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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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Wall of Frost
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
88%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
74%synergy
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
74%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
72%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
65%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
60%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
53%synergy
Psychic Strike
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
53%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
51%synergy
Nighthowler
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Counterspell
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Ruin Crab
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
47%synergy
Fractured Sanity
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
46%synergy
Drown in the Loch
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
26%synergy
Negate
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Fog Bank
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
44%synergy
Bonehoard
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Murder
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
37%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Creatures
Sewer Nemesis
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
The Mindskinner
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Guiltfeeder
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Tree of Perdition
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Mortivore
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
The Ancient One
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
25%synergy
Wall of Air
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Manic Scribe
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Wall of Junk
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Eater of the Dead
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Fleet Swallower
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Hover Barrier
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Concealing Curtains
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Evil Twin
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Thing in the Ice
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Aegis Turtle
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Monastery Flock
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Scrabbling Skullcrab
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Overlord of the Floodpits
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Fear of Impostors
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Silent Hallcreeper
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Fear of Sleep Paralysis
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Oildeep Gearhulk
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Gonti, Night Minister
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-1%synergy
Mocking Sprite
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Fortress Crab
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Phage the Untouchable
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Academy Wall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Relic Golem
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Excavated Wall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Drowner Initiate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Catacomb Slug
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Silent Arbiter
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Returned Centaur
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
41%synergy
Soul Manipulation
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Dispel
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Redirect
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Aetherize
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
23%synergy
Visions of Beyond
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Crypt Incursion
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Into the Story
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Frantic Search
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Go for the Throat
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Countermand
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Doom Blade
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Thought Collapse
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Opt
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Cancel
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Thought Scour
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Archive Trap
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Spectral Interference
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Psychic Rebuttal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Fated Return
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
See Double
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Recoil
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Shred Memory
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Malicious Affliction
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Cut Down
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Blustersquall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Turn Aside
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Deadly Dispute
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Essence Scatter
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Ancient Excavation
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Aetherspouts
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Mystical Dispute
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dissipate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Dismiss
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Countersquall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Reality Shift
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Intellectual Offering
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Perplex
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Gigadrowse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Engulf the Shore
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Spoils of Evil
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Snap
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Tyrant's Scorn
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Didn't Say Please
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Rewind
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Memory Lapse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Grim Return
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mission Briefing
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Curtains' Call
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Sorceries
Pilfered Plans
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Traumatize
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Mind Sculpt
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Read the Bones
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Mind Grind
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
23%synergy
Singularity Rupture
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Ponder
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Windfall
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Tome Scour
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Whispering Madness
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Night's Whisper
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Decree of Pain
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Strategic Betrayal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Pull from the Deep
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Divination
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Spelltwine
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Forever Young
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Telemin Performance
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Coerced Confession
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Curse of the Swine
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Serum Visions
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Deep Analysis
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Feed the Swarm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-25%synergy
Temporal Mastery
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Dread Summons
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Contingency Plan
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Compelling Argument
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Call to Mind
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Ruinous Path
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Ghostform
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Resourceful Return
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Talent of the Telepath
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Preordain
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Mind Rot
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Aether Gale
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Deadly Tempest
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Stupor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Thassa's Bounty
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dark Deal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Sign in Blood
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Consult the Necrosages
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mind Funeral
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Time Warp
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Sadistic Sacrament
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
34%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Crawlspace
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Mindcrank
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Keening Stone
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Armillary Sphere
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Weathered Runestone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Silent Gravestone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Folio of Fancies
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Explorer's Scope
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Conjurer's Closet
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Trepanation Blade
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Venser's Journal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Enchantments
Sphinx's Tutelage
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Fraying Sanity
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Propaganda
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Court of Cunning
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Stay Hidden, Stay Silent
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Unable to Scream
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Nowhere to Run
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Slow Motion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Intruder Alarm
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Shadow of the Second Sun
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Mechanized Production
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Compulsion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Utter Insignificance
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Chronic Flooding
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sinister Possession
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Followed Footsteps
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Metallurgic Summonings
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Copy Enchantment
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mystic Remora
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Arcane Melee
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Amphibian Downpour
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Witness Protection
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Web of Inertia
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
No Mercy
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Erasure
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Drowned Secrets
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Telepathy
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Vessel of Paramnesia
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Tezzeret, Master of Metal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Bojuka Bog
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-17%synergy
Dreadship Reef
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Coral Atoll
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Halimar Depths
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
13%synergy
Temple of the False God
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Everglades
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Vault of Whispers
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Arid Archway
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Blighted Cataract
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Witch's Cottage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Restless Reef
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Crawling Barrens
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Signet
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Arcane Signet
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
-40%synergy
Commander's Sphere
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-25%synergy
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Locket
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Worn Powerstone
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Coalition Relic
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Mistvein Borderpost
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sky Diamond
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Manalith
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Choked Estuary
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Dismal Backwater
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Evolving Wilds
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Sunken Hollow
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Command Tower
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
-43%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Myriad Landscape
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Temple of Deceit
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Fetid Pools
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Warped Landscape
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Salt Marsh
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Soured Springs
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Valgavoth's Lair
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-14%synergy
Exotic Orchard
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-22%synergy
Ice Tunnel
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Esper Panorama
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Darkslick Shores
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Opal Palace
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Sea Gate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
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