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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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Singularity Rupture
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
88%synergy
Wall of Frost
86%inclusion144 decks168 decks
84%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
85%inclusion143 decks168 decks
83%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
74%inclusion125 decks168 decks
72%synergy
Consuming Aberration
86%inclusion145 decks168 decks
71%synergy
Nighthowler
75%inclusion126 decks168 decks
69%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
67%inclusion112 decks168 decks
66%synergy
Bonehoard
65%inclusion109 decks168 decks
63%synergy
Hover Barrier
64%inclusion107 decks168 decks
63%synergy
Glacial Wall
61%inclusion103 decks168 decks
61%synergy
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Ruin Crab
66%inclusion111 decks168 decks
58%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
60%inclusion101 decks168 decks
56%synergy
Mortivore
59%inclusion99 decks168 decks
57%synergy
Psychic Strike
57%inclusion96 decks168 decks
54%synergy
The Water Crystal
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
48%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
56%inclusion94 decks168 decks
50%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
54%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
54%inclusion90 decks168 decks
49%synergy
Drown in the Loch
53%inclusion89 decks168 decks
34%synergy
Thought Collapse
52%inclusion88 decks168 decks
49%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
5.4%inclusion9 decks168 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
Jace's Phantasm
52%inclusion88 decks168 decks
51%synergy
Manic Scribe
52%inclusion87 decks168 decks
51%synergy
The Ancient One
50%inclusion84 decks168 decks
47%synergy
Fleet Swallower
47%inclusion79 decks168 decks
44%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
47%inclusion79 decks168 decks
47%synergy
Aegis Turtle
45%inclusion75 decks168 decks
44%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
43%inclusion72 decks168 decks
38%synergy
Wall of Runes
42%inclusion70 decks168 decks
41%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
41%inclusion46 decks111 decks
41%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
40%inclusion68 decks168 decks
39%synergy
Wall of Mist
38%inclusion63 decks168 decks
37%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
36%inclusion61 decks168 decks
33%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
35%inclusion59 decks168 decks
33%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
34%inclusion57 decks168 decks
21%synergy
Fog Bank
34%inclusion57 decks168 decks
33%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
32%inclusion53 decks168 decks
28%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
30%inclusion38 decks126 decks
29%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
29%inclusion49 decks168 decks
29%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
29%inclusion48 decks168 decks
28%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
28%inclusion47 decks168 decks
27%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
28%inclusion47 decks168 decks
27%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
28%inclusion47 decks168 decks
24%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
27%inclusion46 decks168 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
25%inclusion42 decks168 decks
20%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
24%inclusion12 decks51 decks
23%synergy
Wall of Air
23%inclusion39 decks168 decks
23%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
23%inclusion38 decks168 decks
22%synergy
Soulless Jailer
23%inclusion38 decks168 decks
22%synergy
Monastery Flock
21%inclusion36 decks168 decks
21%synergy
The Mindskinner
21%inclusion15 decks73 decks
14%synergy
Academy Wall
20%inclusion34 decks168 decks
20%synergy
Undead Alchemist
19%inclusion32 decks168 decks
16%synergy
Tree of Perdition
18%inclusion31 decks168 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Junk
18%inclusion31 decks168 decks
18%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
18%inclusion30 decks168 decks
18%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
17%inclusion28 decks168 decks
17%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
17%inclusion28 decks168 decks
16%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
15%inclusion25 decks168 decks
15%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
14%inclusion24 decks168 decks
14%synergy
Coral Colony
14%inclusion24 decks168 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
14%inclusion23 decks168 decks
13%synergy
Canyon Crab
13%inclusion17 decks126 decks
13%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
13%inclusion19 decks142 decks
13%synergy
Hedron Crab
13%inclusion21 decks168 decks
9%synergy
Eater of the Dead
13%inclusion21 decks168 decks
11%synergy
Doorkeeper
13%inclusion21 decks168 decks
12%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
13%inclusion21 decks168 decks
12%synergy
Riptide Turtle
13%inclusion21 decks168 decks
12%synergy
Silent Arbiter
12%inclusion20 decks168 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Negate
52%inclusion87 decks168 decks
19%synergy
Didn't Say Please
47%inclusion79 decks168 decks
42%synergy
Counterspell
45%inclusion75 decks168 decks
-11%synergy
Into the Story
38%inclusion63 decks168 decks
36%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
36%inclusion60 decks168 decks
34%synergy
Crypt Incursion
31%inclusion52 decks168 decks
29%synergy
Thought Scour
27%inclusion46 decks168 decks
