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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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The Walls of Ba Sing Se
44%inclusion8 decks18 decks
43%synergy
Nightmares and Daydreams
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
The Rise of Sozin
2.7%inclusion1 decks37 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
92%inclusion1.55K decks1.68K decks
90%synergy
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion1.50K decks1.68K decks
74%synergy
Tree of Perdition
75%inclusion1.27K decks1.68K decks
73%synergy
Ruin Crab
78%inclusion1.31K decks1.68K decks
70%synergy
Wall of Frost
69%inclusion1.16K decks1.68K decks
68%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
75%inclusion1.26K decks1.68K decks
64%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
70%inclusion1.17K decks1.68K decks
64%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
64%inclusion1.08K decks1.68K decks
62%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
63%inclusion1.07K decks1.68K decks
59%synergy
Mindcrank
71%inclusion1.19K decks1.68K decks
58%synergy
Top Cards
Fractured Sanity
66%inclusion1.10K decks1.68K decks
56%synergy
Drown in the Loch
65%inclusion1.10K decks1.68K decks
47%synergy
Counterspell
62%inclusion1.05K decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
61%inclusion1.02K decks1.68K decks
55%synergy
Nighthowler
61%inclusion1.02K decks1.68K decks
55%synergy
Singularity Rupture
60%inclusion28 decks47 decks
48%synergy
The Ancient One
57%inclusion964 decks1.68K decks
54%synergy
The Water Crystal
57%inclusion32 decks56 decks
48%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
55%inclusion924 decks1.68K decks
51%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
55%inclusion919 decks1.68K decks
41%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
37%inclusion621 decks1.68K decks
12%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
37%inclusion619 decks1.68K decks
12%synergy
Demonic Tutor
24%inclusion404 decks1.68K decks
4%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
18%inclusion305 decks1.68K decks
1%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
18%inclusion300 decks1.68K decks
-1%synergy
Mystical Tutor
17%inclusion294 decks1.68K decks
3%synergy
Notion Thief
12%inclusion205 decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Force of Will
10%inclusion166 decks1.68K decks
-1%synergy
Ancient Tomb
9.1%inclusion154 decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
7.7%inclusion130 decks1.68K decks
4%synergy
Creatures
Mortivore
52%inclusion879 decks1.68K decks
51%synergy
Hover Barrier
52%inclusion876 decks1.68K decks
51%synergy
Eater of the Dead
47%inclusion797 decks1.68K decks
46%synergy
Silent Arbiter
47%inclusion785 decks1.68K decks
45%synergy
Hedron Crab
38%inclusion634 decks1.68K decks
34%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion632 decks1.68K decks
33%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
37%inclusion629 decks1.68K decks
30%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
37%inclusion405 decks1.09K decks
37%synergy
The Mindskinner
36%inclusion245 decks675 decks
30%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
36%inclusion607 decks1.68K decks
35%synergy
Fleet Swallower
35%inclusion595 decks1.68K decks
33%synergy
Glacial Wall
34%inclusion575 decks1.68K decks
34%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion564 decks1.68K decks
32%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
33%inclusion40 decks120 decks
32%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
33%inclusion557 decks1.68K decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
31%inclusion526 decks1.68K decks
26%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
31%inclusion520 decks1.68K decks
29%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
30%inclusion509 decks1.68K decks
22%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
30%inclusion506 decks1.68K decks
29%synergy
Manic Scribe
29%inclusion484 decks1.68K decks
27%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
28%inclusion479 decks1.68K decks
28%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion458 decks1.68K decks
26%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
26%inclusion444 decks1.68K decks
22%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
24%inclusion305 decks1.25K decks
23%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion386 decks1.68K decks
22%synergy
Soulless Jailer
23%inclusion384 decks1.68K decks
22%synergy
Aegis Turtle
22%inclusion378 decks1.68K decks
22%synergy
Guiltfeeder
21%inclusion362 decks1.68K decks
16%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
21%inclusion360 decks1.68K decks
20%synergy
Undead Alchemist
20%inclusion334 decks1.68K decks
17%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
19%inclusion83 decks445 decks
18%synergy
Avatar of Woe
18%inclusion299 decks1.68K decks
17%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion299 decks1.68K decks
17%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
17%inclusion286 decks1.68K decks
16%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion283 decks1.68K decks
16%synergy
Wall of Runes
16%inclusion275 decks1.68K decks
