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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The Walls of Ba Sing Se
29%inclusion32 decks109 decks
28%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
3.7%inclusion4 decks109 decks
3%synergy
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
3.4%inclusion4 decks118 decks
1%synergy
Lo and Li, Royal Advisors
2.8%inclusion3 decks109 decks
2%synergy
North Pole Patrol
1.7%inclusion2 decks118 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
90%inclusion418 decks466 decks
75%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
72%inclusion337 decks466 decks
70%synergy
Ruin Crab
75%inclusion348 decks466 decks
66%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
74%inclusion345 decks466 decks
64%synergy
Tree of Perdition
62%inclusion288 decks466 decks
60%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
64%inclusion298 decks466 decks
58%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
58%inclusion272 decks466 decks
54%synergy
Mindcrank
66%inclusion306 decks466 decks
53%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
53%inclusion248 decks466 decks
51%synergy
Mind Grind
56%inclusion259 decks466 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
62%inclusion290 decks466 decks
44%synergy
Fractured Sanity
56%inclusion261 decks466 decks
46%synergy
Singularity Rupture
55%inclusion141 decks255 decks
43%synergy
Counterspell
55%inclusion257 decks466 decks
-1%synergy
The Water Crystal
54%inclusion165 decks303 decks
46%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
54%inclusion253 decks466 decks
49%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
53%inclusion247 decks466 decks
40%synergy
Nighthowler
52%inclusion243 decks466 decks
46%synergy
Eater of the Dead
49%inclusion227 decks466 decks
47%synergy
Traumatize
48%inclusion223 decks466 decks
43%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
32%inclusion151 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Rhystic Study
30%inclusion142 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Notion Thief
16%inclusion74 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Demonic Tutor
15%inclusion69 decks466 decks
-5%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
10%inclusion47 decks466 decks
7%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
8.6%inclusion40 decks466 decks
-10%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
7.9%inclusion37 decks466 decks
-9%synergy
Mystical Tutor
7.3%inclusion34 decks466 decks
-7%synergy
Creatures
The Ancient One
47%inclusion218 decks466 decks
43%synergy
Wall of Frost
45%inclusion208 decks466 decks
43%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
39%inclusion182 decks466 decks
35%synergy
Mortivore
38%inclusion178 decks466 decks
37%synergy
Hedron Crab
38%inclusion177 decks466 decks
34%synergy
The Mindskinner
35%inclusion163 decks462 decks
29%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
33%inclusion153 decks466 decks
26%synergy
Silent Arbiter
32%inclusion150 decks466 decks
31%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
30%inclusion141 decks466 decks
28%synergy
Fleet Swallower
29%inclusion136 decks466 decks
26%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
28%inclusion129 decks466 decks
20%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
27%inclusion125 decks466 decks
22%synergy
Hover Barrier
26%inclusion120 decks466 decks
25%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
26%inclusion119 decks466 decks
25%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
25%inclusion115 decks451 decks
25%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
23%inclusion108 decks466 decks
20%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
23%inclusion107 decks466 decks
19%synergy
Undead Alchemist
23%inclusion107 decks466 decks
20%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
22%inclusion101 decks465 decks
21%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
20%inclusion95 decks466 decks
19%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
20%inclusion94 decks466 decks
19%synergy
Manic Scribe
20%inclusion94 decks466 decks
19%synergy
Riddlekeeper
20%inclusion92 decks466 decks
19%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
20%inclusion92 decks466 decks
19%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
19%inclusion89 decks466 decks
18%synergy
Fog Bank
18%inclusion86 decks466 decks
17%synergy
Guiltfeeder
18%inclusion85 decks466 decks
13%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
17%inclusion79 decks466 decks
16%synergy
Avatar of Woe
17%inclusion78 decks466 decks
16%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
16%inclusion76 decks465 decks
15%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
15%inclusion71 decks466 decks
14%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
15%inclusion69 decks466 decks
12%synergy
Glacial Wall
14%inclusion66 decks466 decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
14%inclusion63 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
13%inclusion59 decks464 decks
11%synergy
Soulless Jailer
13%inclusion59 decks466 decks
12%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion58 decks465 decks
4%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
12%inclusion57 decks466 decks
12%synergy
Aegis Turtle
12%inclusion57 decks466 decks
12%synergy
Baleful Strix
12%inclusion56 decks466 decks
-11%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
11%inclusion53 decks466 decks
11%synergy
Boggart Trawler
11%inclusion49 decks465 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
11%inclusion49 decks466 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Archivist
11%inclusion49 decks466 decks
9%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
10%inclusion48 decks466 decks
10%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
9.4%inclusion44 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
9.0%inclusion42 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
8.8%inclusion41 decks466 decks
-4%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
8.2%inclusion38 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
7.9%inclusion37 decks466 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
46%inclusion216 decks466 decks
43%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
31%inclusion146 decks466 decks
28%synergy
Didn't Say Please
27%inclusion127 decks466 decks
22%synergy
Archive Trap
26%inclusion120 decks466 decks
24%synergy
Thought Collapse
26%inclusion119 decks466 decks
22%synergy
Psychic Strike
25%inclusion115 decks466 decks
22%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
23%inclusion109 decks466 decks
-6%synergy
Arcane Denial
22%inclusion103 decks466 decks
-3%synergy
Brainstorm
21%inclusion99 decks466 decks
-9%synergy
Negate
21%inclusion97 decks466 decks
-12%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion95 decks466 decks
3%synergy
Into the Story
20%inclusion94 decks466 decks
19%synergy
Dark Ritual
19%inclusion87 decks466 decks
-16%synergy
