Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Upgraded

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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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Kitsune's Technique
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Dream Harvest
3.4%inclusion2 decks59 decks
0%synergy
Silvergill Peddler
3.2%inclusion2 decks62 decks
3%synergy
Moonshadow
1.7%inclusion1 decks59 decks
1%synergy
Loch Mare
1.6%inclusion1 decks62 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion466 decks523 decks
74%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
73%inclusion381 decks523 decks
71%synergy
Ruin Crab
74%inclusion387 decks523 decks
66%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
73%inclusion382 decks523 decks
63%synergy
Tree of Perdition
60%inclusion316 decks523 decks
59%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
63%inclusion330 decks523 decks
57%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
59%inclusion306 decks523 decks
54%synergy
Mindcrank
65%inclusion340 decks523 decks
53%synergy
Mind Grind
55%inclusion288 decks523 decks
50%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
52%inclusion270 decks523 decks
49%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
62%inclusion325 decks523 decks
44%synergy
Counterspell
56%inclusion295 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Fractured Sanity
56%inclusion294 decks523 decks
46%synergy
Singularity Rupture
55%inclusion179 decks326 decks
43%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
54%inclusion281 decks523 decks
48%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion274 decks523 decks
39%synergy
The Water Crystal
52%inclusion193 decks370 decks
43%synergy
Nighthowler
51%inclusion268 decks523 decks
45%synergy
Eater of the Dead
49%inclusion257 decks523 decks
48%synergy
Traumatize
48%inclusion253 decks523 decks
44%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
32%inclusion168 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Rhystic Study
30%inclusion156 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Notion Thief
16%inclusion84 decks523 decks
5%synergy
Demonic Tutor
15%inclusion76 decks523 decks
-5%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
10%inclusion51 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
9.4%inclusion49 decks523 decks
-9%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
7.8%inclusion41 decks523 decks
-9%synergy
Mystical Tutor
7.5%inclusion39 decks523 decks
-7%synergy
Creatures
The Ancient One
47%inclusion245 decks523 decks
43%synergy
Wall of Frost
46%inclusion239 decks523 decks
44%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion199 decks523 decks
34%synergy
Hedron Crab
38%inclusion198 decks523 decks
34%synergy
Mortivore
37%inclusion193 decks523 decks
35%synergy
The Mindskinner
35%inclusion184 decks519 decks
29%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
33%inclusion171 decks523 decks
26%synergy
Silent Arbiter
31%inclusion164 decks523 decks
30%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
30%inclusion158 decks523 decks
28%synergy
Fleet Swallower
29%inclusion153 decks523 decks
27%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
29%inclusion56 decks195 decks
27%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
28%inclusion148 decks523 decks
20%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
28%inclusion144 decks523 decks
22%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
27%inclusion140 decks510 decks
27%synergy
Hover Barrier
27%inclusion141 decks523 decks
26%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
25%inclusion130 decks523 decks
24%synergy
Undead Alchemist
24%inclusion123 decks523 decks
21%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
23%inclusion119 decks522 decks
22%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
23%inclusion119 decks523 decks
20%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
22%inclusion116 decks523 decks
18%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
21%inclusion111 decks523 decks
20%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
20%inclusion104 decks523 decks
19%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
20%inclusion104 decks523 decks
19%synergy
Manic Scribe
20%inclusion103 decks523 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
19%inclusion98 decks523 decks
18%synergy
Riddlekeeper
19%inclusion98 decks523 decks
18%synergy
Fog Bank
19%inclusion97 decks523 decks
17%synergy
Guiltfeeder
17%inclusion91 decks523 decks
12%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
17%inclusion90 decks522 decks
16%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
16%inclusion84 decks523 decks
15%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
16%inclusion83 decks523 decks
15%synergy
Avatar of Woe
15%inclusion80 decks523 decks
14%synergy
Glacial Wall
15%inclusion78 decks523 decks
14%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
15%inclusion77 decks523 decks
12%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
15%inclusion77 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Baleful Strix
13%inclusion69 decks523 decks
-10%synergy
Aegis Turtle
13%inclusion67 decks523 decks
12%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
13%inclusion66 decks523 decks
12%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
12%inclusion65 decks521 decks
11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
12%inclusion65 decks523 decks
12%synergy
Soulless Jailer
12%inclusion63 decks523 decks
11%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion62 decks522 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
11%inclusion57 decks522 decks
4%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion55 decks523 decks
10%synergy
Jace's Archivist
10%inclusion54 decks523 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
9.4%inclusion49 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
9.0%inclusion47 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
8.8%inclusion46 decks523 decks
-4%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
8.8%inclusion46 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Runes
8.4%inclusion44 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
45%inclusion233 decks523 decks
41%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
32%inclusion166 decks523 decks
28%synergy
Didn't Say Please
27%inclusion141 decks523 decks
22%synergy
Thought Collapse
26%inclusion135 decks523 decks
23%synergy
Archive Trap
25%inclusion132 decks523 decks
23%synergy
Psychic Strike
24%inclusion128 decks523 decks
21%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
24%inclusion125 decks523 decks
-6%synergy
Arcane Denial
23%inclusion119 decks523 decks
-3%synergy
Negate
23%inclusion118 decks523 decks
-10%synergy
Brainstorm
21%inclusion111 decks523 decks
-9%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion104 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Into the Story
