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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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Dream Harvest
4.0%inclusion4 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Skateboard
2.4%inclusion1 decks42 decks
2%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
2.3%inclusion2 decks86 decks
1%synergy
Coin of Mastery
2.3%inclusion1 decks44 decks
2%synergy
Glamermite
1.0%inclusion1 decks100 decks
0%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
77%inclusion700 decks915 decks
74%synergy
Consuming Aberration
87%inclusion794 decks915 decks
72%synergy
Ruin Crab
75%inclusion687 decks915 decks
67%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
60%inclusion545 decks915 decks
57%synergy
Wall of Frost
57%inclusion522 decks915 decks
56%synergy
Nighthowler
60%inclusion545 decks915 decks
54%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
64%inclusion587 decks915 decks
54%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
56%inclusion513 decks915 decks
52%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
57%inclusion521 decks915 decks
51%synergy
Tree of Perdition
48%inclusion439 decks915 decks
46%synergy
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Drown in the Loch
61%inclusion558 decks915 decks
43%synergy
Mindcrank
57%inclusion520 decks915 decks
45%synergy
Fractured Sanity
56%inclusion510 decks915 decks
46%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion475 decks915 decks
39%synergy
Mind Grind
51%inclusion464 decks915 decks
45%synergy
Counterspell
50%inclusion460 decks915 decks
-6%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
49%inclusion451 decks915 decks
43%synergy
Traumatize
49%inclusion449 decks915 decks
45%synergy
Fraying Sanity
47%inclusion431 decks915 decks
43%synergy
Singularity Rupture
46%inclusion132 decks284 decks
34%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
8.0%inclusion73 decks915 decks
-3%synergy
Creatures
The Ancient One
44%inclusion406 decks915 decks
41%synergy
Mortivore
43%inclusion396 decks915 decks
42%synergy
Fleet Swallower
37%inclusion337 decks915 decks
34%synergy
Hover Barrier
36%inclusion326 decks915 decks
35%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
35%inclusion322 decks915 decks
33%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
35%inclusion322 decks915 decks
31%synergy
Hedron Crab
35%inclusion320 decks915 decks
31%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
34%inclusion314 decks915 decks
29%synergy
Manic Scribe
33%inclusion304 decks915 decks
32%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
33%inclusion304 decks915 decks
25%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
33%inclusion298 decks915 decks
32%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
32%inclusion291 decks915 decks
31%synergy
Eater of the Dead
31%inclusion280 decks915 decks
29%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
31%inclusion280 decks915 decks
30%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
30%inclusion277 decks915 decks
27%synergy
The Mindskinner
30%inclusion218 decks729 decks
23%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
30%inclusion271 decks915 decks
26%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
29%inclusion269 decks915 decks
22%synergy
Silent Arbiter
29%inclusion265 decks915 decks
28%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
27%inclusion245 decks915 decks
26%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
26%inclusion137 decks519 decks
26%synergy
Guiltfeeder
26%inclusion235 decks915 decks
21%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
25%inclusion218 decks864 decks
25%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
23%inclusion206 decks901 decks
22%synergy
Undead Alchemist
23%inclusion209 decks915 decks
20%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
22%inclusion201 decks915 decks
21%synergy
Glacial Wall
21%inclusion196 decks915 decks
21%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
21%inclusion190 decks915 decks
20%synergy
Fog Bank
20%inclusion181 decks915 decks
19%synergy
Aegis Turtle
20%inclusion180 decks915 decks
19%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
19%inclusion31 decks160 decks
18%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
19%inclusion176 decks915 decks
16%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
19%inclusion172 decks915 decks
18%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
18%inclusion167 decks915 decks
18%synergy
Soulless Jailer
16%inclusion150 decks915 decks
16%synergy
Riddlekeeper
16%inclusion143 decks915 decks
15%synergy
Avatar of Woe
15%inclusion141 decks915 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Runes
15%inclusion134 decks915 decks
14%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
13%inclusion123 decks915 decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
13%inclusion121 decks915 decks
13%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
12%inclusion114 decks915 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
