Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Toughness Matters

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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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Exhibition Tidecaller
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Echocasting Symposium
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Hydro-Channeler
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Textbook Tabulator
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Banishing Betrayal
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
92%inclusion943 decks1.03K decks
90%synergy
Consuming Aberration
88%inclusion905 decks1.03K decks
73%synergy
Tree of Perdition
73%inclusion751 decks1.03K decks
71%synergy
Ruin Crab
78%inclusion797 decks1.03K decks
69%synergy
Wall of Frost
68%inclusion698 decks1.03K decks
67%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
69%inclusion708 decks1.03K decks
63%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
73%inclusion746 decks1.03K decks
62%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
63%inclusion645 decks1.03K decks
61%synergy
The Ancient One
60%inclusion618 decks1.03K decks
57%synergy
Mindcrank
68%inclusion702 decks1.03K decks
56%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
67%inclusion688 decks1.03K decks
49%synergy
Singularity Rupture
65%inclusion47 decks72 decks
53%synergy
Fractured Sanity
63%inclusion649 decks1.03K decks
54%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
62%inclusion633 decks1.03K decks
56%synergy
Counterspell
62%inclusion633 decks1.03K decks
6%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
61%inclusion621 decks1.03K decks
56%synergy
Nighthowler
59%inclusion603 decks1.03K decks
53%synergy
The Water Crystal
56%inclusion45 decks81 decks
47%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
54%inclusion556 decks1.03K decks
51%synergy
Mortivore
53%inclusion544 decks1.03K decks
52%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
36%inclusion373 decks1.03K decks
14%synergy
Rhystic Study
36%inclusion370 decks1.03K decks
13%synergy
Demonic Tutor
24%inclusion244 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
18%inclusion189 decks1.03K decks
0%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
18%inclusion189 decks1.03K decks
3%synergy
Mystical Tutor
17%inclusion171 decks1.03K decks
3%synergy
Notion Thief
13%inclusion130 decks1.03K decks
2%synergy
Force of Will
9.5%inclusion97 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
Ancient Tomb
9.1%inclusion93 decks1.03K decks
1%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
8.3%inclusion85 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Hover Barrier
52%inclusion535 decks1.03K decks
51%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion532 decks1.03K decks
39%synergy
Eater of the Dead
49%inclusion501 decks1.03K decks
48%synergy
Silent Arbiter
45%inclusion460 decks1.03K decks
44%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
38%inclusion52 decks136 decks
37%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
38%inclusion381 decks1.01K decks
37%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion385 decks1.03K decks
33%synergy
Hedron Crab
37%inclusion384 decks1.03K decks
33%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
37%inclusion378 decks1.03K decks
30%synergy
The Mindskinner
37%inclusion234 decks636 decks
30%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
35%inclusion358 decks1.03K decks
34%synergy
Glacial Wall
34%inclusion349 decks1.03K decks
34%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion340 decks1.03K decks
31%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion338 decks1.03K decks
32%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
32%inclusion324 decks1.03K decks
29%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion306 decks1.03K decks
25%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
29%inclusion301 decks1.03K decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion300 decks1.03K decks
29%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
29%inclusion16 decks56 decks
27%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
28%inclusion289 decks1.03K decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
28%inclusion287 decks1.03K decks
20%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion278 decks1.03K decks
26%synergy
Manic Scribe
27%inclusion275 decks1.03K decks
26%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
26%inclusion265 decks1.03K decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion258 decks1.03K decks
22%synergy
Aegis Turtle
24%inclusion246 decks1.03K decks
24%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion237 decks1.03K decks
22%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
22%inclusion227 decks1.03K decks
21%synergy
Soulless Jailer
22%inclusion227 decks1.03K decks
22%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion209 decks1.03K decks
15%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
19%inclusion83 decks429 decks
18%synergy
Undead Alchemist
18%inclusion189 decks1.03K decks
16%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion189 decks1.03K decks
18%synergy
Wall of Runes
17%inclusion173 decks1.03K decks
17%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion172 decks1.03K decks
16%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
16%inclusion148 decks898 decks
15%synergy
Avatar of Woe
16%inclusion168 decks1.03K decks
15%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
15%inclusion156 decks1.03K decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
15%inclusion154 decks1.03K decks
3%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion145 decks1.03K decks
14%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion141 decks1.03K decks
11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
13%inclusion136 decks1.03K decks
13%synergy
Wall of Mist
13%inclusion132 decks1.03K decks
13%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
12%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
12%inclusion124 decks1.03K decks
12%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
12%inclusion119 decks1.03K decks
11%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion112 decks1.03K decks
10%synergy
Shield Sphere
10%inclusion106 decks1.03K decks
10%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion100 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
9.3%inclusion40 decks429 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
49%inclusion503 decks1.03K decks
45%synergy
Thought Collapse
37%inclusion377 decks1.03K decks
34%synergy
Didn't Say Please
37%inclusion377 decks1.03K decks
32%synergy
Negate
31%inclusion323 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Strike
31%inclusion315 decks1.03K decks
28%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion295 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
Dark Ritual
