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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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Skateboard
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Coin of Mastery
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Dream Harvest
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Glen Elendra Guardian
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Ruin Crab
84%inclusion76 decks91 decks
75%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
76%inclusion69 decks91 decks
74%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
79%inclusion72 decks91 decks
73%synergy
Consuming Aberration
82%inclusion75 decks91 decks
68%synergy
Tree of Perdition
67%inclusion61 decks91 decks
65%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
64%inclusion58 decks91 decks
58%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
58%inclusion53 decks91 decks
57%synergy
Visions of Beyond
58%inclusion53 decks91 decks
55%synergy
The Water Crystal
63%inclusion29 decks46 decks
54%synergy
The Ancient One
56%inclusion51 decks91 decks
53%synergy
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Drown in the Loch
68%inclusion62 decks91 decks
50%synergy
Mindcrank
64%inclusion58 decks91 decks
52%synergy
Singularity Rupture
63%inclusion24 decks38 decks
51%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
60%inclusion55 decks91 decks
50%synergy
Fractured Sanity
55%inclusion50 decks91 decks
45%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
53%inclusion48 decks91 decks
46%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
52%inclusion47 decks91 decks
49%synergy
Mind Grind
52%inclusion47 decks91 decks
46%synergy
Nighthowler
51%inclusion46 decks91 decks
45%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
51%inclusion46 decks91 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Consecrated Sphinx
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Rhystic Study
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-16%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-15%synergy
Field of the Dead
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Creatures
Duskmantle Guildmage
49%inclusion45 decks91 decks
45%synergy
Silent Arbiter
45%inclusion41 decks91 decks
44%synergy
Wall of Frost
45%inclusion41 decks91 decks
44%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
43%inclusion39 decks91 decks
30%synergy
Hedron Crab
40%inclusion36 decks91 decks
36%synergy
The Mindskinner
38%inclusion30 decks79 decks
31%synergy
Mortivore
37%inclusion34 decks91 decks
36%synergy
Eater of the Dead
37%inclusion34 decks91 decks
36%synergy
Hover Barrier
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
31%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
31%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
31%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
28%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
31%inclusion8 decks26 decks
29%synergy
Undead Alchemist
27%inclusion25 decks91 decks
25%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
27%inclusion25 decks91 decks
24%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
27%inclusion18 decks67 decks
26%synergy
Manic Scribe
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
25%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
22%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
24%inclusion22 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion22 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
24%inclusion22 decks91 decks
20%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
24%inclusion21 decks89 decks
23%synergy
Riddlekeeper
23%inclusion21 decks91 decks
22%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
23%inclusion21 decks91 decks
22%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
23%inclusion21 decks91 decks
22%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
23%inclusion20 decks87 decks
22%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
20%synergy
Fleet Swallower
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
17%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Soulless Jailer
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Fog Bank
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
17%synergy
Guiltfeeder
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Avatar of Woe
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
18%synergy
Glacial Wall
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
18%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
17%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
15%inclusion13 decks86 decks
14%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
15%inclusion13 decks87 decks
7%synergy
Boggart Trawler
15%inclusion13 decks87 decks
8%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Shadow Kin
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Baleful Strix
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
-10%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Jace's Archivist
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Lo and Li, Royal Advisors
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
11%synergy
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Screeching Scorchbeast
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Aegis Turtle
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
49%inclusion45 decks91 decks
-6%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
41%inclusion37 decks91 decks
37%synergy
Mana Drain
27%inclusion25 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Didn't Say Please
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
21%synergy
Arcane Denial
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Dark Ritual
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
-15%synergy
Archive Trap
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Brainstorm
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
-10%synergy
Drown in Dreams
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Negate
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
-15%synergy
Thought Scour
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Psychic Strike
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
15%synergy
Thought Collapse
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
15%synergy
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion15 decks87 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion15 decks87 decks
2%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
-14%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
15%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Swan Song
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
-5%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Withering Torment
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
-5%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion9 decks87 decks
-1%synergy
Resculpt
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
-10%synergy
Aetherize
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Spiral
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Reality Shift
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-6%synergy
Intellectual Offering
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Dig Through Time
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Darkness
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
-9%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Strix Serenade
5.7%inclusion5 decks87 decks
1%synergy
Spider-Sense
5.7%inclusion2 decks35 decks
3%synergy
See Double
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Force of Negation
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-4%synergy
Reenact the Crime
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Narset's Reversal
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Consult the Star Charts
5.3%inclusion2 decks38 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
41%inclusion37 decks91 decks
36%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
36%inclusion33 decks91 decks
27%synergy
Traumatize
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
27%synergy
Reanimate
31%inclusion28 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Toxic Deluge
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Windfall
29%inclusion26 decks91 decks
15%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
22%synergy
Damnation
23%inclusion21 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion20 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Treasure Cruise
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Mind Funeral
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
18%synergy
Cut Your Losses
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
16%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
17%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Feed the Swarm
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
