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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Exhibition Tidecaller
3.5%inclusion4 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Emeritus of Woe
2.2%inclusion2 decks90 decks
1%synergy
Ominous Harvest
1.8%inclusion2 decks112 decks
2%synergy
Brush Off
1.1%inclusion1 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Decorum Dissertation
1.1%inclusion1 decks91 decks
0%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion574 decks646 decks
74%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
75%inclusion486 decks646 decks
73%synergy
Ruin Crab
75%inclusion482 decks646 decks
66%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
73%inclusion469 decks646 decks
62%synergy
Tree of Perdition
63%inclusion406 decks646 decks
61%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
64%inclusion414 decks646 decks
58%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
57%inclusion367 decks646 decks
52%synergy
Mindcrank
64%inclusion411 decks646 decks
52%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
57%inclusion368 decks646 decks
51%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
53%inclusion344 decks646 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
61%inclusion391 decks646 decks
43%synergy
Singularity Rupture
60%inclusion278 decks463 decks
48%synergy
The Water Crystal
58%inclusion290 decks501 decks
49%synergy
Counterspell
57%inclusion365 decks646 decks
1%synergy
Fractured Sanity
56%inclusion364 decks646 decks
47%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion339 decks646 decks
40%synergy
Mind Grind
52%inclusion339 decks646 decks
47%synergy
Nighthowler
52%inclusion338 decks646 decks
47%synergy
Eater of the Dead
51%inclusion327 decks646 decks
49%synergy
Traumatize
49%inclusion314 decks646 decks
44%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
30%inclusion197 decks646 decks
8%synergy
Rhystic Study
30%inclusion195 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Notion Thief
17%inclusion108 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Demonic Tutor
13%inclusion86 decks646 decks
-6%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
10%inclusion62 decks646 decks
-9%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
9.1%inclusion59 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
7.4%inclusion48 decks646 decks
-8%synergy
Mystical Tutor
7.4%inclusion48 decks646 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
The Ancient One
48%inclusion311 decks646 decks
45%synergy
Wall of Frost
46%inclusion296 decks646 decks
44%synergy
Hedron Crab
39%inclusion254 decks646 decks
35%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
37%inclusion242 decks646 decks
33%synergy
Mortivore
37%inclusion240 decks646 decks
36%synergy
The Mindskinner
36%inclusion231 decks643 decks
29%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
31%inclusion202 decks646 decks
24%synergy
Silent Arbiter
31%inclusion201 decks646 decks
30%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
30%inclusion193 decks634 decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion193 decks646 decks
25%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
29%inclusion104 decks356 decks
28%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
29%inclusion185 decks646 decks
27%synergy
Fleet Swallower
28%inclusion182 decks646 decks
26%synergy
Hover Barrier
28%inclusion179 decks646 decks
27%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
28%inclusion179 decks646 decks
20%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
26%inclusion167 decks646 decks
25%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
25%inclusion161 decks646 decks
24%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
24%inclusion152 decks646 decks
20%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
23%inclusion146 decks646 decks
21%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
23%inclusion146 decks646 decks
20%synergy
Undead Alchemist
22%inclusion145 decks646 decks
20%synergy
Manic Scribe
20%inclusion131 decks646 decks
19%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
20%inclusion128 decks646 decks
19%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
19%inclusion124 decks646 decks
18%synergy
Fog Bank
19%inclusion122 decks646 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
17%inclusion113 decks646 decks
17%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion112 decks646 decks
17%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
17%inclusion108 decks646 decks
16%synergy
Guiltfeeder
16%inclusion106 decks646 decks
11%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
16%inclusion105 decks646 decks
15%synergy
Avatar of Woe
15%inclusion100 decks646 decks
14%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
15%inclusion100 decks646 decks
12%synergy
Glacial Wall
15%inclusion96 decks646 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion94 decks645 decks
13%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
15%inclusion94 decks646 decks
13%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
14%inclusion91 decks646 decks
2%synergy
Aegis Turtle
13%inclusion86 decks646 decks
13%synergy
Baleful Strix
12%inclusion79 decks646 decks
-11%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
12%inclusion76 decks646 decks
11%synergy
Soulless Jailer
12%inclusion76 decks646 decks
11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
12%inclusion75 decks646 decks
11%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion70 decks646 decks
10%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion68 decks646 decks
2%synergy
Jace's Archivist
10%inclusion67 decks646 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
10%inclusion64 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
10%inclusion62 decks646 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
9.0%inclusion58 decks646 decks
8%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
8.7%inclusion56 decks646 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Runes
8.0%inclusion52 decks646 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Junk
7.9%inclusion51 decks646 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
48%inclusion308 decks646 decks
44%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
31%inclusion203 decks646 decks
28%synergy
Didn't Say Please
27%inclusion176 decks646 decks
22%synergy
Archive Trap
25%inclusion164 decks646 decks
23%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
25%inclusion161 decks646 decks
-6%synergy
Thought Collapse
24%inclusion158 decks646 decks
21%synergy
Psychic Strike
24%inclusion153 decks646 decks
21%synergy
Arcane Denial
24%inclusion153 decks646 decks
-2%synergy
Negate
24%inclusion152 decks646 decks
-9%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion143 decks646 decks
-14%synergy
Brainstorm
21%inclusion134 decks646 decks
