Phenax, God of Deception (Commander) - Expensive 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
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Flow State
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Irma, Part-Time Mutant
4.8%inclusion1 decks21 decks
2%synergy
The Cloning of Shredder
3.7%inclusion1 decks27 decks
3%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
86%inclusion54 decks63 decks
79%synergy
Tree of Perdition
73%inclusion46 decks63 decks
71%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
73%inclusion46 decks63 decks
71%synergy
Consuming Aberration
86%inclusion54 decks63 decks
71%synergy
Ruin Crab
73%inclusion46 decks63 decks
65%synergy
Eater of the Dead
60%inclusion38 decks63 decks
59%synergy
The Water Crystal
67%inclusion34 decks51 decks
58%synergy
Visions of Beyond
60%inclusion38 decks63 decks
57%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
65%inclusion41 decks63 decks
55%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
59%inclusion37 decks63 decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Drown in the Loch
57%inclusion36 decks63 decks
39%synergy
The Ancient One
56%inclusion35 decks63 decks
52%synergy
Toxic Deluge
56%inclusion35 decks63 decks
30%synergy
Mana Drain
56%inclusion35 decks63 decks
38%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
52%inclusion33 decks63 decks
47%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
52%inclusion33 decks63 decks
45%synergy
Counterspell
52%inclusion33 decks63 decks
-4%synergy
Singularity Rupture
51%inclusion25 decks49 decks
39%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
48%inclusion30 decks63 decks
46%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
48%inclusion30 decks63 decks
45%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
71%inclusion45 decks63 decks
48%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
48%inclusion30 decks63 decks
25%synergy
Demonic Tutor
30%inclusion19 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
22%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
2%synergy
Notion Thief
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Ancient Tomb
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
8%synergy
The One Ring
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Force of Will
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
2%synergy
Creatures
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
45%inclusion17 decks38 decks
43%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
43%inclusion27 decks63 decks
30%synergy
Silent Arbiter
43%inclusion27 decks63 decks
42%synergy
Nighthowler
43%inclusion27 decks63 decks
37%synergy
Hedron Crab
43%inclusion27 decks63 decks
39%synergy
Wall of Frost
40%inclusion25 decks63 decks
38%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
40%inclusion25 decks63 decks
35%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion24 decks63 decks
34%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
37%inclusion23 decks63 decks
25%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
35%inclusion22 decks62 decks
35%synergy
The Mindskinner
29%inclusion18 decks63 decks
22%synergy
Mortivore
29%inclusion18 decks63 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
27%inclusion17 decks63 decks
26%synergy
Undead Alchemist
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
23%synergy
Hover Barrier
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
25%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
17%synergy
Riddlekeeper
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
21%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
19%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
20%synergy
Fleet Swallower
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Fog Bank
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
16%synergy
Manic Scribe
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
16%synergy
Soulless Jailer
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
17%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
15%synergy
Spellskite
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
15%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
13%inclusion5 decks38 decks
11%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Baleful Strix
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
-11%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
9%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Avatar of Woe
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Wall of Junk
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Boggart Trawler
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Faerie Mastermind
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
11%inclusion4 decks38 decks
10%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Talion, the Kindly Lord
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Painter's Servant
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Instants
An Offer You Can't Refuse
37%inclusion23 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Swan Song
33%inclusion21 decks63 decks
15%synergy
Arcane Denial
32%inclusion20 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Deadly Rollick
27%inclusion17 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Force of Negation
27%inclusion17 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Dark Ritual
24%inclusion15 decks63 decks
-12%synergy
Didn't Say Please
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
17%synergy
Sink into Stupor
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Fell the Profane
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Negate
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
-12%synergy
Brainstorm
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
-11%synergy
Thought Collapse
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
16%synergy
Crypt Incursion
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
17%synergy
Withering Torment
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
14%synergy
Psychic Strike
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Thought Scour
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Into the Story
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Archive Trap
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
-2%synergy
Aetherize
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
2%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
-4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
-2%synergy
Resculpt
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Strix Serenade
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Mystical Tutor
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
-6%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-3%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-10%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-4%synergy
Memory Lapse
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Fractured Sanity
48%inclusion30 decks63 decks
38%synergy
Traumatize
41%inclusion26 decks63 decks
37%synergy
Windfall
40%inclusion25 decks63 decks
26%synergy
Reanimate
40%inclusion25 decks63 decks
15%synergy
Mind Grind
37%inclusion23 decks63 decks
31%synergy
Damnation
37%inclusion23 decks63 decks
26%synergy
Feed the Swarm
30%inclusion19 decks63 decks
-5%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
30%inclusion19 decks63 decks
25%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
27%inclusion17 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
15%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Cut Your Losses
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
14%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Mind Funeral
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
15%inclusion9 decks62 decks
8%synergy
Grim Tutor
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Ponder
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
-5%synergy
Whispering Madness
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Preordain
