Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget

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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
4.6%inclusion3 decks65 decks
3%synergy
Nightmares and Daydreams
3.1%inclusion2 decks65 decks
3%synergy
Serpent's Pass
3.0%inclusion2 decks67 decks
2%synergy
Phoenix Fleet Airship
1.6%inclusion1 decks62 decks
1%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
1.5%inclusion1 decks65 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
83%inclusion658 decks796 decks
68%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
68%inclusion542 decks796 decks
66%synergy
Wall of Frost
67%inclusion530 decks796 decks
65%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
66%inclusion524 decks796 decks
64%synergy
Nighthowler
63%inclusion498 decks796 decks
57%synergy
Bonehoard
51%inclusion406 decks796 decks
49%synergy
Psychic Strike
51%inclusion403 decks796 decks
48%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
48%inclusion380 decks796 decks
47%synergy
Ruin Crab
55%inclusion438 decks796 decks
47%synergy
Hover Barrier
47%inclusion373 decks796 decks
46%synergy
Top Cards
Cruel Somnophage
50%inclusion401 decks796 decks
45%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
47%inclusion376 decks796 decks
43%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
46%inclusion368 decks796 decks
42%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
46%inclusion364 decks796 decks
45%synergy
Singularity Rupture
46%inclusion113 decks248 decks
34%synergy
Negate
45%inclusion361 decks796 decks
13%synergy
Thought Collapse
45%inclusion359 decks796 decks
42%synergy
Fraying Sanity
44%inclusion352 decks796 decks
40%synergy
Mortivore
44%inclusion351 decks796 decks
43%synergy
Drown in the Loch
44%inclusion348 decks796 decks
25%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
9.4%inclusion75 decks796 decks
-2%synergy
Creatures
Manic Scribe
43%inclusion344 decks796 decks
42%synergy
Fleet Swallower
39%inclusion310 decks796 decks
36%synergy
Glacial Wall
38%inclusion304 decks796 decks
38%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
37%inclusion297 decks796 decks
35%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
37%inclusion291 decks796 decks
23%synergy
The Ancient One
35%inclusion282 decks796 decks
32%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
34%inclusion271 decks796 decks
29%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
33%inclusion153 decks466 decks
32%synergy
Aegis Turtle
32%inclusion254 decks796 decks
31%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
31%inclusion250 decks796 decks
31%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
31%inclusion215 decks692 decks
30%synergy
Fog Bank
31%inclusion244 decks796 decks
29%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
31%inclusion244 decks796 decks
28%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
28%inclusion226 decks796 decks
24%synergy
Wall of Runes
28%inclusion224 decks796 decks
28%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
28%inclusion221 decks796 decks
27%synergy
The Mindskinner
27%inclusion166 decks607 decks
21%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
27%inclusion215 decks796 decks
19%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
26%inclusion209 decks796 decks
26%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
26%inclusion203 decks796 decks
25%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
25%inclusion199 decks796 decks
21%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
24%inclusion188 decks796 decks
23%synergy
Wall of Mist
23%inclusion187 decks796 decks
23%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
22%inclusion160 decks720 decks
21%synergy
Undead Alchemist
21%inclusion167 decks796 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion163 decks796 decks
15%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
19%inclusion148 decks796 decks
18%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
17%inclusion138 decks796 decks
16%synergy
Hedron Crab
16%inclusion129 decks796 decks
12%synergy
Eater of the Dead
16%inclusion125 decks796 decks
14%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
15%inclusion118 decks796 decks
15%synergy
Tree of Perdition
14%inclusion114 decks796 decks
13%synergy
Soulless Jailer
14%inclusion108 decks796 decks
13%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
13%inclusion104 decks796 decks
12%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
13%inclusion104 decks796 decks
13%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
13%inclusion103 decks796 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Air
13%inclusion101 decks796 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion101 decks796 decks
12%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
13%inclusion70 decks552 decks
12%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
12%inclusion99 decks796 decks
12%synergy
Monastery Flock
12%inclusion98 decks796 decks
12%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
12%inclusion93 decks796 decks
11%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
11%inclusion91 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion85 decks750 decks
11%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
11%inclusion75 decks663 decks
10%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
11%inclusion88 decks796 decks
11%synergy
Academy Wall
11%inclusion86 decks796 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
11%inclusion84 decks796 decks
9%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
10%inclusion82 decks796 decks
-2%synergy
Riptide Turtle
10%inclusion80 decks796 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Didn't Say Please
43%inclusion341 decks796 decks
38%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
37%inclusion298 decks796 decks
36%synergy
Counterspell
34%inclusion273 decks796 decks
-22%synergy
Into the Story
33%inclusion259 decks796 decks
31%synergy
Crypt Incursion
27%inclusion217 decks796 decks
26%synergy
Thought Scour
27%inclusion215 decks796 decks
21%synergy
Aetherize
24%inclusion192 decks796 decks
14%synergy
Murder
19%inclusion153 decks796 decks
11%synergy
Doom Blade
16%inclusion125 decks796 decks
13%synergy
Drown in Dreams
