Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Upgraded

Phenax, God of Deception
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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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3%synergy
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5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
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3%synergy
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1.4%inclusion1 decks72 decks
1%synergy
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1.4%inclusion1 decks72 decks
1%synergy
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89%inclusion619 decks699 decks
73%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
75%inclusion525 decks699 decks
73%synergy
Ruin Crab
74%inclusion517 decks699 decks
66%synergy
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64%inclusion444 decks699 decks
62%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
72%inclusion500 decks699 decks
61%synergy
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64%inclusion447 decks699 decks
58%synergy
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64%inclusion447 decks699 decks
52%synergy
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56%inclusion393 decks699 decks
52%synergy
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53%inclusion372 decks699 decks
51%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
56%inclusion393 decks699 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
61%inclusion426 decks699 decks
43%synergy
Singularity Rupture
59%inclusion311 decks523 decks
47%synergy
The Water Crystal
57%inclusion322 decks560 decks
49%synergy
Counterspell
57%inclusion395 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Fractured Sanity
56%inclusion393 decks699 decks
47%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
53%inclusion367 decks699 decks
40%synergy
Nighthowler
51%inclusion359 decks699 decks
46%synergy
Mind Grind
51%inclusion357 decks699 decks
46%synergy
The Ancient One
50%inclusion348 decks699 decks
46%synergy
Eater of the Dead
49%inclusion346 decks699 decks
48%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
30%inclusion211 decks699 decks
7%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
30%inclusion207 decks699 decks
7%synergy
Notion Thief
17%inclusion119 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Demonic Tutor
14%inclusion99 decks699 decks
-5%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
10%inclusion72 decks699 decks
7%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
10%inclusion69 decks699 decks
-8%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
8.0%inclusion56 decks699 decks
-7%synergy
Mystical Tutor
7.6%inclusion53 decks699 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
Wall of Frost
46%inclusion324 decks699 decks
45%synergy
Hedron Crab
39%inclusion271 decks699 decks
35%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
37%inclusion262 decks699 decks
33%synergy
Mortivore
37%inclusion261 decks699 decks
36%synergy
The Mindskinner
36%inclusion251 decks698 decks
29%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
32%inclusion223 decks699 decks
25%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
32%inclusion134 decks423 decks
30%synergy
Silent Arbiter
31%inclusion220 decks699 decks
30%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
31%inclusion214 decks690 decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion210 decks699 decks
25%synergy
Hover Barrier
29%inclusion201 decks699 decks
28%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
28%inclusion194 decks699 decks
26%synergy
Fleet Swallower
28%inclusion193 decks699 decks
25%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
27%inclusion191 decks699 decks
19%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
25%inclusion173 decks699 decks
24%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
24%inclusion171 decks699 decks
21%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
24%inclusion170 decks699 decks
24%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
22%inclusion155 decks699 decks
21%synergy
Undead Alchemist
22%inclusion153 decks699 decks
19%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
22%inclusion153 decks699 decks
19%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
20%inclusion139 decks699 decks
19%synergy
Fog Bank
19%inclusion136 decks699 decks
18%synergy
Manic Scribe
19%inclusion135 decks699 decks
18%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
18%inclusion126 decks699 decks
17%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
17%inclusion116 decks699 decks
15%synergy
Riddlekeeper
16%inclusion115 decks699 decks
16%synergy
Guiltfeeder
16%inclusion114 decks699 decks
11%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
16%inclusion113 decks699 decks
15%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
16%inclusion110 decks699 decks
14%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
16%inclusion109 decks699 decks
15%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
15%inclusion107 decks699 decks
12%synergy
Avatar of Woe
14%inclusion101 decks699 decks
13%synergy
Glacial Wall
14%inclusion100 decks699 decks
14%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
14%inclusion99 decks699 decks
13%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
13%inclusion94 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Aegis Turtle
13%inclusion94 decks699 decks
13%synergy
Soulless Jailer
12%inclusion86 decks699 decks
12%synergy
Baleful Strix
12%inclusion84 decks699 decks
-12%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
11%inclusion77 decks699 decks
11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
11%inclusion77 decks699 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Archivist
11%inclusion75 decks699 decks
10%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion72 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
10%inclusion67 decks699 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
9.3%inclusion65 decks699 decks
3%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
9.2%inclusion64 decks699 decks
-3%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
9.0%inclusion63 decks699 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
8.9%inclusion62 decks699 decks
8%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
8.4%inclusion18 decks215 decks
7%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
7.9%inclusion55 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Wall of Junk
7.7%inclusion54 decks699 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
47%inclusion332 decks699 decks
44%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
33%inclusion230 decks699 decks
29%synergy
Didn't Say Please
27%inclusion189 decks699 decks
22%synergy
Archive Trap
25%inclusion174 decks699 decks
23%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
24%inclusion170 decks699 decks
-7%synergy
Negate
24%inclusion170 decks699 decks
-8%synergy
Psychic Strike
23%inclusion164 decks699 decks
21%synergy
Thought Collapse
23%inclusion164 decks699 decks
20%synergy
Arcane Denial
23%inclusion163 decks699 decks