23%inclusion234 decks1.03K decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Denial
22%inclusion222 decks1.03K decks
-4%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion212 decks1.03K decks
19%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
20%inclusion210 decks1.03K decks
-10%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion208 decks1.03K decks
3%synergy
Thought Scour
20%inclusion203 decks1.03K decks
13%synergy
Archive Trap
18%inclusion184 decks1.03K decks
16%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion174 decks1.03K decks
15%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion173 decks1.03K decks
6%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion170 decks1.03K decks
15%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion103 decks623 decks
0%synergy
Drown in Dreams
16%inclusion161 decks1.03K decks
11%synergy
Swan Song
14%inclusion140 decks1.03K decks
-5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion129 decks1.03K decks
-7%synergy
Pongify
12%inclusion128 decks1.03K decks
-3%synergy
Infernal Grasp
12%inclusion118 decks1.03K decks
-4%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion111 decks991 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion110 decks991 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion109 decks988 decks
0%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion105 decks1.03K decks
-3%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion104 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion103 decks1.03K decks
-6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
9.3%inclusion95 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
8.7%inclusion89 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
Murder
7.5%inclusion77 decks1.03K decks
0%synergy
Doom Blade
7.4%inclusion76 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Resculpt
7.1%inclusion73 decks1.03K decks
1%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.8%inclusion70 decks1.03K decks
-3%synergy
Force of Negation
6.8%inclusion70 decks1.03K decks
-2%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.6%inclusion68 decks1.03K decks
6%synergy
Perplex
6.5%inclusion67 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.0%inclusion62 decks1.03K decks
-4%synergy
Opt
5.9%inclusion61 decks1.03K decks
-6%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.6%inclusion57 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
50%inclusion513 decks1.03K decks
45%synergy
Mind Grind
49%inclusion507 decks1.03K decks
44%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
36%inclusion370 decks1.03K decks
31%synergy
Windfall
32%inclusion329 decks1.03K decks
19%synergy
Cut Your Losses
29%inclusion301 decks1.03K decks
25%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion296 decks1.03K decks
20%synergy
Toxic Deluge
29%inclusion295 decks1.03K decks
3%synergy
Mind Funeral
26%inclusion267 decks1.03K decks
23%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
24%inclusion245 decks1.03K decks
19%synergy
Feed the Swarm
23%inclusion238 decks1.03K decks
-12%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion232 decks1.03K decks
-2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion229 decks1.03K decks
13%synergy
Damnation
20%inclusion210 decks1.03K decks
10%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion172 decks1.03K decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion161 decks1.03K decks
8%synergy
Pilfered Plans
12%inclusion119 decks1.03K decks
9%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion113 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
11%inclusion108 decks1.03K decks
9%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion106 decks1.03K decks
-6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion41 decks430 decks
3%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
9.4%inclusion96 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.3%inclusion85 decks1.03K decks
2%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.2%inclusion84 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Preordain
6.8%inclusion70 decks1.03K decks
-3%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.6%inclusion68 decks1.03K decks
3%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.2%inclusion64 decks1.03K decks
6%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.6%inclusion57 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
Breaking Wave
5.6%inclusion57 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
5.4%inclusion55 decks1.03K decks
1%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.2%inclusion53 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
46%inclusion470 decks1.03K decks
44%synergy
Bonehoard
40%inclusion408 decks1.03K decks
38%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion366 decks1.03K decks
8%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
34%inclusion352 decks1.03K decks
29%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
21%inclusion30 decks142 decks
17%synergy
Altar of the Brood
21%inclusion214 decks1.03K decks
16%synergy
Keening Stone
18%inclusion182 decks1.03K decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion161 decks1.03K decks
-9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion151 decks1.03K decks
2%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion137 decks1.03K decks
13%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion112 decks1.03K decks
9%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion106 decks1.03K decks
9%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion98 decks1.03K decks
9%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
9.3%inclusion95 decks1.03K decks
9%synergy
Isochron Scepter
9.2%inclusion94 decks1.03K decks
6%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
9.0%inclusion92 decks1.03K decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.4%inclusion76 decks1.03K decks
7%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.1%inclusion73 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.3%inclusion65 decks1.03K decks
6%synergy
The One Ring
5.5%inclusion56 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
Profane Memento
5.1%inclusion52 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
49%inclusion501 decks1.03K decks
42%synergy
Propaganda
46%inclusion477 decks1.03K decks
29%synergy
Memory Erosion
42%inclusion431 decks1.03K decks
38%synergy
Fraying Sanity
41%inclusion424 decks1.03K decks
37%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion334 decks1.03K decks
27%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
29%inclusion300 decks1.03K decks
22%synergy
Intruder Alarm
28%inclusion283 decks1.03K decks
26%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
27%inclusion39 decks142 decks
25%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
27%inclusion275 decks1.03K decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
24%inclusion247 decks1.03K decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
