Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Upgraded Control

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
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Ruin Crab
88%inclusion21 decks24 decks
79%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
79%inclusion19 decks24 decks
77%synergy
Consuming Aberration
92%inclusion22 decks24 decks
77%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
66%synergy
Eater of the Dead
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
61%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
60%synergy
Singularity Rupture
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
59%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
57%synergy
Fractured Sanity
67%inclusion16 decks24 decks
57%synergy
Tree of Perdition
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
57%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
53%synergy
Counterspell
67%inclusion16 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Mindcrank
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
51%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
52%synergy
Visions of Beyond
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
55%synergy
Mind Grind
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
49%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
51%synergy
Traumatize
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
50%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
37%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
48%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Demonic Tutor
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Notion Thief
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Force of Will
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-6%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-3%synergy
Creatures
Nighthowler
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
44%synergy
The Ancient One
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
47%synergy
Wall of Frost
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
49%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
44%synergy
The Mindskinner
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
35%synergy
Mortivore
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
40%synergy
Hedron Crab
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
38%synergy
Silent Arbiter
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
36%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
35%inclusion6 decks17 decks
34%synergy
Hover Barrier
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
32%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
25%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Fog Bank
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
21%synergy
Manic Scribe
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Undead Alchemist
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Baleful Strix
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-7%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Soulless Jailer
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Aegis Turtle
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Guiltfeeder
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
The Reality Chip
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Archivist
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
6%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
12%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-4%synergy
Instants
An Offer You Can't Refuse
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Psychic Strike
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
39%synergy
Didn't Say Please
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
37%synergy
Swan Song
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Archive Trap
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
27%synergy
Into the Story
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Negate
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
-8%synergy
Dark Ritual
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
-11%synergy
Mana Drain
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Aetherize
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Thought Scour
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
19%synergy
Arcane Denial
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Pongify
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Thought Collapse
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
19%synergy
Go for the Throat
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Memory Plunder
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Reality Shift
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Resculpt
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Perplex
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Infernal Grasp
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Force of Negation
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Withering Torment
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-4%synergy
Hero's Downfall
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-7%synergy
See Double
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Whir of Invention
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Frantic Search
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-11%synergy
Brainstorm
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-22%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Fact or Fiction
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Brain Freeze
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Countersquall
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Opt
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-3%synergy
Baleful Mastery
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Memory Lapse
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
45%synergy
Feed the Swarm
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Toxic Deluge
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Windfall
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Cut Your Losses
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
21%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Mind Funeral
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
22%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Reanimate
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-12%synergy
Extract from Darkness
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Ponder
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-8%synergy
Increasing Confusion
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Profane Tutor
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Fabricate
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Decree of Pain
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Startled Awake
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Preordain
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
41%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
40%synergy
Altar of the Brood
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
37%synergy
Lightning Greaves
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Bonehoard
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
27%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
21%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
19%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Keening Stone
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Isochron Scepter
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Helm of Obedience
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Expedition Map
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Profane Memento
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
33%synergy
Court of Cunning
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
40%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
33%synergy
Memory Erosion
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
29%synergy
Freed from the Real
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Intruder Alarm
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
23%synergy
Fraying Sanity
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
25%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
22%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Mystic Remora
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Leyline of the Void
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
17%synergy
No Mercy
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Erasure
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
40%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
27%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Jace Beleren
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
41%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
29%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
25%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Cabal Coffers
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
19%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
17%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
22%synergy
Temple of the False God
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Maze of Ith
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Reliquary Tower
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-19%synergy
Restless Reef
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Wasteland
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Urza's Saga
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-19%synergy
Field of Ruin
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Agna Qel'a
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
96%inclusion23 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Signet
88%inclusion21 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Dimir Signet
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Thought Vessel
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Fellwar Stone
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Midnight Clock
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Mind Stone
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
-7%synergy
Gilded Lotus
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-9%synergy
Thran Dynamo
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Island
96%inclusion23 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
92%inclusion22 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Swamp
92%inclusion22 decks24 decks
-5%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
79%inclusion19 decks24 decks
25%synergy
Sunken Hollow
75%inclusion18 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Watery Grave
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
23%synergy
Underground River
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
22%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Polluted Delta
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Temple of Deceit
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Tainted Isle
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
-3%synergy
Morphic Pool
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Choked Estuary
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
-14%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Sunken Ruins
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Evolving Wilds
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Fetid Pools
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Underground Sea
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Undercity Sewers
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-4%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-16%synergy
Sink into Stupor
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Flooded Strand
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Prismatic Vista
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Fabled Passage
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Myriad Landscape
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-9%synergy
Ice Tunnel
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Dismal Backwater
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-3%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-7%synergy
Misty Rainforest
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
River of Tears
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Maestros Theater
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Darkslick Shores
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-6%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Scalding Tarn
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
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