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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
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
82%inclusion76 decks93 decks
80%synergy
Ruin Crab
85%inclusion79 decks93 decks
77%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
82%inclusion76 decks93 decks
76%synergy
Consuming Aberration
86%inclusion80 decks93 decks
71%synergy
Tree of Perdition
71%inclusion66 decks93 decks
69%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
67%inclusion62 decks93 decks
61%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
60%inclusion56 decks93 decks
59%synergy
The Water Crystal
67%inclusion29 decks43 decks
59%synergy
Mindcrank
70%inclusion65 decks93 decks
58%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
67%inclusion62 decks93 decks
56%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
72%inclusion67 decks93 decks
54%synergy
Singularity Rupture
66%inclusion23 decks35 decks
54%synergy
Fractured Sanity
60%inclusion56 decks93 decks
50%synergy
Visions of Beyond
58%inclusion54 decks93 decks
54%synergy
The Ancient One
58%inclusion54 decks93 decks
55%synergy
Mind Grind
56%inclusion52 decks93 decks
50%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
54%inclusion50 decks93 decks
47%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
54%inclusion50 decks93 decks
49%synergy
Nighthowler
53%inclusion49 decks93 decks
47%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
53%inclusion49 decks93 decks
50%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
-15%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-17%synergy
Field of the Dead
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Creatures
Syr Konrad, the Grim
49%inclusion46 decks93 decks
36%synergy
Wall of Frost
48%inclusion45 decks93 decks
47%synergy
Silent Arbiter
47%inclusion44 decks93 decks
46%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
42%inclusion8 decks19 decks
41%synergy
The Mindskinner
41%inclusion32 decks78 decks
34%synergy
Hedron Crab
41%inclusion38 decks93 decks
37%synergy
Mortivore
39%inclusion36 decks93 decks
37%synergy
Eater of the Dead
38%inclusion35 decks93 decks
36%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
35%inclusion33 decks93 decks
31%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
34%inclusion32 decks93 decks
33%synergy
Hover Barrier
32%inclusion30 decks93 decks
31%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
30%inclusion28 decks93 decks
29%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
30%inclusion28 decks93 decks
22%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
30%inclusion28 decks93 decks
27%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
29%inclusion19 decks65 decks
28%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
28%inclusion26 decks93 decks
25%synergy
Manic Scribe
28%inclusion26 decks93 decks
27%synergy
Undead Alchemist
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
26%inclusion24 decks93 decks
22%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
26%inclusion24 decks93 decks
21%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
25%inclusion22 decks87 decks
25%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
25%inclusion23 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Riddlekeeper
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
23%synergy
Fleet Swallower
23%inclusion21 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
22%inclusion20 decks89 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
20%inclusion19 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Soulless Jailer
20%inclusion19 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
20%inclusion19 decks93 decks
19%synergy
Avatar of Woe
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
19%synergy
Glacial Wall
18%inclusion17 decks93 decks
18%synergy
Fog Bank
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Lo and Li, Royal Advisors
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
15%synergy
Shadow Kin
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Baleful Strix
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
-9%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
14%inclusion12 decks87 decks
6%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
13%inclusion11 decks85 decks
12%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion11 decks87 decks
6%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Archivist
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Aegis Turtle
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Screeching Scorchbeast
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
53%inclusion49 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
44%inclusion41 decks93 decks
40%synergy
Didn't Say Please
31%inclusion29 decks93 decks
26%synergy
Mana Drain
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Denial
26%inclusion24 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Thought Collapse
23%inclusion21 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Archive Trap
23%inclusion21 decks93 decks
21%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
-14%synergy
Into the Story
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Drown in Dreams
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Brainstorm
18%inclusion17 decks93 decks
-12%synergy
Negate
18%inclusion17 decks93 decks
-14%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion15 decks87 decks
2%synergy
Psychic Strike
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Thought Scour
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
14%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
-15%synergy
Sink into Stupor
15%inclusion13 decks87 decks
-1%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
-1%synergy
Swan Song
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
-4%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Memory Plunder
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
12%inclusion9 decks78 decks
-5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion9 decks87 decks
-1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
-10%synergy
Aetherize
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Spiral
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Resculpt
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Dig Through Time
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
-1%synergy
Intellectual Offering
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Spider-Sense
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Reality Shift
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-7%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-9%synergy
Darkness
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Strix Serenade
5.7%inclusion5 decks87 decks
1%synergy
Fact or Fiction
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
-5%synergy
Reenact the Crime
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
5%synergy
See Double
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
44%inclusion41 decks93 decks
39%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
38%inclusion35 decks93 decks
28%synergy
Reanimate
33%inclusion31 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Traumatize
33%inclusion31 decks93 decks
29%synergy
Toxic Deluge
29%inclusion27 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Windfall
28%inclusion26 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
22%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
26%inclusion24 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Cut Your Losses
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Damnation
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion19 decks93 decks
18%synergy
Treasure Cruise
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
11%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Extract from Darkness
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Feed the Swarm
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
-21%synergy
Increasing Confusion
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
11%inclusion8 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Dread Summons
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Mind Sculpt
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Grasping Tentacles
