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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
5.7%inclusion2 decks35 decks
4%synergy
Emeritus of Woe
3.8%inclusion1 decks26 decks
2%synergy
Brush Off
3.7%inclusion1 decks27 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
81%inclusion140 decks173 decks
79%synergy
Consuming Aberration
91%inclusion157 decks173 decks
76%synergy
Ruin Crab
77%inclusion134 decks173 decks
69%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
71%inclusion122 decks173 decks
64%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
74%inclusion128 decks173 decks
63%synergy
Tree of Perdition
62%inclusion108 decks173 decks
61%synergy
Eater of the Dead
57%inclusion99 decks173 decks
56%synergy
The Water Crystal
64%inclusion90 decks140 decks
55%synergy
Singularity Rupture
68%inclusion90 decks133 decks
55%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
61%inclusion105 decks173 decks
55%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
65%inclusion113 decks173 decks
47%synergy
Mindcrank
64%inclusion110 decks173 decks
52%synergy
Counterspell
58%inclusion101 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
58%inclusion100 decks173 decks
53%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
57%inclusion98 decks173 decks
44%synergy
Fractured Sanity
57%inclusion98 decks173 decks
47%synergy
Nighthowler
55%inclusion95 decks173 decks
49%synergy
Mind Grind
54%inclusion94 decks173 decks
49%synergy
Visions of Beyond
54%inclusion94 decks173 decks
51%synergy
The Ancient One
49%inclusion85 decks173 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
27%inclusion46 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
27%inclusion46 decks173 decks
4%synergy
Notion Thief
18%inclusion31 decks173 decks
7%synergy
Demonic Tutor
14%inclusion25 decks173 decks
-5%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
8.7%inclusion15 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
8.7%inclusion15 decks173 decks
-10%synergy
Mystical Tutor
8.7%inclusion15 decks173 decks
-5%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
6.9%inclusion12 decks173 decks
-9%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Force of Will
5.8%inclusion10 decks173 decks
-4%synergy
Creatures
Wight of Precinct Six
49%inclusion84 decks173 decks
46%synergy
Wall of Frost
44%inclusion76 decks173 decks
43%synergy
Mortivore
36%inclusion63 decks173 decks
35%synergy
The Mindskinner
36%inclusion62 decks173 decks
29%synergy
Hedron Crab
35%inclusion61 decks173 decks
31%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
35%inclusion61 decks173 decks
31%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
35%inclusion60 decks173 decks
28%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
35%inclusion60 decks173 decks
30%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
34%inclusion35 decks104 decks
32%synergy
Silent Arbiter
32%inclusion55 decks173 decks
30%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
32%inclusion54 decks170 decks
31%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion51 decks173 decks
29%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
29%inclusion50 decks173 decks
25%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
28%inclusion48 decks173 decks
26%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
27%inclusion47 decks173 decks
27%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
26%inclusion45 decks173 decks
25%synergy
Undead Alchemist
25%inclusion44 decks173 decks
23%synergy
Hover Barrier
25%inclusion44 decks173 decks
25%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
25%inclusion44 decks173 decks
23%synergy
Fleet Swallower
24%inclusion41 decks173 decks
21%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
23%inclusion40 decks173 decks
15%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
23%inclusion39 decks173 decks
22%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
20%inclusion34 decks173 decks
18%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
19%inclusion33 decks173 decks
18%synergy
Manic Scribe
18%inclusion31 decks173 decks
17%synergy
Guiltfeeder
17%inclusion30 decks173 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
17%inclusion29 decks173 decks
16%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
17%inclusion29 decks173 decks
14%synergy
Fog Bank
16%inclusion27 decks173 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
16%inclusion27 decks173 decks
15%synergy
Riddlekeeper
15%inclusion26 decks173 decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
14%inclusion25 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
14%inclusion24 decks173 decks
13%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion24 decks173 decks
7%synergy
Soulless Jailer
14%inclusion24 decks173 decks
13%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
13%inclusion23 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
13%inclusion22 decks173 decks
11%synergy
Baleful Strix
12%inclusion21 decks173 decks
-11%synergy
Jace's Archivist
12%inclusion21 decks173 decks
11%synergy
Aegis Turtle
12%inclusion20 decks173 decks
11%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
12%inclusion12 decks104 decks
11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
11%inclusion19 decks173 decks
11%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
10%inclusion18 decks173 decks
9%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
10%inclusion18 decks173 decks
10%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
10%inclusion18 decks173 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
10%inclusion17 decks173 decks
8%synergy
Avatar of Woe
10%inclusion17 decks173 decks
9%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
9.2%inclusion16 decks173 decks
-3%synergy
Glacial Wall
9.2%inclusion16 decks173 decks
9%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
9.2%inclusion16 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
39%inclusion67 decks173 decks
35%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
29%inclusion50 decks173 decks
-2%synergy
Archive Trap
29%inclusion50 decks173 decks
27%synergy
Into the Story
27%inclusion47 decks173 decks
26%synergy
Arcane Denial
27%inclusion46 decks173 decks
1%synergy
Didn't Say Please
27%inclusion46 decks173 decks
22%synergy
Negate
25%inclusion44 decks173 decks
-7%synergy
Dark Ritual
25%inclusion43 decks173 decks
-11%synergy
Psychic Strike
24%inclusion41 decks173 decks
21%synergy
Drown in Dreams
23%inclusion40 decks173 decks
19%synergy
Brainstorm
23%inclusion39 decks173 decks
-7%synergy
Swan Song
21%inclusion37 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Thought Collapse