-3%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion152 decks699 decks
-15%synergy
Brainstorm
21%inclusion145 decks699 decks
-9%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion142 decks699 decks
3%synergy
Into the Story
19%inclusion132 decks699 decks
17%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion120 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion111 decks699 decks
14%synergy
Drown in Dreams
16%inclusion111 decks699 decks
12%synergy
Swan Song
16%inclusion110 decks699 decks
-3%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion106 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
15%inclusion104 decks699 decks
14%synergy
Thought Scour
15%inclusion103 decks699 decks
8%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion91 decks699 decks
-2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion91 decks699 decks
-3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion91 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Withering Torment
12%inclusion86 decks698 decks
-4%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion79 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
11%inclusion74 decks699 decks
0%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
10%inclusion34 decks324 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion69 decks699 decks
-10%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
10%inclusion67 decks699 decks
5%synergy
Perplex
9.2%inclusion64 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
9.0%inclusion63 decks699 decks
-5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.7%inclusion61 decks699 decks
-7%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.3%inclusion58 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.4%inclusion52 decks699 decks
-9%synergy
Resculpt
6.3%inclusion44 decks699 decks
0%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.7%inclusion40 decks699 decks
5%synergy
Frantic Search
5.6%inclusion39 decks699 decks
-14%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.4%inclusion38 decks699 decks
-4%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
5.3%inclusion37 decks699 decks
-3%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
47%inclusion330 decks699 decks
43%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
35%inclusion242 decks699 decks
29%synergy
Toxic Deluge
32%inclusion223 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
29%inclusion200 decks699 decks
24%synergy
Windfall
28%inclusion194 decks699 decks
14%synergy
Mind Funeral
25%inclusion176 decks699 decks
23%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
25%inclusion175 decks699 decks
16%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion174 decks699 decks
-10%synergy
Cut Your Losses
25%inclusion172 decks699 decks
21%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion164 decks699 decks
-2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
23%inclusion164 decks699 decks
14%synergy
Damnation
18%inclusion129 decks699 decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion89 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Treasure Cruise
12%inclusion85 decks699 decks
4%synergy
Extract from Darkness
12%inclusion81 decks699 decks
4%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion79 decks699 decks
-5%synergy
Pilfered Plans
11%inclusion75 decks699 decks
8%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
11%inclusion74 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Whispering Madness
9.4%inclusion66 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Preordain
9.2%inclusion64 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Increasing Confusion
7.7%inclusion54 decks699 decks
7%synergy
Startled Awake
7.4%inclusion52 decks699 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.2%inclusion50 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.2%inclusion50 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
6.7%inclusion47 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Read the Bones
6.3%inclusion44 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Grim Tutor
5.9%inclusion41 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.3%inclusion37 decks699 decks
5%synergy
Dread Summons
5.2%inclusion36 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
39%inclusion273 decks699 decks
38%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
39%inclusion270 decks699 decks
33%synergy
Lightning Greaves
35%inclusion247 decks699 decks
8%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
33%inclusion230 decks690 decks
30%synergy
Altar of the Brood
31%inclusion217 decks699 decks
26%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion211 decks699 decks
28%synergy
Keening Stone
15%inclusion106 decks699 decks
14%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion104 decks699 decks
-10%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
13%inclusion93 decks699 decks
0%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
12%inclusion83 decks699 decks
4%synergy
Grindstone
11%inclusion80 decks699 decks
10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
10%inclusion72 decks699 decks
10%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion69 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Isochron Scepter
9.0%inclusion63 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.9%inclusion62 decks699 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
8.4%inclusion59 decks699 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.2%inclusion50 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Jet Medallion
6.3%inclusion44 decks699 decks
-2%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.2%inclusion43 decks699 decks
5%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
5.9%inclusion41 decks699 decks
5%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
5.7%inclusion40 decks699 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
48%inclusion333 decks699 decks
30%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
43%inclusion301 decks699 decks
37%synergy
Fraying Sanity
42%inclusion295 decks699 decks
38%synergy
Memory Erosion
40%inclusion277 decks699 decks
35%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
31%inclusion216 decks699 decks
28%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
30%inclusion209 decks690 decks
28%synergy
Intruder Alarm
30%inclusion208 decks699 decks
29%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
29%inclusion206 decks699 decks
22%synergy
Court of Cunning
29%inclusion201 decks699 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
23%inclusion164 decks699 decks
10%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion133 decks699 decks
18%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion132 decks699 decks
4%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
16%inclusion110 decks699 decks
14%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
15%inclusion102 decks699 decks
14%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion88 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion72 decks699 decks
7%synergy
No Mercy
8.9%inclusion62 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.9%inclusion62 decks699 decks
-2%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