Drown in Dreams
18%inclusion82 decks466 decks
13%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion80 decks466 decks
15%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion79 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion79 decks466 decks
15%synergy
Thought Scour
15%inclusion71 decks466 decks
9%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion69 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Swan Song
15%inclusion69 decks466 decks
-3%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion64 decks465 decks
2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion62 decks465 decks
-2%synergy
Memory Plunder
13%inclusion62 decks466 decks
7%synergy
Withering Torment
13%inclusion60 decks462 decks
-3%synergy
Pongify
11%inclusion52 decks466 decks
-4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
11%inclusion51 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
10%inclusion47 decks466 decks
5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
9.4%inclusion44 decks466 decks
-10%synergy
Perplex
9.4%inclusion44 decks466 decks
7%synergy
Reality Shift
9.0%inclusion42 decks466 decks
-5%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.4%inclusion39 decks466 decks
-2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.2%inclusion38 decks466 decks
-8%synergy
Psychic Spiral
6.9%inclusion32 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Resculpt
6.7%inclusion31 decks466 decks
0%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.0%inclusion28 decks466 decks
-10%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
6.0%inclusion28 decks466 decks
-3%synergy
Hero's Downfall
5.8%inclusion27 decks466 decks
3%synergy
Murder
5.6%inclusion26 decks466 decks
-2%synergy
Dig Through Time
5.6%inclusion26 decks466 decks
-5%synergy
Sorceries
Toxic Deluge
34%inclusion160 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
34%inclusion159 decks466 decks
29%synergy
Windfall
27%inclusion128 decks466 decks
14%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
26%inclusion123 decks466 decks
22%synergy
Mind Funeral
26%inclusion120 decks466 decks
23%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
26%inclusion120 decks466 decks
16%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion118 decks466 decks
-11%synergy
Cut Your Losses
24%inclusion114 decks466 decks
20%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion101 decks466 decks
12%synergy
Reanimate
20%inclusion93 decks466 decks
-4%synergy
Damnation
19%inclusion90 decks466 decks
9%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion60 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Treasure Cruise
13%inclusion60 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Ponder
12%inclusion56 decks466 decks
-4%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
12%inclusion56 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Pilfered Plans
12%inclusion56 decks466 decks
9%synergy
Extract from Darkness
12%inclusion55 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Whispering Madness
11%inclusion49 decks466 decks
7%synergy
Preordain
10%inclusion46 decks466 decks
0%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
9.2%inclusion43 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Increasing Confusion
8.6%inclusion40 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Startled Awake
7.7%inclusion36 decks466 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.1%inclusion33 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.1%inclusion33 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Mind Sculpt
6.4%inclusion30 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.0%inclusion28 decks466 decks
2%synergy
Read the Bones
5.6%inclusion26 decks466 decks
2%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
5.5%inclusion25 decks456 decks
-2%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.4%inclusion25 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
40%inclusion186 decks466 decks
38%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
37%inclusion171 decks466 decks
32%synergy
Lightning Greaves
35%inclusion165 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Altar of the Brood
30%inclusion141 decks466 decks
25%synergy
Bonehoard
29%inclusion137 decks466 decks
27%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
29%inclusion129 decks451 decks
25%synergy
Keening Stone
17%inclusion79 decks466 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion68 decks466 decks
-10%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
13%inclusion62 decks466 decks
-1%synergy
Grindstone
12%inclusion56 decks466 decks
11%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
12%inclusion54 decks466 decks
11%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
11%inclusion49 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Isochron Scepter
10%inclusion48 decks466 decks
7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion47 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion47 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
8.6%inclusion40 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.2%inclusion38 decks466 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.3%inclusion34 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.7%inclusion31 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.2%inclusion29 decks466 decks
5%synergy
Jet Medallion
5.6%inclusion26 decks466 decks
-2%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
47%inclusion219 decks466 decks
31%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
46%inclusion213 decks466 decks
39%synergy
Fraying Sanity
43%inclusion199 decks466 decks
39%synergy
Memory Erosion
41%inclusion193 decks466 decks
37%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
33%inclusion154 decks466 decks
30%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
32%inclusion148 decks466 decks
24%synergy
Court of Cunning
31%inclusion143 decks466 decks
25%synergy
Intruder Alarm
28%inclusion129 decks466 decks
27%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
26%inclusion122 decks466 decks
13%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
25%inclusion115 decks451 decks
23%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion89 decks466 decks
18%synergy
Mystic Remora
17%inclusion79 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
15%inclusion70 decks466 decks
13%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion65 decks466 decks
13%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion54 decks466 decks
0%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion48 decks466 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
9.2%inclusion43 decks466 decks
-1%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
8.8%inclusion41 decks466 decks
8%synergy
No Mercy
7.9%inclusion37 decks466 decks
5%synergy
Drowned Secrets
7.3%inclusion34 decks466 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
28%inclusion132 decks466 decks
22%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
26%inclusion120 decks466 decks
