Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Optimized

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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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Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
2.9%inclusion1 decks34 decks
2%synergy
A.I.M. Labs
2.9%inclusion1 decks34 decks
2%synergy
Captain America's Shield
2.3%inclusion1 decks43 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion362 decks405 decks
74%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
80%inclusion325 decks405 decks
74%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
80%inclusion322 decks405 decks
69%synergy
Mindcrank
80%inclusion323 decks405 decks
68%synergy
Ruin Crab
74%inclusion301 decks405 decks
66%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
65%inclusion265 decks405 decks
63%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
66%inclusion267 decks405 decks
61%synergy
Tree of Perdition
62%inclusion252 decks405 decks
60%synergy
Eater of the Dead
56%inclusion228 decks405 decks
55%synergy
Fractured Sanity
61%inclusion249 decks405 decks
52%synergy
Top Cards
Counterspell
63%inclusion257 decks405 decks
8%synergy
Traumatize
56%inclusion226 decks405 decks
51%synergy
Drown in the Loch
55%inclusion221 decks405 decks
37%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
53%inclusion216 decks405 decks
41%synergy
The Water Crystal
51%inclusion180 decks350 decks
42%synergy
Fraying Sanity
50%inclusion202 decks405 decks
46%synergy
Singularity Rupture
49%inclusion158 decks322 decks
36%synergy
Propaganda
47%inclusion191 decks405 decks
29%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
47%inclusion190 decks405 decks
41%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
46%inclusion185 decks405 decks
44%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
50%inclusion204 decks405 decks
28%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
50%inclusion202 decks405 decks
28%synergy
Demonic Tutor
47%inclusion189 decks405 decks
28%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
33%inclusion133 decks405 decks
17%synergy
Mystical Tutor
32%inclusion130 decks405 decks
19%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
31%inclusion124 decks405 decks
13%synergy
Notion Thief
24%inclusion99 decks405 decks
13%synergy
Force of Will
22%inclusion88 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Ancient Tomb
20%inclusion83 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
16%inclusion63 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Creatures
Hedron Crab
44%inclusion178 decks405 decks
40%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
42%inclusion171 decks405 decks
37%synergy
The Mindskinner
40%inclusion163 decks405 decks
33%synergy
Wall of Frost
40%inclusion162 decks405 decks
39%synergy
The Ancient One
38%inclusion154 decks405 decks
35%synergy
Nighthowler
38%inclusion153 decks405 decks
32%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
37%inclusion148 decks405 decks
30%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
34%inclusion78 decks228 decks
33%synergy
Fleet Swallower
34%inclusion137 decks405 decks
31%synergy
Mortivore
32%inclusion129 decks405 decks
30%synergy
Silent Arbiter
28%inclusion112 decks405 decks
26%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
27%inclusion111 decks405 decks
23%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
27%inclusion109 decks405 decks
19%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
27%inclusion108 decks405 decks
24%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
24%inclusion98 decks405 decks
22%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
24%inclusion98 decks405 decks
19%synergy
Hover Barrier
22%inclusion89 decks405 decks
21%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
20%inclusion82 decks401 decks
20%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
20%inclusion79 decks405 decks
18%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
20%inclusion79 decks405 decks
8%synergy
Undead Alchemist
19%inclusion78 decks405 decks
17%synergy
Riddlekeeper
18%inclusion73 decks405 decks
17%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
18%inclusion71 decks405 decks
14%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
17%inclusion67 decks405 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
17%inclusion67 decks405 decks
16%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
17%inclusion67 decks405 decks
16%synergy
Fog Bank
16%inclusion64 decks405 decks
15%synergy
Painter's Servant
16%inclusion63 decks405 decks
15%synergy
Manic Scribe
16%inclusion63 decks405 decks
14%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
15%inclusion62 decks405 decks
15%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
14%inclusion58 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
14%inclusion57 decks405 decks
13%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
14%inclusion56 decks405 decks
13%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
13%inclusion54 decks405 decks
10%synergy
Guiltfeeder
13%inclusion52 decks405 decks
8%synergy
Soulless Jailer
13%inclusion52 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
13%inclusion51 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
12%inclusion49 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Glacial Wall
