Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Upgraded Combo

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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Kitsune's Technique
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Shredder's Technique
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
100%inclusion23 decks23 decks
85%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
83%inclusion19 decks23 decks
80%synergy
Eater of the Dead
78%inclusion18 decks23 decks
77%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
87%inclusion20 decks23 decks
76%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
70%inclusion16 decks23 decks
65%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
64%synergy
Tree of Perdition
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
63%synergy
Visions of Beyond
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
62%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
60%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
59%synergy
Top Cards
Counterspell
70%inclusion16 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Drown in the Loch
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
47%synergy
Ruin Crab
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
57%synergy
Mindcrank
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
53%synergy
Fractured Sanity
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
56%synergy
Singularity Rupture
65%inclusion11 decks17 decks
52%synergy
Nighthowler
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
55%synergy
The Water Crystal
53%inclusion9 decks17 decks
44%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
47%synergy
Intruder Alarm
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
51%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Demonic Tutor
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Mystical Tutor
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Notion Thief
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Force of Will
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Creatures
Sewer Nemesis
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
43%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
31%synergy
Undead Alchemist
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
41%synergy
The Ancient One
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
40%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
41%synergy
Silent Arbiter
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
38%synergy
Wall of Frost
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
38%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
34%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
28%synergy
Hedron Crab
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
31%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
29%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Mortivore
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
25%synergy
The Mindskinner
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Riddlekeeper
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Aegis Turtle
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Guiltfeeder
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Baleful Strix
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-6%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Fleet Swallower
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Runes
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Soulless Jailer
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Hover Barrier
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Archivist
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Spellskite
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Avatar of Woe
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Kami of the Crescent Moon
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Fog Bank
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Clone
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
44%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Negate
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Brainstorm
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Dark Ritual
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-10%synergy
Mana Drain
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Swan Song
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Perplex
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Arcane Denial
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Archive Trap
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Into the Story
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Pongify
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Fact or Fiction
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Reality Shift
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Didn't Say Please
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Frantic Search
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-6%synergy
Psychic Strike
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Aetherize
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Thought Scour
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Entomb
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Songs of the Damned
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Cabal Ritual
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Forbid
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Bitter Triumph
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Resculpt
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Baleful Mastery
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Sink into Stupor
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Force of Negation
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Crypt Incursion
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Drown in Dreams
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Leak
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Dig Through Time
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Evacuation
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Magic Damper
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Consult the Star Charts
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Windfall
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Mind Grind
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
38%synergy
Toxic Deluge
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
35%synergy
Traumatize
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
35%synergy
Feed the Swarm
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Cut Your Losses
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Mind Funeral
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Whispering Madness
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Damnation
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Read the Bones
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Night's Whisper
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Reanimate
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-12%synergy
Sign in Blood
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Grim Tutor
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-8%synergy
Wash Out
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Treasure Cruise
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Diresight
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Syphon Mind
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Dark Deal
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Preordain
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Spirit Water Revival
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
25%synergy
Altar of the Brood
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
30%synergy
Bonehoard
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Isochron Scepter
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
19%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-11%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Helm of Obedience
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Grindstone
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Howling Mine
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Altar of Dementia
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Bloodchief Ascension
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
36%synergy
Propaganda
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
26%synergy
Freed from the Real
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
38%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
33%synergy
Mystic Remora
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
32%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
34%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Fraying Sanity
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Memory Erosion
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Leyline of the Void
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Court of Cunning
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Lost in the Maze
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
No Mercy
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Drowned Secrets
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
35%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
50%inclusion9 decks18 decks
45%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
39%inclusion9 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Reliquary Tower
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
-6%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
18%synergy
Restless Reef
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Maze of Ith
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Field of Ruin
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Wasteland
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Urza's Saga
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Agna Qel'a
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion23 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Arcane Signet
91%inclusion21 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
74%inclusion17 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Dimir Signet
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Thought Vessel
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Midnight Clock
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Mind Stone
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Gilded Lotus
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-8%synergy
Coldsteel Heart
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Thran Dynamo
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion23 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion23 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
96%inclusion22 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Watery Grave
87%inclusion20 decks23 decks
39%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
83%inclusion19 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Sunken Hollow
65%inclusion15 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Underground River
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Choked Estuary
57%inclusion13 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Temple of Deceit
52%inclusion12 decks23 decks
17%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Polluted Delta
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
-5%synergy
Morphic Pool
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
-2%synergy
Tainted Isle
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
-14%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Sunken Ruins
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
10%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
-11%synergy
Fetid Pools
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Undercity Sewers
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Darkslick Shores
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Misty Rainforest
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-8%synergy
Ice Tunnel
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Dismal Backwater
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
River of Tears
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Prismatic Vista
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Sink into Stupor
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-7%synergy
Scalding Tarn
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Flooded Strand
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Port of Karfell
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
2%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
0%synergy
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