20%inclusion35 decks173 decks
17%synergy
Aetherize
18%inclusion32 decks173 decks
7%synergy
Sink into Stupor
18%inclusion31 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion30 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Mana Drain
17%inclusion29 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion29 decks173 decks
1%synergy
Thought Scour
16%inclusion27 decks173 decks
9%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion25 decks173 decks
13%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion25 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Crypt Incursion
14%inclusion24 decks173 decks
12%synergy
Fact or Fiction
10%inclusion18 decks173 decks
1%synergy
Perplex
10%inclusion18 decks173 decks
8%synergy
Pongify
10%inclusion17 decks173 decks
-5%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
10%inclusion17 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion17 decks173 decks
4%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion17 decks173 decks
-4%synergy
Deadly Rollick
8.1%inclusion14 decks173 decks
-12%synergy
Resculpt
8.1%inclusion14 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.1%inclusion14 decks173 decks
-8%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Frantic Search
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
-12%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
-9%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
-2%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
7.5%inclusion6 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
6.9%inclusion12 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
-3%synergy
Force of Negation
5.8%inclusion10 decks173 decks
-3%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
47%inclusion82 decks173 decks
43%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
34%inclusion58 decks173 decks
28%synergy
Toxic Deluge
32%inclusion55 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Feed the Swarm
29%inclusion51 decks173 decks
-6%synergy
Cut Your Losses
28%inclusion48 decks173 decks
24%synergy
Windfall
26%inclusion45 decks173 decks
13%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
26%inclusion45 decks173 decks
17%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion44 decks173 decks
20%synergy
Reanimate
21%inclusion37 decks173 decks
-3%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
21%inclusion37 decks173 decks
12%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion34 decks173 decks
17%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
15%inclusion26 decks173 decks
11%synergy
Treasure Cruise
13%inclusion22 decks173 decks
4%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion21 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Damnation
12%inclusion21 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Pilfered Plans
11%inclusion19 decks173 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion18 decks173 decks
-6%synergy
Extract from Darkness
8.7%inclusion15 decks173 decks
1%synergy
Read the Bones
8.1%inclusion14 decks173 decks
4%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.1%inclusion14 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
7%synergy
Startled Awake
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
7%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
6.9%inclusion12 decks173 decks
1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
1%synergy
Preordain
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
-4%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.8%inclusion10 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.8%inclusion10 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Tome Scour
5.2%inclusion9 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Lórien Revealed
5.2%inclusion9 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
48%inclusion83 decks173 decks
47%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
42%inclusion72 decks173 decks
37%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
38%inclusion64 decks170 decks
34%synergy
Altar of the Brood
35%inclusion61 decks173 decks
30%synergy
Lightning Greaves
35%inclusion61 decks173 decks
8%synergy
Bonehoard
28%inclusion49 decks173 decks
26%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion26 decks173 decks
-9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion25 decks173 decks
1%synergy
Grindstone
13%inclusion23 decks173 decks
12%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion22 decks173 decks
12%synergy
Keening Stone
13%inclusion22 decks173 decks
12%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
11%inclusion19 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
9.2%inclusion16 decks173 decks
7%synergy
Isochron Scepter
9.2%inclusion16 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
8.1%inclusion14 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.9%inclusion12 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.9%inclusion12 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Profane Memento
6.9%inclusion12 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Altar of Dementia
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Magewright's Stone
5.2%inclusion9 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
46%inclusion79 decks173 decks
28%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
45%inclusion77 decks173 decks
38%synergy
Fraying Sanity
39%inclusion67 decks173 decks
35%synergy
Memory Erosion
38%inclusion66 decks173 decks
34%synergy
Intruder Alarm
36%inclusion62 decks173 decks
35%synergy
Court of Cunning
34%inclusion59 decks173 decks
28%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
32%inclusion54 decks170 decks
30%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
31%inclusion54 decks173 decks
24%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
29%inclusion51 decks173 decks
27%synergy
Mystic Remora
24%inclusion41 decks173 decks
8%synergy
Freed from the Real
23%inclusion40 decks173 decks
22%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
18%inclusion32 decks173 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18%inclusion31 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
16%inclusion28 decks173 decks
14%synergy
Animate Dead
16%inclusion27 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Leyline of the Void
13%inclusion23 decks173 decks
10%synergy
No Mercy
9.2%inclusion16 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.7%inclusion15 decks173 decks
-2%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
6.9%inclusion12 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Jace's Erasure
