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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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Perfect Intimidation
1.5%inclusion1 decks65 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
77%inclusion723 decks939 decks
75%synergy
Consuming Aberration
87%inclusion821 decks939 decks
73%synergy
Ruin Crab
76%inclusion709 decks939 decks
67%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
59%inclusion558 decks939 decks
57%synergy
Wall of Frost
58%inclusion540 decks939 decks
56%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
65%inclusion611 decks939 decks
55%synergy
Nighthowler
60%inclusion560 decks939 decks
54%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
57%inclusion532 decks939 decks
52%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
57%inclusion536 decks939 decks
51%synergy
Fractured Sanity
57%inclusion537 decks939 decks
47%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
61%inclusion573 decks939 decks
43%synergy
Mindcrank
58%inclusion543 decks939 decks
46%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion491 decks939 decks
39%synergy
Mind Grind
51%inclusion480 decks939 decks
46%synergy
Counterspell
51%inclusion476 decks939 decks
-5%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
50%inclusion469 decks939 decks
44%synergy
Traumatize
50%inclusion466 decks939 decks
45%synergy
Tree of Perdition
48%inclusion453 decks939 decks
47%synergy
Fraying Sanity
48%inclusion448 decks939 decks
44%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
46%inclusion436 decks939 decks
40%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
8.2%inclusion77 decks939 decks
-3%synergy
Creatures
The Ancient One
44%inclusion417 decks939 decks
41%synergy
Mortivore
43%inclusion404 decks939 decks
42%synergy
Fleet Swallower
37%inclusion348 decks939 decks
34%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
36%inclusion340 decks939 decks
34%synergy
Hover Barrier
36%inclusion338 decks939 decks
35%synergy
Hedron Crab
35%inclusion330 decks939 decks
31%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
35%inclusion328 decks939 decks
31%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
34%inclusion323 decks939 decks
26%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
34%inclusion321 decks939 decks
29%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
33%inclusion310 decks939 decks
32%synergy
Manic Scribe
33%inclusion307 decks939 decks
31%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
32%inclusion297 decks939 decks
31%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
31%inclusion293 decks939 decks
28%synergy
Eater of the Dead
31%inclusion289 decks939 decks
29%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
31%inclusion289 decks939 decks
30%synergy
The Mindskinner
30%inclusion213 decks701 decks
24%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
30%inclusion282 decks939 decks
23%synergy
Silent Arbiter
30%inclusion280 decks939 decks
29%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
29%inclusion276 decks939 decks
26%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
28%inclusion261 decks939 decks
27%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
26%inclusion128 decks488 decks
25%synergy
Guiltfeeder
26%inclusion246 decks939 decks
21%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
26%inclusion215 decks836 decks
25%synergy
Undead Alchemist
23%inclusion220 decks939 decks
21%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
23%inclusion202 decks873 decks
22%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
22%inclusion206 decks939 decks
21%synergy
Glacial Wall
22%inclusion204 decks939 decks
21%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
21%inclusion198 decks939 decks
21%synergy
Aegis Turtle
20%inclusion187 decks939 decks
19%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
20%inclusion21 decks107 decks
18%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
19%inclusion183 decks939 decks
16%synergy
Fog Bank
19%inclusion183 decks939 decks
18%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
18%inclusion168 decks939 decks
17%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
18%inclusion167 decks939 decks
17%synergy
Soulless Jailer
17%inclusion160 decks939 decks
16%synergy
Avatar of Woe
16%inclusion151 decks939 decks
15%synergy
Riddlekeeper
16%inclusion149 decks939 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Runes
14%inclusion136 decks939 decks
14%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
14%inclusion129 decks939 decks
13%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
13%inclusion122 decks939 decks
12%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
13%inclusion121 decks939 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
11%inclusion104 decks939 decks
10%synergy
Shadow Kin
11%inclusion100 decks939 decks
8%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion95 decks916 decks
