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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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Silvergill Peddler
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dream Harvest
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
93%synergy
Tree of Perdition
81%inclusion17 decks21 decks
79%synergy
Ruin Crab
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
77%synergy
Drown in the Loch
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
72%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
72%synergy
Consuming Aberration
86%inclusion18 decks21 decks
71%synergy
Eater of the Dead
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
65%synergy
Wall of Frost
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
61%synergy
Mindcrank
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
59%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
67%inclusion14 decks21 decks
56%synergy
Top Cards
The Water Crystal
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
54%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
49%synergy
Singularity Rupture
62%inclusion8 decks13 decks
49%synergy
Nighthowler
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
51%synergy
The Ancient One
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
54%synergy
Visions of Beyond
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
53%synergy
Counterspell
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Silent Arbiter
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
51%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
46%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Notion Thief
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Demonic Tutor
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-5%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-9%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Creatures
Wight of Precinct Six
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
50%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
47%synergy
Mortivore
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
46%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
48%inclusion10 decks21 decks
43%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
44%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
42%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
42%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
42%synergy
Hedron Crab
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
34%synergy
Hover Barrier
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
37%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
33%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
36%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
32%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
33%synergy
The Mindskinner
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Undead Alchemist
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
26%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
25%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Fog Bank
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Soulless Jailer
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Glacial Wall
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Manic Scribe
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Riddlekeeper
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Avatar of Woe
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Runes
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Fleet Swallower
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Aegis Turtle
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-3%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Doppelganger
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Baleful Strix
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-14%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Dreadhound
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Gisa, the Hellraiser
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Dramatic Reversal
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
39%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Negate
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Dark Ritual
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Aetherize
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Into the Story
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
32%synergy
Mana Drain
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Swan Song
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Didn't Say Please
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
24%synergy
Psychic Strike
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Brainstorm
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Thought Collapse
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
21%synergy
Arcane Denial
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Archive Trap
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Fact or Fiction
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Drown in Dreams
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
Doom Blade
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Crypt Incursion
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Withering Torment
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-2%synergy
See Double
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Thought Scour
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Perplex
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Infernal Grasp
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Sink into Stupor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Magic Damper
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
47%synergy
Fractured Sanity
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
43%synergy
Feed the Swarm
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
38%synergy
Toxic Deluge
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Traumatize
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
29%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
24%synergy
Ponder
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Cut Your Losses
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
20%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Windfall
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Reanimate
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-5%synergy
Mind Funeral
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Fabricate
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Mind Sculpt
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Wash Out
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Fell
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Preordain
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Spirit Water Revival
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
51%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
38%synergy
Bonehoard
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
36%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
30%synergy
Altar of the Brood
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
28%synergy
Lightning Greaves
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Profane Memento
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
19%synergy
Folio of Fancies
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Magewright's Stone
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Enchantments
Propaganda
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
36%synergy
Intruder Alarm
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
42%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
41%synergy
Memory Erosion
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
39%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
30%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
27%synergy
Fraying Sanity
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
30%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Animate Dead
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Freed from the Real
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Black Market Connections
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Dissipation Field
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Jace's Erasure
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Search for Azcanta
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Memory Adept
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
51%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Reliquary Tower
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
-12%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Castle Locthwain
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Temple of the False God
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Rogue's Passage
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-13%synergy
Maze of Ith
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Detection Tower
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
11%synergy
Sol Ring
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
81%inclusion17 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Dimir Signet
71%inclusion15 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Midnight Clock
29%inclusion6 decks21 decks
22%synergy
Mind Stone
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
-10%synergy
The Soul Stone
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
11%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Misleading Signpost
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Bandit's Haul
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Thran Dynamo
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Worn Powerstone
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Swamp
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Island
95%inclusion20 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Command Tower
90%inclusion19 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
76%inclusion16 decks21 decks
23%synergy
Sunken Hollow
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
-4%synergy
Watery Grave
62%inclusion13 decks21 decks
15%synergy
Polluted Delta
57%inclusion12 decks21 decks
25%synergy
Underground River
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Morphic Pool
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Choked Estuary
52%inclusion11 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Tainted Isle
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
18%synergy
Temple of Deceit
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
4%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
43%inclusion9 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
14%synergy
Undercity Sewers
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Myriad Landscape
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Fetid Pools
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Sunken Ruins
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Underground Sea
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Prismatic Vista
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
-1%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
8%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Fabled Passage
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-6%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
Marsh Flats
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
1%synergy
Port of Karfell
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
3%synergy
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