-9%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion132 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Into the Story
20%inclusion128 decks646 decks
18%synergy
Aetherize
18%inclusion115 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion109 decks646 decks
13%synergy
Swan Song
16%inclusion104 decks646 decks
-2%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion102 decks646 decks
14%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
15%inclusion99 decks646 decks
14%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion95 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Thought Scour
15%inclusion95 decks646 decks
8%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion87 decks646 decks
-2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion85 decks646 decks
2%synergy
Withering Torment
13%inclusion84 decks643 decks
-3%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion82 decks646 decks
-3%synergy
Memory Plunder
12%inclusion77 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
11%inclusion70 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion62 decks646 decks
-10%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
10%inclusion62 decks646 decks
5%synergy
Reality Shift
9.4%inclusion61 decks646 decks
-4%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
9.0%inclusion22 decks245 decks
7%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.8%inclusion57 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Perplex
8.8%inclusion57 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.7%inclusion56 decks646 decks
-7%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.1%inclusion46 decks646 decks
-9%synergy
Resculpt
6.3%inclusion41 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.9%inclusion38 decks646 decks
-4%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.6%inclusion36 decks646 decks
5%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
5.6%inclusion36 decks646 decks
-3%synergy
Memory Lapse
5.4%inclusion35 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Frantic Search
5.3%inclusion34 decks646 decks
-14%synergy
Force of Negation
5.1%inclusion33 decks646 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
35%inclusion224 decks646 decks
30%synergy
Toxic Deluge
32%inclusion208 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
28%inclusion183 decks646 decks
23%synergy
Windfall
28%inclusion178 decks646 decks
14%synergy
Mind Funeral
26%inclusion170 decks646 decks
24%synergy
Cut Your Losses
25%inclusion162 decks646 decks
21%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
25%inclusion162 decks646 decks
16%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion161 decks646 decks
-10%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
23%inclusion149 decks646 decks
13%synergy
Reanimate
22%inclusion140 decks646 decks
-3%synergy
Damnation
18%inclusion114 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion84 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Treasure Cruise
12%inclusion79 decks646 decks
4%synergy
Extract from Darkness
12%inclusion78 decks646 decks
5%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
12%inclusion75 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Pilfered Plans
11%inclusion73 decks646 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion71 decks646 decks
-5%synergy
Whispering Madness
10%inclusion62 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Preordain
9.1%inclusion59 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Increasing Confusion
8.0%inclusion52 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Startled Awake
7.4%inclusion48 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.3%inclusion47 decks646 decks
1%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
7.3%inclusion47 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.7%inclusion43 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Read the Bones
6.5%inclusion42 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Grim Tutor
5.7%inclusion37 decks646 decks
2%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.4%inclusion35 decks646 decks
5%synergy
Dread Summons
5.3%inclusion34 decks646 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
39%inclusion251 decks646 decks
37%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
37%inclusion242 decks646 decks
32%synergy
Lightning Greaves
35%inclusion229 decks646 decks
8%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
34%inclusion217 decks634 decks
31%synergy
Altar of the Brood
33%inclusion211 decks646 decks
28%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion195 decks646 decks
28%synergy
Keening Stone
16%inclusion102 decks646 decks
15%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion99 decks646 decks
-9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion88 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
12%inclusion75 decks646 decks
4%synergy
Grindstone
11%inclusion74 decks646 decks
10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion69 decks646 decks
10%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion62 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.8%inclusion57 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Isochron Scepter
8.8%inclusion57 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Profane Memento
8.4%inclusion54 decks646 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.6%inclusion49 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.5%inclusion42 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.2%inclusion40 decks646 decks
5%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
5.9%inclusion38 decks646 decks
5%synergy
Jet Medallion
5.7%inclusion37 decks646 decks
-3%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
47%inclusion302 decks646 decks
29%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
43%inclusion280 decks646 decks
37%synergy
Fraying Sanity
42%inclusion273 decks646 decks
38%synergy
Memory Erosion
40%inclusion261 decks646 decks
36%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion197 decks646 decks
23%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
30%inclusion196 decks646 decks
27%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
30%inclusion192 decks634 decks
28%synergy
Intruder Alarm
30%inclusion191 decks646 decks
28%synergy
Court of Cunning
29%inclusion190 decks646 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
24%inclusion155 decks646 decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
20%inclusion126 decks646 decks
19%synergy
Mystic Remora
18%inclusion116 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
16%inclusion104 decks646 decks
14%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
15%inclusion96 decks646 decks
14%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion81 decks646 decks
2%synergy
Leyline of the Void
11%inclusion69 decks646 decks
7%synergy
No Mercy
