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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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Thought Collapse
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
84%synergy
Mindcrank
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
75%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
73%synergy
Consuming Aberration
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
73%synergy
Fraying Sanity
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
71%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
62%synergy
Eater of the Dead
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
61%synergy
Wall of Frost
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
61%synergy
Bonehoard
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
60%synergy
Fleet Swallower
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
60%synergy
Top Cards
Diabolic Tutor
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
56%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
56%synergy
Nighthowler
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
56%synergy
Mind Grind
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
57%synergy
Fractured Sanity
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
53%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
59%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
48%synergy
Psychic Strike
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
47%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Game Changers
Thassa's Oracle
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Notion Thief
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Creatures
Dreamborn Muse
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Ruin Crab
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
42%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
48%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
The Mindskinner
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Mortivore
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Manic Scribe
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Tide Drifter
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Glacial Wall
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Pain Seer
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Hover Barrier
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Mist
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Wall of Air
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Monastery Flock
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Guiltfeeder
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Trophy Mage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Stormtide Leviathan
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Silent Arbiter
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Havengul Lich
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Halo Forager
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Wonder
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Carrionette
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Avatar of Woe
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Nimbleclaw Adept
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Geist of the Archives
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Fog Bank
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Deceiver Exarch
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mirrorhall Mimic
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Vizier of Many Faces
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Soaring Thought-Thief
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Dreadhound
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Negate
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Didn't Say Please
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
46%synergy
Drown in the Loch
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Into the Story
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Careful Consideration
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Psychic Spiral
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Opt
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
13%synergy
Intellectual Offering
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Expel from Orazca
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Mana Leak
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Counterspell
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-31%synergy
Crypt Incursion
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Hero's Downfall
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Frantic Search
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-6%synergy
Voyage's End
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Soul Manipulation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Countermand
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Consider
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Spinal Embrace
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Doom Blade
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Blue Sun's Zenith
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Tainted Indulgence
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Undermine
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Nexus of Fate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Dispel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Curate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Aetherize
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Thought Scour
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Miscalculation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Murder
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Arcane Denial
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-13%synergy
Memory Lapse
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Demon's Due
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Visions of Beyond
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Cast Down
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Ingenuity
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Quicken
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Drown in Dreams
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Archive Trap
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Remand
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Induce Paranoia
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sorceries
Maddening Cacophony
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
39%synergy
Traumatize
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
46%synergy
Singularity Rupture
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
28%synergy
Whispering Madness
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Aether Gale
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Pilfered Plans
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Windfall
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Increasing Confusion
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Eldritch Pact
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Treasure Cruise
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Read the Bones
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Dread Summons
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Decree of Pain
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Mind Funeral
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Brainspoil
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Breaking Wave
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Fascination
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Silver Scrutiny
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Espionage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dread Return
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Tome Scour
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mind Sculpt
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Unearth
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Cut Your Losses
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Wash Out
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Quasiduplicate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Night's Whisper
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Ambition's Cost
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Walk the Plank
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Startled Awake
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Baral's Expertise
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Memory Sluice
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Talent of the Telepath
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Irenicus's Vile Duplication
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Syphon Mind
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Psychic Drain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Necromantic Selection
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Tempest
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Stitch Together
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
The Black Breath
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dark Deal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Sign in Blood
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Damnation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Jester's Cap
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Lightning Greaves
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
The Water Crystal
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
The Everflowing Well
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Sentinel Totem
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Folio of Fancies
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Crook of Condemnation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Lantern of the Lost
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Collector's Vault
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Enchantments
Sphinx's Tutelage
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Court of Cunning
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Propaganda
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Memory Erosion
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Out of the Tombs
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Intimidation Campaign
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Copy Enchantment
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Erasure
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Oubliette
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Drowned Secrets
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Search for Azcanta
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Jace Beleren
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Kaito, Dancing Shadow
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Liliana Vess
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Jace Reawakened
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
53%synergy
Bojuka Bog
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-14%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Hall of Storm Giants
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Halimar Depths
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Blighted Fen
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Rogue's Passage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-15%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
-9%synergy
Sol Ring
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
-13%synergy
Dimir Signet
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
14%synergy
Mind Stone
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Dimir Locket
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
47%synergy
Commander's Sphere
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-21%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Thought Vessel
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Worn Powerstone
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Star Compass
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Prismatic Lens
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Sphere of the Suns
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Fellwar Stone
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-18%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Stonespeaker Crystal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Thran Dynamo
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Nyx Lotus
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
81%synergy
Dismal Backwater
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
59%synergy
Command Tower
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
-25%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Temple of Deceit
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
13%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Evolving Wilds
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Sunken Hollow
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
-16%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Tainted Isle
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Fetid Pools
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Waterfront District
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
14%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Warped Landscape
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Salt Marsh
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Choked Estuary
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-23%synergy
Exotic Orchard
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-21%synergy
Ice Tunnel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Ash Barrens
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-27%synergy
Grixis Panorama
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Underground River
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-27%synergy
River of Tears
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Demolition Field
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Darkslick Shores
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Morphic Pool
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-24%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Soured Springs
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
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