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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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The Walls of Ba Sing Se
4.3%inclusion3 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Nightmares and Daydreams
2.9%inclusion2 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Serpent's Pass
2.8%inclusion2 decks72 decks
2%synergy
Zuko's Conviction
1.6%inclusion1 decks62 decks
1%synergy
Phoenix Fleet Airship
1.5%inclusion1 decks67 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
83%inclusion659 decks798 decks
68%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
68%inclusion542 decks798 decks
66%synergy
Wall of Frost
66%inclusion529 decks798 decks
65%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
66%inclusion525 decks798 decks
64%synergy
Nighthowler
63%inclusion500 decks798 decks
57%synergy
Bonehoard
51%inclusion409 decks798 decks
49%synergy
Psychic Strike
50%inclusion400 decks798 decks
47%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
48%inclusion381 decks798 decks
47%synergy
Ruin Crab
55%inclusion440 decks798 decks
47%synergy
Hover Barrier
47%inclusion372 decks798 decks
46%synergy
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Cruel Somnophage
51%inclusion403 decks798 decks
45%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
47%inclusion374 decks798 decks
42%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
46%inclusion368 decks798 decks
42%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
46%inclusion367 decks798 decks
45%synergy
Negate
45%inclusion362 decks798 decks
13%synergy
Thought Collapse
45%inclusion359 decks798 decks
42%synergy
Singularity Rupture
45%inclusion114 decks254 decks
33%synergy
Fraying Sanity
44%inclusion352 decks798 decks
40%synergy
Drown in the Loch
44%inclusion349 decks798 decks
25%synergy
Mortivore
44%inclusion349 decks798 decks
42%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
9.3%inclusion74 decks798 decks
-2%synergy
Creatures
Manic Scribe
43%inclusion346 decks798 decks
42%synergy
Fleet Swallower
39%inclusion313 decks798 decks
36%synergy
Glacial Wall
38%inclusion303 decks798 decks
37%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
37%inclusion295 decks798 decks
35%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
36%inclusion290 decks798 decks
23%synergy
The Ancient One
36%inclusion285 decks798 decks
32%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
34%inclusion271 decks798 decks
29%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
33%inclusion157 decks470 decks
33%synergy
Aegis Turtle
32%inclusion253 decks798 decks
31%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
31%inclusion250 decks798 decks
31%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
31%inclusion217 decks697 decks
30%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
31%inclusion248 decks798 decks
28%synergy
Fog Bank
31%inclusion246 decks798 decks
30%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
28%inclusion225 decks798 decks
24%synergy
Wall of Runes
28%inclusion222 decks798 decks
28%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
28%inclusion221 decks798 decks
27%synergy
The Mindskinner
27%inclusion166 decks612 decks
20%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
27%inclusion213 decks798 decks
19%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
26%inclusion210 decks798 decks
26%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
25%inclusion201 decks798 decks
25%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
25%inclusion198 decks798 decks
21%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
24%inclusion189 decks798 decks
23%synergy
Wall of Mist
24%inclusion189 decks798 decks
23%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
22%inclusion162 decks725 decks
21%synergy
Undead Alchemist
21%inclusion167 decks798 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion163 decks798 decks
15%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
19%inclusion148 decks798 decks
18%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
17%inclusion139 decks798 decks
16%synergy
Hedron Crab
16%inclusion128 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Eater of the Dead
15%inclusion123 decks798 decks
14%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
15%inclusion119 decks798 decks
15%synergy
Tree of Perdition
14%inclusion113 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Soulless Jailer
13%inclusion107 decks798 decks
13%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
13%inclusion104 decks798 decks
13%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
13%inclusion103 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
13%inclusion102 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Air
13%inclusion102 decks798 decks
13%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
13%inclusion101 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion100 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Monastery Flock
12%inclusion99 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
12%inclusion69 decks557 decks
11%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
12%inclusion95 decks798 decks
11%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
12%inclusion93 decks798 decks
6%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion86 decks755 decks
11%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
11%inclusion75 decks668 decks
10%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
11%inclusion87 decks798 decks
11%synergy
Academy Wall
11%inclusion86 decks798 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
10%inclusion83 decks798 decks
9%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
10%inclusion81 decks798 decks
-2%synergy
Riptide Turtle
10%inclusion80 decks798 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Didn't Say Please
43%inclusion341 decks798 decks
38%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
37%inclusion298 decks798 decks
36%synergy
Counterspell
35%inclusion277 decks798 decks
-21%synergy
Into the Story
33%inclusion260 decks798 decks
31%synergy
Crypt Incursion
27%inclusion218 decks798 decks
26%synergy
Thought Scour
27%inclusion214 decks798 decks
20%synergy
Aetherize
24%inclusion190 decks798 decks
13%synergy
Murder
19%inclusion154 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Doom Blade