12%inclusion49 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
12%inclusion48 decks405 decks
11%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
12%inclusion48 decks405 decks
10%synergy
Baleful Strix
11%inclusion43 decks405 decks
-13%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
11%inclusion43 decks405 decks
10%synergy
Avatar of Woe
10%inclusion42 decks405 decks
9%synergy
Opposition Agent
10%inclusion40 decks405 decks
3%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
10%inclusion39 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
9.4%inclusion38 decks405 decks
9%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
8.9%inclusion36 decks405 decks
8%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Jace's Archivist
8.4%inclusion34 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
42%inclusion170 decks405 decks
38%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
36%inclusion147 decks405 decks
33%synergy
Mana Drain
33%inclusion134 decks405 decks
16%synergy
Dark Ritual
31%inclusion124 decks405 decks
-6%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion117 decks405 decks
-1%synergy
Archive Trap
26%inclusion105 decks405 decks
24%synergy
Arcane Denial
25%inclusion101 decks405 decks
-1%synergy
Didn't Say Please
25%inclusion100 decks405 decks
20%synergy
Negate
24%inclusion97 decks405 decks
-9%synergy
Thought Collapse
23%inclusion95 decks405 decks
20%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
22%inclusion88 decks405 decks
-10%synergy
Psychic Strike
21%inclusion84 decks405 decks
18%synergy
Swan Song
19%inclusion77 decks405 decks
0%synergy
Deadly Rollick
17%inclusion68 decks405 decks
-3%synergy
Drown in Dreams
15%inclusion61 decks405 decks
11%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
14%inclusion24 decks168 decks
12%synergy
Crypt Incursion
14%inclusion57 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Thought Scour
14%inclusion56 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
13%inclusion51 decks405 decks
11%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
12%inclusion50 decks405 decks
8%synergy
Force of Negation
12%inclusion48 decks405 decks
3%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion45 decks405 decks
-5%synergy
Aetherize
11%inclusion44 decks405 decks
-0%synergy
Into the Story
10%inclusion41 decks405 decks
9%synergy
Pact of Negation
10%inclusion40 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Pongify
10%inclusion39 decks405 decks
-6%synergy
Fell the Profane
9.1%inclusion37 decks405 decks
-7%synergy
Demonic Consultation
9.1%inclusion37 decks405 decks
3%synergy
Perplex
8.4%inclusion34 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.9%inclusion32 decks405 decks
-3%synergy
Withering Torment
7.9%inclusion32 decks405 decks
-8%synergy
Psychic Spiral
7.4%inclusion30 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
6.9%inclusion28 decks405 decks
-1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
6.9%inclusion28 decks405 decks
-5%synergy
Brain Freeze
6.7%inclusion27 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.4%inclusion26 decks405 decks
-10%synergy
Reality Shift
6.4%inclusion26 decks405 decks
-7%synergy
Resculpt
6.2%inclusion25 decks405 decks
-0%synergy
Infernal Grasp
5.7%inclusion23 decks405 decks
-10%synergy
Murder
5.7%inclusion23 decks405 decks
-2%synergy
Memory Plunder
5.4%inclusion22 decks405 decks
-0%synergy
Frantic Search
5.2%inclusion21 decks405 decks
-14%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
44%inclusion180 decks405 decks
39%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
36%inclusion147 decks405 decks
31%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
35%inclusion141 decks405 decks
30%synergy
Windfall
35%inclusion140 decks405 decks
21%synergy
Toxic Deluge
29%inclusion118 decks405 decks
4%synergy
Reanimate
27%inclusion111 decks405 decks
2%synergy
Cut Your Losses
27%inclusion109 decks405 decks
23%synergy
Damnation
23%inclusion95 decks405 decks
13%synergy
Mind Funeral
21%inclusion87 decks405 decks
19%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
19%inclusion77 decks405 decks
9%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
17%inclusion68 decks405 decks
8%synergy
Grim Tutor
16%inclusion63 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Feed the Swarm
15%inclusion61 decks405 decks
-20%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
14%inclusion58 decks405 decks
8%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
13%inclusion53 decks405 decks
9%synergy
Imperial Seal
11%inclusion45 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Extract from Darkness
11%inclusion43 decks405 decks
3%synergy
Whispering Madness
10%inclusion42 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion40 decks405 decks
-6%synergy
Pilfered Plans
8.9%inclusion36 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Increasing Confusion
8.1%inclusion33 decks405 decks
8%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
7.4%inclusion30 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Preordain
7.4%inclusion30 decks405 decks
-3%synergy
Mind Sculpt
6.4%inclusion26 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Startled Awake
5.4%inclusion22 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Treasure Cruise
5.4%inclusion22 decks405 decks
