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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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North Pole Patrol
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
77%inclusion77 decks100 decks
75%synergy
Consuming Aberration
85%inclusion85 decks100 decks
70%synergy
Ruin Crab
76%inclusion76 decks100 decks
68%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
53%inclusion53 decks100 decks
51%synergy
Nighthowler
56%inclusion56 decks100 decks
50%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
53%inclusion53 decks100 decks
48%synergy
Wall of Frost
49%inclusion49 decks100 decks
48%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
52%inclusion52 decks100 decks
46%synergy
Drown in the Loch
63%inclusion63 decks100 decks
44%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
54%inclusion54 decks100 decks
43%synergy
Top Cards
Mindcrank
51%inclusion51 decks100 decks
39%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
49%inclusion49 decks100 decks
36%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
49%inclusion49 decks100 decks
43%synergy
Singularity Rupture
45%inclusion14 decks31 decks
33%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
45%inclusion45 decks100 decks
39%synergy
The Ancient One
45%inclusion45 decks100 decks
42%synergy
Fractured Sanity
45%inclusion45 decks100 decks
35%synergy
Memory Erosion
45%inclusion45 decks100 decks
41%synergy
Counterspell
44%inclusion44 decks100 decks
-12%synergy
The Water Crystal
43%inclusion20 decks46 decks
35%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-7%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
42%inclusion42 decks100 decks
41%synergy
Tree of Perdition
40%inclusion40 decks100 decks
38%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
37%inclusion37 decks100 decks
33%synergy
Hedron Crab
36%inclusion36 decks100 decks
32%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
35%inclusion35 decks100 decks
34%synergy
Manic Scribe
32%inclusion32 decks100 decks
31%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
31%inclusion28 decks90 decks
30%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
31%inclusion31 decks100 decks
30%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
29%inclusion27 decks92 decks
28%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
29%inclusion19 decks65 decks
28%synergy
Hover Barrier
29%inclusion29 decks100 decks
28%synergy
Undead Alchemist
28%inclusion28 decks100 decks
25%synergy
Guiltfeeder
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
21%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
24%synergy
Fleet Swallower
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
23%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
21%synergy
The Mindskinner
25%inclusion19 decks76 decks
18%synergy
Silent Arbiter
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
24%synergy
Eater of the Dead
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
23%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
21%synergy
Avatar of Woe
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
21%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
19%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
19%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Aegis Turtle
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
19%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
17%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Glacial Wall
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion12 decks89 decks
7%synergy
Soulless Jailer
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
12%inclusion12 decks97 decks
12%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Jace's Archivist
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion10 decks89 decks
3%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Wall of Runes
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Psychic Strike
35%inclusion35 decks100 decks
32%synergy
Didn't Say Please
33%inclusion33 decks100 decks
28%synergy
Visions of Beyond
33%inclusion33 decks100 decks
29%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
31%inclusion31 decks100 decks
27%synergy
Negate
28%inclusion28 decks100 decks
-4%synergy
Into the Story
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
25%synergy
Thought Collapse
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
23%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
23%synergy
Drown in Dreams
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Thought Scour
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
17%synergy
Aetherize
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Crypt Incursion
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Memory Plunder
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Arcane Denial
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
-11%synergy
Archive Trap
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion11 decks89 decks
1%synergy
Dark Ritual
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
-23%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
-19%synergy
Psychic Spiral
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Charm
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Dig Through Time
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
-7%synergy
Brainstorm
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
-22%synergy
Doom Blade
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Reality Shift
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Sink into Stupor
9.0%inclusion8 decks89 decks
-6%synergy
Hero's Downfall
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Aetherspouts
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
8.0%inclusion6 decks75 decks
-8%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.9%inclusion7 decks89 decks
-8%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Resculpt
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Memory Lapse
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Cancel
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Countersquall
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Opt
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-6%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Mana Drain
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-11%synergy
Reenact the Crime
5.1%inclusion5 decks98 decks
4%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Pongify
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-10%synergy
Infernal Grasp
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-11%synergy
Soul Shatter
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Bitter Triumph
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Perplex
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
42%inclusion42 decks100 decks
36%synergy
Traumatize
37%inclusion37 decks100 decks
33%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
32%inclusion32 decks100 decks
27%synergy
Windfall
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
-11%synergy
Mind Funeral
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Extract from Darkness
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Pilfered Plans
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Cut Your Losses
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
17%synergy
Whispering Madness
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Treasure Cruise
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Read the Bones
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Reanimate
