Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Budget 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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Charix, the Raging Isle
73%inclusion38 decks52 decks
71%synergy
Consuming Aberration
79%inclusion41 decks52 decks
64%synergy
Wall of Frost
62%inclusion32 decks52 decks
60%synergy
Nighthowler
65%inclusion34 decks52 decks
59%synergy
Bonehoard
54%inclusion28 decks52 decks
52%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
54%inclusion28 decks52 decks
52%synergy
Ruin Crab
58%inclusion30 decks52 decks
49%synergy
Fraying Sanity
52%inclusion27 decks52 decks
48%synergy
The Ancient One
50%inclusion26 decks52 decks
47%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
46%inclusion24 decks52 decks
45%synergy
Top Cards
Duskmantle Guildmage
48%inclusion25 decks52 decks
43%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
48%inclusion25 decks52 decks
42%synergy
Mind Grind
44%inclusion23 decks52 decks
39%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
44%inclusion23 decks52 decks
41%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
42%inclusion22 decks52 decks
29%synergy
Mortivore
42%inclusion22 decks52 decks
41%synergy
Tree of Perdition
40%inclusion21 decks52 decks
39%synergy
Psychic Strike
40%inclusion21 decks52 decks
37%synergy
Hover Barrier
40%inclusion21 decks52 decks
40%synergy
Traumatize
40%inclusion21 decks52 decks
36%synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Creatures
Jace's Phantasm
38%inclusion20 decks52 decks
37%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
37%inclusion19 decks52 decks
36%synergy
Glacial Wall
37%inclusion19 decks52 decks
36%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
33%inclusion17 decks52 decks
31%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
31%inclusion16 decks52 decks
30%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
31%inclusion16 decks52 decks
27%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
31%inclusion16 decks52 decks
26%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
29%inclusion15 decks52 decks
28%synergy
Fleet Swallower
29%inclusion15 decks52 decks
26%synergy
The Mindskinner
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
20%synergy
Manic Scribe
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
26%synergy
Aegis Turtle
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
26%synergy
Wall of Runes
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
25%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
24%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
21%synergy
Hedron Crab
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
21%synergy
Eater of the Dead
23%inclusion12 decks52 decks
22%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
21%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
21%synergy
Wall of Junk
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
19%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
18%synergy
Fog Bank
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
18%synergy
Wall of Mist
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
19%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
16%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
17%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
14%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
17%synergy
Avatar of Woe
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
14%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
15%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
14%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
14%synergy
Guiltfeeder
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Air
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
13%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
12%synergy
Silent Arbiter
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Undead Alchemist
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Monastery Flock
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Relic Golem
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Sidisi's Faithful
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Instants
Counterspell
40%inclusion21 decks52 decks
-15%synergy
Drown in the Loch
35%inclusion18 decks52 decks
16%synergy
Thought Collapse
35%inclusion18 decks52 decks
32%synergy
Negate
31%inclusion16 decks52 decks
-2%synergy
Into the Story
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
25%synergy
Thought Scour
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
15%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
20%synergy
Didn't Say Please
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
16%synergy
Crypt Incursion
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
18%synergy
Archive Trap
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
17%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
13%synergy
Dark Ritual
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
-20%synergy
Fact or Fiction
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
5%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
-17%synergy
Doom Blade
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Perplex
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Frantic Search
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
-7%synergy
Psychic Spiral
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Murder
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Memory Lapse
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Careful Consideration
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Soul Manipulation
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Countersquall
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Countermand
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Arcane Denial
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
-16%synergy
Intellectual Offering
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
-2%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Shred Memory
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Memory Plunder
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Brainstorm
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-23%synergy
Songs of the Damned
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Price of Fame
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-8%synergy
Expel from Orazca
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Dig Through Time
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-2%synergy
Visions of Beyond
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-5%synergy
Essence Capture
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Denial
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
0%synergy
Anticognition
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Charm
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Maddening Cacophony
37%inclusion19 decks52 decks
26%synergy
Fractured Sanity
33%inclusion17 decks52 decks
23%synergy
Singularity Rupture
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
29%inclusion15 decks52 decks
22%synergy
Treasure Cruise
29%inclusion15 decks52 decks
20%synergy
Cut Your Losses
23%inclusion12 decks52 decks
19%synergy
Pilfered Plans
23%inclusion12 decks52 decks
21%synergy
Feed the Swarm
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
-15%synergy
Whispering Madness
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
18%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
14%synergy
Mind Funeral
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
15%synergy
Extract from Darkness
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Increasing Confusion
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Mind Sculpt
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Tome Scour
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Bond of Insight
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Dark Deal
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Startled Awake
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Toxic Deluge
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
-16%synergy
Ponder
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-9%synergy
Windfall
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-6%synergy
Dread Return
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Decree of Pain
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Sign in Blood
