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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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Loki, God of Mischief
6.1%inclusion2 decks33 decks
5%synergy
Arc Reactor
3.0%inclusion1 decks33 decks
2%synergy
Hidden Lair
3.0%inclusion1 decks33 decks
-2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
81%inclusion152 decks188 decks
79%synergy
Consuming Aberration
91%inclusion171 decks188 decks
76%synergy
Ruin Crab
77%inclusion144 decks188 decks
68%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
70%inclusion132 decks188 decks
64%synergy
Tree of Perdition
64%inclusion120 decks188 decks
62%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
72%inclusion135 decks188 decks
61%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
61%inclusion114 decks188 decks
55%synergy
The Water Crystal
64%inclusion100 decks156 decks
55%synergy
Eater of the Dead
55%inclusion104 decks188 decks
54%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
57%inclusion108 decks188 decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
65%inclusion122 decks188 decks
47%synergy
Mindcrank
65%inclusion122 decks188 decks
53%synergy
Singularity Rupture
64%inclusion96 decks149 decks
52%synergy
Fractured Sanity
57%inclusion108 decks188 decks
48%synergy
Counterspell
56%inclusion106 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Nighthowler
56%inclusion105 decks188 decks
50%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
55%inclusion104 decks188 decks
42%synergy
Mind Grind
54%inclusion102 decks188 decks
49%synergy
Visions of Beyond
53%inclusion100 decks188 decks
49%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
51%inclusion96 decks188 decks
49%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
27%inclusion51 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
25%inclusion47 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Notion Thief
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Demonic Tutor
14%inclusion27 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
-9%synergy
Mystical Tutor
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
-5%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
-9%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Force of Will
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Creatures
The Ancient One
51%inclusion96 decks188 decks
48%synergy
Wall of Frost
45%inclusion84 decks188 decks
43%synergy
Mortivore
38%inclusion71 decks188 decks
36%synergy
The Mindskinner
38%inclusion71 decks188 decks
31%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
37%inclusion70 decks188 decks
32%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
37%inclusion45 decks122 decks
35%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
37%inclusion69 decks188 decks
30%synergy
Hedron Crab
36%inclusion68 decks188 decks
32%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
35%inclusion66 decks188 decks
31%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
33%inclusion62 decks186 decks
32%synergy
Silent Arbiter
32%inclusion61 decks188 decks
31%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
31%inclusion58 decks188 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion54 decks188 decks
28%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
28%inclusion53 decks188 decks
26%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
27%inclusion51 decks188 decks
26%synergy
Undead Alchemist
27%inclusion50 decks188 decks
24%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
27%inclusion50 decks188 decks
25%synergy
Hover Barrier
27%inclusion50 decks188 decks
26%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
26%inclusion48 decks188 decks
23%synergy
Fleet Swallower
24%inclusion46 decks188 decks
22%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion46 decks188 decks
17%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
20%inclusion37 decks188 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
20%inclusion37 decks188 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
18%inclusion33 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
17%inclusion32 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
17%inclusion32 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Manic Scribe
17%inclusion32 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
17%inclusion32 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Fog Bank
16%inclusion30 decks188 decks
15%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Riddlekeeper
15%inclusion28 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Soulless Jailer
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
12%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Jace's Archivist
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Aegis Turtle
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Baleful Strix
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
-13%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
11%inclusion13 decks122 decks
10%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Glacial Wall
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
-3%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
40%inclusion76 decks188 decks
37%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
29%inclusion54 decks188 decks
-3%synergy
Didn't Say Please
29%inclusion54 decks188 decks
24%synergy
Arcane Denial
28%inclusion53 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Archive Trap
28%inclusion52 decks188 decks
26%synergy
Negate
26%inclusion48 decks188 decks
-7%synergy
Into the Story
25%inclusion47 decks188 decks
23%synergy
Psychic Strike
24%inclusion46 decks188 decks
22%synergy
Dark Ritual
24%inclusion45 decks188 decks
-12%synergy
Thought Collapse
22%inclusion41 decks188 decks
19%synergy
Swan Song
22%inclusion41 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Drown in Dreams
22%inclusion41 decks188 decks
18%synergy
Brainstorm
21%inclusion40 decks188 decks
-8%synergy
Aetherize
19%inclusion35 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Thought Scour
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Sink into Stupor
18%inclusion33 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion32 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Mana Drain
17%inclusion32 decks188 decks
-0%synergy
Withering Torment
16%inclusion30 decks188 decks
-0%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
15%inclusion28 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Crypt Incursion
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
12%inclusion12 decks99 decks
10%synergy
Pongify
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
-5%synergy
Perplex
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
-10%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
-7%synergy
Frantic Search
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
-11%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
-8%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Resculpt
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Force of Negation
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
46%inclusion86 decks188 decks
41%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
33%inclusion62 decks188 decks
28%synergy
Toxic Deluge
31%inclusion59 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Windfall
28%inclusion52 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Cut Your Losses
28%inclusion52 decks188 decks
24%synergy
Feed the Swarm
28%inclusion52 decks188 decks
-7%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
27%inclusion50 decks188 decks
17%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
26%inclusion49 decks188 decks
21%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion44 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
21%inclusion40 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion38 decks188 decks
