Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget Upgraded

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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Decorum Dissertation
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Ominous Harvest
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
April O'Neil, Hacktivist
3.3%inclusion1 decks30 decks
3%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
75%inclusion47 decks63 decks
72%synergy
Consuming Aberration
79%inclusion50 decks63 decks
64%synergy
Nighthowler
62%inclusion39 decks63 decks
56%synergy
Wall of Frost
56%inclusion35 decks63 decks
54%synergy
Ruin Crab
57%inclusion36 decks63 decks
49%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
51%inclusion32 decks63 decks
49%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
51%inclusion32 decks63 decks
45%synergy
The Ancient One
48%inclusion30 decks63 decks
44%synergy
Bonehoard
46%inclusion29 decks63 decks
44%synergy
Mortivore
44%inclusion28 decks63 decks
43%synergy
Top Cards
Syr Konrad, the Grim
51%inclusion32 decks63 decks
38%synergy
Fraying Sanity
46%inclusion29 decks63 decks
42%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
46%inclusion29 decks63 decks
42%synergy
Singularity Rupture
45%inclusion18 decks40 decks
33%synergy
Drown in the Loch
43%inclusion27 decks63 decks
25%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
43%inclusion27 decks63 decks
39%synergy
Tree of Perdition
41%inclusion26 decks63 decks
40%synergy
Psychic Strike
41%inclusion26 decks63 decks
38%synergy
Mind Grind
41%inclusion26 decks63 decks
36%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
41%inclusion26 decks63 decks
31%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Creatures
Hover Barrier
40%inclusion25 decks63 decks
39%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
39%inclusion24 decks62 decks
38%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
38%inclusion24 decks63 decks
37%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
37%inclusion23 decks63 decks
36%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
37%inclusion23 decks63 decks
36%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
35%inclusion22 decks63 decks
30%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
33%inclusion21 decks63 decks
31%synergy
Glacial Wall
32%inclusion20 decks63 decks
31%synergy
Eater of the Dead
30%inclusion19 decks63 decks
29%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
30%inclusion19 decks63 decks
26%synergy
The Mindskinner
29%inclusion18 decks62 decks
22%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
29%inclusion18 decks63 decks
25%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
27%inclusion17 decks63 decks
27%synergy
Aegis Turtle
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
25%synergy
Manic Scribe
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
24%synergy
Fleet Swallower
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
20%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
20%synergy
Fog Bank
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
19%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Wall of Runes
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
19%synergy
Hedron Crab
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
15%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
19%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Avatar of Woe
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
16%synergy
Undead Alchemist
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
15%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
16%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
15%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
17%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
16%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Mist
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
14%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
14%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
13%inclusion8 decks62 decks
12%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
-1%synergy
Guiltfeeder
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
10%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Horseshoe Crab
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Air
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Silent Arbiter
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Soulless Jailer
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Academy Wall
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Relic Golem
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
38%inclusion24 decks63 decks
-18%synergy
Into the Story
37%inclusion23 decks63 decks
35%synergy
Negate
33%inclusion21 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Thought Collapse
32%inclusion20 decks63 decks
29%synergy
Didn't Say Please
30%inclusion19 decks63 decks
25%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
24%synergy
Thought Scour
24%inclusion15 decks63 decks
17%synergy
Drown in Dreams
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Archive Trap
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
20%synergy
Crypt Incursion
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
19%synergy
Aetherize
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Fact or Fiction
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Visions of Beyond
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Perplex
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
12%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
-18%synergy
Arcane Denial
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
-13%synergy
Memory Lapse
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Dig Through Time
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Doom Blade
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Frantic Search
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
-10%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Brainstorm
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
-20%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Psychic Spiral
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Intellectual Offering
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Infernal Grasp
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
-6%synergy
Opt
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
-4%synergy
Countermand
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Murder
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
0%synergy
Dark Ritual
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
-28%synergy
Countersquall
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
2%synergy
Reality Shift
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
-6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-4%synergy
Essence Capture
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Shred Memory
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Careful Consideration
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Soul Manipulation
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Charm
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
41%inclusion26 decks63 decks
37%synergy
Fractured Sanity
38%inclusion24 decks63 decks
28%synergy
Treasure Cruise
29%inclusion18 decks63 decks
20%synergy
Feed the Swarm
27%inclusion17 decks63 decks
