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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
80%inclusion73 decks91 decks
79%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
76%inclusion69 decks91 decks
74%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
70%inclusion64 decks91 decks
68%synergy
Consuming Aberration
79%inclusion72 decks91 decks
64%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
65%inclusion59 decks91 decks
64%synergy
Nighthowler
68%inclusion62 decks91 decks
62%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
63%inclusion57 decks91 decks
57%synergy
Bonehoard
56%inclusion51 decks91 decks
54%synergy
Hover Barrier
55%inclusion50 decks91 decks
54%synergy
Manic Scribe
55%inclusion50 decks91 decks
54%synergy
Top Cards
Psychic Strike
55%inclusion50 decks91 decks
52%synergy
Thought Collapse
55%inclusion50 decks91 decks
52%synergy
Negate
54%inclusion49 decks91 decks
21%synergy
Didn't Say Please
54%inclusion49 decks91 decks
49%synergy
Glacial Wall
54%inclusion49 decks91 decks
53%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
51%inclusion46 decks91 decks
49%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
49%inclusion45 decks91 decks
45%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
49%inclusion45 decks91 decks
46%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
48%inclusion44 decks91 decks
47%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
47%inclusion43 decks91 decks
34%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
Ruin Crab
46%inclusion42 decks91 decks
38%synergy
Wall of Runes
44%inclusion40 decks91 decks
44%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
44%inclusion40 decks91 decks
43%synergy
Aegis Turtle
43%inclusion39 decks91 decks
42%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
37%inclusion34 decks91 decks
32%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
36%inclusion30 decks84 decks
35%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
35%inclusion32 decks91 decks
33%synergy
Mortivore
35%inclusion32 decks91 decks
34%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
35%inclusion32 decks91 decks
34%synergy
Fog Bank
34%inclusion31 decks91 decks
33%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
34%inclusion31 decks91 decks
34%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion30 decks91 decks
30%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
33%inclusion30 decks91 decks
32%synergy
The Ancient One
31%inclusion28 decks91 decks
27%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
31%inclusion28 decks91 decks
28%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
26%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
28%inclusion25 decks88 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
27%inclusion25 decks91 decks
27%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
27%inclusion11 decks41 decks
26%synergy
Undead Alchemist
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
23%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
24%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
24%inclusion22 decks91 decks
24%synergy
Wall of Mist
23%inclusion21 decks91 decks
23%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
22%inclusion20 decks91 decks
22%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Coral Colony
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Academy Wall
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Riptide Turtle
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
16%synergy
The Mindskinner
16%inclusion12 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Wall of Junk
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
15%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
15%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Nanoform Sentinel
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Monastery Flock
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Shadow Kin
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Air
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Tree of Perdition
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Moaning Wall
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Doorkeeper
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Steel Wall
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Into the Story
41%inclusion37 decks91 decks
39%synergy
Drown in the Loch
37%inclusion34 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Crypt Incursion
34%inclusion31 decks91 decks
32%synergy
Aetherize
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Counterspell
29%inclusion26 decks91 decks
-27%synergy
Thought Scour
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
20%synergy
Murder
23%inclusion21 decks91 decks
15%synergy
Fact or Fiction
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Doom Blade
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Drown in Dreams
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
-16%synergy
Countermand
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Intellectual Offering
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Go for the Throat
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
-4%synergy
Induce Paranoia
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
10%synergy
Soul Manipulation
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Reality Shift
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Perplex
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Cancel
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Mana Leak
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Charm
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Psychic Spiral
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Archive Trap
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Opt
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Hero's Downfall
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Triton Tactics
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Dig Through Time
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Memory Plunder
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Essence Scatter
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Resculpt
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Memory Lapse
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Dream Twist
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Terror
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
6%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-25%synergy
Careful Consideration
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Dark Ritual
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-30%synergy
Infernal Grasp
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-10%synergy
Expel from Orazca
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Withering Torment
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
-11%synergy
Swallowed by Leviathan
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Pilfered Plans
46%inclusion42 decks91 decks
44%synergy
Extract from Darkness
43%inclusion39 decks91 decks
35%synergy
Treasure Cruise
36%inclusion33 decks91 decks
28%synergy
Cut Your Losses
35%inclusion32 decks91 decks
31%synergy
Fractured Sanity
33%inclusion30 decks91 decks
23%synergy
Traumatize
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
27%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
-10%synergy
Singularity Rupture
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
9%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Whispering Madness
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Mind Sculpt
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
18%synergy
Read the Bones
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Mind Grind
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Tome Scour
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Mind Funeral
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Bond of Insight
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Ravenform
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Languish
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Seize the Secrets
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
8%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Notion Rain
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Divination
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Eldritch Pact
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Coerced Confession
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Psychic Drain
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Aether Gale
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Startled Awake
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Compulsive Research
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Preordain
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Dread Summons
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Fascination
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Concentrate
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
0%synergy
Dreadwaters
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Fell
5.1%inclusion4 decks78 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
38%inclusion35 decks91 decks
37%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
14%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Mindcrank
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Profane Memento
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Folio of Fancies
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Sands of Delirium
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
The Water Crystal
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
-1%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-17%synergy
Codex Shredder
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Trepanation Blade
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
40%inclusion36 decks91 decks
36%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
36%inclusion33 decks91 decks
35%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
35%inclusion32 decks91 decks
33%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Drowned Secrets
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
14%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Erasure
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Propaganda
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
-7%synergy
Intruder Alarm
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Death's Approach
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Honest Work
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Court of Cunning
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Lost in the Maze
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Intimidation Campaign
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-8%synergy
Memory Erosion
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Jace Beleren
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion34 decks91 decks
28%synergy
Bojuka Bog
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
-19%synergy
Mortuary Mire
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Restless Reef
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Reliquary Tower
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-29%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-19%synergy
Barren Moor
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-12%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
64%inclusion58 decks91 decks
-24%synergy
Arcane Signet
60%inclusion55 decks91 decks
-24%synergy
Dimir Signet
57%inclusion52 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
44%inclusion40 decks91 decks
27%synergy
Mind Stone
40%inclusion36 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Locket
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
29%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
24%inclusion22 decks91 decks
-34%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Sky Diamond
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Fellwar Stone
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
-15%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Worn Powerstone
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Prismatic Lens
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Blitzball
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion91 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion91 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
67%inclusion61 decks91 decks
-21%synergy
Dismal Backwater
67%inclusion61 decks91 decks
51%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
57%inclusion52 decks91 decks
18%synergy
Sunken Hollow
55%inclusion50 decks91 decks
-11%synergy
Temple of Deceit
53%inclusion48 decks91 decks
17%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
45%inclusion41 decks91 decks
38%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion40 decks91 decks
-4%synergy
Evolving Wilds
42%inclusion38 decks91 decks
25%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
36%inclusion33 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
24%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
21%synergy
Tainted Isle
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
-23%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Waterfront District
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Fetid Pools
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion9 decks84 decks
-1%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Exotic Orchard
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-24%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-45%synergy
River of Tears
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Soured Springs
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
-21%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
0%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
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