16%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
16%inclusion155 decks965 decks
15%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
15%inclusion252 decks1.68K decks
12%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
15%inclusion245 decks1.68K decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
14%inclusion242 decks1.68K decks
2%synergy
Wall of Mist
14%inclusion233 decks1.68K decks
14%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion220 decks1.68K decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
13%inclusion219 decks1.68K decks
12%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
13%inclusion212 decks1.68K decks
12%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion176 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion144 decks1.42K decks
10%synergy
Shield Sphere
10%inclusion165 decks1.68K decks
9%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
9.4%inclusion42 decks445 decks
7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
9.2%inclusion96 decks1.04K decks
1%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
9.1%inclusion153 decks1.68K decks
8%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
49%inclusion829 decks1.68K decks
46%synergy
Thought Collapse
37%inclusion628 decks1.68K decks
34%synergy
Didn't Say Please
37%inclusion624 decks1.68K decks
32%synergy
Negate
32%inclusion537 decks1.68K decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Strike
32%inclusion531 decks1.68K decks
29%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion488 decks1.68K decks
-2%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion348 decks1.68K decks
19%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion344 decks1.68K decks
3%synergy
Arcane Denial
20%inclusion344 decks1.68K decks
-5%synergy
Dark Ritual
20%inclusion339 decks1.68K decks
-15%synergy
Thought Scour
19%inclusion322 decks1.68K decks
13%synergy
Crypt Incursion
19%inclusion318 decks1.68K decks
17%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
18%inclusion298 decks1.68K decks
-12%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion294 decks1.68K decks
16%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion282 decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
16%inclusion108 decks662 decks
0%synergy
Archive Trap
16%inclusion271 decks1.68K decks
14%synergy
Drown in Dreams
15%inclusion253 decks1.68K decks
11%synergy
Swan Song
12%inclusion210 decks1.68K decks
-5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
12%inclusion203 decks1.68K decks
-7%synergy
Pongify
12%inclusion200 decks1.68K decks
-3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion119 decks1.06K decks
0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion116 decks1.07K decks
-5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion181 decks1.68K decks
-5%synergy
Fell the Profane
10%inclusion112 decks1.07K decks
-5%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion176 decks1.68K decks
4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
10%inclusion169 decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
9.3%inclusion156 decks1.68K decks
4%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.1%inclusion154 decks1.68K decks
-7%synergy
Reality Shift
9.0%inclusion152 decks1.68K decks
-5%synergy
Perplex
8.0%inclusion134 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Doom Blade
7.8%inclusion132 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Intellectual Offering
7.4%inclusion124 decks1.68K decks
7%synergy
Resculpt
7.4%inclusion124 decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Fact or Fiction
7.2%inclusion122 decks1.68K decks
-3%synergy
Murder
7.1%inclusion120 decks1.68K decks
-1%synergy
Force of Negation
7.0%inclusion118 decks1.68K decks
-3%synergy
Opt
6.1%inclusion102 decks1.68K decks
-6%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.8%inclusion98 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.6%inclusion95 decks1.68K decks
-5%synergy
Bitter Triumph
5.2%inclusion88 decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Hero's Downfall
5.2%inclusion88 decks1.68K decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
53%inclusion898 decks1.68K decks
49%synergy
Mind Grind
50%inclusion844 decks1.68K decks
45%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
38%inclusion636 decks1.68K decks
33%synergy
Cut Your Losses
31%inclusion524 decks1.68K decks
27%synergy
Windfall
30%inclusion506 decks1.68K decks
16%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion492 decks1.68K decks
20%synergy
Toxic Deluge
27%inclusion461 decks1.68K decks
1%synergy
Mind Funeral
27%inclusion452 decks1.68K decks
24%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
26%inclusion431 decks1.68K decks
21%synergy
Feed the Swarm
22%inclusion372 decks1.68K decks
-14%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion364 decks1.68K decks
12%synergy
Damnation
22%inclusion363 decks1.68K decks
11%synergy
Reanimate
21%inclusion352 decks1.68K decks
-3%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion283 decks1.68K decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
15%inclusion260 decks1.68K decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion208 decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Pilfered Plans
12%inclusion200 decks1.68K decks