16%inclusion126 decks798 decks
13%synergy
Drown in Dreams
15%inclusion116 decks798 decks
10%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion111 decks798 decks
-17%synergy
Archive Trap
14%inclusion108 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Psychic Spiral
13%inclusion104 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Intellectual Offering
13%inclusion103 decks798 decks
13%synergy
Fact or Fiction
13%inclusion100 decks798 decks
2%synergy
Go for the Throat
12%inclusion92 decks798 decks
-5%synergy
Opt
11%inclusion84 decks798 decks
-1%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion81 decks798 decks
4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion70 decks693 decks
-1%synergy
Cancel
10%inclusion78 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Hero's Downfall
10%inclusion76 decks798 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
9.3%inclusion74 decks798 decks
-5%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
9.3%inclusion74 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Countermand
9.3%inclusion74 decks798 decks
9%synergy
Perplex
8.8%inclusion70 decks798 decks
6%synergy
Dark Ritual
8.1%inclusion65 decks798 decks
-27%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.5%inclusion60 decks798 decks
-8%synergy
Visions of Beyond
7.5%inclusion60 decks798 decks
4%synergy
Induce Paranoia
6.9%inclusion55 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
6.8%inclusion54 decks798 decks
6%synergy
Soul Manipulation
6.8%inclusion54 decks798 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Charm
6.5%inclusion52 decks798 decks
4%synergy
Careful Consideration
6.1%inclusion49 decks798 decks
6%synergy
Countersquall
5.9%inclusion47 decks798 decks
-1%synergy
Essence Scatter
5.6%inclusion45 decks798 decks
4%synergy
Expel from Orazca
5.6%inclusion45 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Dream Twist
5.5%inclusion44 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Anticognition
5.3%inclusion42 decks798 decks
5%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
5.1%inclusion41 decks798 decks
-25%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
39%inclusion311 decks798 decks
29%synergy
Traumatize
38%inclusion306 decks798 decks
34%synergy
Pilfered Plans
36%inclusion291 decks798 decks
34%synergy
Extract from Darkness
35%inclusion283 decks798 decks
28%synergy
Cut Your Losses
33%inclusion260 decks798 decks
28%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
30%inclusion236 decks798 decks
19%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
27%inclusion216 decks798 decks
20%synergy
Treasure Cruise
26%inclusion208 decks798 decks
17%synergy
Mind Grind
23%inclusion184 decks798 decks
17%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion161 decks798 decks
17%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion157 decks798 decks
-16%synergy
Whispering Madness
18%inclusion141 decks798 decks
14%synergy
Mind Sculpt
18%inclusion140 decks798 decks
17%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
15%inclusion121 decks798 decks
10%synergy
Tome Scour
12%inclusion97 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
11%inclusion89 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Eldritch Pact
9.4%inclusion75 decks798 decks
9%synergy
Increasing Confusion
9.1%inclusion73 decks798 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.0%inclusion72 decks798 decks
3%synergy
Dread Summons
8.9%inclusion71 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Breaking Wave
8.8%inclusion70 decks798 decks
9%synergy
Windfall
8.6%inclusion69 decks798 decks
-5%synergy
Aether Gale
8.5%inclusion68 decks798 decks
8%synergy
Bond of Insight
7.9%inclusion63 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
7.5%inclusion60 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Startled Awake
7.4%inclusion59 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
7.4%inclusion59 decks798 decks
2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
7.3%inclusion58 decks798 decks
-2%synergy
Ravenform
6.8%inclusion54 decks798 decks
4%synergy
Languish
6.3%inclusion50 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Divination
5.9%inclusion47 decks798 decks
5%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
5.9%inclusion47 decks798 decks
1%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
5.8%inclusion46 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Notion Rain
5.6%inclusion45 decks798 decks
2%synergy
Dark Deal
5.5%inclusion44 decks798 decks
4%synergy
Ponder
5.5%inclusion44 decks798 decks
-11%synergy
Decree of Pain
5.4%inclusion43 decks798 decks
2%synergy
Preordain
5.3%inclusion42 decks798 decks
-5%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
5.3%inclusion40 decks761 decks
4%synergy
Coerced Confession
5.0%inclusion40 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
32%inclusion102 decks316 decks
23%synergy
Keening Stone
31%inclusion250 decks798 decks
30%synergy
Mindcrank
27%inclusion212 decks798 decks
14%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion117 decks471 decks
21%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
21%inclusion165 decks798 decks
6%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
13%inclusion103 decks798 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
12%inclusion97 decks798 decks
-12%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
12%inclusion94 decks798 decks
11%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
11%inclusion86 decks798 decks
9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion83 decks798 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
10%inclusion77 decks798 decks
9%synergy
Folio of Fancies
7.9%inclusion63 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Codex Shredder
7.5%inclusion60 decks798 decks
6%synergy
Sands of Delirium
6.9%inclusion55 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
6.8%inclusion54 decks798 decks
6%synergy
Lightning Greaves
6.8%inclusion54 decks798 decks
-21%synergy
Sentinel Totem
6.0%inclusion48 decks798 decks
6%synergy
Millstone
5.8%inclusion46 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Trepanation Blade
5.5%inclusion44 decks798 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Patient Rebuilding
26%inclusion211 decks798 decks
25%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
