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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
78%inclusion73 decks93 decks
77%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
75%inclusion70 decks93 decks
73%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
70%inclusion65 decks93 decks
68%synergy
Consuming Aberration
78%inclusion73 decks93 decks
64%synergy
Nighthowler
68%inclusion63 decks93 decks
62%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
62%inclusion58 decks93 decks
62%synergy
Psychic Strike
59%inclusion55 decks93 decks
56%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
61%inclusion57 decks93 decks
56%synergy
Manic Scribe
55%inclusion51 decks93 decks
54%synergy
Hover Barrier
54%inclusion50 decks93 decks
53%synergy
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Negate
57%inclusion53 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Bonehoard
55%inclusion51 decks93 decks
53%synergy
Didn't Say Please
54%inclusion50 decks93 decks
49%synergy
Thought Collapse
54%inclusion50 decks93 decks
51%synergy
Glacial Wall
53%inclusion49 decks93 decks
52%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
49%inclusion46 decks93 decks
48%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
48%inclusion45 decks93 decks
44%synergy
Pilfered Plans
47%inclusion44 decks93 decks
45%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
47%inclusion44 decks93 decks
46%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
47%inclusion44 decks93 decks
44%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-5%synergy
Creatures
Ruin Crab
46%inclusion43 decks93 decks
38%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
44%inclusion41 decks93 decks
44%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
44%inclusion41 decks93 decks
31%synergy
Wall of Runes
42%inclusion39 decks93 decks
42%synergy
Aegis Turtle
39%inclusion36 decks93 decks
38%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
38%inclusion35 decks93 decks
33%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
37%inclusion30 decks82 decks
36%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
34%inclusion32 decks93 decks
33%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
34%inclusion32 decks93 decks
34%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
34%inclusion32 decks93 decks
32%synergy
Mortivore
33%inclusion31 decks93 decks
32%synergy
Fog Bank
33%inclusion31 decks93 decks
32%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
32%inclusion30 decks93 decks
32%synergy
The Ancient One
32%inclusion30 decks93 decks
29%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
31%inclusion29 decks93 decks
28%synergy
Fleet Swallower
30%inclusion28 decks93 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion27 decks93 decks
28%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
28%inclusion26 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
28%inclusion24 decks86 decks
27%synergy
Undead Alchemist
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
24%inclusion10 decks41 decks
24%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
23%inclusion21 decks93 decks
22%synergy
Wall of Mist
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
20%inclusion19 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
18%inclusion17 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
18%inclusion17 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Academy Wall
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Coral Colony
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Nanoform Sentinel
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Riptide Turtle
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Junk
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Air
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Shadow Kin
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Monastery Flock
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
13%synergy
The Mindskinner
12%inclusion9 decks73 decks
5%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Moaning Wall
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Doorkeeper
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
11%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Hedron Crab
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Into the Story
38%inclusion35 decks93 decks
36%synergy
Drown in the Loch
38%inclusion35 decks93 decks
19%synergy
Crypt Incursion
34%inclusion32 decks93 decks
33%synergy
Aetherize
29%inclusion27 decks93 decks
18%synergy
Counterspell
29%inclusion27 decks93 decks
-27%synergy
Thought Scour
26%inclusion24 decks93 decks
19%synergy
Murder
23%inclusion21 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Fact or Fiction
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Doom Blade
18%inclusion17 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Intellectual Offering
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Countermand
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Cancel
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Drown in Dreams
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
-16%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Induce Paranoia
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Reality Shift
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
-1%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
12%inclusion9 decks73 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Charm
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Mana Leak
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
0%synergy
Psychic Spiral
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Hero's Downfall
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Archive Trap
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Soul Manipulation
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Memory Plunder
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Triton Tactics
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Opt
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Perplex
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Dig Through Time
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Essence Scatter
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Resculpt
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Memory Lapse
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Dream Twist
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-9%synergy
Terror
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
5.5%inclusion4 decks73 decks
-11%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
-25%synergy
Dispel
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
-1%synergy
Careful Consideration
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Dissolve
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Expel from Orazca
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Dark Ritual
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
-30%synergy
Swallowed by Leviathan
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Extract from Darkness
40%inclusion37 decks93 decks
32%synergy
Singularity Rupture
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
26%synergy
Treasure Cruise
34%inclusion32 decks93 decks
26%synergy
Cut Your Losses
34%inclusion32 decks93 decks
30%synergy
Fractured Sanity
33%inclusion31 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Traumatize
32%inclusion30 decks93 decks
28%synergy
Feed the Swarm
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
-12%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
20%inclusion19 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
20%inclusion19 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Read the Bones
18%inclusion17 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Mind Sculpt
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Whispering Madness
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Mind Grind
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Tome Scour
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Mind Funeral
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Coerced Confession
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Ravenform
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Languish
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Bond of Insight
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Seize the Secrets
8.1%inclusion7 decks86 decks
8%synergy
Divination
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Eldritch Pact
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Notion Rain
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Aether Gale
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Fell
6.6%inclusion5 decks76 decks
4%synergy
Psychic Drain
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Dreadwaters
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Compulsive Research
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Dread Summons
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Concentrate
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Fascination
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
-5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
35%inclusion33 decks93 decks
34%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Mindcrank
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Profane Memento
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
-15%synergy
Folio of Fancies
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
7%synergy
The Water Crystal
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Sands of Delirium
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Codex Shredder
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Millstone
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Trepanation Blade
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion37 decks93 decks
36%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
35%inclusion33 decks93 decks
34%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
33%inclusion31 decks93 decks
32%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Drowned Secrets
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
13%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Erasure
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Honest Work
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Propaganda
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
-7%synergy
Intruder Alarm
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Court of Cunning
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Death's Approach
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Intimidation Campaign
7.0%inclusion6 decks86 decks
7%synergy
Curse of Unbinding
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Lost in the Maze
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Memory Erosion
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
-8%synergy
Chronic Flooding
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Jace Beleren
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion34 decks93 decks
28%synergy
Bojuka Bog
18%inclusion17 decks93 decks
-21%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Restless Reef
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
-1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
-19%synergy
Reliquary Tower
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
-29%synergy
Barren Moor
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
-12%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
61%inclusion57 decks93 decks
-27%synergy
Arcane Signet
60%inclusion56 decks93 decks
-24%synergy
Dimir Signet
57%inclusion53 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
41%inclusion38 decks93 decks
23%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion35 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Locket
30%inclusion28 decks93 decks
27%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
-35%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
18%inclusion17 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Sky Diamond
18%inclusion17 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Fellwar Stone
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
-15%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Worn Powerstone
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Prismatic Lens
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion93 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion93 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
68%inclusion63 decks93 decks
-20%synergy
Dismal Backwater
66%inclusion61 decks93 decks
50%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
57%inclusion53 decks93 decks
18%synergy
Temple of Deceit
56%inclusion52 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Sunken Hollow
54%inclusion50 decks93 decks
-12%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
47%inclusion44 decks93 decks
41%synergy
Choked Estuary
42%inclusion39 decks93 decks
-6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
42%inclusion39 decks93 decks
25%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
37%inclusion34 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
30%inclusion28 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
28%inclusion26 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
19%synergy
Tainted Isle
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
-23%synergy
Myriad Landscape
18%inclusion17 decks93 decks
-4%synergy
Waterfront District
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
0%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
-43%synergy
Exotic Orchard
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
-24%synergy
River of Tears
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Soured Springs
7.0%inclusion6 decks86 decks
4%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-21%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
-1%synergy
Watery Grave
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
-42%synergy
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