Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget Mill

Phenax, God of Deception
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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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Hydro-Channeler
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Textbook Tabulator
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Banishing Betrayal
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
2.6%inclusion1 decks38 decks
0%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
69%inclusion99 decks144 decks
67%synergy
Consuming Aberration
81%inclusion116 decks144 decks
66%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
63%inclusion90 decks144 decks
60%synergy
Nighthowler
65%inclusion93 decks144 decks
59%synergy
Wall of Frost
59%inclusion85 decks144 decks
58%synergy
Bonehoard
51%inclusion73 decks144 decks
49%synergy
Psychic Strike
51%inclusion74 decks144 decks
48%synergy
Mortivore
44%inclusion64 decks144 decks
43%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
44%inclusion63 decks144 decks
43%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
47%inclusion68 decks144 decks
43%synergy
Top Cards
Ruin Crab
50%inclusion72 decks144 decks
42%synergy
Singularity Rupture
46%inclusion33 decks71 decks
34%synergy
Drown in the Loch
46%inclusion66 decks144 decks
28%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
46%inclusion66 decks144 decks
40%synergy
Fraying Sanity
46%inclusion66 decks144 decks
42%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
44%inclusion64 decks144 decks
41%synergy
Hover Barrier
42%inclusion61 decks144 decks
42%synergy
Traumatize
42%inclusion61 decks144 decks
38%synergy
Negate
42%inclusion60 decks144 decks
9%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
41%inclusion59 decks144 decks
40%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
13%inclusion18 decks144 decks
1%synergy
Creatures
Wall of Lost Thoughts
40%inclusion58 decks144 decks
40%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
39%inclusion39 decks101 decks
38%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
38%inclusion54 decks144 decks
33%synergy
Manic Scribe
37%inclusion53 decks144 decks
36%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
35%inclusion51 decks144 decks
23%synergy
Fleet Swallower
35%inclusion51 decks144 decks
33%synergy
The Ancient One
35%inclusion50 decks144 decks
31%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
33%inclusion48 decks144 decks
31%synergy
The Mindskinner
33%inclusion39 decks119 decks
26%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
31%inclusion44 decks144 decks
27%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
29%inclusion41 decks142 decks
28%synergy
Fog Bank
28%inclusion40 decks144 decks
27%synergy
Glacial Wall
28%inclusion40 decks144 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
27%inclusion39 decks144 decks
26%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
24%inclusion35 decks144 decks
20%synergy
Guiltfeeder
24%inclusion34 decks144 decks
19%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion34 decks144 decks
16%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
24%inclusion34 decks144 decks
21%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
22%inclusion32 decks144 decks
21%synergy
Eater of the Dead
22%inclusion31 decks144 decks
20%synergy
Aegis Turtle
22%inclusion31 decks144 decks
21%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
21%inclusion30 decks144 decks
20%synergy
Tree of Perdition
21%inclusion30 decks144 decks
19%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
20%inclusion29 decks144 decks
19%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
20%inclusion29 decks144 decks
20%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
19%inclusion28 decks144 decks
18%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
19%inclusion28 decks144 decks
18%synergy
Wall of Runes
19%inclusion27 decks144 decks
18%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
19%inclusion27 decks144 decks
18%synergy
Undead Alchemist
18%inclusion26 decks144 decks
15%synergy
Hedron Crab
17%inclusion25 decks144 decks
13%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
17%inclusion25 decks144 decks
17%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
16%inclusion23 decks144 decks
15%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
15%inclusion21 decks144 decks
14%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
14%inclusion20 decks144 decks
13%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
14%inclusion20 decks144 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Mist
13%inclusion19 decks144 decks
13%synergy
Szadek, Lord of Secrets
13%inclusion19 decks144 decks
13%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
13%inclusion19 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
13%inclusion18 decks144 decks
12%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
13%inclusion18 decks144 decks
12%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
12%inclusion14 decks113 decks
12%synergy
Soulless Jailer
12%inclusion17 decks144 decks
11%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion16 decks144 decks
-1%synergy
Wall of Junk
11%inclusion16 decks144 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Air
11%inclusion16 decks144 decks
11%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
11%inclusion16 decks144 decks
11%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
10%inclusion15 decks144 decks
10%synergy
Silent Arbiter
10%inclusion14 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Riptide Turtle
10%inclusion14 decks144 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Thought Collapse
38%inclusion55 decks144 decks
35%synergy
Didn't Say Please
37%inclusion53 decks144 decks
32%synergy
Counterspell
36%inclusion52 decks144 decks
-20%synergy
Into the Story
33%inclusion47 decks144 decks
31%synergy
Crypt Incursion
28%inclusion41 decks144 decks
27%synergy
Thought Scour
27%inclusion39 decks144 decks
21%synergy
Aetherize
20%inclusion29 decks144 decks
9%synergy
Archive Trap
19%inclusion27 decks144 decks
17%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion25 decks144 decks
13%synergy
Psychic Spiral
16%inclusion23 decks144 decks
15%synergy
Murder
15%inclusion22 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Doom Blade
