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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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Charix, the Raging Isle
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
85%synergy
Consuming Aberration
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
85%synergy
Fleet Swallower
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
85%synergy
Wall of Frost
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
74%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
73%synergy
Fraying Sanity
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
71%synergy
Cut Your Losses
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
71%synergy
Traumatize
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
71%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
62%synergy
Psychic Strike
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
59%synergy
Top Cards
The Ancient One
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
59%synergy
Ruin Crab
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
54%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
56%synergy
Mindcrank
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
57%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
59%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
52%synergy
Memory Erosion
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
58%synergy
Intruder Alarm
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Creatures
Corrupted Shapeshifter
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
59%synergy
Mortivore
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Nighthowler
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
46%synergy
Gogo, Master of Mimicry
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Starwinder
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
47%synergy
Barrowgoyf
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Guiltfeeder
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Tree of Perdition
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Undead Alchemist
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Eater of the Dead
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
30%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
29%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Academy Wall
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Silent Arbiter
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Marvin, Murderous Mimic
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Archmage of Runes
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
The Mindskinner
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
18%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Fog Bank
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Silent Hallcreeper
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
18%synergy
Hedron Crab
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Hover Barrier
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Abhorrent Oculus
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Oblivion Sower
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Evil Twin
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Isleback Spawn
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Niblis of the Breath
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Relic Golem
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Sphinx of Magosi
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Yixlid Jailer
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Maeve, Insidious Singer
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Grisly Spectacle
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
48%synergy
Didn't Say Please
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Magic Damper
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Drown in the Loch
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Thought Collapse
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Thought Scour
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Counterspell
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-18%synergy
Crypt Incursion
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Archive Trap
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Negate
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Aetherize
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
14%synergy
Visions of Beyond
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Drown in Dreams
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Sink into Stupor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Hero's Downfall
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Fated Return
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Pharika's Libation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Memory Plunder
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Brainstorm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-18%synergy
Fact or Fiction
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Brain Freeze
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Slice from the Shadows
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Doom Blade
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Countersquall
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Curate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Resculpt
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Arcane Denial
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-13%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Terror
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Spite // Malice
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Shore Up
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Ghastly Demise
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Deal Gone Bad
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Into the Story
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Fractured Sanity
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
40%synergy
Extract from Darkness
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
42%synergy
Singularity Rupture
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
38%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Life's Finale
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
18%synergy
Whispering Madness
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Reanimate
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Deadly Tempest
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Sign in Blood
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Windfall
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Increasing Confusion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Victimize
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Eldritch Pact
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Bond of Insight
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mind Sculpt
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Feed the Swarm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-24%synergy
Dread Summons
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Enter the God-Eternals
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Decree of Pain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Ancestral Vision
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Startled Awake
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Syphon Mind
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Toxic Deluge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-13%synergy
Pilfered Plans
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Grim Discovery
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mind Funeral
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Ravenform
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Damnation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Languish
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
The Water Crystal
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
41%synergy
Bonehoard
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Keening Stone
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
The Millennium Calendar
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Conqueror's Galleon
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Folio of Fancies
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Nevinyrral's Disk
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Grindstone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Magewright's Stone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Explorer's Scope
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Cathar's Shield
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Jet Medallion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Altar of the Brood
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-12%synergy
Lightning Greaves
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-15%synergy
Isochron Scepter
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Quicksilver Amulet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Codex Shredder
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Trepanation Blade
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Sword of Body and Mind
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Enchantments
Unstoppable Plan
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Freed from the Real
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Court of Cunning
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Drowned Secrets
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Propaganda
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Underworld Connections
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Coastal Piracy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Underworld Dreams
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Erasure
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Black Market Connections
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Confiscate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Leyline of the Void
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
48%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Jace Beleren
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
53%synergy
Bojuka Bog
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Mistrise Village
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
47%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
45%synergy
Halimar Depths
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
War Room
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Restless Reef
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Rogue's Passage
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Lotus Vale
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Mortuary Mire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Memorial to Folly
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Echoing Deeps
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Maze of Ith
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Nephalia Academy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Vesuva
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Great Hall of the Citadel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Urborg
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Castle Locthwain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Castle Vantress
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Cascading Cataracts
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Bonders' Enclave
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Dimir Signet
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Arcane Signet
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-47%synergy
Thought Vessel
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Sky Diamond
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Dimir Locket
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Mind Stone
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Mistvein Borderpost
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Machine God's Effigy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Moonsnare Prototype
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sol Talisman
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-18%synergy
Gilded Lotus
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Stonespeaker Crystal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Patriar's Seal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mox Tantalite
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Lands
Swamp
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
-9%synergy
Island
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
-9%synergy
Command Tower
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
-13%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Sunken Hollow
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
39%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Choked Estuary
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Watery Grave
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-9%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
0%synergy
Dismal Backwater
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Evolving Wilds
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Morphic Pool
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-12%synergy
Polluted Delta
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Sink into Stupor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Tainted Isle
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-32%synergy
The Mycosynth Gardens
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Undercity Sewers
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Ancient Ziggurat
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Fabled Passage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Waterfront District
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Exotic Orchard
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-21%synergy
Fetid Pools
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Crumbling Vestige
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Thran Quarry
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Reflecting Pool
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Grixis Panorama
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Demolition Field
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Forbidden Orchard
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Mana Confluence
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Sunken Ruins
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Holdout Settlement
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Meteor Crater
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
City of Brass
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Port of Karfell
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
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