24%inclusion242 decks1.03K decks
23%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion199 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
14%inclusion146 decks1.03K decks
13%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion140 decks1.03K decks
12%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
13%inclusion138 decks1.03K decks
13%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion126 decks1.03K decks
1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion102 decks1.03K decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
9.3%inclusion95 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
No Mercy
9.0%inclusion92 decks1.03K decks
6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.4%inclusion55 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5.1%inclusion52 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
24%inclusion250 decks1.03K decks
18%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
18%inclusion186 decks1.03K decks
16%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion176 decks1.03K decks
15%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.1%inclusion73 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.3%inclusion54 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion481 decks1.03K decks
8%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion384 decks1.03K decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
35%inclusion359 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
32%inclusion26 decks82 decks
27%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion240 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion226 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
18%inclusion188 decks1.03K decks
12%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
17%inclusion170 decks1.03K decks
13%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
16%inclusion161 decks1.03K decks
-3%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion142 decks1.03K decks
1%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
12%inclusion128 decks1.03K decks
9%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion125 decks1.03K decks
3%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion123 decks1.03K decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.9%inclusion91 decks1.03K decks
-18%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.1%inclusion73 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
5.8%inclusion59 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.6%inclusion57 decks1.03K decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.6%inclusion57 decks1.03K decks
2%synergy
Halimar Depths
5.5%inclusion56 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion928 decks1.03K decks
3%synergy
Arcane Signet
84%inclusion860 decks1.03K decks
0%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion705 decks1.03K decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
57%inclusion581 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion389 decks1.03K decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
31%inclusion314 decks1.03K decks
0%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion280 decks1.03K decks
10%synergy
Thought Vessel
27%inclusion276 decks1.03K decks
-5%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion117 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.9%inclusion91 decks1.03K decks
9%synergy
Sky Diamond
8.9%inclusion91 decks1.03K decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.5%inclusion87 decks1.03K decks
0%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
8.4%inclusion86 decks1.03K decks
7%synergy
Dimir Locket
7.9%inclusion81 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.3%inclusion75 decks1.03K decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion996 decks1.03K decks
0%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion989 decks1.03K decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion884 decks1.03K decks
-1%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion681 decks1.03K decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
62%inclusion641 decks1.03K decks
9%synergy
Watery Grave
52%inclusion530 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
49%inclusion498 decks1.03K decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion468 decks1.03K decks
7%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion447 decks1.03K decks
-4%synergy
Morphic Pool
40%inclusion411 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion387 decks1.03K decks
2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
36%inclusion373 decks1.03K decks
-3%synergy
Polluted Delta
34%inclusion344 decks1.03K decks
1%synergy
Underground River
33%inclusion341 decks1.03K decks
-7%synergy
Tainted Isle
32%inclusion327 decks1.03K decks
-12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion304 decks1.03K decks
13%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
28%inclusion287 decks1.03K decks
3%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
24%inclusion157 decks641 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion240 decks1.03K decks
-9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion219 decks1.03K decks
0%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion206 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion187 decks1.03K decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
18%inclusion183 decks1.03K decks
2%synergy
Undercity Sewers
17%inclusion173 decks1.03K decks
-4%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion143 decks1.03K decks
0%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion140 decks1.03K decks
-3%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion135 decks1.03K decks
0%synergy
Fabled Passage
11%inclusion117 decks1.03K decks
3%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion117 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion111 decks991 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion110 decks991 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion109 decks988 decks
0%synergy
Reflecting Pool
10%inclusion103 decks1.03K decks
5%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion99 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Vista
9.4%inclusion96 decks1.03K decks
3%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
9.2%inclusion89 decks970 decks
1%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
8.3%inclusion85 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
6.5%inclusion67 decks1.03K decks
-4%synergy
Flooded Strand
5.8%inclusion59 decks1.03K decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.6%inclusion55 decks974 decks
-1%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.6%inclusion57 decks1.03K decks
1%synergy
Misty Rainforest
5.5%inclusion56 decks1.03K decks
-3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
5.2%inclusion53 decks1.03K decks
-3%synergy
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