-8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
19%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
17%synergy
Pilfered Plans
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
20%synergy
Cut Your Losses
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
17%synergy
Mind Funeral
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
16%synergy
Windfall
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
2%synergy
Whispering Madness
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Ponder
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
-4%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Increasing Confusion
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Read the Bones
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Mind Sculpt
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Decree of Pain
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Preordain
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
-1%synergy
Bond of Insight
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Tome Scour
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Toxic Deluge
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
-17%synergy
Dread Summons
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Startled Awake
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Languish
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Deep Analysis
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Devastation Tide
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Curse of the Swine
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Dark Deal
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Ravenform
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Sadistic Sacrament
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Riverchurn Monument
39%inclusion24 decks62 decks
35%synergy
The Water Crystal
36%inclusion16 decks45 decks
27%synergy
Mindcrank
33%inclusion21 decks63 decks
21%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
27%inclusion17 decks63 decks
14%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
-4%synergy
Keening Stone
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
20%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
15%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Lightning Greaves
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
-13%synergy
Altar of the Brood
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
0%synergy
Millstone
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Grindclock
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Isochron Scepter
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
41%inclusion26 decks63 decks
24%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
33%inclusion21 decks63 decks
27%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
32%inclusion20 decks63 decks
29%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
31%inclusion19 decks62 decks
29%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
27%inclusion17 decks63 decks
25%synergy
Memory Erosion
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
16%synergy
Drowned Secrets
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
15%synergy
Intruder Alarm
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
0%synergy
Freed from the Real
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Court of Cunning
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Jace's Erasure
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
23%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Jace Beleren
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
48%inclusion30 decks63 decks
39%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
29%inclusion13 decks45 decks
24%synergy
Bojuka Bog
27%inclusion17 decks63 decks
-12%synergy
Mortuary Mire
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Rogue's Passage
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
-11%synergy
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
-22%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
-4%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Halimar Depths
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Restless Reef
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Castle Vantress
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
76%inclusion48 decks63 decks
-12%synergy
Arcane Signet
70%inclusion44 decks63 decks
-14%synergy
Dimir Signet
60%inclusion38 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
51%inclusion32 decks63 decks
-7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion17 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Mind Stone
27%inclusion17 decks63 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
-5%synergy
Thought Vessel
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
-12%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
16%synergy
Dimir Locket
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Sky Diamond
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Worn Powerstone
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Gilded Lotus
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Lens
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Island
98%inclusion62 decks63 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
97%inclusion61 decks63 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
81%inclusion51 decks63 decks
-7%synergy
Sunken Hollow
71%inclusion45 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Choked Estuary
60%inclusion38 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Temple of Deceit
59%inclusion37 decks63 decks
23%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
51%inclusion32 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
48%inclusion30 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
48%inclusion30 decks63 decks
-6%synergy
Dismal Backwater
44%inclusion28 decks63 decks
29%synergy
Evolving Wilds
40%inclusion25 decks63 decks
23%synergy
Myriad Landscape
38%inclusion24 decks63 decks
17%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
33%inclusion21 decks63 decks
27%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
32%inclusion20 decks63 decks
21%synergy
Fetid Pools
30%inclusion19 decks63 decks
14%synergy
Tainted Isle
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
-19%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
24%inclusion15 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Exotic Orchard
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
-10%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
-22%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Watery Grave
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
-33%synergy
Underground River
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
-26%synergy
Port of Karfell
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
1%synergy
River of Tears
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
2%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Ice Tunnel
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Soured Springs
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
-17%synergy
Thriving Isle
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Grixis Panorama
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Salt Marsh
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-21%synergy
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