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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
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Silvergill Peddler
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Consuming Aberration
95%inclusion21 decks22 decks
81%synergy
Ruin Crab
86%inclusion19 decks22 decks
78%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
77%inclusion17 decks22 decks
75%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
59%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
58%synergy
Eater of the Dead
59%inclusion13 decks22 decks
58%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
68%inclusion15 decks22 decks
58%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
59%inclusion13 decks22 decks
53%synergy
Tree of Perdition
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
53%synergy
The Ancient One
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
68%inclusion15 decks22 decks
50%synergy
Counterspell
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Singularity Rupture
63%inclusion12 decks19 decks
51%synergy
Fractured Sanity
59%inclusion13 decks22 decks
49%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
42%synergy
Visions of Beyond
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
51%synergy
Mindcrank
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
43%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
48%synergy
Mind Grind
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
45%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Demonic Tutor
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Notion Thief
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Force of Will
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-9%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-7%synergy
Creatures
Nighthowler
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
40%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
43%synergy
Wall of Frost
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
44%synergy
The Mindskinner
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
34%synergy
Mortivore
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
39%synergy
Hedron Crab
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
37%synergy
Silent Arbiter
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
35%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
34%synergy
Hover Barrier
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
31%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
27%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
28%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
27%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
27%synergy
Manic Scribe
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
26%synergy
Undead Alchemist
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Baleful Strix
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-5%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Riddlekeeper
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Fatestitcher
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
The Reality Chip
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Soulless Jailer
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Jace's Archivist
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Aegis Turtle
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
North Pole Patrol
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
Guiltfeeder
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Academy Wall
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Instants
An Offer You Can't Refuse
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Psychic Strike
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
38%synergy
Didn't Say Please
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
36%synergy
Swan Song
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Arcane Denial
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Archive Trap
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
25%synergy
Into the Story
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
26%synergy
Negate
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-10%synergy
Thought Collapse
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Aetherize
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Thought Scour
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Sink into Stupor
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Deadly Rollick
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Pongify
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Memory Plunder
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Dark Ritual
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-17%synergy
Mana Drain
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Resculpt
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Drown in Dreams
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-17%synergy
Reality Shift
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
0%synergy
Perplex
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Infernal Grasp
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Crypt Incursion
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Hero's Downfall
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
See Double
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Whir of Invention
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Frantic Search
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-10%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Fact or Fiction
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Countersquall
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Jwari Disruption
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Force of Negation
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
0%synergy
Baleful Mastery
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Memory Lapse
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Pact of Negation
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Withering Torment
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-7%synergy
Sorceries
Traumatize
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
46%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
40%synergy
Feed the Swarm
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Toxic Deluge
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Windfall
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Cut Your Losses
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Damnation
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Mind Funeral
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Extract from Darkness
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Ponder
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-7%synergy
Increasing Confusion
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Profane Tutor
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Fabricate
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Decree of Pain
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Startled Awake
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Reanimate
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-15%synergy
Preordain
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
50%inclusion10 decks20 decks
41%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
44%synergy
Lightning Greaves
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Altar of the Brood
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
36%synergy
Bonehoard
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
25%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Keening Stone
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Altar of Dementia
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Isochron Scepter
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Helm of Obedience
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-4%synergy
Relic of Progenitus
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Grafdigger's Cage
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Expedition Map
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Folio of Fancies
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Profane Memento
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Court of Cunning
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
40%synergy
Propaganda
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
24%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
25%synergy
Intruder Alarm
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
26%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Memory Erosion
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
23%synergy
Freed from the Real
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Remora
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Fraying Sanity
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
22%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Leyline of the Void
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Shadow of the Second Sun
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Jace's Erasure
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
43%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
26%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Jace Beleren
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
45%inclusion9 decks20 decks
40%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
27%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
18%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
23%synergy
Cabal Coffers
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
20%synergy
Temple of the False God
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Reliquary Tower
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-18%synergy
Wasteland
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Maze of Ith
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Urza's Saga
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Restless Reef
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Rogue's Passage
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-18%synergy
Agna Qel'a
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
95%inclusion21 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Signet
86%inclusion19 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Signet
68%inclusion15 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
64%inclusion14 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Thought Vessel
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Fellwar Stone
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Midnight Clock
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Mind Stone
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Gilded Lotus
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Commander's Sphere
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-8%synergy
Thran Dynamo
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Patriar's Seal
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
95%inclusion21 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
91%inclusion20 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Swamp
91%inclusion20 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
82%inclusion18 decks22 decks
28%synergy
Sunken Hollow
68%inclusion15 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Watery Grave
68%inclusion15 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Underground River
59%inclusion13 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
16%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
55%inclusion12 decks22 decks
15%synergy
Temple of Deceit
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Polluted Delta
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
14%synergy
Tainted Isle
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
-3%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Choked Estuary
36%inclusion8 decks22 decks
-11%synergy
Morphic Pool
32%inclusion7 decks22 decks
-5%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Fetid Pools
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Sink into Stupor
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Undercity Sewers
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
-15%synergy
Underground Sea
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-8%synergy
Ice Tunnel
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Reflecting Pool
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Dismal Backwater
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
River of Tears
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Flooded Strand
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-6%synergy
Misty Rainforest
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
0%synergy
Fabled Passage
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Jwari Disruption
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Maestros Theater
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
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