14%inclusion115 decks796 decks
10%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion112 decks796 decks
-17%synergy
Archive Trap
13%inclusion107 decks796 decks
12%synergy
Intellectual Offering
13%inclusion104 decks796 decks
13%synergy
Psychic Spiral
13%inclusion104 decks796 decks
12%synergy
Fact or Fiction
12%inclusion99 decks796 decks
2%synergy
Go for the Throat
11%inclusion91 decks796 decks
-5%synergy
Opt
10%inclusion83 decks796 decks
-2%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion81 decks796 decks
4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion68 decks688 decks
-1%synergy
Cancel
10%inclusion78 decks796 decks
8%synergy
Hero's Downfall
10%inclusion76 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
9.3%inclusion74 decks796 decks
-5%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
9.3%inclusion74 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Countermand
9.3%inclusion74 decks796 decks
9%synergy
Perplex
8.7%inclusion69 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Dark Ritual
8.4%inclusion67 decks796 decks
-26%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.5%inclusion60 decks796 decks
-8%synergy
Visions of Beyond
7.4%inclusion59 decks796 decks
4%synergy
Soul Manipulation
6.9%inclusion55 decks796 decks
4%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
6.8%inclusion54 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Induce Paranoia
6.8%inclusion54 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Charm
6.5%inclusion52 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Careful Consideration
6.3%inclusion50 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Countersquall
5.9%inclusion47 decks796 decks
-1%synergy
Essence Scatter
5.7%inclusion45 decks796 decks
4%synergy
Expel from Orazca
5.7%inclusion45 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Dream Twist
5.5%inclusion44 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Anticognition
5.3%inclusion42 decks796 decks
5%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
5.3%inclusion42 decks796 decks
-25%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
39%inclusion310 decks796 decks
29%synergy
Traumatize
38%inclusion305 decks796 decks
34%synergy
Pilfered Plans
37%inclusion291 decks796 decks
34%synergy
Extract from Darkness
35%inclusion281 decks796 decks
28%synergy
Cut Your Losses
32%inclusion258 decks796 decks
28%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
30%inclusion238 decks796 decks
19%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
27%inclusion217 decks796 decks
21%synergy
Treasure Cruise
26%inclusion210 decks796 decks
17%synergy
Mind Grind
23%inclusion187 decks796 decks
18%synergy
Mind Funeral
20%inclusion161 decks796 decks
17%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion156 decks796 decks
-17%synergy
Whispering Madness
18%inclusion142 decks796 decks
15%synergy
Mind Sculpt
18%inclusion140 decks796 decks
17%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
15%inclusion120 decks796 decks
10%synergy
Tome Scour
12%inclusion97 decks796 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
11%inclusion89 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Eldritch Pact
9.3%inclusion74 decks796 decks
9%synergy
Increasing Confusion
9.0%inclusion72 decks796 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.0%inclusion72 decks796 decks
3%synergy
Breaking Wave
8.8%inclusion70 decks796 decks
9%synergy
Dread Summons
8.8%inclusion70 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Aether Gale
8.7%inclusion69 decks796 decks
8%synergy
Windfall
8.5%inclusion68 decks796 decks
-5%synergy
Bond of Insight
8.2%inclusion65 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
7.5%inclusion60 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
7.5%inclusion60 decks796 decks
2%synergy
Startled Awake
7.3%inclusion58 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
7.2%inclusion57 decks796 decks
-2%synergy
Ravenform
6.7%inclusion53 decks796 decks
4%synergy
Languish
6.2%inclusion49 decks796 decks
5%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
6.0%inclusion48 decks796 decks
1%synergy
Divination
5.9%inclusion47 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
5.8%inclusion46 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Ponder
5.7%inclusion45 decks796 decks
-11%synergy
Dark Deal
5.7%inclusion45 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Notion Rain
5.5%inclusion44 decks796 decks
2%synergy
Decree of Pain
5.4%inclusion43 decks796 decks
2%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
5.3%inclusion40 decks756 decks
4%synergy
Preordain
5.3%inclusion42 decks796 decks
-5%synergy
Coerced Confession
5.0%inclusion40 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
32%inclusion252 decks796 decks
30%synergy
The Water Crystal
31%inclusion98 decks312 decks
23%synergy
Mindcrank
27%inclusion212 decks796 decks
14%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion116 decks467 decks
21%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
21%inclusion166 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
13%inclusion103 decks796 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
12%inclusion97 decks796 decks
-12%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
12%inclusion93 decks796 decks
11%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
11%inclusion86 decks796 decks
9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion80 decks796 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
9.4%inclusion75 decks796 decks
9%synergy
Folio of Fancies
7.9%inclusion63 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Codex Shredder
7.5%inclusion60 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Sands of Delirium
6.9%inclusion55 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Lightning Greaves
6.8%inclusion54 decks796 decks
-21%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
6.8%inclusion54 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Sentinel Totem
6.0%inclusion48 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Millstone
5.8%inclusion46 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Trepanation Blade
5.4%inclusion43 decks796 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Teferi's Tutelage