20%inclusion102 decks523 decks
18%synergy
Dark Ritual
19%inclusion97 decks523 decks
-17%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion90 decks523 decks
13%synergy
Aetherize
16%inclusion86 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
16%inclusion85 decks523 decks
15%synergy
Swan Song
16%inclusion85 decks523 decks
-2%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion84 decks523 decks
14%synergy
Thought Scour
15%inclusion77 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion75 decks522 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion73 decks522 decks
-2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion68 decks522 decks
-3%synergy
Pongify
12%inclusion64 decks523 decks
-3%synergy
Memory Plunder
12%inclusion64 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Withering Torment
12%inclusion63 decks519 decks
-4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
11%inclusion58 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
10%inclusion52 decks523 decks
5%synergy
Reality Shift
9.4%inclusion49 decks523 decks
-5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
9.2%inclusion48 decks523 decks
-10%synergy
Fact or Fiction
9.0%inclusion47 decks523 decks
-1%synergy
Perplex
8.6%inclusion45 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.2%inclusion43 decks523 decks
-8%synergy
Resculpt
6.9%inclusion36 decks523 decks
0%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.3%inclusion33 decks523 decks
-10%synergy
Psychic Spiral
6.3%inclusion33 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Hero's Downfall
5.9%inclusion31 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
5.7%inclusion30 decks523 decks
-3%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.4%inclusion28 decks523 decks
-5%synergy
Murder
5.2%inclusion27 decks523 decks
-3%synergy
Memory Lapse
5.2%inclusion27 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
5.2%inclusion27 decks523 decks
-5%synergy
Sorceries
Toxic Deluge
33%inclusion175 decks523 decks
7%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
33%inclusion175 decks523 decks
28%synergy
Windfall
27%inclusion140 decks523 decks
13%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
26%inclusion138 decks523 decks
22%synergy
Mind Funeral
26%inclusion136 decks523 decks
23%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
25%inclusion133 decks523 decks
16%synergy
Feed the Swarm
24%inclusion127 decks523 decks
-11%synergy
Cut Your Losses
24%inclusion125 decks523 decks
20%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
21%inclusion111 decks523 decks
12%synergy
Reanimate
20%inclusion107 decks523 decks
-4%synergy
Damnation
18%inclusion96 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
14%inclusion71 decks523 decks
7%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
12%inclusion64 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Treasure Cruise
12%inclusion63 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Pilfered Plans
12%inclusion62 decks523 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
12%inclusion62 decks523 decks
-4%synergy
Extract from Darkness
11%inclusion59 decks523 decks
4%synergy
Preordain
10%inclusion53 decks523 decks
0%synergy
Whispering Madness
10%inclusion51 decks523 decks
7%synergy
Increasing Confusion
8.8%inclusion46 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
8.4%inclusion44 decks523 decks
7%synergy
Startled Awake
7.5%inclusion39 decks523 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.3%inclusion38 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.9%inclusion36 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Mind Sculpt
6.1%inclusion32 decks523 decks
5%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.1%inclusion32 decks523 decks
2%synergy
Read the Bones
5.5%inclusion29 decks523 decks
2%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.2%inclusion27 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
5.1%inclusion26 decks514 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
41%inclusion213 decks523 decks
39%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
36%inclusion189 decks523 decks
31%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion187 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Altar of the Brood
31%inclusion163 decks523 decks
26%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion155 decks523 decks
28%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
29%inclusion148 decks510 decks
25%synergy
Keening Stone
17%inclusion89 decks523 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion85 decks523 decks
-8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
12%inclusion65 decks523 decks
-1%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion60 decks523 decks
11%synergy
Grindstone
11%inclusion58 decks523 decks
10%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
11%inclusion56 decks523 decks
4%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion52 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Isochron Scepter
10%inclusion51 decks523 decks
7%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
9.4%inclusion49 decks523 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
8.2%inclusion43 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.8%inclusion41 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.9%inclusion36 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.5%inclusion34 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.1%inclusion32 decks523 decks
5%synergy
Jet Medallion
5.5%inclusion29 decks523 decks
-2%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
46%inclusion242 decks523 decks
30%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
45%inclusion233 decks523 decks
38%synergy
Fraying Sanity
42%inclusion222 decks523 decks
39%synergy
Memory Erosion
40%inclusion211 decks523 decks
36%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
31%inclusion163 decks523 decks
28%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
31%inclusion161 decks523 decks
23%synergy
Court of Cunning
30%inclusion156 decks523 decks
24%synergy
Intruder Alarm
28%inclusion145 decks523 decks
27%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
28%inclusion141 decks510 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
25%inclusion129 decks523 decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion100 decks523 decks
18%synergy
Mystic Remora
18%inclusion93 decks523 decks
2%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
16%inclusion85 decks523 decks
14%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
15%inclusion76 decks523 decks
14%synergy
Animate Dead
11%inclusion59 decks523 decks
0%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion51 decks523 decks
7%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
8.6%inclusion45 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.6%inclusion45 decks523 decks
-2%synergy
No Mercy
7.8%inclusion41 decks523 decks
5%synergy
Drowned Secrets
6.5%inclusion34 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