11%inclusion101 decks915 decks
10%synergy
Shadow Kin
11%inclusion100 decks915 decks
9%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion98 decks915 decks
10%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
10%inclusion83 decks819 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Archivist
10%inclusion88 decks915 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Mist
9.3%inclusion85 decks915 decks
9%synergy
Wall of Junk
8.9%inclusion81 decks915 decks
9%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
8.6%inclusion79 decks915 decks
8%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
8.3%inclusion76 decks915 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
44%inclusion399 decks915 decks
40%synergy
Didn't Say Please
40%inclusion370 decks915 decks
35%synergy
Thought Collapse
37%inclusion340 decks915 decks
34%synergy
Visions of Beyond
36%inclusion330 decks915 decks
32%synergy
Psychic Strike
36%inclusion326 decks915 decks
33%synergy
Negate
29%inclusion266 decks915 decks
-4%synergy
Into the Story
27%inclusion245 decks915 decks
25%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
27%inclusion243 decks915 decks
25%synergy
Thought Scour
22%inclusion205 decks915 decks
16%synergy
Crypt Incursion
22%inclusion201 decks915 decks
20%synergy
Archive Trap
20%inclusion187 decks915 decks
18%synergy
Drown in Dreams
20%inclusion184 decks915 decks
16%synergy
Aetherize
18%inclusion163 decks915 decks
7%synergy
Brainstorm
17%inclusion155 decks915 decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Denial
15%inclusion135 decks915 decks
-11%synergy
Dark Ritual
14%inclusion131 decks915 decks
-21%synergy
Memory Plunder
14%inclusion131 decks915 decks
8%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
12%inclusion110 decks915 decks
-19%synergy
Withering Torment
11%inclusion83 decks724 decks
-5%synergy
Psychic Spiral
10%inclusion95 decks915 decks
10%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion94 decks915 decks
-6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion85 decks856 decks
-1%synergy
Reality Shift
9.2%inclusion84 decks915 decks
-5%synergy
Pongify
8.9%inclusion81 decks915 decks
-6%synergy
Murder
8.3%inclusion76 decks915 decks
1%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.0%inclusion73 decks915 decks
-2%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.9%inclusion72 decks915 decks
-3%synergy
Intellectual Offering
7.9%inclusion72 decks915 decks
8%synergy
Doom Blade
7.8%inclusion71 decks915 decks
5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.5%inclusion69 decks915 decks
-8%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.2%inclusion62 decks857 decks
-8%synergy
Perplex
7.2%inclusion66 decks915 decks
4%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.7%inclusion61 decks915 decks
4%synergy
Opt
6.3%inclusion58 decks915 decks
-5%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.1%inclusion56 decks915 decks
-4%synergy
Resculpt
6.0%inclusion55 decks915 decks
-1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
5.8%inclusion50 decks857 decks
-10%synergy
Swan Song
5.5%inclusion50 decks915 decks
-13%synergy
Cancel
5.2%inclusion48 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Induce Paranoia
5.1%inclusion47 decks915 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Cut Your Losses
31%inclusion283 decks915 decks
27%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
31%inclusion282 decks915 decks
26%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
30%inclusion277 decks915 decks
25%synergy
Mind Funeral
28%inclusion258 decks915 decks
25%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
26%inclusion237 decks915 decks
17%synergy
Extract from Darkness
23%inclusion210 decks915 decks
15%synergy
Feed the Swarm
22%inclusion198 decks915 decks
-14%synergy
Windfall
21%inclusion192 decks915 decks
7%synergy
Pilfered Plans
20%inclusion184 decks915 decks
18%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
19%inclusion176 decks915 decks
10%synergy
Treasure Cruise
16%inclusion148 decks915 decks
7%synergy
Toxic Deluge
15%inclusion133 decks915 decks
-11%synergy
Reanimate
13%inclusion119 decks915 decks
-11%synergy
Whispering Madness
13%inclusion118 decks915 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion110 decks915 decks
5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
11%inclusion105 decks915 decks
11%synergy
Startled Awake
10%inclusion93 decks915 decks
9%synergy
Mind Sculpt
10%inclusion91 decks915 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
9.1%inclusion83 decks915 decks
-7%synergy
Damnation
9.0%inclusion82 decks915 decks
-1%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
8.7%inclusion80 decks915 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.6%inclusion79 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Read the Bones
8.3%inclusion76 decks915 decks
4%synergy
Tome Scour
8.2%inclusion75 decks915 decks
8%synergy
Eldritch Pact
7.8%inclusion71 decks915 decks
7%synergy
Dread Summons
7.8%inclusion71 decks915 decks
4%synergy
Preordain
6.9%inclusion63 decks915 decks
-3%synergy
Bond of Insight