21%synergy
Aetherize
25%inclusion42 decks168 decks
14%synergy
Doom Blade
23%inclusion38 decks168 decks
20%synergy
Murder
22%inclusion37 decks168 decks
14%synergy
Brainstorm
19%inclusion32 decks168 decks
-12%synergy
Fact or Fiction
15%inclusion25 decks168 decks
4%synergy
Intellectual Offering
14%inclusion24 decks168 decks
14%synergy
Magic Damper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Memory Plunder
13%inclusion22 decks168 decks
7%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion21 decks168 decks
-4%synergy
Hero's Downfall
11%inclusion18 decks168 decks
8%synergy
Opt
11%inclusion18 decks168 decks
-1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion11 decks108 decks
-1%synergy
Drown in Dreams
10%inclusion16 decks168 decks
5%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
8.8%inclusion6 decks68 decks
6%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
8.3%inclusion14 decks168 decks
7%synergy
Careful Consideration
7.7%inclusion13 decks168 decks
8%synergy
Dark Ritual
7.7%inclusion13 decks168 decks
-27%synergy
Reality Shift
7.7%inclusion13 decks168 decks
-6%synergy
Dimir Charm
7.1%inclusion12 decks168 decks
5%synergy
Essence Scatter
7.1%inclusion12 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Cancel
6.5%inclusion11 decks168 decks
4%synergy
Expel from Orazca
6.5%inclusion11 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Psychic Spiral
6.5%inclusion11 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Visions of Beyond
6.5%inclusion11 decks168 decks
3%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.5%inclusion11 decks168 decks
-4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.0%inclusion10 decks168 decks
-10%synergy
Archive Trap
6.0%inclusion10 decks168 decks
4%synergy
Dream Twist
6.0%inclusion10 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Aetherspouts
5.4%inclusion9 decks168 decks
3%synergy
Perplex
5.4%inclusion9 decks168 decks
3%synergy
Shore Up
5.4%inclusion9 decks168 decks
4%synergy
Reenact the Crime
5.2%inclusion8 decks153 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
48%inclusion81 decks168 decks
38%synergy
Treasure Cruise
42%inclusion71 decks168 decks
33%synergy
Cut Your Losses
39%inclusion66 decks168 decks
35%synergy
Traumatize
38%inclusion63 decks168 decks
33%synergy
Extract from Darkness
37%inclusion62 decks168 decks
29%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
33%inclusion55 decks168 decks
22%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
31%inclusion52 decks168 decks
24%synergy
Pilfered Plans
30%inclusion51 decks168 decks
28%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion34 decks168 decks
-16%synergy
Mind Funeral
18%inclusion31 decks168 decks
16%synergy
Whispering Madness
17%inclusion29 decks168 decks
14%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
17%inclusion28 decks168 decks
12%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Breaking Wave
16%inclusion27 decks168 decks
16%synergy
Languish
13%inclusion22 decks168 decks
12%synergy
Mind Grind
13%inclusion21 decks168 decks
7%synergy
Read the Bones
12%inclusion20 decks168 decks
8%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
12%inclusion20 decks168 decks
11%synergy
Eldritch Pact
11%inclusion19 decks168 decks
11%synergy
Mind Sculpt
11%inclusion19 decks168 decks
11%synergy
Aether Gale
11%inclusion19 decks168 decks
10%synergy
Seize the Secrets
10%inclusion12 decks126 decks
9%synergy
Dark Deal
10%inclusion16 decks168 decks
8%synergy
Windfall
8.9%inclusion15 decks168 decks
-5%synergy
Tome Scour
8.9%inclusion15 decks168 decks
8%synergy
Dread Summons
8.9%inclusion15 decks168 decks
5%synergy
Ravenform
8.9%inclusion15 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.9%inclusion15 decks168 decks
3%synergy
Ponder
8.3%inclusion14 decks168 decks
-8%synergy
Bond of Insight
7.7%inclusion13 decks168 decks
7%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
7.7%inclusion13 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Fell
6.7%inclusion6 decks89 decks
4%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
6.5%inclusion11 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Brainspoil
6.5%inclusion11 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
6.2%inclusion9 decks146 decks
5%synergy
Fascination
6.0%inclusion10 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
6.0%inclusion10 decks168 decks
1%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.4%inclusion9 decks168 decks
5%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
5.4%inclusion9 decks168 decks
0%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
5.4%inclusion9 decks168 decks
-4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Keening Stone
39%inclusion66 decks168 decks
38%synergy
Mindcrank
34%inclusion57 decks168 decks
22%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
30%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
21%inclusion35 decks168 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
18%inclusion31 decks168 decks
18%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
17%inclusion29 decks168 decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion19 decks168 decks
-13%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion18 decks168 decks
10%synergy
Profane Memento
11%inclusion18 decks168 decks
10%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
10%inclusion17 decks168 decks
9%synergy
Sentinel Totem
10%inclusion17 decks168 decks
10%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
7.1%inclusion12 decks168 decks
5%synergy
Codex Shredder
7.1%inclusion12 decks168 decks
5%synergy
Lightning Greaves
6.0%inclusion10 decks168 decks
-21%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
