusion47 decks88 decks
53%synergy
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Bonehoard
55%inclusion48 decks88 decks
53%synergy
Negate
53%inclusion47 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Thought Collapse
53%inclusion47 decks88 decks
50%synergy
Didn't Say Please
52%inclusion46 decks88 decks
47%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
50%inclusion44 decks88 decks
45%synergy
Hover Barrier
50%inclusion44 decks88 decks
49%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
49%inclusion43 decks88 decks
47%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
47%inclusion41 decks88 decks
43%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
45%inclusion40 decks88 decks
44%synergy
Pilfered Plans
44%inclusion39 decks88 decks
42%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
-4%synergy
Creatures
Syr Konrad, the Grim
43%inclusion38 decks88 decks
30%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
43%inclusion38 decks88 decks
43%synergy
Aegis Turtle
42%inclusion37 decks88 decks
42%synergy
Ruin Crab
41%inclusion36 decks88 decks
33%synergy
Wall of Runes
40%inclusion35 decks88 decks
39%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
33%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
36%inclusion31 decks86 decks
35%synergy
Mortivore
35%inclusion31 decks88 decks
34%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
35%inclusion31 decks88 decks
33%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
33%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
33%inclusion29 decks88 decks
32%synergy
Fog Bank
33%inclusion29 decks88 decks
32%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
33%inclusion29 decks88 decks
30%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
31%synergy
Fleet Swallower
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
29%synergy
The Ancient One
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
27%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
27%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
30%inclusion26 decks88 decks
29%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
27%inclusion24 decks88 decks
27%synergy
Undead Alchemist
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
24%inclusion11 decks45 decks
24%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
23%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Mist
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Shadow Kin
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
14%synergy
The Mindskinner
16%inclusion12 decks77 decks
9%synergy
Coral Colony
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Riptide Turtle
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Academy Wall
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Air
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Tree of Perdition
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Moaning Wall
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Monastery Flock
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Doorkeeper
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Scaretiller
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Hedron Crab
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Into the Story
40%inclusion35 decks88 decks
38%synergy
Drown in the Loch
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Crypt Incursion
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
30%synergy
Aetherize
27%inclusion24 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Thought Scour
27%inclusion24 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Counterspell
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
-31%synergy
Murder
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Fact or Fiction
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Doom Blade
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
15%inclusion13 decks86 decks
4%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Countermand
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Intellectual Offering
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Brainstorm
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
-18%synergy
Induce Paranoia
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
12%inclusion9 decks77 decks
9%synergy
Archive Trap
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Reality Shift
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Mind Transfer Protocol
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Hero's Downfall
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-6%synergy
Dimir Charm
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Soul Manipulation
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Mana Leak
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Perplex
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Psychic Spiral
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Memory Plunder
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Opt
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
-4%synergy
Resculpt
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Memory Lapse
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Dig Through Time
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Cancel
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
-8%synergy
Dream Twist
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Withering Torment
7.8%inclusion6 decks77 decks
-8%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Essence Scatter
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Triton Tactics
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Countersquall
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Careful Consideration
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
6%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-25%synergy
Expel from Orazca
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Terror
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Cast Down
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Extract from Darkness
40%inclusion35 decks88 decks
32%synergy
Cut Your Losses
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
30%synergy
Treasure Cruise
33%inclusion29 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Traumatize
33%inclusion29 decks88 decks
28%synergy
Fractured Sanity
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Singularity Rupture
30%inclusion6 decks20 decks
18%synergy
Feed the Swarm
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
-11%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Read the Bones
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Whispering Madness
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Mind Sculpt
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Dream Harvest
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Mind Grind
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Tome Scour
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Ravenform
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Eldritch Pact
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Bond of Insight
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Mind Funeral
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Seize the Secrets
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Notion Rain
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Divination
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Aether Gale
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Languish
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Compulsive Research
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Fascination
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Dread Summons
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Coerced Confession
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Startled Awake
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Concentrate
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Dreadwaters
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Psychic Drain
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Fell
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
36%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
18%inclusion8 decks45 decks
14%synergy
The Water Crystal
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Mindcrank
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Sewer-veillance Cam
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Folio of Fancies
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Profane Memento
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
-15%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Sands of Delirium
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Millstone
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Codex Shredder
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
42%inclusion37 decks88 decks
38%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
35%inclusion31 decks88 decks
34%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
32%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Drowned Secrets
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
11%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Intruder Alarm
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Death's Approach
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Erasure
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
7%synergy
Freed from the Real
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Court of Cunning
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Propaganda
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
-9%synergy
Intimidation Campaign
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Lost in the Maze
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Curse of Unbinding
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-7%synergy
Honest Work
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Unable to Scream
5.2%inclusion4 decks77 decks
4%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Jace Beleren
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion34 decks88 decks
30%synergy
Bojuka Bog
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
-18%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Mortuary Mire
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Temple of the False God
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Restless Reef
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Dreadship Reef
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
-29%synergy
Barren Moor
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Rogue's Passage
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-21%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
64%inclusion56 decks88 decks
-20%synergy
Sol Ring
61%inclusion54 decks88 decks
-27%synergy
Dimir Signet
58%inclusion51 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
43%inclusion38 decks88 decks
26%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Locket
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
28%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
-34%synergy
Sky Diamond
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
-15%synergy
Worn Powerstone
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Blitzball
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
7%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Prismatic Lens
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Thought Vessel
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-26%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion88 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion88 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
72%inclusion63 decks88 decks
-16%synergy
Dismal Backwater
69%inclusion61 decks88 decks
53%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
63%inclusion55 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Sunken Hollow
55%inclusion48 decks88 decks
-11%synergy
Temple of Deceit
52%inclusion46 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
49%inclusion43 decks88 decks
42%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion39 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Evolving Wilds
42%inclusion37 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
40%inclusion35 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Tainted Isle
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
-22%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Waterfront District
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
15%inclusion13 decks86 decks
4%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
-20%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
-45%synergy
Port of Karfell
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Soured Springs
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
-20%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Watery Grave
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-42%synergy
Murky Sewer
5.2%inclusion4 decks77 decks
3%synergy
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