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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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Dramatic Reversal
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
96%synergy
Tree of Perdition
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
84%synergy
Consuming Aberration
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
71%synergy
Drown in the Loch
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
67%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
65%synergy
Ruin Crab
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
63%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
61%synergy
Silent Arbiter
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Eater of the Dead
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Wall of Frost
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Top Cards
Propaganda
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Deadly Rollick
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Court of Cunning
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
51%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
56%synergy
The Ancient One
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
52%synergy
Fraying Sanity
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
Toxic Deluge
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
10%synergy
The One Ring
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Rhystic Study
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Demonic Tutor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-5%synergy
Notion Thief
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Mystical Tutor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Creatures
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
73%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
30%synergy
Wall of Runes
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
43%synergy
Nighthowler
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Manic Scribe
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Relic Golem
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Avatar of Woe
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Mortivore
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Fog Bank
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Hedron Crab
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Soulless Jailer
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Hover Barrier
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Mist
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Wall of Air
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Riptide Turtle
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Aegis Turtle
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Havengul Lich
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
The Mindskinner
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Kami of the Crescent Moon
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Tide Drifter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Canyon Crab
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Mizzium Meddler
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sphinx of the Second Sun
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Steel Wall
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
54%synergy
Counterspell
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Archive Trap
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
55%synergy
Negate
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Fell the Profane
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Psychic Strike
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Dark Ritual
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-7%synergy
Thought Collapse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Reality Shift
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
15%synergy
Intellectual Offering
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Arcane Denial
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Didn't Say Please
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Sink into Stupor
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Into the Story
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Entomb
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Careful Consideration
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Imp's Mischief
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Memory Plunder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-16%synergy
Fact or Fiction
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Flare of Denial
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Anticognition
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Defile
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Blue Sun's Zenith
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mana Drain
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-3%synergy
Bitter Triumph
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Thought Scour
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Jwari Disruption
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Expel from Orazca
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Baleful Mastery
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Mana Leak
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Shore Up
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Crypt Incursion
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Drown in Dreams
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Spell Pierce
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Withering Torment
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
47%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Mind Grind
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Reanimate
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Traumatize
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Singularity Rupture
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Windfall
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
15%synergy
Dark Deal
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Brainspoil
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Ponder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Diabolic Intent
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Crux of Fate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Feed the Swarm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-21%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Whispering Madness
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Aether Gale
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Damnation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Breaking Wave
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mindcrank
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
45%synergy
Lightning Greaves
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
30%synergy
Isochron Scepter
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
40%synergy
The Water Crystal
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
34%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Bonehoard
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Altar of the Brood
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Lithoform Engine
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Jester's Cap
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Magewright's Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Profane Memento
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Keening Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Altar of Dementia
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Enchantments
Freed from the Real
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
35%synergy
Intruder Alarm
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Mystic Remora
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
15%synergy
Memory Erosion
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Greed
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
No Mercy
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Curse of Verbosity
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
As Foretold
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Leyline of the Void
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Search for Azcanta
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Liliana Vess
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
47%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
34%synergy
Reliquary Tower
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Mortuary Mire
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Ghost Quarter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Maze of Ith
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Witch's Cottage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
War Room
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Cabal Coffers
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Restless Reef
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Multiversal Passage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Dimir Signet
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Mind Stone
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Commander's Sphere
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Thought Vessel
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-3%synergy
Nyx Lotus
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Basalt Monolith
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Worn Powerstone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Star Compass
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Midnight Clock
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Prismatic Lens
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Skyclave Relic
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
47%synergy
Sunken Hollow
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Tainted Isle
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Choked Estuary
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Polluted Delta
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Watery Grave
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Undercity Sewers
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Fabled Passage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Myriad Landscape
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Exotic Orchard
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Temple of Deceit
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Warped Landscape
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Underground River
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-11%synergy
Dismal Backwater
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Evolving Wilds
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Sink into Stupor
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Morphic Pool
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-8%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Prismatic Vista
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Bad River
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Reflecting Pool
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Salt Marsh
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Jwari Disruption
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Forbidden Orchard
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Mana Confluence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Sunken Ruins
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
City of Brass
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
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