Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Exhibition Mill

Phenax, God of Deception
Rank #261
9decks
Landon Crispens
Dec 8, 2025
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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Ruin Crab
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
69%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
65%synergy
Consuming Aberration
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
63%synergy
Wall of Runes
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
55%synergy
Wall of Frost
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Hedron Crab
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
51%synergy
Horseshoe Crab
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
44%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
44%synergy
Manic Scribe
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
43%synergy
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Tree of Perdition
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Drown in the Loch
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Mindcrank
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Nighthowler
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
34%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Fog Bank
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Hover Barrier
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Dreadlight Monstrosity
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Scrabbling Skullcrab
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Fortress Crab
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Uchuulon
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Junk
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Mulldrifter
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Avatar of Woe
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
The Mindskinner
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Eddymurk Crab
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Canyon Crab
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Fleet Swallower
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Crabomination
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
The Ancient One
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Ancient Crab
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Shorecomber Crab
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Glacial Wall
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Surge Mare
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Burnished Hart
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Wall of Stolen Identity
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Wishcoin Crab
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Crystacean
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Szadek, Lord of Secrets
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Riptide Turtle
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Purple-Crystal Crab
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Shield Sphere
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Aegis Turtle
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Soulless Jailer
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Jwari Scuttler
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Doorkeeper
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Chromeshell Crab
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Skittering Crustacean
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Soliton
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Instants
Grisly Spectacle
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Go for the Throat
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Negate
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Swan Song
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Charm
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Counterspell
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-34%synergy
Disperse
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Visions of Beyond
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Refocus
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Pongify
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Psychic Strike
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Memory Drain
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Hour of Need
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Reality Spasm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Countermand
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dark Ritual
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-25%synergy
Triton Tactics
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Time Stop
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Psychic Spiral
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Thought Collapse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Reality Shift
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Thirst for Meaning
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Nightmarish End
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Opt
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-0%synergy
Shell Shield
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dissolve
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Aetherize
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-0%synergy
Thought Scour
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Unsummon
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Clairvoyance
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Murder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Engulf the Shore
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Rakshasa's Disdain
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Soul Manipulation
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Pull from Tomorrow
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Memory Lapse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Consider
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Into the Roil
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Archive Trap
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Doom Blade
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Boomerang
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
March of Swirling Mist
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Neutralizing Blast
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Hard Evidence
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Extinguish All Hope
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
13%synergy
Fractured Sanity
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
13%synergy
Extract from Darkness
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Windfall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Agonizing Remorse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Tormented Thoughts
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Divination
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Haunting Voyage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
March of the Returned
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Curse of the Swine
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Feed the Swarm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-24%synergy
Read the Bones
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Dread Summons
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Lórien Revealed
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Clone Legion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Fascination
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Covetous Urge
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Destroy the Evidence
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mind Grind
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Fell
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Living Death
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Bond of Insight
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Ghastly Conscription
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Tome Scour
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Distant Melody
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-1%synergy
Toxic Deluge
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-14%synergy
Pilfered Plans
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Sweet Oblivion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
River's Rebuke
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Sign in Blood
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Kindred Dominance
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Mind Funeral
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Treasure Cruise
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Brainspoil
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Thoughtseize
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Languish
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Tip the Scales
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Psychic Intrusion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Blood Money
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Stream of Thought
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Riverchurn Monument
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Bonehoard
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Altar of the Brood
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Codex Shredder
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Millstone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Traveler's Amulet
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Mirror Shield
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Grindclock
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Grindstone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Pyxis of Pandemonium
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sands of Delirium
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-13%synergy
Mind's Eye
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
The Water Crystal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Keening Stone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Aether Syphon
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Isochron Scepter
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Enchantments
Freed from the Real
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Scuttletide
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Court of Cunning
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Memory Erosion
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Waste Not
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Kindred Discovery
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Ashiok's Erasure
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Intruder Alarm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Monastery Siege
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Megrim
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Deep Freeze
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Hedonist's Trove
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dress Down
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Raiders' Wake
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Propaganda
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-7%synergy
Search for Azcanta
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Elspeth's Nightmare
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Crab Umbra
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mystic Remora
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-4%synergy
Liliana's Caress
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Fraying Sanity
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Copy Land
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Leyline of the Void
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-16%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
13%synergy
Mistrise Village
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Reliquary Tower
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-14%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Barren Moor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Labyrinth of Skophos
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-9%synergy
Restless Reef
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-7%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-16%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Command Beacon
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Great Hall of the Citadel
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Field of Ruin
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
-28%synergy
Sol Ring
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
-32%synergy
Dimir Signet
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
-14%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Commander's Sphere
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-36%synergy
Fellwar Stone
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-8%synergy
Astral Cornucopia
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mistvein Borderpost
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Springleaf Drum
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Nyx Lotus
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Star Compass
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Manalith
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Lands
Swamp
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
-8%synergy
Island
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
-8%synergy
Command Tower
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Underground River
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Polluted Delta
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Morphic Pool
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Temple of Deceit
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Dismal Backwater
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Sunken Hollow
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-32%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Watery Grave
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-15%synergy
Tainted Isle
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-22%synergy
Fabled Passage
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-15%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-17%synergy
Evolving Wilds
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Ice Tunnel
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Choked Estuary
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-25%synergy
Sunken Ruins
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Mana Confluence
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Prismatic Vista
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Undercity Sewers
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-9%synergy
Fetid Pools
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Underground Sea
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Reflecting Pool
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Exotic Orchard
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-21%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Unknown Shores
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
River of Tears
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Maestros Theater
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Murky Sewer
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Obscura Storefront
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Shire Terrace
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Valgavoth's Lair
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Cavern of Souls
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Demolition Field
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Darkslick Shores
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-3%synergy