7.2%inclusion50 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.6%inclusion39 decks699 decks
5%synergy
Jace's Erasure
5.0%inclusion35 decks699 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
26%inclusion184 decks699 decks
20%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
23%inclusion161 decks699 decks
21%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion115 decks699 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.7%inclusion54 decks699 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.6%inclusion46 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
52%inclusion366 decks699 decks
14%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion270 decks699 decks
30%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
36%inclusion204 decks569 decks
31%synergy
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion231 decks699 decks
-3%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion161 decks699 decks
3%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
23%inclusion160 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
17%inclusion121 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Restless Reef
17%inclusion119 decks699 decks
11%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
15%inclusion102 decks699 decks
11%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion99 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion91 decks699 decks
4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion88 decks699 decks
10%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion79 decks699 decks
-16%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
8.7%inclusion61 decks699 decks
7%synergy
Cabal Coffers
8.6%inclusion60 decks699 decks
-2%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.7%inclusion54 decks699 decks
4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.4%inclusion52 decks699 decks
-0%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.9%inclusion48 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Halimar Depths
5.9%inclusion41 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Maze of Ith
5.7%inclusion40 decks699 decks
4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.7%inclusion40 decks699 decks
3%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
5.0%inclusion35 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91%inclusion638 decks699 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
82%inclusion575 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Signet
62%inclusion430 decks699 decks
3%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
58%inclusion402 decks699 decks
-0%synergy
Fellwar Stone
31%inclusion216 decks699 decks
0%synergy
Mind Stone
28%inclusion197 decks699 decks
0%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion196 decks699 decks
-3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
18%inclusion123 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion82 decks699 decks
5%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.9%inclusion62 decks699 decks
9%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.9%inclusion48 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.3%inclusion44 decks699 decks
-2%synergy
The Soul Stone
5.9%inclusion30 decks509 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Locket
5.6%inclusion39 decks699 decks
3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.0%inclusion35 decks699 decks
-3%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.0%inclusion35 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
98%inclusion682 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Swamp
97%inclusion678 decks699 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion609 decks699 decks
-0%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
71%inclusion495 decks699 decks
16%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion469 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Watery Grave
63%inclusion443 decks699 decks
15%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
46%inclusion323 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Underground River
44%inclusion307 decks699 decks
3%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion305 decks699 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
43%inclusion302 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Morphic Pool
43%inclusion299 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
42%inclusion293 decks699 decks
3%synergy
Tainted Isle
42%inclusion291 decks699 decks
-3%synergy
Polluted Delta
41%inclusion284 decks699 decks
8%synergy
Temple of Deceit
40%inclusion277 decks699 decks
5%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
32%inclusion225 decks699 decks
8%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
30%inclusion207 decks698 decks
6%synergy
Sunken Ruins
27%inclusion189 decks699 decks
10%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion166 decks699 decks
-9%synergy
Evolving Wilds
23%inclusion163 decks699 decks
7%synergy
Fetid Pools
23%inclusion159 decks699 decks
7%synergy
Undercity Sewers
23%inclusion158 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Dismal Backwater
22%inclusion152 decks699 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion145 decks699 decks
0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
19%inclusion132 decks699 decks
8%synergy
Darkslick Shores
16%inclusion114 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion106 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Underground Sea
14%inclusion98 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion91 decks699 decks
-3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion91 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Fabled Passage
12%inclusion83 decks699 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
11%inclusion77 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion75 decks699 decks
4%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
11%inclusion75 decks699 decks
5%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion72 decks699 decks
2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
9.3%inclusion65 decks699 decks
3%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
9.0%inclusion63 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Flooded Strand
8.9%inclusion62 decks699 decks
-0%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.4%inclusion59 decks699 decks
4%synergy
Misty Rainforest
8.2%inclusion57 decks699 decks
-0%synergy
Scalding Tarn
7.3%inclusion51 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
7.3%inclusion51 decks699 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
7.2%inclusion50 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Marsh Flats
6.9%inclusion48 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
6.7%inclusion47 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
6.2%inclusion43 decks699 decks
0%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
5.9%inclusion41 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.7%inclusion40 decks699 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.2%inclusion36 decks699 decks
-1%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
5.0%inclusion35 decks699 decks
-2%synergy
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