18%synergy
Treasure Cruise
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Damnation
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
-6%synergy
Pilfered Plans
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Read the Bones
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Startled Awake
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Increasing Confusion
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Preordain
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
-3%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-0%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Grim Tutor
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Tome Scour
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
48%inclusion90 decks188 decks
46%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
42%inclusion79 decks188 decks
37%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
36%inclusion67 decks186 decks
32%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion67 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Altar of the Brood
35%inclusion65 decks188 decks
30%synergy
Bonehoard
28%inclusion53 decks188 decks
26%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion27 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion27 decks188 decks
-10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Grindstone
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Keening Stone
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Isochron Scepter
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Altar of Dementia
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
47%inclusion89 decks188 decks
30%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
44%inclusion83 decks188 decks
38%synergy
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion75 decks188 decks
36%synergy
Memory Erosion
37%inclusion70 decks188 decks
33%synergy
Intruder Alarm
36%inclusion67 decks188 decks
34%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion62 decks188 decks
27%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
31%inclusion58 decks186 decks
29%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
31%inclusion58 decks188 decks
28%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
29%inclusion55 decks188 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Remora
24%inclusion45 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Freed from the Real
22%inclusion42 decks188 decks
21%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
17%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
16%inclusion31 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Animate Dead
15%inclusion28 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Leyline of the Void
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
9%synergy
No Mercy
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
23%inclusion44 decks188 decks
17%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
20%inclusion37 decks188 decks
18%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
19%inclusion35 decks188 decks
17%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Jace Beleren
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
55%inclusion104 decks188 decks
17%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
46%inclusion73 decks158 decks
41%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion71 decks188 decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
26%inclusion49 decks188 decks
-10%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
24%inclusion46 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
21%inclusion40 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Restless Reef
20%inclusion38 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
20%inclusion37 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
17%inclusion32 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
16%inclusion30 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Rogue's Passage
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
-17%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Cabal Coffers
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Halimar Depths
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Maze of Ith
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91%inclusion171 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Signet
85%inclusion159 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
61%inclusion115 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Signet
61%inclusion115 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Mind Stone
30%inclusion56 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Fellwar Stone
27%inclusion51 decks188 decks
-3%synergy
Thought Vessel
27%inclusion51 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Midnight Clock
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
1%synergy
The Soul Stone
6.2%inclusion9 decks146 decks
0%synergy
Sky Diamond
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Locket
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Patriar's Seal
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion183 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion180 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
91%inclusion172 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
72%inclusion136 decks188 decks
18%synergy
Sunken Hollow
68%inclusion127 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Watery Grave
68%inclusion127 decks188 decks
19%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
54%inclusion101 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
51%inclusion96 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Underground River
47%inclusion88 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Polluted Delta
46%inclusion87 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
45%inclusion85 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Morphic Pool
45%inclusion85 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Choked Estuary
45%inclusion85 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Tainted Isle
40%inclusion76 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Temple of Deceit
40%inclusion75 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
35%inclusion66 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
34%inclusion63 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Sunken Ruins
28%inclusion52 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion46 decks188 decks
-8%synergy
Undercity Sewers
23%inclusion44 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Evolving Wilds
21%inclusion39 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Darkslick Shores
20%inclusion38 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion37 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion37 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion37 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion33 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Sink into Stupor
18%inclusion33 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion32 decks188 decks
1%synergy
River of Tears
16%inclusion30 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Fabled Passage
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
-0%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Vista
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Flooded Strand
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Misty Rainforest
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Marsh Flats
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Reflecting Pool
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-0%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-0%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
1%synergy
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