24%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
18%inclusion83 decks466 decks
16%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
8.8%inclusion41 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Jace Beleren
6.9%inclusion32 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
5.6%inclusion26 decks466 decks
2%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
5.4%inclusion25 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
52%inclusion241 decks466 decks
13%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
41%inclusion191 decks466 decks
32%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
34%inclusion106 decks312 decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion152 decks466 decks
-4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
23%inclusion107 decks466 decks
5%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion107 decks466 decks
3%synergy
Restless Reef
17%inclusion79 decks466 decks
10%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
17%inclusion77 decks466 decks
-2%synergy
Temple of the False God
14%inclusion65 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion64 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion62 decks466 decks
10%synergy
Rogue's Passage
13%inclusion62 decks466 decks
-14%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
12%inclusion57 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
10%inclusion48 decks466 decks
9%synergy
Castle Locthwain
9.2%inclusion43 decks466 decks
5%synergy
Cabal Coffers
8.8%inclusion41 decks466 decks
-2%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.6%inclusion40 decks466 decks
0%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.9%inclusion32 decks466 decks
-2%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.4%inclusion30 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.4%inclusion30 decks466 decks
0%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.4%inclusion25 decks466 decks
3%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
5.4%inclusion25 decks466 decks
0%synergy
Castle Vantress
5.4%inclusion25 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.2%inclusion24 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion421 decks466 decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
80%inclusion374 decks466 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Signet
65%inclusion305 decks466 decks
5%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
58%inclusion272 decks466 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
30%inclusion138 decks466 decks
-1%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion134 decks466 decks
-1%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion130 decks466 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
19%inclusion88 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Midnight Clock
14%inclusion64 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion48 decks466 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Locket
7.7%inclusion36 decks466 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
6.7%inclusion31 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.4%inclusion30 decks466 decks
-2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.0%inclusion28 decks466 decks
-2%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.6%inclusion26 decks466 decks
3%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.2%inclusion24 decks466 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion454 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Island
97%inclusion454 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion402 decks466 decks
-2%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
70%inclusion327 decks466 decks
18%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion311 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Watery Grave
61%inclusion286 decks466 decks
15%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
47%inclusion218 decks466 decks
7%synergy
Choked Estuary
46%inclusion213 decks466 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
45%inclusion211 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Underground River
43%inclusion202 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
42%inclusion196 decks466 decks
2%synergy
Temple of Deceit
41%inclusion193 decks466 decks
5%synergy
Morphic Pool
41%inclusion191 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Tainted Isle
40%inclusion185 decks466 decks
-4%synergy
Polluted Delta
39%inclusion180 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
33%inclusion153 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
27%inclusion126 decks462 decks
4%synergy
Sunken Ruins
26%inclusion123 decks466 decks
12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
26%inclusion121 decks466 decks
9%synergy
Fetid Pools
25%inclusion117 decks466 decks
9%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion111 decks466 decks
-9%synergy
Dismal Backwater
24%inclusion111 decks466 decks
8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion111 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Undercity Sewers
22%inclusion101 decks466 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
20%inclusion94 decks466 decks
9%synergy
Darkslick Shores
18%inclusion83 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion69 decks465 decks
-1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion64 decks465 decks
2%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion62 decks465 decks
-2%synergy
River of Tears
13%inclusion61 decks466 decks
2%synergy
Fabled Passage
13%inclusion59 decks466 decks
5%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion58 decks465 decks
4%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
12%inclusion57 decks466 decks
6%synergy
Underground Sea
12%inclusion56 decks466 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion52 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
11%inclusion49 decks465 decks
4%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
10%inclusion45 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Flooded Strand
9.2%inclusion43 decks466 decks
0%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.6%inclusion40 decks466 decks
4%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
7.9%inclusion37 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
7.9%inclusion37 decks466 decks
3%synergy
Marsh Flats
7.9%inclusion37 decks466 decks
0%synergy
Scalding Tarn
7.5%inclusion35 decks466 decks
-1%synergy
Misty Rainforest
7.5%inclusion35 decks466 decks
-1%synergy
Prismatic Vista
7.1%inclusion33 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
6.7%inclusion31 decks466 decks
0%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
6.4%inclusion30 decks466 decks
-1%synergy
Ice Tunnel
6.0%inclusion28 decks466 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
5.8%inclusion27 decks466 decks
-2%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.4%inclusion25 decks466 decks
-2%synergy
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