Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget Toughness Matters

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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Banishing Betrayal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Hydro-Channeler
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Textbook Tabulator
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Wall of Frost
86%inclusion90 decks105 decks
84%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
86%inclusion90 decks105 decks
84%synergy
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion93 decks105 decks
74%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
75%inclusion79 decks105 decks
73%synergy
Nighthowler
76%inclusion80 decks105 decks
70%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
69%inclusion11 decks16 decks
68%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
64%inclusion67 decks105 decks
63%synergy
Mortivore
64%inclusion67 decks105 decks
62%synergy
Glacial Wall
63%inclusion66 decks105 decks
62%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
66%inclusion69 decks105 decks
62%synergy
Top Cards
Bonehoard
64%inclusion67 decks105 decks
62%synergy
Singularity Rupture
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
51%synergy
Hover Barrier
63%inclusion66 decks105 decks
62%synergy
Psychic Strike
62%inclusion65 decks105 decks
59%synergy
Drown in the Loch
56%inclusion59 decks105 decks
38%synergy
Ruin Crab
56%inclusion59 decks105 decks
48%synergy
Negate
54%inclusion57 decks105 decks
22%synergy
Thought Collapse
52%inclusion55 decks105 decks
49%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
52%inclusion55 decks105 decks
47%synergy
Fraying Sanity
52%inclusion55 decks105 decks
49%synergy
Creatures
Jace's Phantasm
52%inclusion55 decks105 decks
51%synergy
Manic Scribe
52%inclusion55 decks105 decks
51%synergy
The Ancient One
50%inclusion53 decks105 decks
47%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
50%inclusion53 decks105 decks
46%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
48%inclusion50 decks105 decks
47%synergy
Aegis Turtle
47%inclusion49 decks105 decks
46%synergy
Fleet Swallower
44%inclusion46 decks105 decks
41%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
44%inclusion46 decks105 decks
39%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
43%inclusion43 decks100 decks
42%synergy
Wall of Runes
41%inclusion43 decks105 decks
41%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
41%inclusion43 decks105 decks
40%synergy
Wall of Mist
36%inclusion38 decks105 decks
36%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
34%inclusion36 decks105 decks
31%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
33%inclusion35 decks105 decks
33%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
33%inclusion35 decks105 decks
31%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
32%inclusion34 decks105 decks
31%synergy
Fog Bank
31%inclusion33 decks105 decks
30%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
30%inclusion31 decks105 decks
17%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
30%inclusion31 decks105 decks
29%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
30%inclusion31 decks105 decks
26%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
29%inclusion30 decks105 decks
24%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
25%inclusion13 decks51 decks
25%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
24%inclusion25 decks105 decks
23%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
24%inclusion25 decks105 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Air
24%inclusion25 decks105 decks
24%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
24%inclusion25 decks105 decks
23%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
23%inclusion24 decks105 decks
22%synergy
Monastery Flock
22%inclusion23 decks105 decks
22%synergy
The Mindskinner
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
14%synergy
Guiltfeeder
21%inclusion22 decks105 decks
16%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
20%inclusion21 decks105 decks
20%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
20%inclusion21 decks105 decks
20%synergy
Undead Alchemist
18%inclusion19 decks105 decks
15%synergy
Eater of the Dead
18%inclusion19 decks105 decks
17%synergy
Soulless Jailer
18%inclusion19 decks105 decks
18%synergy
Academy Wall
17%inclusion18 decks105 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Junk
17%inclusion18 decks105 decks
17%synergy
Tree of Perdition
16%inclusion17 decks105 decks
14%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
15%inclusion16 decks105 decks
15%synergy
Coral Colony
14%inclusion15 decks105 decks
14%synergy
Kraken Hatchling
14%inclusion15 decks105 decks
14%synergy
Disowned Ancestor
14%inclusion15 decks105 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
13%inclusion12 decks89 decks
12%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
13%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
13%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
12%synergy
Silvergill Peddler
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Omni-Changeling
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Tide Drifter
12%inclusion13 decks105 decks
12%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
12%inclusion13 decks105 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Didn't Say Please
45%inclusion47 decks105 decks
40%synergy
Counterspell
43%inclusion45 decks105 decks
-13%synergy
Into the Story
43%inclusion45 decks105 decks
41%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
35%inclusion37 decks105 decks
34%synergy
Crypt Incursion
35%inclusion37 decks105 decks
34%synergy
Thought Scour
27%inclusion28 decks105 decks
20%synergy
Aetherize
26%inclusion27 decks105 decks
15%synergy
Murder
24%inclusion25 decks105 decks
16%synergy
Doom Blade
22%inclusion23 decks105 decks
19%synergy
Intellectual Offering
19%inclusion20 decks105 decks
19%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion15 decks105 decks
-16%synergy
Go for the Throat
12%inclusion13 decks105 decks
-4%synergy
Hero's Downfall
11%inclusion12 decks105 decks
8%synergy
Octopus Form
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Fact or Fiction
10%inclusion11 decks105 decks
1%synergy
Drown in Dreams
10%inclusion11 decks105 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion10 decks97 decks
-1%synergy
It'll Quench Ya!