9%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
10%inclusion147 decks1.44K decks
9%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion168 decks1.68K decks
-6%synergy
Whispering Madness
10%inclusion160 decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
9.4%inclusion158 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
9.2%inclusion41 decks446 decks
2%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.6%inclusion145 decks1.68K decks
2%synergy
Grim Tutor
7.5%inclusion127 decks1.68K decks
4%synergy
Preordain
7.1%inclusion120 decks1.68K decks
-3%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.0%inclusion101 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Breaking Wave
6.0%inclusion101 decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.9%inclusion99 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
5.8%inclusion98 decks1.68K decks
2%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
5.7%inclusion96 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.7%inclusion96 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.6%inclusion94 decks1.68K decks
4%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.2%inclusion87 decks1.68K decks
-1%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
45%inclusion754 decks1.68K decks
43%synergy
Bonehoard
41%inclusion694 decks1.68K decks
39%synergy
Lightning Greaves
34%inclusion577 decks1.68K decks
7%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
34%inclusion569 decks1.68K decks
29%synergy
Keening Stone
21%inclusion356 decks1.68K decks
20%synergy
Altar of the Brood
21%inclusion351 decks1.68K decks
16%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
18%inclusion23 decks126 decks
15%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion263 decks1.68K decks
-9%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
15%inclusion245 decks1.68K decks
14%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion235 decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
12%inclusion196 decks1.68K decks
10%synergy
Isochron Scepter
11%inclusion181 decks1.68K decks
8%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
11%inclusion177 decks1.68K decks
10%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion167 decks1.68K decks
10%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion161 decks1.68K decks
9%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.4%inclusion142 decks1.68K decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.3%inclusion123 decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.7%inclusion113 decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
5.9%inclusion100 decks1.68K decks
-1%synergy
The One Ring
5.0%inclusion85 decks1.68K decks
-2%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
50%inclusion840 decks1.68K decks
43%synergy
Propaganda
46%inclusion768 decks1.68K decks
30%synergy
Memory Erosion
45%inclusion750 decks1.68K decks
40%synergy
Fraying Sanity
43%inclusion716 decks1.68K decks
39%synergy
Court of Cunning
35%inclusion597 decks1.68K decks
29%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion511 decks1.68K decks
23%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
28%inclusion477 decks1.68K decks
25%synergy
Intruder Alarm
27%inclusion458 decks1.68K decks
26%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
25%inclusion32 decks126 decks
23%synergy
Freed from the Real
24%inclusion402 decks1.68K decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
23%inclusion381 decks1.68K decks
9%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion319 decks1.68K decks
3%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
15%inclusion245 decks1.68K decks
14%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion230 decks1.68K decks
12%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion229 decks1.68K decks
13%synergy
Animate Dead
11%inclusion193 decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Leyline of the Void
9.1%inclusion154 decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.3%inclusion139 decks1.68K decks
-2%synergy
No Mercy
8.0%inclusion135 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Drowned Secrets
6.1%inclusion102 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
5.5%inclusion92 decks1.68K decks
3%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5.1%inclusion73 decks1.43K decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
25%inclusion426 decks1.68K decks
19%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
19%inclusion321 decks1.68K decks
17%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
18%inclusion299 decks1.68K decks
15%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.5%inclusion127 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.5%inclusion92 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion795 decks1.68K decks
8%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion657 decks1.68K decks
30%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion641 decks1.68K decks
2%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
35%inclusion20 decks57 decks
30%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
24%inclusion398 decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion383 decks1.68K decks
3%synergy
Restless Reef
21%inclusion351 decks1.68K decks
