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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
78%inclusion80 decks103 decks
76%synergy
Consuming Aberration
85%inclusion88 decks103 decks
71%synergy
Ruin Crab
76%inclusion78 decks103 decks
67%synergy
Nighthowler
57%inclusion59 decks103 decks
51%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
52%inclusion54 decks103 decks
50%synergy
Wall of Frost
50%inclusion52 decks103 decks
49%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
54%inclusion56 decks103 decks
49%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
52%inclusion54 decks103 decks
48%synergy
Drown in the Loch
61%inclusion63 decks103 decks
43%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
48%inclusion49 decks103 decks
41%synergy
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Maddening Cacophony
51%inclusion53 decks103 decks
41%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50%inclusion52 decks103 decks
37%synergy
Mindcrank
49%inclusion50 decks103 decks
36%synergy
The Water Crystal
47%inclusion26 decks55 decks
38%synergy
Singularity Rupture
46%inclusion19 decks41 decks
34%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
46%inclusion47 decks103 decks
39%synergy
The Ancient One
44%inclusion45 decks103 decks
40%synergy
Counterspell
44%inclusion45 decks103 decks
-12%synergy
Memory Erosion
44%inclusion45 decks103 decks
39%synergy
Fractured Sanity
43%inclusion44 decks103 decks
33%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
41%inclusion42 decks103 decks
39%synergy
Tree of Perdition
40%inclusion41 decks103 decks
38%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion39 decks103 decks
34%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
36%inclusion37 decks103 decks
35%synergy
Hedron Crab
36%inclusion37 decks103 decks
32%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
32%inclusion23 decks71 decks
32%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
32%inclusion31 decks96 decks
32%synergy
Manic Scribe
32%inclusion33 decks103 decks
31%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
28%inclusion27 decks98 decks
27%synergy
Fleet Swallower
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
24%synergy
Undead Alchemist
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
24%synergy
Hover Barrier
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
26%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
26%synergy
The Mindskinner
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Silent Arbiter
26%inclusion27 decks103 decks
25%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
26%inclusion27 decks103 decks
24%synergy
Guiltfeeder
25%inclusion26 decks103 decks
20%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
25%inclusion26 decks103 decks
20%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
24%inclusion25 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
24%inclusion25 decks103 decks
23%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion25 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
24%inclusion25 decks103 decks
21%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
23%inclusion24 decks103 decks
20%synergy
Eater of the Dead
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
21%inclusion22 decks103 decks
21%synergy
Avatar of Woe
20%inclusion21 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Fog Bank
20%inclusion21 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
19%inclusion20 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
19%inclusion20 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Aegis Turtle
19%inclusion20 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
15%synergy
Riddlekeeper
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
18%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
17%inclusion18 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
14%inclusion14 decks103 decks
12%synergy
Glacial Wall
14%inclusion14 decks103 decks
13%synergy
Soulless Jailer
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Archivist
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Shadow Kin
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion10 decks95 decks
2%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Wall of Runes
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Psychic Strike
36%inclusion37 decks103 decks
33%synergy
Visions of Beyond
34%inclusion35 decks103 decks
30%synergy
Negate
32%inclusion33 decks103 decks
0%synergy
Didn't Say Please
32%inclusion33 decks103 decks
27%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
32%inclusion33 decks103 decks
28%synergy
Into the Story
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
26%synergy
Thought Collapse
25%inclusion26 decks103 decks
22%synergy
Drown in Dreams
23%inclusion24 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
21%synergy
Aetherize
21%inclusion22 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Thought Scour
20%inclusion21 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Crypt Incursion
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Archive Trap
16%inclusion16 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Memory Plunder
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Dark Ritual
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
-21%synergy
Arcane Denial
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
-11%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
-18%synergy
Dig Through Time
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion10 decks95 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Charm
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Psychic Spiral
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
-4%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
Doom Blade
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
-7%synergy
Sink into Stupor
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
-7%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Aetherspouts
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Memory Lapse
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Withering Torment
7.4%inclusion6 decks81 decks
-9%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-4%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Brainstorm
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-24%synergy
Resculpt
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
0%synergy
Pongify
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-9%synergy
Frantic Search
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-13%synergy
Opt
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-6%synergy
Mana Drain
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-12%synergy
Bitter Triumph
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Cancel
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
40%inclusion41 decks103 decks
34%synergy
Traumatize
36%inclusion37 decks103 decks
31%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
32%inclusion33 decks103 decks
27%synergy
Windfall
28%inclusion29 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
18%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
23%inclusion24 decks103 decks
18%synergy
Feed the Swarm
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
-13%synergy
Extract from Darkness
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
15%synergy
Mind Funeral
21%inclusion22 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Cut Your Losses
19%inclusion20 decks103 decks