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Opt
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
-2%synergy
Careful Consideration
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
9%synergy
Memory Plunder
8.6%inclusion9 decks105 decks
3%synergy
Reality Shift
8.6%inclusion9 decks105 decks
-5%synergy
Cancel
8.6%inclusion9 decks105 decks
6%synergy
Expel from Orazca
8.6%inclusion9 decks105 decks
8%synergy
Magic Damper
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
7.8%inclusion5 decks64 decks
6%synergy
Essence Scatter
7.6%inclusion8 decks105 decks
6%synergy
Archive Trap
7.6%inclusion8 decks105 decks
6%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
7.6%inclusion8 decks105 decks
7%synergy
Dark Ritual
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
-29%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
-9%synergy
Shore Up
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Bounce Off
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Resculpt
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
-1%synergy
Visions of Beyond
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Treasure Cruise
43%inclusion45 decks105 decks
34%synergy
Fractured Sanity
42%inclusion44 decks105 decks
32%synergy
Cut Your Losses
41%inclusion43 decks105 decks
37%synergy
Extract from Darkness
41%inclusion43 decks105 decks
34%synergy
Traumatize
35%inclusion37 decks105 decks
31%synergy
Pilfered Plans
34%inclusion36 decks105 decks
32%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
31%inclusion33 decks105 decks
21%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
30%inclusion32 decks105 decks
24%synergy
Feed the Swarm
21%inclusion22 decks105 decks
-14%synergy
Whispering Madness
19%inclusion20 decks105 decks
16%synergy
Breaking Wave
19%inclusion20 decks105 decks
19%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
14%inclusion15 decks105 decks
9%synergy
Aether Gale
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
13%synergy
Mind Funeral
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
11%synergy
Read the Bones
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
9%synergy
Mind Grind
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
8%synergy
Boomerang Basics
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Dread Summons
10%inclusion11 decks105 decks
7%synergy
Mind Sculpt
10%inclusion11 decks105 decks
10%synergy
Languish
10%inclusion11 decks105 decks
10%synergy
Eldritch Pact
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
9%synergy
Dark Deal
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
8%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
8%synergy
Sorcerous Squall
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
9%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
3%synergy
Seize the Secrets
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
9%synergy
Brainspoil
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
9%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Windfall
8.6%inclusion9 decks105 decks
-5%synergy
Grasping Tentacles
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Ponder
7.6%inclusion8 decks105 decks
-9%synergy
Tome Scour
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
6%synergy
Set Adrift
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
7%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Final Act
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Bond of Insight
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Decree of Pain
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
3%synergy
Ravenform
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
3%synergy
Epic Downfall
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Fell
5.1%inclusion4 decks78 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
41%synergy
Keening Stone
39%inclusion41 decks105 decks
38%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
35%inclusion6 decks17 decks
32%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
27%inclusion28 decks105 decks
13%synergy
Mindcrank
27%inclusion28 decks105 decks
15%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
23%inclusion24 decks105 decks
22%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
16%inclusion17 decks105 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
-11%synergy
Sentinel Totem
12%inclusion13 decks105 decks
12%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
12%inclusion13 decks105 decks
12%synergy
Profane Memento
11%inclusion12 decks105 decks
11%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
11%inclusion12 decks105 decks
10%synergy
Lightning Greaves
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
-22%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
4%synergy
Codex Shredder
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Patient Rebuilding
39%inclusion41 decks105 decks
38%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
35%inclusion6 decks17 decks