14%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
17%inclusion280 decks1.68K decks
12%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
15%inclusion260 decks1.68K decks
-3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
14%inclusion230 decks1.68K decks
11%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion226 decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion223 decks1.68K decks
3%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion194 decks1.68K decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
10%inclusion166 decks1.68K decks
-18%synergy
Mortuary Mire
9.0%inclusion151 decks1.68K decks
1%synergy
Halimar Depths
7.4%inclusion124 decks1.68K decks
1%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
6.8%inclusion114 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Castle Locthwain
6.2%inclusion105 decks1.68K decks
2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.3%inclusion90 decks1.68K decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion1.52K decks1.68K decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
84%inclusion1.41K decks1.68K decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion1.17K decks1.68K decks
9%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
56%inclusion948 decks1.68K decks
-3%synergy
Mind Stone
37%inclusion619 decks1.68K decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
29%inclusion481 decks1.68K decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion457 decks1.68K decks
9%synergy
Thought Vessel
26%inclusion435 decks1.68K decks
-6%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion192 decks1.68K decks
4%synergy
Sky Diamond
10%inclusion164 decks1.68K decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.8%inclusion149 decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
8.8%inclusion148 decks1.68K decks
7%synergy
Dimir Locket
8.7%inclusion147 decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7.8%inclusion132 decks1.68K decks
8%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.1%inclusion119 decks1.68K decks
2%synergy
Mana Crypt
6.4%inclusion108 decks1.68K decks
3%synergy
Lands
Island
96%inclusion1.62K decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion1.61K decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion1.45K decks1.68K decks
-2%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion1.12K decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
61%inclusion1.03K decks1.68K decks
9%synergy
Watery Grave
51%inclusion854 decks1.68K decks
4%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion780 decks1.68K decks
7%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
46%inclusion777 decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Choked Estuary
43%inclusion726 decks1.68K decks
-5%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion647 decks1.68K decks
2%synergy
Morphic Pool
38%inclusion647 decks1.68K decks
2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
38%inclusion643 decks1.68K decks
-2%synergy
Underground River
32%inclusion541 decks1.68K decks
-7%synergy
Tainted Isle
32%inclusion538 decks1.68K decks
-12%synergy
Polluted Delta
31%inclusion515 decks1.68K decks
0%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion508 decks1.68K decks
13%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
27%inclusion454 decks1.68K decks
2%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
24%inclusion164 decks681 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion382 decks1.68K decks
-11%synergy
Dismal Backwater
22%inclusion372 decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion350 decks1.68K decks
-2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
19%inclusion324 decks1.68K decks
8%synergy
Sunken Ruins
18%inclusion295 decks1.68K decks
3%synergy
Undercity Sewers
15%inclusion238 decks1.56K decks
-5%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
13%inclusion218 decks1.68K decks
6%synergy
Fetid Pools
13%inclusion217 decks1.68K decks
-4%synergy
Darkslick Shores
13%inclusion213 decks1.68K decks
-1%synergy
Underground Sea
12%inclusion207 decks1.68K decks
-1%synergy
Fabled Passage
12%inclusion205 decks1.68K decks
4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion119 decks1.06K decks
0%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion116 decks1.07K decks
-5%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
11%inclusion180 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
10%inclusion112 decks1.07K decks
-5%synergy
Reflecting Pool
10%inclusion167 decks1.68K decks
5%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
9.2%inclusion96 decks1.04K decks
1%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
8.8%inclusion149 decks1.68K decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Vista
8.3%inclusion139 decks1.68K decks
2%synergy
River of Tears
6.9%inclusion116 decks1.68K decks
-4%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.2%inclusion104 decks1.68K decks
1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.7%inclusion96 decks1.68K decks
-1%synergy
Port of Karfell
5.6%inclusion94 decks1.68K decks
-2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.5%inclusion58 decks1.05K decks
-1%synergy
Flooded Strand
5.4%inclusion91 decks1.68K decks
-4%synergy
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