-3%synergy
Sign in Blood
5.4%inclusion22 decks405 decks
-1%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
5.2%inclusion21 decks403 decks
-1%synergy
Fabricate
5.2%inclusion21 decks405 decks
2%synergy
Tome Scour
5.2%inclusion21 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
40%inclusion160 decks405 decks
38%synergy
Altar of the Brood
35%inclusion143 decks405 decks
30%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
33%inclusion135 decks405 decks
28%synergy
Lightning Greaves
33%inclusion135 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
30%inclusion119 decks401 decks
26%synergy
Grindstone
25%inclusion100 decks405 decks
24%synergy
Bonehoard
22%inclusion88 decks405 decks
20%synergy
Keening Stone
19%inclusion76 decks405 decks
18%synergy
Isochron Scepter
15%inclusion62 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion59 decks405 decks
-10%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
14%inclusion56 decks405 decks
6%synergy
The One Ring
13%inclusion54 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
10%inclusion42 decks405 decks
10%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion42 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Profane Memento
8.6%inclusion35 decks405 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.7%inclusion31 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
7.4%inclusion30 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Jet Medallion
6.7%inclusion27 decks405 decks
-2%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
6.4%inclusion26 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.2%inclusion25 decks405 decks
-7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
5.4%inclusion22 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
5.2%inclusion21 decks405 decks
-4%synergy
Codex Shredder
5.2%inclusion21 decks405 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Memory Erosion
43%inclusion175 decks405 decks
39%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
40%inclusion164 decks405 decks
33%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
33%inclusion135 decks405 decks
30%synergy
Court of Cunning
30%inclusion122 decks405 decks
24%synergy
Mystic Remora
28%inclusion115 decks405 decks
13%synergy
Intruder Alarm
24%inclusion98 decks405 decks
23%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
21%inclusion86 decks401 decks
19%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
19%inclusion77 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Freed from the Real
16%inclusion63 decks405 decks
15%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion58 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion49 decks405 decks
1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
12%inclusion49 decks405 decks
9%synergy
No Mercy
11%inclusion44 decks405 decks
8%synergy
Black Market Connections
11%inclusion44 decks405 decks
0%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
11%inclusion43 decks405 decks
10%synergy
Necropotence
10%inclusion39 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
10%inclusion39 decks405 decks
9%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.4%inclusion22 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
25%inclusion102 decks405 decks
23%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
22%inclusion91 decks405 decks
17%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion65 decks405 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
12%inclusion49 decks405 decks
10%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
8.6%inclusion35 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
5.9%inclusion24 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.2%inclusion21 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
48%inclusion195 decks405 decks
10%synergy
Reliquary Tower
43%inclusion175 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion152 decks405 decks
29%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
34%inclusion121 decks354 decks
29%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
31%inclusion125 decks405 decks
11%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
23%inclusion95 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
23%inclusion95 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
22%inclusion91 decks405 decks
19%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
17%inclusion69 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
15%inclusion60 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Restless Reef
13%inclusion54 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Cabal Coffers
13%inclusion52 decks405 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion41 decks405 decks
1%synergy
Urza's Saga
8.9%inclusion36 decks405 decks
3%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.9%inclusion36 decks405 decks
-18%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
8.6%inclusion35 decks405 decks
3%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
7.9%inclusion32 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
7.4%inclusion30 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
7.2%inclusion29 decks405 decks
4%synergy
Castle Vantress
7.2%inclusion29 decks405 decks
3%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.4%inclusion26 decks405 decks