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
6%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Startled Awake
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Ponder
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-10%synergy
Pilfered Plans
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
5.7%inclusion2 decks35 decks
5%synergy
Lórien Revealed
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Bond of Insight
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mesmeric Orb
52%inclusion48 decks93 decks
47%synergy
Bonehoard
37%inclusion34 decks93 decks
35%synergy
Lightning Greaves
37%inclusion34 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
31%inclusion20 decks65 decks
27%synergy
Altar of the Brood
28%inclusion26 decks93 decks
23%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
21%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Keening Stone
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Altar of Dementia
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
-14%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Folio of Fancies
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Jet Medallion
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Isochron Scepter
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Memory Erosion
48%inclusion45 decks93 decks
44%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
48%inclusion45 decks93 decks
42%synergy
Court of Cunning
41%inclusion38 decks93 decks
35%synergy
Propaganda
40%inclusion37 decks93 decks
23%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
34%inclusion32 decks93 decks
27%synergy
Intruder Alarm
32%inclusion30 decks93 decks
31%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
29%inclusion19 decks65 decks
27%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
24%synergy
Fraying Sanity
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
23%synergy
Freed from the Real
26%inclusion24 decks93 decks
25%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
20%inclusion19 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Animate Dead
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Mystic Remora
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
11%synergy
No Mercy
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Black Market Connections
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
-1%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Leyline of the Void
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Forced Fruition
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Necromancy
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion25 decks93 decks
21%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion16 decks93 decks
15%synergy
Jace Beleren
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
66%inclusion61 decks93 decks
27%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
43%inclusion40 decks93 decks
23%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
41%inclusion38 decks93 decks
37%synergy
Reliquary Tower
41%inclusion38 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
40%inclusion37 decks93 decks
31%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
40%inclusion37 decks93 decks
21%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
35%inclusion16 decks46 decks
30%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
34%inclusion32 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
30%inclusion28 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Restless Reef
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
14%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
20%inclusion19 decks93 decks
18%synergy
Cabal Coffers
19%inclusion18 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Rogue's Passage
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
-11%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Castle Locthwain
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Sunken Palace
9.3%inclusion8 decks86 decks
8%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Halimar Depths
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Castle Vantress
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
88%inclusion82 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Sol Ring
83%inclusion77 decks93 decks
-5%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
65%inclusion60 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Signet
61%inclusion57 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
32%inclusion30 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Mind Stone
32%inclusion30 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Thought Vessel
30%inclusion28 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
20%inclusion19 decks93 decks
3%synergy
The Soul Stone
16%inclusion5 decks32 decks
10%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Gilded Lotus
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.4%inclusion5 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
91%inclusion85 decks93 decks
-5%synergy
Island
91%inclusion85 decks93 decks
-5%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion81 decks93 decks
-1%synergy
Watery Grave
84%inclusion78 decks93 decks
37%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
82%inclusion76 decks93 decks
29%synergy
Morphic Pool
73%inclusion68 decks93 decks
36%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
70%inclusion65 decks93 decks
30%synergy
Polluted Delta
68%inclusion63 decks93 decks
36%synergy
Sunken Hollow
68%inclusion63 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
54%inclusion43 decks79 decks
31%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion43 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Underground River
42%inclusion39 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Undercity Sewers
41%inclusion38 decks93 decks
21%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
41%inclusion38 decks93 decks
16%synergy
Underground Sea
40%inclusion37 decks93 decks
27%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
40%inclusion37 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Tainted Isle
37%inclusion34 decks93 decks
-8%synergy
Sunken Ruins
35%inclusion33 decks93 decks
20%synergy
Temple of Deceit
34%inclusion32 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Choked Estuary
33%inclusion31 decks93 decks
-14%synergy
Fetid Pools
29%inclusion27 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Exotic Orchard
25%inclusion23 decks93 decks
-8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion22 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Fabled Passage
22%inclusion20 decks93 decks
13%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion15 decks87 decks
2%synergy
Prismatic Vista
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
9%synergy
Reflecting Pool
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
10%synergy
Marsh Flats
15%inclusion14 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Sink into Stupor
15%inclusion13 decks87 decks
-1%synergy
Misty Rainforest
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
0%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Scalding Tarn
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
6%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
14%inclusion13 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
14%inclusion12 decks87 decks
6%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
7%synergy
Flooded Strand
13%inclusion12 decks93 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion11 decks87 decks
6%synergy
River of Tears
12%inclusion11 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
11%inclusion10 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion9 decks87 decks
-1%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
-3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
3%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.5%inclusion7 decks93 decks
-2%synergy
Bad River
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
5%synergy
Dismal Backwater
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
-9%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.5%inclusion6 decks93 decks
0%synergy
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