-22%synergy
Increasing Confusion
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Sign in Blood
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Whispering Madness
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Ponder
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-8%synergy
Night's Whisper
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
7.9%inclusion6 decks76 decks
1%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
7.9%inclusion3 decks38 decks
7%synergy
Mind Sculpt
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Dread Summons
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Pilfered Plans
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Grasping Tentacles
6.9%inclusion4 decks58 decks
6%synergy
Lórien Revealed
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Startled Awake
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Bond of Insight
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
35%inclusion32 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Bonehoard
34%inclusion31 decks91 decks
32%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
30%inclusion20 decks67 decks
26%synergy
Altar of the Brood
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
25%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
20%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
15%synergy
Altar of Dementia
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Keening Stone
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Grindstone
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
-15%synergy
Profane Memento
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Isochron Scepter
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Jet Medallion
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Folio of Fancies
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Howling Mine
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Memory Erosion
49%inclusion45 decks91 decks
45%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
47%inclusion43 decks91 decks
41%synergy
Propaganda
42%inclusion38 decks91 decks
25%synergy
Court of Cunning
38%inclusion35 decks91 decks
33%synergy
Intruder Alarm
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
31%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
31%inclusion21 decks67 decks
29%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
31%inclusion28 decks91 decks
23%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
26%inclusion24 decks91 decks
23%synergy
Fraying Sanity
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
21%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
25%inclusion23 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Freed from the Real
24%inclusion22 decks91 decks
23%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
20%synergy
Mystic Remora
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
9%synergy
No Mercy
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Black Market Connections
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
0%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion25 decks91 decks
21%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Jace Beleren
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
65%inclusion59 decks91 decks
26%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
44%inclusion40 decks91 decks
24%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
43%inclusion39 decks91 decks
39%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
43%inclusion39 decks91 decks
24%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
40%inclusion36 decks91 decks
31%synergy
Reliquary Tower
37%inclusion34 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
36%inclusion33 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
33%inclusion16 decks49 decks
28%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
31%inclusion28 decks91 decks
18%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
17%synergy
Cabal Coffers
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Restless Reef
19%inclusion17 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Rogue's Passage
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
-12%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
15%inclusion14 decks91 decks
14%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Castle Locthwain
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
0%synergy
Halimar Depths
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Sunken Palace
9.3%inclusion8 decks86 decks
8%synergy
Maze of Ith
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Castle Vantress
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Academy Ruins
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
82%inclusion75 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Sol Ring
80%inclusion73 decks91 decks
-8%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
60%inclusion55 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Signet
60%inclusion55 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion30 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Mind Stone
31%inclusion28 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Thought Vessel
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
20%inclusion18 decks91 decks
2%synergy
The Soul Stone
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
11%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Gilded Lotus
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
93%inclusion85 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Island
93%inclusion85 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion79 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Watery Grave
84%inclusion76 decks91 decks
36%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
77%inclusion70 decks91 decks
23%synergy
Morphic Pool
74%inclusion67 decks91 decks
37%synergy
Polluted Delta
68%inclusion62 decks91 decks
36%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
67%inclusion61 decks91 decks
27%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion61 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
51%inclusion41 decks80 decks
28%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
48%inclusion44 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
44%inclusion40 decks91 decks
19%synergy
Underground Sea
43%inclusion39 decks91 decks
30%synergy
Undercity Sewers
41%inclusion37 decks91 decks
20%synergy
Underground River
41%inclusion37 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
37%inclusion34 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Temple of Deceit
35%inclusion32 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Sunken Ruins
35%inclusion32 decks91 decks
20%synergy
Tainted Isle
34%inclusion31 decks91 decks
-10%synergy
Choked Estuary
32%inclusion29 decks91 decks
-16%synergy
Fetid Pools
30%inclusion27 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Exotic Orchard
22%inclusion20 decks91 decks
-11%synergy
Fabled Passage
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
13%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion19 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Misty Rainforest
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Scalding Tarn
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
9%synergy
Marsh Flats
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
10%synergy
Prismatic Vista
18%inclusion16 decks91 decks
11%synergy
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion15 decks87 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion15 decks87 decks
2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
12%synergy
Flooded Strand
16%inclusion15 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
15%inclusion13 decks87 decks
7%synergy
Boggart Trawler
15%inclusion13 decks87 decks
8%synergy
Evolving Wilds
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
-2%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
14%inclusion13 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
6%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
13%inclusion12 decks91 decks
7%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
5%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
12%inclusion11 decks91 decks
5%synergy
River of Tears
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
1%synergy
Darkslick Shores
11%inclusion10 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion9 decks87 decks
-1%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
10%inclusion9 decks91 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.8%inclusion8 decks91 decks
-1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-3%synergy
Dismal Backwater
7.7%inclusion7 decks91 decks
-8%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.6%inclusion6 decks91 decks
0%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.5%inclusion5 decks91 decks
1%synergy
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