33%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
30%inclusion32 decks105 decks
29%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
28%inclusion29 decks105 decks
21%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
24%inclusion25 decks105 decks
21%synergy
Intruder Alarm
18%inclusion19 decks105 decks
17%synergy
Propaganda
18%inclusion19 decks105 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Secrets
11%inclusion12 decks105 decks
11%synergy
Court of Cunning
10%inclusion11 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Memory Erosion
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
5%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Freed from the Real
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Jace's Erasure
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Death's Approach
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
-7%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
27%inclusion28 decks105 decks
21%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
7.6%inclusion8 decks105 decks
6%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
7.6%inclusion8 decks105 decks
6%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
45%inclusion47 decks105 decks
36%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
20%synergy
Bojuka Bog
25%inclusion26 decks105 decks
-14%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion12 decks105 decks
2%synergy
Reliquary Tower
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
-27%synergy
Multiversal Passage
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
-2%synergy
Restless Reef
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
73%inclusion77 decks105 decks
-15%synergy
Arcane Signet
72%inclusion76 decks105 decks
-11%synergy
Dimir Signet
71%inclusion75 decks105 decks
12%synergy
Mind Stone
49%inclusion51 decks105 decks
20%synergy
Commander's Sphere
42%inclusion44 decks105 decks
25%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
35%inclusion37 decks105 decks
-23%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
33%inclusion35 decks105 decks
32%synergy
Dimir Locket
31%inclusion33 decks105 decks
29%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
25%inclusion26 decks105 decks
17%synergy
Sky Diamond
23%inclusion24 decks105 decks
15%synergy
Fellwar Stone
15%inclusion16 decks105 decks
-15%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
14%inclusion15 decks105 decks
14%synergy
Worn Powerstone
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
10%synergy
Prismatic Lens
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
12%synergy
Thought Vessel
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
-22%synergy
Star Compass
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
9%synergy
Midnight Clock
7.6%inclusion8 decks105 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
99%inclusion104 decks105 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
97%inclusion102 decks105 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
71%inclusion75 decks105 decks
-16%synergy
Dismal Backwater
57%inclusion60 decks105 decks
41%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
56%inclusion59 decks105 decks
18%synergy
Evolving Wilds
53%inclusion56 decks105 decks
37%synergy
Sunken Hollow
53%inclusion56 decks105 decks
-12%synergy
Choked Estuary
45%inclusion47 decks105 decks
-3%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion40 decks105 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
38%inclusion40 decks105 decks
31%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
36%inclusion38 decks105 decks
25%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
32%inclusion34 decks105 decks
-7%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
30%inclusion31 decks105 decks
24%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
30%inclusion31 decks105 decks
25%synergy
Myriad Landscape
23%inclusion24 decks105 decks
2%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
21%inclusion22 decks105 decks
-33%synergy
Tainted Isle
19%inclusion20 decks105 decks
-25%synergy
Exotic Orchard
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
-19%synergy
Salt Marsh
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
12%synergy
Serpent's Pass
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Grixis Panorama
10%inclusion11 decks105 decks
10%synergy
Waterfront District
10%inclusion11 decks105 decks
7%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion10 decks97 decks
-1%synergy
Warped Landscape
10%inclusion10 decks105 decks
9%synergy
Fetid Pools
7.6%inclusion8 decks105 decks
-9%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
7.3%inclusion7 decks96 decks
-1%synergy
Port of Karfell
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
0%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
1%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
-34%synergy
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