-2%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.4%inclusion26 decks405 decks
-0%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.2%inclusion25 decks405 decks
4%synergy
Castle Locthwain
6.2%inclusion25 decks405 decks
3%synergy
Strip Mine
5.9%inclusion24 decks405 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
94%inclusion380 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Arcane Signet
80%inclusion324 decks405 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Signet
60%inclusion245 decks405 decks
2%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
52%inclusion211 decks405 decks
-6%synergy
Thought Vessel
29%inclusion117 decks405 decks
-2%synergy
Fellwar Stone
25%inclusion101 decks405 decks
-6%synergy
Mind Stone
25%inclusion101 decks405 decks
-3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
15%inclusion61 decks405 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Vault
13%inclusion53 decks405 decks
8%synergy
Chrome Mox
10%inclusion40 decks405 decks
4%synergy
Mox Diamond
7.7%inclusion31 decks405 decks
4%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.4%inclusion26 decks405 decks
1%synergy
Mox Opal
6.4%inclusion26 decks405 decks
3%synergy
Midnight Clock
5.9%inclusion24 decks405 decks
-1%synergy
Sky Diamond
5.7%inclusion23 decks405 decks
-2%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
5.7%inclusion23 decks405 decks
4%synergy
Basalt Monolith
5.7%inclusion23 decks405 decks
4%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
5.4%inclusion22 decks405 decks
5%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.4%inclusion22 decks405 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Island
95%inclusion384 decks405 decks
-2%synergy
Swamp
94%inclusion382 decks405 decks
-2%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion351 decks405 decks
-1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
67%inclusion270 decks405 decks
12%synergy
Watery Grave
64%inclusion261 decks405 decks
16%synergy
Sunken Hollow
63%inclusion254 decks405 decks
-3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
50%inclusion202 decks405 decks
10%synergy
Polluted Delta
46%inclusion187 decks405 decks
14%synergy
Underground River
44%inclusion180 decks405 decks
4%synergy
Morphic Pool
44%inclusion177 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Choked Estuary
40%inclusion161 decks405 decks
-7%synergy
Tainted Isle
39%inclusion157 decks405 decks
-6%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
39%inclusion156 decks405 decks
1%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
36%inclusion147 decks405 decks
-3%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
36%inclusion144 decks405 decks
11%synergy
Temple of Deceit
34%inclusion137 decks405 decks
-1%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
31%inclusion124 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
27%inclusion110 decks405 decks
11%synergy
Dismal Backwater
24%inclusion98 decks405 decks
8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
21%inclusion84 decks405 decks
-12%synergy
Undercity Sewers
20%inclusion83 decks405 decks
-0%synergy
Darkslick Shores
20%inclusion81 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Underground Sea
19%inclusion77 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
19%inclusion75 decks405 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion68 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Fetid Pools
17%inclusion67 decks405 decks
0%synergy
Fabled Passage
16%inclusion64 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
15%inclusion61 decks405 decks
-5%synergy
Reflecting Pool
12%inclusion50 decks405 decks
7%synergy
Prismatic Vista
12%inclusion47 decks405 decks
6%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion45 decks405 decks
-5%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
10%inclusion42 decks405 decks
4%synergy
Misty Rainforest
10%inclusion39 decks405 decks
1%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion39 decks405 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
9.1%inclusion37 decks405 decks
-7%synergy
Flooded Strand
9.1%inclusion37 decks405 decks
0%synergy
City of Brass
8.9%inclusion36 decks405 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
8.6%inclusion35 decks405 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Confluence
8.4%inclusion34 decks405 decks
3%synergy
Marsh Flats
8.4%inclusion34 decks405 decks
1%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
8.1%inclusion33 decks405 decks
1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
7.9%inclusion32 decks405 decks
-0%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
7.9%inclusion32 decks405 decks
-0%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
6.9%inclusion28 decks405 decks
-5%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
6.7%inclusion27 decks405 decks
-0%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.7%inclusion27 decks405 decks
0%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
6.4%inclusion26 decks405 decks
2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.2%inclusion25 decks405 decks
2%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.7%inclusion23 decks405 decks
-0%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
5.2%inclusion21 decks405 decks
-3%synergy
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