14%inclusion20 decks144 decks
11%synergy
Visions of Beyond
13%inclusion18 decks144 decks
9%synergy
Perplex
12%inclusion17 decks144 decks
9%synergy
Countermand
11%inclusion16 decks144 decks
11%synergy
Fact or Fiction
11%inclusion16 decks144 decks
2%synergy
Intellectual Offering
11%inclusion16 decks144 decks
11%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion15 decks144 decks
-6%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion15 decks144 decks
5%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion15 decks144 decks
-3%synergy
Brainstorm
10%inclusion14 decks144 decks
-20%synergy
Dark Ritual
10%inclusion14 decks144 decks
-26%synergy
Cancel
9.0%inclusion13 decks144 decks
7%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
7.7%inclusion11 decks142 decks
-4%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
7.6%inclusion11 decks144 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Charm
7.6%inclusion11 decks144 decks
6%synergy
Opt
7.6%inclusion11 decks144 decks
-4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.6%inclusion11 decks144 decks
-8%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
7.6%inclusion11 decks144 decks
7%synergy
Soul Manipulation
6.9%inclusion10 decks144 decks
4%synergy
Induce Paranoia
6.9%inclusion10 decks144 decks
7%synergy
Withering Torment
6.8%inclusion8 decks118 decks
-9%synergy
Frantic Search
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
-13%synergy
Resculpt
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
0%synergy
Memory Lapse
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
4%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
-4%synergy
Hero's Downfall
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
2%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
-25%synergy
Anticognition
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Pilfered Plans
39%inclusion56 decks144 decks
36%synergy
Fractured Sanity
35%inclusion50 decks144 decks
25%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
32%inclusion46 decks144 decks
21%synergy
Extract from Darkness
31%inclusion44 decks144 decks
23%synergy
Cut Your Losses
28%inclusion41 decks144 decks
25%synergy
Mind Funeral
24%inclusion34 decks144 decks
21%synergy
Mind Grind
22%inclusion31 decks144 decks
16%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
20%inclusion29 decks144 decks
15%synergy
Feed the Swarm
19%inclusion28 decks144 decks
-16%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
17%inclusion25 decks144 decks
11%synergy
Mind Sculpt
17%inclusion25 decks144 decks
17%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion24 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Whispering Madness
17%inclusion24 decks144 decks
14%synergy
Dread Summons
16%inclusion23 decks144 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
14%inclusion20 decks144 decks
10%synergy
Tome Scour
12%inclusion17 decks144 decks
11%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
12%inclusion17 decks144 decks
7%synergy
Increasing Confusion
11%inclusion16 decks144 decks
10%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
10%inclusion15 decks144 decks
10%synergy
Eldritch Pact
10%inclusion15 decks144 decks
10%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
10%inclusion15 decks144 decks
1%synergy
Divination
10%inclusion14 decks144 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
9.0%inclusion13 decks144 decks
-7%synergy
Windfall
9.0%inclusion13 decks144 decks
-4%synergy
Startled Awake
9.0%inclusion13 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Bond of Insight
8.3%inclusion12 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.3%inclusion12 decks144 decks
2%synergy
Breaking Wave
8.3%inclusion12 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Preordain
7.6%inclusion11 decks144 decks
-2%synergy
Aether Gale
7.6%inclusion11 decks144 decks
7%synergy
Dreadwaters
6.9%inclusion10 decks144 decks
7%synergy
Decree of Pain
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Seize the Secrets
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
6%synergy
Coerced Confession
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
5%synergy
Talent of the Telepath
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
5%synergy
Dark Deal
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
4%synergy
Ravenform
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
-4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Riverchurn Monument
34%inclusion34 decks101 decks
30%synergy
The Water Crystal
32%inclusion26 decks81 decks
23%synergy
Keening Stone
29%inclusion42 decks144 decks
28%synergy
Mindcrank
26%inclusion38 decks144 decks
14%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion24 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
14%inclusion20 decks144 decks
13%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
12%inclusion17 decks144 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
10%inclusion15 decks144 decks
-14%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
10%inclusion14 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion14 decks144 decks
10%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
9.0%inclusion13 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
8.3%inclusion12 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Lightning Greaves
8.3%inclusion12 decks144 decks
-19%synergy
Codex Shredder
6.9%inclusion10 decks144 decks
5%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
5%synergy
Sands of Delirium
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
6%synergy
Profane Memento
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
6%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
5%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
5%synergy
Sentinel Totem
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
5%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
-2%synergy
Enchantments
Sphinx's Tutelage
28%inclusion41 decks144 decks
26%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
26%inclusion26 decks101 decks
24%synergy
Propaganda
25%inclusion36 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
24%inclusion35 decks144 decks
18%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
22%inclusion31 decks144 decks
21%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
20%inclusion29 decks144 decks
18%synergy