48%inclusion81 decks168 decks
44%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
34%inclusion57 decks168 decks
33%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
31%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
31%inclusion52 decks168 decks
29%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
27%inclusion46 decks168 decks
24%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
24%inclusion41 decks168 decks
18%synergy
Intruder Alarm
18%inclusion31 decks168 decks
17%synergy
Court of Cunning
18%inclusion30 decks168 decks
12%synergy
Propaganda
18%inclusion30 decks168 decks
2%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion16 decks168 decks
9%synergy
Drowned Secrets
10%inclusion16 decks168 decks
9%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
8.9%inclusion15 decks168 decks
7%synergy
Memory Erosion
8.9%inclusion15 decks168 decks
5%synergy
Death's Approach
7.7%inclusion13 decks168 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Erasure
7.1%inclusion12 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.5%inclusion11 decks168 decks
-7%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
6.0%inclusion10 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
5.4%inclusion9 decks168 decks
5%synergy
Lost in the Maze
5.2%inclusion8 decks154 decks
5%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
5.4%inclusion9 decks168 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
26%inclusion43 decks168 decks
19%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
7.7%inclusion13 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
7.1%inclusion12 decks168 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
7.1%inclusion12 decks168 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
7.1%inclusion12 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
43%inclusion73 decks168 decks
34%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Bojuka Bog
23%inclusion39 decks168 decks
-16%synergy
Temple of the False God
15%inclusion25 decks168 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
14%inclusion24 decks168 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.3%inclusion14 decks168 decks
0%synergy
Reliquary Tower
8.3%inclusion14 decks168 decks
-28%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
6.0%inclusion10 decks168 decks
-12%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.0%inclusion10 decks168 decks
-1%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
5.4%inclusion9 decks168 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
73%inclusion122 decks168 decks
-16%synergy
Arcane Signet
70%inclusion118 decks168 decks
-14%synergy
Dimir Signet
68%inclusion115 decks168 decks
8%synergy
Mind Stone
49%inclusion83 decks168 decks
20%synergy
Commander's Sphere
42%inclusion70 decks168 decks
23%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
32%inclusion53 decks168 decks
-27%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
32%inclusion53 decks168 decks
30%synergy
Dimir Locket
27%inclusion45 decks168 decks
24%synergy
Sky Diamond
24%inclusion40 decks168 decks
15%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
24%inclusion40 decks168 decks
15%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
15%inclusion25 decks168 decks
15%synergy
Worn Powerstone
13%inclusion22 decks168 decks
10%synergy
Prismatic Lens
13%inclusion22 decks168 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
13%inclusion21 decks168 decks
-18%synergy
Thought Vessel
8.3%inclusion14 decks168 decks
-24%synergy
Midnight Clock
7.7%inclusion13 decks168 decks
0%synergy
Star Compass
6.5%inclusion11 decks168 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
5.4%inclusion9 decks168 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Island
99%inclusion166 decks168 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
98%inclusion165 decks168 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
68%inclusion115 decks168 decks
-20%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
55%inclusion93 decks168 decks
16%synergy
Evolving Wilds
54%inclusion90 decks168 decks
37%synergy
Dismal Backwater
52%inclusion88 decks168 decks
36%synergy
Sunken Hollow
52%inclusion88 decks168 decks
-14%synergy
Choked Estuary
40%inclusion68 decks168 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
39%inclusion65 decks168 decks
32%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
38%inclusion63 decks168 decks
26%synergy
Temple of Deceit
37%inclusion62 decks168 decks
0%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
33%inclusion55 decks168 decks
-7%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
29%inclusion48 decks168 decks
23%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
29%inclusion48 decks168 decks
24%synergy
Myriad Landscape
23%inclusion38 decks168 decks
0%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
21%inclusion35 decks168 decks
-32%synergy
Tainted Isle
20%inclusion34 decks168 decks
-24%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion28 decks168 decks
-17%synergy
Waterfront District
12%inclusion20 decks168 decks
9%synergy
Salt Marsh
12%inclusion20 decks168 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion11 decks108 decks
-1%synergy
Warped Landscape
8.9%inclusion15 decks168 decks
9%synergy
Port of Karfell
8.3%inclusion14 decks168 decks
1%synergy
Grixis Panorama
7.7%inclusion13 decks168 decks
7%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.1%inclusion12 decks168 decks
2%synergy
Fetid Pools
6.5%inclusion11 decks168 decks
-10%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
6.5%inclusion7 decks107 decks
-2%synergy
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