27%inclusion211 decks796 decks
25%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
26%inclusion210 decks796 decks
25%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
25%inclusion197 decks796 decks
18%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
22%inclusion179 decks796 decks
20%synergy
Propaganda
19%inclusion148 decks796 decks
3%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
16%inclusion77 decks467 decks
14%synergy
Court of Cunning
13%inclusion105 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Intruder Alarm
13%inclusion102 decks796 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Erasure
12%inclusion95 decks796 decks
11%synergy
Memory Erosion
11%inclusion91 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Drowned Secrets
11%inclusion89 decks796 decks
10%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion78 decks796 decks
9%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
8.8%inclusion70 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
8.3%inclusion66 decks796 decks
-5%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
7.8%inclusion62 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
20%inclusion159 decks796 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
14%inclusion115 decks796 decks
12%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
9.0%inclusion72 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Jace Beleren
8.7%inclusion69 decks796 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.0%inclusion48 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
5.3%inclusion42 decks796 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion311 decks796 decks
30%synergy
Bojuka Bog
23%inclusion184 decks796 decks
-16%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
18%inclusion60 decks329 decks
13%synergy
Temple of the False God
14%inclusion115 decks796 decks
4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
13%inclusion105 decks796 decks
-23%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion94 decks796 decks
4%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
11%inclusion84 decks796 decks
9%synergy
Restless Reef
10%inclusion83 decks796 decks
3%synergy
Halimar Depths
8.9%inclusion71 decks796 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.7%inclusion69 decks796 decks
-19%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
8.4%inclusion67 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
6.8%inclusion54 decks796 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
6.4%inclusion51 decks796 decks
-11%synergy
Dreadship Reef
6.2%inclusion49 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.0%inclusion40 decks796 decks
-4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
73%inclusion582 decks796 decks
-15%synergy
Arcane Signet
62%inclusion492 decks796 decks
-22%synergy
Dimir Signet
58%inclusion461 decks796 decks
-3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
40%inclusion319 decks796 decks
22%synergy
Mind Stone
36%inclusion286 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
30%inclusion242 decks796 decks
-29%synergy
Dimir Locket
25%inclusion200 decks796 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
22%inclusion176 decks796 decks
20%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
19%inclusion149 decks796 decks
10%synergy
Sky Diamond
18%inclusion145 decks796 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
15%inclusion120 decks796 decks
-16%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
12%inclusion98 decks796 decks
12%synergy
Worn Powerstone
11%inclusion91 decks796 decks
8%synergy
Thought Vessel
11%inclusion91 decks796 decks
-20%synergy
Midnight Clock
9.2%inclusion73 decks796 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
8.9%inclusion71 decks796 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Lens
7.9%inclusion63 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
5.8%inclusion46 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Star Compass
5.3%inclusion42 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Island
99%inclusion789 decks796 decks
3%synergy
Swamp
98%inclusion782 decks796 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
67%inclusion535 decks796 decks
-21%synergy
Dismal Backwater
55%inclusion438 decks796 decks
39%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
53%inclusion425 decks796 decks
14%synergy
Sunken Hollow
50%inclusion401 decks796 decks
-16%synergy
Evolving Wilds
47%inclusion374 decks796 decks
30%synergy
Temple of Deceit
45%inclusion360 decks796 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
40%inclusion316 decks796 decks
33%synergy
Choked Estuary
40%inclusion315 decks796 decks
-8%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
36%inclusion283 decks796 decks
24%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
36%inclusion283 decks796 decks
-5%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
29%inclusion231 decks796 decks
23%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
24%inclusion194 decks796 decks
20%synergy
Tainted Isle
23%inclusion182 decks796 decks
-21%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
22%inclusion179 decks796 decks
-30%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion172 decks796 decks
-1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
15%inclusion119 decks796 decks
-18%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion113 decks796 decks
-2%synergy
Waterfront District
11%inclusion84 decks796 decks
7%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion68 decks688 decks
-1%synergy
Port of Karfell
8.4%inclusion67 decks796 decks
1%synergy
Underground River
7.8%inclusion62 decks796 decks
-31%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
7.3%inclusion58 decks796 decks
1%synergy
Salt Marsh
7.0%inclusion56 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.7%inclusion53 decks796 decks
-21%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.4%inclusion51 decks796 decks
1%synergy
Warped Landscape
5.8%inclusion46 decks796 decks
6%synergy
Soured Springs
5.3%inclusion38 decks720 decks
2%synergy
Grixis Panorama
5.3%inclusion42 decks796 decks
5%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
5.0%inclusion40 decks796 decks
0%synergy
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