26%inclusion209 decks798 decks
24%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
25%inclusion196 decks798 decks
18%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
23%inclusion181 decks798 decks
20%synergy
Propaganda
19%inclusion149 decks798 decks
3%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
17%inclusion79 decks471 decks
15%synergy
Court of Cunning
13%inclusion105 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Intruder Alarm
13%inclusion102 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Erasure
12%inclusion96 decks798 decks
11%synergy
Drowned Secrets
11%inclusion90 decks798 decks
11%synergy
Memory Erosion
11%inclusion89 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion79 decks798 decks
9%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
8.9%inclusion71 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
8.1%inclusion65 decks798 decks
-5%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
7.8%inclusion62 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Death's Approach
5.1%inclusion41 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
20%inclusion159 decks798 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
14%inclusion113 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
9.0%inclusion72 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Jace Beleren
8.8%inclusion70 decks798 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.1%inclusion49 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
5.3%inclusion42 decks798 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion313 decks798 decks
30%synergy
Bojuka Bog
23%inclusion184 decks798 decks
-16%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
18%inclusion61 decks333 decks
13%synergy
Temple of the False God
15%inclusion116 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Reliquary Tower
13%inclusion107 decks798 decks
-23%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion94 decks798 decks
4%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
11%inclusion85 decks798 decks
9%synergy
Restless Reef
11%inclusion84 decks798 decks
3%synergy
Halimar Depths
8.9%inclusion71 decks798 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.6%inclusion69 decks798 decks
-19%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
8.3%inclusion66 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
6.9%inclusion55 decks798 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
6.6%inclusion53 decks798 decks
-11%synergy
Dreadship Reef
6.1%inclusion49 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.0%inclusion40 decks798 decks
-4%synergy
Barren Moor
5.0%inclusion40 decks798 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
73%inclusion583 decks798 decks
-15%synergy
Arcane Signet
62%inclusion494 decks798 decks
-22%synergy
Dimir Signet
58%inclusion462 decks798 decks
-3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
40%inclusion322 decks798 decks
22%synergy
Mind Stone
36%inclusion285 decks798 decks
6%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
30%inclusion243 decks798 decks
-29%synergy
Dimir Locket
25%inclusion201 decks798 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
22%inclusion176 decks798 decks
20%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
19%inclusion148 decks798 decks
10%synergy
Sky Diamond
18%inclusion143 decks798 decks
9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
15%inclusion119 decks798 decks
-16%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
12%inclusion98 decks798 decks
12%synergy
Worn Powerstone
12%inclusion94 decks798 decks
8%synergy
Thought Vessel
11%inclusion90 decks798 decks
-21%synergy
Midnight Clock
9.1%inclusion73 decks798 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
8.6%inclusion69 decks798 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Lens
7.6%inclusion61 decks798 decks
6%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
5.9%inclusion47 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Star Compass
5.3%inclusion42 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Island
99%inclusion791 decks798 decks
3%synergy
Swamp
98%inclusion784 decks798 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
67%inclusion537 decks798 decks
-21%synergy
Dismal Backwater
55%inclusion442 decks798 decks
39%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
53%inclusion424 decks798 decks
13%synergy
Sunken Hollow
51%inclusion405 decks798 decks
-15%synergy
Evolving Wilds
47%inclusion377 decks798 decks
30%synergy
Temple of Deceit
45%inclusion363 decks798 decks
9%synergy
Choked Estuary
40%inclusion318 decks798 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
40%inclusion316 decks798 decks
33%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
36%inclusion286 decks798 decks
-4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
35%inclusion283 decks798 decks
24%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
29%inclusion234 decks798 decks
23%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
24%inclusion192 decks798 decks
19%synergy
Tainted Isle
23%inclusion185 decks798 decks
-21%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
23%inclusion182 decks798 decks
-30%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion173 decks798 decks
-1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
15%inclusion119 decks798 decks
-18%synergy
Fetid Pools
15%inclusion117 decks798 decks
-2%synergy
Waterfront District
10%inclusion82 decks798 decks
7%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion70 decks693 decks
-1%synergy
Port of Karfell
8.5%inclusion68 decks798 decks
1%synergy
Underground River
7.9%inclusion63 decks798 decks
-31%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
7.3%inclusion58 decks798 decks
1%synergy
Salt Marsh
7.0%inclusion56 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.6%inclusion53 decks798 decks
-21%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.5%inclusion52 decks798 decks
1%synergy
Warped Landscape
5.8%inclusion46 decks798 decks
6%synergy
Grixis Panorama
5.3%inclusion42 decks798 decks
5%synergy
Soured Springs
5.2%inclusion38 decks725 decks
2%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
5.0%inclusion40 decks798 decks
-35%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
5.0%inclusion40 decks798 decks
0%synergy
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