8.8%inclusion57 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.8%inclusion57 decks646 decks
-2%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
8.4%inclusion54 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Drowned Secrets
6.2%inclusion40 decks646 decks
5%synergy
Jace's Erasure
5.3%inclusion34 decks646 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion177 decks646 decks
21%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
23%inclusion148 decks646 decks
21%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion104 decks646 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
8.0%inclusion52 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.8%inclusion44 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
53%inclusion342 decks646 decks
14%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion252 decks646 decks
30%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
38%inclusion193 decks510 decks
33%synergy
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion211 decks646 decks
-3%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
23%inclusion149 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
22%inclusion144 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Restless Reef
17%inclusion110 decks646 decks
10%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
16%inclusion103 decks646 decks
-3%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
14%inclusion90 decks646 decks
10%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion86 decks646 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion85 decks646 decks
4%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion83 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion72 decks646 decks
-16%synergy
Cabal Coffers
8.8%inclusion57 decks646 decks
-2%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
8.4%inclusion54 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
8.0%inclusion52 decks646 decks
4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.4%inclusion48 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
7.1%inclusion46 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.0%inclusion39 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Maze of Ith
5.7%inclusion37 decks646 decks
4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.3%inclusion34 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
5.3%inclusion34 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91%inclusion591 decks646 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
82%inclusion532 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Signet
63%inclusion409 decks646 decks
4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
57%inclusion367 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
31%inclusion198 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion179 decks646 decks
-4%synergy
Mind Stone
27%inclusion177 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion113 decks646 decks
1%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion80 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
9.3%inclusion60 decks646 decks
9%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.0%inclusion45 decks646 decks
1%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.5%inclusion42 decks646 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Locket
5.4%inclusion35 decks646 decks
3%synergy
The Soul Stone
5.4%inclusion24 decks448 decks
0%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.3%inclusion34 decks646 decks
-3%synergy
Lands
Island
98%inclusion630 decks646 decks
1%synergy
Swamp
97%inclusion626 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion562 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
70%inclusion453 decks646 decks
16%synergy
Sunken Hollow
68%inclusion439 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Watery Grave
62%inclusion399 decks646 decks
14%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
46%inclusion295 decks646 decks
6%synergy
Choked Estuary
45%inclusion289 decks646 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
43%inclusion281 decks646 decks
5%synergy
Underground River
43%inclusion278 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
42%inclusion273 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Morphic Pool
41%inclusion266 decks646 decks
5%synergy
Tainted Isle
41%inclusion264 decks646 decks
-3%synergy
Temple of Deceit
41%inclusion262 decks646 decks
5%synergy
Polluted Delta
39%inclusion253 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
32%inclusion206 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
28%inclusion178 decks643 decks
4%synergy
Sunken Ruins
25%inclusion163 decks646 decks
9%synergy
Evolving Wilds
24%inclusion156 decks646 decks
8%synergy
Fetid Pools
23%inclusion148 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion147 decks646 decks
-10%synergy
Dismal Backwater
22%inclusion145 decks646 decks
7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion142 decks646 decks
1%synergy
Undercity Sewers
21%inclusion135 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
19%inclusion123 decks646 decks
8%synergy
Darkslick Shores
17%inclusion107 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion95 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion85 decks646 decks
2%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion82 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion82 decks646 decks
-3%synergy
Fabled Passage
12%inclusion76 decks646 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
11%inclusion74 decks646 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion73 decks646 decks
5%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
11%inclusion70 decks646 decks
5%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion68 decks646 decks
2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
10%inclusion64 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Flooded Strand
8.5%inclusion55 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
8.2%inclusion53 decks646 decks
0%synergy
Reflecting Pool
7.7%inclusion50 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
7.6%inclusion49 decks646 decks
3%synergy
Misty Rainforest
7.4%inclusion48 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
7.4%inclusion48 decks646 decks
1%synergy
Prismatic Vista
7.0%inclusion45 decks646 decks
1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
7.0%inclusion45 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Marsh Flats
6.8%inclusion44 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
6.8%inclusion44 decks646 decks
1%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.2%inclusion40 decks646 decks
2%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
5.6%inclusion36 decks646 decks
-2%synergy
Port of Karfell
5.4%inclusion35 decks646 decks
-1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.1%inclusion33 decks646 decks
-2%synergy
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