Court of Cunning
19%inclusion27 decks144 decks
13%synergy
Memory Erosion
17%inclusion24 decks144 decks
12%synergy
Drowned Secrets
11%inclusion16 decks144 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Erasure
10%inclusion15 decks144 decks
10%synergy
Freed from the Real
9.0%inclusion13 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Death's Approach
8.3%inclusion12 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
7.6%inclusion11 decks144 decks
7%synergy
Intruder Alarm
6.9%inclusion10 decks144 decks
6%synergy
Chronic Flooding
6.9%inclusion10 decks144 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.9%inclusion10 decks144 decks
-6%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
24%inclusion35 decks144 decks
18%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
19%inclusion27 decks144 decks
17%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
11%inclusion16 decks144 decks
10%synergy
Jace Beleren
9.0%inclusion13 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
8.3%inclusion12 decks144 decks
6%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
8.3%inclusion12 decks144 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
46%inclusion66 decks144 decks
37%synergy
Bojuka Bog
28%inclusion40 decks144 decks
-11%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
24%inclusion20 decks85 decks
19%synergy
Reliquary Tower
17%inclusion25 decks144 decks
-19%synergy
Temple of the False God
16%inclusion23 decks144 decks
6%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
11%inclusion16 decks144 decks
9%synergy
Restless Reef
11%inclusion16 decks144 decks
4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion15 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Halimar Depths
10%inclusion14 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Rogue's Passage
10%inclusion14 decks144 decks
-17%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
8.3%inclusion12 decks144 decks
-9%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
8.3%inclusion12 decks144 decks
5%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
4%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
-3%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
70%inclusion101 decks144 decks
-18%synergy
Arcane Signet
58%inclusion84 decks144 decks
-26%synergy
Dimir Signet
50%inclusion72 decks144 decks
-9%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
36%inclusion52 decks144 decks
-22%synergy
Commander's Sphere
32%inclusion46 decks144 decks
15%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion42 decks144 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Locket
22%inclusion31 decks144 decks
19%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
19%inclusion27 decks144 decks
17%synergy
Thought Vessel
17%inclusion25 decks144 decks
-14%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
15%inclusion22 decks144 decks
7%synergy
Sky Diamond
15%inclusion22 decks144 decks
7%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
14%inclusion20 decks144 decks
14%synergy
Fellwar Stone
14%inclusion20 decks144 decks
-17%synergy
Worn Powerstone
12%inclusion17 decks144 decks
8%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion17 decks144 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
7.6%inclusion11 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
6.9%inclusion10 decks144 decks
6%synergy
Star Compass
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
6%synergy
Bandit's Haul
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
5%synergy
Prismatic Lens
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Island
100%inclusion144 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Swamp
99%inclusion143 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
67%inclusion96 decks144 decks
-21%synergy
Dismal Backwater
56%inclusion81 decks144 decks
40%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion72 decks144 decks
12%synergy
Sunken Hollow
50%inclusion72 decks144 decks
-15%synergy
Temple of Deceit
44%inclusion64 decks144 decks
9%synergy
Evolving Wilds
44%inclusion64 decks144 decks
28%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
42%inclusion61 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Choked Estuary
40%inclusion58 decks144 decks
-7%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
38%inclusion55 decks144 decks
32%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
33%inclusion48 decks144 decks
22%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
33%inclusion48 decks144 decks
28%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
24%inclusion35 decks144 decks
-30%synergy
Tainted Isle
22%inclusion32 decks144 decks
-22%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
22%inclusion31 decks144 decks
17%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion29 decks144 decks
-1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion25 decks144 decks
-15%synergy
Fetid Pools
13%inclusion19 decks144 decks
-3%synergy
Darkslick Shores
9.0%inclusion13 decks144 decks
-5%synergy
Salt Marsh
8.3%inclusion12 decks144 decks
7%synergy
Underground River
8.3%inclusion12 decks144 decks
-32%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
7.7%inclusion11 decks142 decks
-4%synergy
River of Tears
7.6%inclusion11 decks144 decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
7.0%inclusion10 decks142 decks
1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
6.9%inclusion10 decks144 decks
1%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
2%synergy
Waterfront District
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Warped Landscape
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
6%synergy
Grixis Panorama
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
6%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.3%inclusion9 decks144 decks
0%synergy
Ash Barrens
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
0%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
-34%synergy
Thriving Isle
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Path of Ancestry
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
-22%synergy
Thriving Moor
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Soured Springs
5.6%inclusion8 decks144 decks
3%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
5.0%inclusion6 decks119 decks
-19%synergy
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