29%inclusion150 decks523 decks
23%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
24%inclusion128 decks523 decks
22%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
18%inclusion92 decks523 decks
15%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
8.0%inclusion42 decks523 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.9%inclusion36 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
52%inclusion273 decks523 decks
13%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
39%inclusion206 decks523 decks
30%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
35%inclusion133 decks379 decks
30%synergy
Reliquary Tower
32%inclusion169 decks523 decks
-4%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
22%inclusion117 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion114 decks523 decks
4%synergy
Restless Reef
16%inclusion86 decks523 decks
9%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
15%inclusion81 decks523 decks
-3%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion70 decks523 decks
4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion69 decks523 decks
10%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion69 decks523 decks
0%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
12%inclusion65 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Rogue's Passage
12%inclusion63 decks523 decks
-15%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
10%inclusion51 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Castle Locthwain
9.0%inclusion47 decks523 decks
5%synergy
Cabal Coffers
8.2%inclusion43 decks523 decks
-2%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.8%inclusion41 decks523 decks
0%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.9%inclusion36 decks523 decks
-2%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.1%inclusion32 decks523 decks
4%synergy
Halimar Depths
5.9%inclusion31 decks523 decks
-1%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.2%inclusion27 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
5.2%inclusion27 decks523 decks
-1%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.2%inclusion27 decks523 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91%inclusion477 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Signet
81%inclusion422 decks523 decks
-3%synergy
Dimir Signet
65%inclusion341 decks523 decks
5%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
58%inclusion301 decks523 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
30%inclusion156 decks523 decks
-1%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion153 decks523 decks
0%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion145 decks523 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
19%inclusion99 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Midnight Clock
13%inclusion70 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
11%inclusion55 decks523 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Locket
6.9%inclusion36 decks523 decks
4%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.9%inclusion36 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.1%inclusion32 decks523 decks
-2%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.5%inclusion29 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.2%inclusion27 decks523 decks
-3%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion508 decks523 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
97%inclusion507 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion451 decks523 decks
-2%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
69%inclusion363 decks523 decks
16%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion350 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Watery Grave
61%inclusion317 decks523 decks
14%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
46%inclusion243 decks523 decks
7%synergy
Choked Estuary
46%inclusion239 decks523 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
45%inclusion233 decks523 decks
5%synergy
Underground River
42%inclusion222 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
42%inclusion221 decks523 decks
2%synergy
Temple of Deceit
41%inclusion215 decks523 decks
5%synergy
Morphic Pool
40%inclusion211 decks523 decks
4%synergy
Tainted Isle
39%inclusion204 decks523 decks
-5%synergy
Polluted Delta
39%inclusion203 decks523 decks
7%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
33%inclusion171 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
27%inclusion140 decks519 decks
3%synergy
Sunken Ruins
26%inclusion137 decks523 decks
11%synergy
Evolving Wilds
25%inclusion129 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Fetid Pools
24%inclusion123 decks523 decks
7%synergy
Dismal Backwater
24%inclusion123 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
23%inclusion122 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion121 decks523 decks
-10%synergy
Undercity Sewers
21%inclusion108 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
19%inclusion100 decks523 decks
8%synergy
Darkslick Shores
17%inclusion89 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion75 decks522 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion73 decks522 decks
-2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion68 decks522 decks
-3%synergy
Fabled Passage
12%inclusion63 decks523 decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
12%inclusion63 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion62 decks522 decks
4%synergy
Underground Sea
12%inclusion62 decks523 decks
-1%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
12%inclusion61 decks523 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion58 decks523 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
11%inclusion57 decks522 decks
4%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
9.2%inclusion48 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Flooded Strand
8.8%inclusion46 decks523 decks
0%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
8.2%inclusion43 decks523 decks
4%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.0%inclusion42 decks523 decks
3%synergy
Misty Rainforest
7.6%inclusion40 decks523 decks
-1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
7.6%inclusion40 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Marsh Flats
7.3%inclusion38 decks523 decks
-1%synergy
Scalding Tarn
7.1%inclusion37 decks523 decks
-1%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
6.9%inclusion36 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Prismatic Vista
6.5%inclusion34 decks523 decks
0%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
5.9%inclusion31 decks523 decks
-2%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.7%inclusion30 decks523 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
5.7%inclusion30 decks523 decks
-2%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.4%inclusion28 decks523 decks
-2%synergy
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