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
-1%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Lórien Revealed
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Extract from Darkness
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Pilfered Plans
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Treasure Cruise
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-2%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
0%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mindcrank
44%inclusion28 decks63 decks
32%synergy
Lightning Greaves
40%inclusion25 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
37%inclusion23 decks62 decks
33%synergy
Altar of the Brood
35%inclusion22 decks63 decks
30%synergy
Bonehoard
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
20%synergy
Altar of Dementia
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Grindstone
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Keening Stone
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
-13%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Profane Memento
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Isochron Scepter
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Crawlspace
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-7%synergy
Expedition Map
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Codex Shredder
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Lantern of Insight
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Intruder Alarm
43%inclusion27 decks63 decks
42%synergy
Propaganda
43%inclusion27 decks63 decks
26%synergy
Mystic Remora
40%inclusion25 decks63 decks
24%synergy
Court of Cunning
37%inclusion23 decks63 decks
31%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
37%inclusion23 decks63 decks
30%synergy
Memory Erosion
37%inclusion23 decks63 decks
32%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
32%inclusion20 decks62 decks
30%synergy
Fraying Sanity
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
22%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
24%inclusion15 decks63 decks
23%synergy
Black Market Connections
24%inclusion15 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
18%synergy
No Mercy
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
14%synergy
Animate Dead
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Leyline of the Void
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Field of Dreams
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
15%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
63%inclusion40 decks63 decks
25%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
60%inclusion38 decks63 decks
41%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
48%inclusion30 decks63 decks
29%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
46%inclusion29 decks63 decks
42%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
41%inclusion22 decks54 decks
36%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
35%inclusion22 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
33%inclusion21 decks63 decks
21%synergy
Reliquary Tower
32%inclusion20 decks63 decks
-4%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
32%inclusion20 decks63 decks
23%synergy
Cabal Coffers
24%inclusion15 decks63 decks
13%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
16%synergy
Academy Ruins
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Castle Locthwain
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Strip Mine
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Restless Reef
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Urza's Saga
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Command Beacon
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Maze of Ith
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Mistrise Village
7.0%inclusion4 decks57 decks
4%synergy
Wasteland
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Dreadship Reef
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-1%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-2%synergy
War Room
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
95%inclusion60 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Signet
89%inclusion56 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Dimir Signet
67%inclusion42 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
65%inclusion41 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
41%inclusion26 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Thought Vessel
38%inclusion24 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Mind Stone
25%inclusion16 decks63 decks
-3%synergy
The Soul Stone
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Mana Vault
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Patriar's Seal
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
2%synergy
Mox Opal
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-11%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-2%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion61 decks63 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
95%inclusion60 decks63 decks
-1%synergy
Underground Sea
95%inclusion60 decks63 decks
82%synergy
Watery Grave
92%inclusion58 decks63 decks
44%synergy
Command Tower
89%inclusion56 decks63 decks
1%synergy
Polluted Delta
81%inclusion51 decks63 decks
49%synergy
Morphic Pool
76%inclusion48 decks63 decks
40%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
73%inclusion46 decks63 decks
19%synergy
Undercity Sewers
54%inclusion34 decks63 decks
33%synergy
Sunken Hollow
54%inclusion34 decks63 decks
-11%synergy
Underground River
52%inclusion33 decks63 decks
12%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
51%inclusion32 decks63 decks
26%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
49%inclusion31 decks63 decks
9%synergy
Sunken Ruins
49%inclusion31 decks63 decks
33%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
48%inclusion30 decks63 decks
24%synergy
Flooded Strand
38%inclusion24 decks63 decks
29%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
37%inclusion23 decks63 decks
28%synergy
Misty Rainforest
33%inclusion21 decks63 decks
25%synergy
Tainted Isle
32%inclusion20 decks63 decks
-13%synergy
Prismatic Vista
32%inclusion20 decks63 decks
26%synergy
Scalding Tarn
32%inclusion20 decks63 decks
24%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
30%inclusion19 decks63 decks
23%synergy
Marsh Flats
30%inclusion19 decks63 decks
22%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
27%inclusion17 decks63 decks
-13%synergy
Temple of Deceit
24%inclusion15 decks63 decks
-12%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
24%inclusion15 decks63 decks
-14%synergy
Fabled Passage
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
14%synergy
Sink into Stupor
22%inclusion14 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Fell the Profane
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
-1%synergy
Choked Estuary
21%inclusion13 decks63 decks
-27%synergy
Fetid Pools
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
-13%synergy
Darkslick Shores
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
8%synergy
Reflecting Pool
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
11%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
-4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
0%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
11%inclusion7 decks63 decks
5%synergy
River of Tears
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
-1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
3%synergy
Urza's Cave
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
7%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
3%synergy
City of Brass
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
2%synergy
Cavern of Souls
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-3%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
-4%synergy
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