10%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
10%inclusion79 decks791 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Archivist
10%inclusion92 decks939 decks
9%synergy
Wall of Mist
9.5%inclusion89 decks939 decks
9%synergy
Wall of Junk
9.2%inclusion86 decks939 decks
9%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
8.7%inclusion54 decks622 decks
8%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
8.6%inclusion81 decks939 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
45%inclusion425 decks939 decks
42%synergy
Didn't Say Please
41%inclusion384 decks939 decks
36%synergy
Thought Collapse
37%inclusion348 decks939 decks
34%synergy
Visions of Beyond
37%inclusion343 decks939 decks
33%synergy
Psychic Strike
36%inclusion334 decks939 decks
33%synergy
Negate
29%inclusion274 decks939 decks
-3%synergy
Into the Story
27%inclusion254 decks939 decks
25%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
27%inclusion253 decks939 decks
25%synergy
Thought Scour
22%inclusion210 decks939 decks
16%synergy
Crypt Incursion
22%inclusion209 decks939 decks
21%synergy
Drown in Dreams
20%inclusion190 decks939 decks
16%synergy
Archive Trap
20%inclusion187 decks939 decks
18%synergy
Aetherize
18%inclusion168 decks939 decks
7%synergy
Brainstorm
18%inclusion166 decks939 decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Denial
14%inclusion136 decks939 decks
-11%synergy
Memory Plunder
14%inclusion136 decks939 decks
8%synergy
Dark Ritual
14%inclusion135 decks939 decks
-21%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
12%inclusion113 decks939 decks
-18%synergy
Withering Torment
11%inclusion79 decks696 decks
-5%synergy
Psychic Spiral
11%inclusion103 decks939 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion82 decks828 decks
-2%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion90 decks939 decks
-7%synergy
Reality Shift
9.1%inclusion85 decks939 decks
-5%synergy
Pongify
8.8%inclusion83 decks939 decks
-6%synergy
Murder
8.6%inclusion81 decks939 decks
1%synergy
Doom Blade
8.1%inclusion76 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.9%inclusion74 decks939 decks
-2%synergy
Intellectual Offering
7.9%inclusion74 decks939 decks
8%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.9%inclusion74 decks939 decks
-2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.6%inclusion71 decks939 decks
-8%synergy
Perplex
7.2%inclusion68 decks939 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.2%inclusion60 decks829 decks
-8%synergy
Opt
6.3%inclusion59 decks939 decks
-5%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.3%inclusion59 decks939 decks
3%synergy
Resculpt
6.0%inclusion56 decks939 decks
-1%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.0%inclusion56 decks939 decks
-4%synergy
Swan Song
5.6%inclusion53 decks939 decks
-12%synergy
Sink into Stupor
5.5%inclusion46 decks829 decks
-10%synergy
Induce Paranoia
5.4%inclusion51 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Cancel
5.2%inclusion49 decks939 decks
3%synergy
Countermand
5.1%inclusion48 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Singularity Rupture
45%inclusion110 decks242 decks
33%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
32%inclusion304 decks939 decks
27%synergy
Cut Your Losses
31%inclusion294 decks939 decks
27%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
31%inclusion289 decks939 decks
26%synergy
Mind Funeral
29%inclusion268 decks939 decks
26%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
26%inclusion242 decks939 decks
16%synergy
Extract from Darkness
23%inclusion216 decks939 decks
15%synergy
Windfall
22%inclusion203 decks939 decks
8%synergy
Feed the Swarm
21%inclusion200 decks939 decks
-14%synergy
Pilfered Plans
20%inclusion191 decks939 decks
18%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
19%inclusion181 decks939 decks
10%synergy
Treasure Cruise
16%inclusion147 decks939 decks
7%synergy
Toxic Deluge
14%inclusion130 decks939 decks
-12%synergy
Whispering Madness
13%inclusion123 decks939 decks
10%synergy
Reanimate
13%inclusion119 decks939 decks
-12%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion114 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
12%inclusion110 decks939 decks
11%synergy
Mind Sculpt
10%inclusion96 decks939 decks
10%synergy
Startled Awake
10%inclusion94 decks939 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
8.7%inclusion82 decks939 decks
-7%synergy
Damnation
8.6%inclusion81 decks939 decks
-2%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.4%inclusion79 decks939 decks
2%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
8.4%inclusion77 decks920 decks
7%synergy
Read the Bones
8.3%inclusion78 decks939 decks
4%synergy
Eldritch Pact
8.1%inclusion76 decks939 decks
8%synergy
Tome Scour
7.8%inclusion73 decks939 decks
7%synergy
Dread Summons
7.8%inclusion73 decks939 decks
4%synergy
Preordain
6.7%inclusion63 decks939 decks
-3%synergy
Bond of Insight
6.1%inclusion57 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.6%inclusion53 decks939 decks