5.9%inclusion54 decks915 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.5%inclusion50 decks915 decks
-1%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.2%inclusion48 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
42%inclusion382 decks915 decks
40%synergy
The Water Crystal
40%inclusion142 decks354 decks
31%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
30%inclusion271 decks915 decks
28%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
27%inclusion250 decks915 decks
22%synergy
Keening Stone
25%inclusion228 decks915 decks
24%synergy
Altar of the Brood
23%inclusion212 decks915 decks
18%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
21%inclusion110 decks519 decks
18%synergy
Lightning Greaves
18%inclusion168 decks915 decks
-9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion139 decks915 decks
2%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
15%inclusion134 decks915 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion115 decks915 decks
-12%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
12%inclusion108 decks915 decks
11%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
9.4%inclusion86 decks915 decks
8%synergy
Folio of Fancies
9.4%inclusion86 decks915 decks
9%synergy
Profane Memento
9.1%inclusion83 decks915 decks
9%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
7.9%inclusion72 decks915 decks
8%synergy
Grindstone
7.9%inclusion72 decks915 decks
7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
7.1%inclusion65 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.7%inclusion61 decks915 decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
6.2%inclusion57 decks915 decks
-1%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.1%inclusion56 decks915 decks
5%synergy
Sands of Delirium
5.8%inclusion53 decks915 decks
6%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
5.2%inclusion48 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
46%inclusion419 decks915 decks
39%synergy
Memory Erosion
43%inclusion392 decks915 decks
39%synergy
Court of Cunning
36%inclusion330 decks915 decks
30%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
35%inclusion320 decks915 decks
32%synergy
Propaganda
31%inclusion288 decks915 decks
15%synergy
Intruder Alarm
26%inclusion235 decks915 decks
24%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
22%inclusion202 decks915 decks
20%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
20%inclusion181 decks915 decks
12%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion177 decks915 decks
18%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
19%inclusion98 decks519 decks
17%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
18%inclusion169 decks915 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion156 decks915 decks
4%synergy
Drowned Secrets
10%inclusion88 decks915 decks
9%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
9.0%inclusion82 decks915 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Erasure
8.5%inclusion78 decks915 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
7.9%inclusion72 decks915 decks
5%synergy
Animate Dead
7.2%inclusion66 decks915 decks
-4%synergy
Mystic Remora
6.9%inclusion63 decks915 decks
-9%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5.1%inclusion47 decks915 decks
5%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
5.0%inclusion46 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
26%inclusion236 decks915 decks
24%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
26%inclusion234 decks915 decks
19%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
15%inclusion139 decks915 decks
13%synergy
Jace Beleren
10%inclusion96 decks915 decks
10%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.7%inclusion61 decks915 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
6.3%inclusion58 decks915 decks
5%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
6.1%inclusion56 decks915 decks
4%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
5.7%inclusion52 decks915 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
45%inclusion409 decks915 decks
6%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
44%inclusion399 decks915 decks
35%synergy
Reliquary Tower
28%inclusion252 decks915 decks
-9%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
24%inclusion88 decks373 decks
19%synergy
Restless Reef
21%inclusion194 decks915 decks
14%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
19%inclusion177 decks915 decks
2%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
15%inclusion138 decks915 decks
12%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
14%inclusion128 decks915 decks
12%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion122 decks915 decks
4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
12%inclusion113 decks915 decks
-15%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion95 decks915 decks
2%synergy
Halimar Depths
9.3%inclusion85 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
8.2%inclusion75 decks915 decks
-11%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.9%inclusion63 decks915 decks