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
-13%synergy
Sign in Blood
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Eldritch Pact
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Night's Whisper
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Toxic Deluge
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
-16%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Dread Summons
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Startled Awake
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Damnation
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Mind Sculpt
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Decree of Pain
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
6.2%inclusion6 decks97 decks
5%synergy
Ponder
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-10%synergy
Life's Finale
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Bond of Insight
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Ravenform
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Deadly Cover-Up
5.1%inclusion5 decks98 decks
5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Victimize
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-8%synergy
Tome Scour
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Mnemonic Betrayal
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Preordain
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bonehoard
31%inclusion31 decks100 decks
29%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
29%inclusion29 decks100 decks
24%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
29%inclusion29 decks100 decks
28%synergy
Altar of the Brood
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
19%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
22%inclusion14 decks65 decks
18%synergy
Keening Stone
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
-9%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Lightning Greaves
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
-17%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Grindstone
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Folio of Fancies
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
38%inclusion38 decks100 decks
34%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
35%inclusion35 decks100 decks
32%synergy
Court of Cunning
32%inclusion32 decks100 decks
26%synergy
Intruder Alarm
30%inclusion30 decks100 decks
29%synergy
Propaganda
28%inclusion28 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
23%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
18%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
11%inclusion11 decks97 decks
11%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Drowned Secrets
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Animate Dead
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
-4%synergy
Mystic Remora
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
-9%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
3%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Curse of Unbinding
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
4%synergy
No Mercy
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Jace's Erasure
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Leyline of the Void
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
28%inclusion28 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
55%inclusion55 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
46%inclusion46 decks100 decks
37%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
31%inclusion15 decks49 decks
26%synergy
Reliquary Tower
29%inclusion29 decks100 decks
-7%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Restless Reef
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Halimar Depths
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
-10%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Castle Locthwain
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
-20%synergy
Castle Vantress
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
-13%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Field of Ruin
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-4%synergy
Echoing Deeps
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
82%inclusion82 decks100 decks
-6%synergy
Arcane Signet
73%inclusion73 decks100 decks
-11%synergy
Dimir Signet
60%inclusion60 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
51%inclusion51 decks100 decks
-8%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion29 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
-11%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
-12%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Sky Diamond
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Midnight Clock
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Locket
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
94%inclusion94 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Island
94%inclusion94 decks100 decks
-3%synergy
Command Tower
77%inclusion77 decks100 decks
-11%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion66 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
55%inclusion55 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
53%inclusion53 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Choked Estuary
50%inclusion50 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Temple of Deceit
49%inclusion49 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
41%inclusion41 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Tainted Isle
34%inclusion34 decks100 decks
-10%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
33%inclusion33 decks100 decks
-7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
32%inclusion32 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Watery Grave
32%inclusion32 decks100 decks
-14%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion30 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Underground River
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
-12%synergy
Dismal Backwater
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Exotic Orchard
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
-7%synergy
Morphic Pool
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
-11%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
16%inclusion12 decks76 decks
-7%synergy
Fabled Passage
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Polluted Delta
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
-17%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion12 decks89 decks
7%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion11 decks89 decks
1%synergy
Ice Tunnel
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Darkslick Shores
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion10 decks89 decks
3%synergy
Undercity Sewers
11%inclusion11 decks98 decks
-9%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
5%synergy
River of Tears
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Demolition Field
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Sink into Stupor
9.0%inclusion8 decks89 decks
-6%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.9%inclusion7 decks89 decks
-8%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Underground Sea
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-7%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-2%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
0%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Ash Barrens
5.0%inclusion5 decks100 decks
-1%synergy
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