-1%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.4%inclusion51 decks939 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
41%inclusion387 decks939 decks
39%synergy
The Water Crystal
40%inclusion127 decks316 decks
31%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
30%inclusion285 decks939 decks
29%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
29%inclusion268 decks939 decks
23%synergy
Keening Stone
26%inclusion242 decks939 decks
25%synergy
Altar of the Brood
23%inclusion215 decks939 decks
18%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
20%inclusion98 decks488 decks
17%synergy
Lightning Greaves
19%inclusion175 decks939 decks
-9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
15%inclusion143 decks939 decks
13%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion140 decks939 decks
1%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion123 decks939 decks
-11%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion118 decks939 decks
12%synergy
Folio of Fancies
10%inclusion92 decks939 decks
9%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
9.5%inclusion89 decks939 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
8.4%inclusion79 decks939 decks
8%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
8.4%inclusion79 decks939 decks
8%synergy
Grindstone
7.6%inclusion71 decks939 decks
7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
7.3%inclusion69 decks939 decks
3%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.6%inclusion62 decks939 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.3%inclusion59 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
5.9%inclusion55 decks939 decks
-1%synergy
Sands of Delirium
5.5%inclusion52 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
5.3%inclusion50 decks939 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Memory Erosion
43%inclusion403 decks939 decks
39%synergy
Court of Cunning
37%inclusion350 decks939 decks
31%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
35%inclusion332 decks939 decks
32%synergy
Propaganda
32%inclusion298 decks939 decks
15%synergy
Intruder Alarm
26%inclusion246 decks939 decks
25%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
23%inclusion213 decks939 decks
21%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
20%inclusion188 decks939 decks
12%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion183 decks939 decks
19%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
19%inclusion94 decks488 decks
17%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
18%inclusion173 decks939 decks
17%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion158 decks939 decks
4%synergy
Drowned Secrets
10%inclusion93 decks939 decks
9%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
9.4%inclusion88 decks939 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Erasure
8.5%inclusion80 decks939 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
7.9%inclusion74 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Animate Dead
7.6%inclusion71 decks939 decks
-4%synergy
Mystic Remora
6.4%inclusion60 decks939 decks
-9%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
5.3%inclusion50 decks939 decks
4%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5.1%inclusion47 decks919 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
26%inclusion247 decks939 decks
24%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
25%inclusion238 decks939 decks
19%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion148 decks939 decks
14%synergy
Jace Beleren
11%inclusion99 decks939 decks
10%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.7%inclusion63 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
6.5%inclusion61 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
6.2%inclusion58 decks939 decks
4%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
5.9%inclusion55 decks939 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
44%inclusion417 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
44%inclusion412 decks939 decks
35%synergy
Reliquary Tower
28%inclusion266 decks939 decks
-8%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
22%inclusion75 decks336 decks
17%synergy
Restless Reef
21%inclusion199 decks939 decks
14%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
20%inclusion186 decks939 decks
2%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
15%inclusion137 decks939 decks
12%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
14%inclusion132 decks939 decks
12%synergy
Temple of the False God
14%inclusion130 decks939 decks
4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
13%inclusion119 decks939 decks
-15%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion96 decks939 decks
2%synergy
Halimar Depths
9.2%inclusion86 decks939 decks
3%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
8.0%inclusion75 decks939 decks
-12%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