15%synergy
Pilfered Plans
19%inclusion20 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
19%inclusion20 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Whispering Madness
16%inclusion16 decks103 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Reanimate
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
-12%synergy
Toxic Deluge
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
-14%synergy
Damnation
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
0%synergy
Eldritch Pact
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Dread Summons
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Night's Whisper
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Startled Awake
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Mind Sculpt
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Life's Finale
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Tome Scour
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Victimize
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-8%synergy
Decree of Pain
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Ravenform
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
32%inclusion33 decks103 decks
31%synergy
Bonehoard
31%inclusion32 decks103 decks
29%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
30%inclusion31 decks103 decks
25%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
23%inclusion16 decks71 decks
19%synergy
Altar of the Brood
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Keening Stone
20%inclusion21 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion18 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Lightning Greaves
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
-16%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
38%inclusion39 decks103 decks
34%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
34%inclusion35 decks103 decks
31%synergy
Court of Cunning
34%inclusion35 decks103 decks
28%synergy
Intruder Alarm
31%inclusion32 decks103 decks
30%synergy
Propaganda
26%inclusion27 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
25%inclusion26 decks103 decks
23%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
21%inclusion22 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
19%synergy
Freed from the Real
17%inclusion18 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
16%inclusion16 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Animate Dead
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-3%synergy
Drowned Secrets
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Mystic Remora
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-8%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Leyline of the Void
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
26%inclusion27 decks103 decks
20%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
23%inclusion24 decks103 decks
21%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
54%inclusion56 decks103 decks
15%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
49%inclusion50 decks103 decks
40%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
28%inclusion16 decks57 decks
23%synergy
Reliquary Tower
26%inclusion27 decks103 decks
-10%synergy
Restless Reef
23%inclusion24 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
20%inclusion21 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
17%inclusion18 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Halimar Depths
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
0%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-10%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-5%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-20%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Castle Vantress
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-13%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-3%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
82%inclusion84 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
Arcane Signet
75%inclusion77 decks103 decks
-9%synergy
Dimir Signet
60%inclusion62 decks103 decks
0%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
51%inclusion53 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
Mind Stone
32%inclusion33 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
26%inclusion27 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
20%inclusion21 decks103 decks
-10%synergy
Thought Vessel
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
-13%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Sky Diamond
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Midnight Clock
14%inclusion14 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Locket
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
94%inclusion97 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Island
94%inclusion97 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Command Tower
78%inclusion80 decks103 decks
-10%synergy
Sunken Hollow
65%inclusion67 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
56%inclusion58 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
53%inclusion55 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Temple of Deceit
50%inclusion52 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Choked Estuary
50%inclusion52 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
42%inclusion43 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
36%inclusion37 decks103 decks
-4%synergy
Tainted Isle
35%inclusion36 decks103 decks
-9%synergy
Watery Grave
34%inclusion35 decks103 decks
-13%synergy
Myriad Landscape
29%inclusion30 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
28%inclusion29 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Underground River
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
-12%synergy
Dismal Backwater
26%inclusion27 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Exotic Orchard
25%inclusion26 decks103 decks
-8%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
24%inclusion25 decks103 decks
13%synergy
Morphic Pool
24%inclusion25 decks103 decks
-12%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
-3%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion21 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
12%synergy
Fabled Passage
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Sunken Ruins
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Polluted Delta
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
-15%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
-8%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion13 decks95 decks
7%synergy
Undercity Sewers
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
-8%synergy
Ice Tunnel
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Darkslick Shores
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion10 decks95 decks
2%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion10 decks95 decks
-1%synergy
River of Tears
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
Port of Karfell
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Demolition Field
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
-7%synergy
Sink into Stupor
8.4%inclusion8 decks95 decks
-7%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
0%synergy
Underground Sea
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Path of Ancestry
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-22%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
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