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Breaking Wave
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Preordain
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-2%synergy
Aether Gale
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Sadistic Sacrament
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Profane Tutor
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Eldritch Pact
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Telemin Performance
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Karn's Temporal Sundering
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Curse of the Swine
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Read the Bones
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Dread Summons
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Deep Analysis
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Psychic Drain
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Talent of the Telepath
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Ravenform
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Brainspoil
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Languish
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mindcrank
31%inclusion16 decks52 decks
19%synergy
The Water Crystal
26%inclusion9 decks34 decks
18%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
21%synergy
Keening Stone
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
24%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
20%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
-5%synergy
Altar of the Brood
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Lightning Greaves
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
-12%synergy
Profane Memento
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
13%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Millstone
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Trepanation Blade
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Sentinel Totem
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Grindclock
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Folio of Fancies
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Sands of Delirium
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Isochron Scepter
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
38%inclusion20 decks52 decks
22%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
33%inclusion17 decks52 decks
26%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
31%inclusion16 decks52 decks
28%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
29%inclusion15 decks52 decks
27%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
25%synergy
Memory Erosion
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
15%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
13%synergy
Drowned Secrets
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
0%synergy
Court of Cunning
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Jace's Erasure
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Intruder Alarm
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
0%synergy
Leyline of the Void
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Greed
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Animate Dead
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-6%synergy
Confounding Conundrum
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
23%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
13%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Jace Beleren
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
42%inclusion22 decks52 decks
33%synergy
Bojuka Bog
23%inclusion12 decks52 decks
-16%synergy
Mortuary Mire
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Temple of the False God
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
-4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
-23%synergy
Rogue's Passage
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
-14%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
12%inclusion4 decks34 decks
7%synergy
Halimar Depths
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Castle Vantress
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Restless Reef
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Pit of Offerings
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Sunken Palace
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
75%inclusion39 decks52 decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Signet
65%inclusion34 decks52 decks
-19%synergy
Dimir Signet
63%inclusion33 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
48%inclusion25 decks52 decks
-11%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Mind Stone
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
-2%synergy
Dimir Locket
23%inclusion12 decks52 decks
20%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
19%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
17%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
-15%synergy
Thought Vessel
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
-17%synergy
Sky Diamond
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Worn Powerstone
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Midnight Clock
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Gilded Lotus
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Prismatic Lens
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Mistvein Borderpost
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Sphere of the Suns
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Bandit's Haul
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Star Compass
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
98%inclusion51 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Island
98%inclusion51 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
75%inclusion39 decks52 decks
-13%synergy
Sunken Hollow
60%inclusion31 decks52 decks
-6%synergy
Temple of Deceit
54%inclusion28 decks52 decks
18%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
50%inclusion26 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Choked Estuary
50%inclusion26 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Evolving Wilds
48%inclusion25 decks52 decks
31%synergy
Dismal Backwater
48%inclusion25 decks52 decks
32%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
46%inclusion24 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
44%inclusion23 decks52 decks
22%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
38%inclusion20 decks52 decks
-14%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
37%inclusion19 decks52 decks
25%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
31%inclusion16 decks52 decks
25%synergy
Fetid Pools
29%inclusion15 decks52 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
29%inclusion15 decks52 decks
22%synergy
Tainted Isle
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
-19%synergy
Exotic Orchard
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
-12%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
15%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
-24%synergy
Underground River
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
-24%synergy
Grixis Panorama
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
River of Tears
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Port of Karfell
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Soured Springs
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
-2%synergy
Watery Grave
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
-37%synergy
Ice Tunnel
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Salt Marsh
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Thriving Isle
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Boggart Trawler
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Escape Tunnel
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-19%synergy
Waterfront District
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Bad River
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Warped Landscape
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-3%synergy
Murky Sewer
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Path of Ancestry
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-22%synergy
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