5.2%inclusion9 decks173 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
26%inclusion45 decks173 decks
20%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
21%inclusion37 decks173 decks
19%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion30 decks173 decks
15%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
8.7%inclusion15 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Jace Beleren
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
6.9%inclusion12 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
58%inclusion100 decks173 decks
19%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
51%inclusion73 decks142 decks
47%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion64 decks173 decks
28%synergy
Reliquary Tower
25%inclusion44 decks173 decks
-11%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion40 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion38 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
20%inclusion34 decks173 decks
13%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
18%inclusion31 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
16%inclusion28 decks173 decks
12%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion23 decks173 decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion22 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
12%inclusion21 decks173 decks
9%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion19 decks173 decks
-16%synergy
Cabal Coffers
9.2%inclusion16 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
8.7%inclusion15 decks173 decks
0%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
8.7%inclusion15 decks173 decks
7%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
4%synergy
Castle Locthwain
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Halimar Depths
5.8%inclusion10 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
5.8%inclusion10 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
5.8%inclusion10 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.2%inclusion9 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
5.2%inclusion9 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
92%inclusion159 decks173 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion148 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Signet
65%inclusion112 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
61%inclusion106 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion49 decks173 decks
-3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
27%inclusion46 decks173 decks
-4%synergy
Mind Stone
26%inclusion45 decks173 decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
15%inclusion26 decks173 decks
-2%synergy
Midnight Clock
15%inclusion26 decks173 decks
8%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion17 decks173 decks
10%synergy
The Soul Stone
6.2%inclusion8 decks130 decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.8%inclusion10 decks173 decks
-2%synergy
Sky Diamond
5.8%inclusion10 decks173 decks
-2%synergy
Thran Dynamo
5.8%inclusion10 decks173 decks
0%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.2%inclusion9 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Patriar's Seal
5.2%inclusion9 decks173 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion168 decks173 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
95%inclusion165 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
92%inclusion160 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
73%inclusion126 decks173 decks
19%synergy
Sunken Hollow
69%inclusion119 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Watery Grave
66%inclusion114 decks173 decks
18%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
51%inclusion89 decks173 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion86 decks173 decks
12%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
47%inclusion82 decks173 decks
8%synergy
Choked Estuary
47%inclusion81 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Underground River
46%inclusion79 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Polluted Delta
44%inclusion76 decks173 decks
12%synergy
Morphic Pool
42%inclusion73 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Temple of Deceit
41%inclusion71 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Tainted Isle
40%inclusion70 decks173 decks
-4%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
34%inclusion59 decks173 decks
10%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
31%inclusion54 decks173 decks
7%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion42 decks173 decks
-8%synergy
Sunken Ruins
24%inclusion42 decks173 decks
8%synergy
Evolving Wilds
22%inclusion38 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Undercity Sewers
21%inclusion36 decks173 decks
0%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion36 decks173 decks
0%synergy
Fetid Pools
21%inclusion36 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Darkslick Shores
20%inclusion35 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion34 decks173 decks
4%synergy
Sink into Stupor
18%inclusion31 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion30 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion30 decks173 decks
6%synergy
River of Tears
16%inclusion28 decks173 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion25 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion24 decks173 decks
7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
13%inclusion23 decks173 decks
5%synergy
Fabled Passage
13%inclusion22 decks173 decks
4%synergy
Underground Sea
12%inclusion20 decks173 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
10%inclusion18 decks173 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Vista
9.2%inclusion16 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
9.2%inclusion16 decks173 decks
4%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
9.2%inclusion16 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Flooded Strand
8.7%inclusion15 decks173 decks
0%synergy
Ice Tunnel
8.1%inclusion14 decks173 decks
3%synergy
Marsh Flats
8.1%inclusion14 decks173 decks
0%synergy
Misty Rainforest
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
-2%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
1%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
7.5%inclusion13 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
6.9%inclusion12 decks173 decks
2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
-1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
-2%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.4%inclusion11 decks173 decks
0%synergy
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