7.0%inclusion66 decks939 decks
-1%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
6.5%inclusion61 decks939 decks
-12%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
6.3%inclusion59 decks939 decks
-7%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
6.1%inclusion57 decks939 decks
2%synergy
Castle Vantress
5.9%inclusion55 decks939 decks
1%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
5.6%inclusion53 decks939 decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.5%inclusion52 decks939 decks
2%synergy
Barren Moor
5.2%inclusion49 decks939 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
86%inclusion805 decks939 decks
-3%synergy
Arcane Signet
77%inclusion720 decks939 decks
-7%synergy
Dimir Signet
64%inclusion600 decks939 decks
4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
47%inclusion442 decks939 decks
-12%synergy
Mind Stone
32%inclusion296 decks939 decks
2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
30%inclusion279 decks939 decks
12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
23%inclusion213 decks939 decks
-8%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion189 decks939 decks
-12%synergy
Midnight Clock
13%inclusion119 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
11%inclusion105 decks939 decks
3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
10%inclusion97 decks939 decks
2%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion93 decks939 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Locket
9.5%inclusion89 decks939 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
6.7%inclusion63 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Worn Powerstone
6.1%inclusion57 decks939 decks
3%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.2%inclusion49 decks939 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
96%inclusion899 decks939 decks
-1%synergy
Swamp
95%inclusion896 decks939 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
79%inclusion739 decks939 decks
-9%synergy
Sunken Hollow
62%inclusion585 decks939 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
54%inclusion505 decks939 decks
15%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
50%inclusion469 decks939 decks
-3%synergy
Temple of Deceit
48%inclusion453 decks939 decks
12%synergy
Choked Estuary
47%inclusion439 decks939 decks
-1%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
40%inclusion379 decks939 decks
0%synergy
Tainted Isle
33%inclusion314 decks939 decks
-11%synergy
Evolving Wilds
33%inclusion310 decks939 decks
16%synergy
Dismal Backwater
32%inclusion298 decks939 decks
16%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
31%inclusion291 decks939 decks
-9%synergy
Watery Grave
30%inclusion282 decks939 decks
-17%synergy
Underground River
25%inclusion233 decks939 decks
-15%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion222 decks939 decks
1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
24%inclusion221 decks939 decks
12%synergy
Exotic Orchard
22%inclusion211 decks939 decks
-11%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
21%inclusion196 decks939 decks
14%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion189 decks939 decks
4%synergy
Morphic Pool
20%inclusion188 decks939 decks
-17%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
17%inclusion164 decks939 decks
-7%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
16%inclusion114 decks702 decks
-7%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
16%inclusion149 decks939 decks
10%synergy
Polluted Delta
15%inclusion145 decks939 decks
-16%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
13%inclusion124 decks939 decks
9%synergy
Darkslick Shores
10%inclusion97 decks939 decks
-4%synergy
River of Tears
10%inclusion97 decks939 decks
0%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion82 decks828 decks
-2%synergy
Undercity Sewers
9.4%inclusion88 decks939 decks
-11%synergy
Sunken Ruins
9.1%inclusion85 decks939 decks
-6%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
8.5%inclusion80 decks939 decks
2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
8.2%inclusion77 decks939 decks
3%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.8%inclusion73 decks939 decks
1%synergy
Fabled Passage
7.6%inclusion71 decks939 decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.2%inclusion60 decks829 decks
-8%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
7.2%inclusion59 decks823 decks
-1%synergy
Waterfront District
7.1%inclusion67 decks939 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.8%inclusion56 decks823 decks
0%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.3%inclusion59 decks939 decks
-21%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
5.6%inclusion53 decks939 decks
-2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
5.5%inclusion46 decks829 decks
-10%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.4%inclusion51 decks939 decks
-2%synergy
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