-1%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
6.8%inclusion62 decks915 decks
-12%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
6.3%inclusion58 decks915 decks
2%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
6.3%inclusion58 decks915 decks
-6%synergy
Castle Vantress
5.8%inclusion53 decks915 decks
1%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
5.7%inclusion52 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.6%inclusion51 decks915 decks
2%synergy
Barren Moor
5.4%inclusion49 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
84%inclusion773 decks915 decks
-4%synergy
Arcane Signet
76%inclusion695 decks915 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir Signet
64%inclusion582 decks915 decks
4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
46%inclusion419 decks915 decks
-13%synergy
Mind Stone
32%inclusion295 decks915 decks
4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
31%inclusion280 decks915 decks
13%synergy
Fellwar Stone
23%inclusion210 decks915 decks
-8%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion185 decks915 decks
-11%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion109 decks915 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
11%inclusion103 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
10%inclusion95 decks915 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Locket
10%inclusion92 decks915 decks
7%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion90 decks915 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
6.8%inclusion62 decks915 decks
5%synergy
Worn Powerstone
6.3%inclusion58 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.2%inclusion48 decks915 decks
2%synergy
Thran Dynamo
5.0%inclusion46 decks915 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Island
96%inclusion876 decks915 decks
-1%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion874 decks915 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
79%inclusion721 decks915 decks
-9%synergy
Sunken Hollow
62%inclusion571 decks915 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
54%inclusion492 decks915 decks
15%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
50%inclusion453 decks915 decks
-4%synergy
Temple of Deceit
48%inclusion439 decks915 decks
12%synergy
Choked Estuary
46%inclusion425 decks915 decks
-1%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
41%inclusion371 decks915 decks
1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
34%inclusion309 decks915 decks
17%synergy
Tainted Isle
33%inclusion304 decks915 decks
-11%synergy
Dismal Backwater
32%inclusion293 decks915 decks
16%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
31%inclusion282 decks915 decks
-9%synergy
Watery Grave
30%inclusion272 decks915 decks
-18%synergy
Underground River
25%inclusion229 decks915 decks
-15%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
25%inclusion225 decks915 decks
13%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion219 decks915 decks
2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
22%inclusion200 decks915 decks
-11%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
21%inclusion190 decks915 decks
14%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion180 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Morphic Pool
20%inclusion180 decks915 decks
-17%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
18%inclusion164 decks915 decks
-7%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
16%inclusion118 decks730 decks
-8%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
16%inclusion145 decks915 decks
10%synergy
Polluted Delta
16%inclusion143 decks915 decks
-16%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
13%inclusion122 decks915 decks
9%synergy
Darkslick Shores
10%inclusion94 decks915 decks
-4%synergy
River of Tears
10%inclusion92 decks915 decks
0%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion85 decks856 decks
-1%synergy
Undercity Sewers
9.4%inclusion86 decks915 decks
-11%synergy
Sunken Ruins
9.0%inclusion82 decks915 decks
-7%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
8.1%inclusion74 decks915 decks
2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.9%inclusion72 decks915 decks
3%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.5%inclusion69 decks915 decks
1%synergy
Fabled Passage
7.3%inclusion67 decks915 decks
-1%synergy
Waterfront District
7.3%inclusion67 decks915 decks
4%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
7.3%inclusion62 decks851 decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.2%inclusion62 decks857 decks
-8%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.9%inclusion59 decks851 decks
0%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.0%inclusion55 decks915 decks
-22%synergy
Sink into Stupor
5.8%inclusion50 decks857 decks
-10%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
5.7%inclusion52 decks915 decks
-1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.6%inclusion51 decks915 decks
-1%synergy
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