Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker (Commander)

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Jonathan Zucchetti
Nov 20, 2025
Jonathan Zucchetti
The Best Commander From Every Year of the 2000s
With 2025 drawing to a close, let's take a look back at this quarter century and pick out the best commanders from each year.
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Bile-Vial Boggart
7.5%inclusion29 decks389 decks
7%synergy
Grave Venerations
5.4%inclusion21 decks389 decks
4%synergy
Twilight Diviner
4.0%inclusion14 decks349 decks
2%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
2.6%inclusion10 decks389 decks
2%synergy
Super Shredder
1.3%inclusion22 decks1.65K decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Serrated Scorpion
69%inclusion4.69K decks6.75K decks
67%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
67%inclusion4.55K decks6.75K decks
65%synergy
Bone Shredder
65%inclusion4.40K decks6.75K decks
63%synergy
Viscera Seer
78%inclusion5.25K decks6.75K decks
61%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
64%inclusion4.30K decks6.75K decks
58%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
81%inclusion5.46K decks6.75K decks
58%synergy
Cadaver Imp
60%inclusion4.03K decks6.75K decks
58%synergy
Skyscanner
56%inclusion3.76K decks6.75K decks
54%synergy
Skullport Merchant
55%inclusion3.72K decks6.75K decks
53%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
54%inclusion3.68K decks6.75K decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
72%inclusion4.85K decks6.75K decks
40%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
60%inclusion4.05K decks6.75K decks
44%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
60%inclusion4.04K decks6.75K decks
41%synergy
Blood Pet
59%inclusion3.98K decks6.75K decks
51%synergy
Village Rites
58%inclusion3.91K decks6.75K decks
33%synergy
Shambling Ghast
57%inclusion3.88K decks6.75K decks
52%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
57%inclusion3.87K decks6.75K decks
32%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
56%inclusion3.75K decks6.75K decks
36%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
55%inclusion3.74K decks6.75K decks
24%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
55%inclusion3.71K decks6.75K decks
34%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
20%inclusion1.36K decks6.75K decks
-9%synergy
Demonic Tutor
14%inclusion955 decks6.75K decks
-13%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
10%inclusion657 decks6.75K decks
-4%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
9.5%inclusion640 decks6.75K decks
-12%synergy
Ancient Tomb
5.9%inclusion396 decks6.75K decks
-6%synergy
Necropotence
5.7%inclusion383 decks6.75K decks
-10%synergy
Creatures
Big Game Hunter
55%inclusion3.69K decks6.75K decks
52%synergy
Carrion Feeder
54%inclusion3.67K decks6.75K decks
43%synergy
Novice Occultist
52%inclusion3.51K decks6.75K decks
50%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
50%inclusion3.40K decks6.75K decks
28%synergy
Grim Haruspex
50%inclusion3.37K decks6.75K decks
41%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
49%inclusion3.34K decks6.75K decks
41%synergy
Clattering Augur
46%inclusion3.13K decks6.75K decks
44%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
46%inclusion2.78K decks6.01K decks
36%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
44%inclusion2.98K decks6.75K decks
43%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
42%inclusion2.84K decks6.75K decks
-10%synergy
Burglar Rat
42%inclusion2.81K decks6.75K decks
30%synergy
Tattered Mummy
41%inclusion2.76K decks6.75K decks
40%synergy
Fume Spitter
39%inclusion2.66K decks6.75K decks
38%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
38%inclusion2.54K decks6.75K decks
37%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
36%inclusion2.43K decks6.75K decks
35%synergy
Virus Beetle
34%inclusion2.32K decks6.75K decks
28%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
34%inclusion2.28K decks6.75K decks
33%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
33%inclusion2.26K decks6.75K decks
31%synergy
Leaden Myr
31%inclusion2.07K decks6.75K decks
24%synergy
Mindless Automaton
30%inclusion1.99K decks6.75K decks
29%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
27%inclusion1.85K decks6.75K decks
27%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
27%inclusion1.81K decks6.75K decks
17%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
26%inclusion1.75K decks6.75K decks
19%synergy
Nezumi Informant
25%inclusion1.66K decks6.75K decks
17%synergy
Dockside Chef
24%inclusion1.63K decks6.75K decks
22%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
24%inclusion1.62K decks6.75K decks
20%synergy
Crypt Ghast
24%inclusion1.62K decks6.75K decks
-24%synergy
Perilous Myr
23%inclusion1.57K decks6.75K decks
23%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
23%inclusion1.52K decks6.75K decks
22%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
23%inclusion1.52K decks6.75K decks
22%synergy
Warren Soultrader
22%inclusion1.32K decks6.01K decks
9%synergy
Infestation Sage
22%inclusion1.06K decks4.87K decks
17%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
22%inclusion1.46K decks6.75K decks
21%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
22%inclusion1.46K decks6.75K decks
21%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
21%inclusion1.40K decks6.75K decks
20%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
20%inclusion1.12K decks5.46K decks
15%synergy
Smothering Abomination
20%inclusion1.32K decks6.75K decks
17%synergy
Deathgreeter
19%inclusion1.29K decks6.75K decks
15%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
19%inclusion1.26K decks6.75K decks
12%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
19%inclusion1.25K decks6.75K decks
17%synergy
Midnight Reaper
18%inclusion1.23K decks6.75K decks
10%synergy
Basal Thrull
18%inclusion1.22K decks6.75K decks
17%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
18%inclusion1.19K decks6.75K decks
15%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
17%inclusion1.18K decks6.75K decks
16%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
17%inclusion1.17K decks6.75K decks
16%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
17%inclusion1.15K decks6.75K decks
16%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
17%inclusion1.13K decks6.75K decks
11%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
16%inclusion1.09K decks6.75K decks
16%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
16%inclusion1.07K decks6.75K decks
15%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
14%inclusion955 decks6.75K decks
6%synergy
Instants
Tragic Slip
54%inclusion3.65K decks6.75K decks
34%synergy
Dark Ritual
53%inclusion3.58K decks6.75K decks
-14%synergy
Deadly Dispute
45%inclusion3.04K decks6.75K decks
21%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
40%inclusion2.68K decks6.75K decks
28%synergy
Defile
33%inclusion2.24K decks6.75K decks
-4%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
29%inclusion1.94K decks6.75K decks
24%synergy
Withering Torment
25%inclusion1.34K decks5.29K decks
-6%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
22%inclusion1.47K decks6.75K decks
-1%synergy
Culling the Weak
19%inclusion1.29K decks6.75K decks
4%synergy
Armor of Shadows
18%inclusion1.24K decks6.75K decks
16%synergy
Infernal Grasp
17%inclusion1.12K decks6.75K decks
-9%synergy
Imp's Mischief
16%inclusion1.10K decks6.75K decks
-8%synergy
Body Count
16%inclusion1.06K decks6.75K decks
14%synergy
Altar's Reap
14%inclusion925 decks6.75K decks
11%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion819 decks6.01K decks
-5%synergy
Professor's Warning
14%inclusion919 decks6.75K decks
12%synergy
Not Dead After All
14%inclusion915 decks6.75K decks
2%synergy
Undying Malice
13%inclusion903 decks6.75K decks
4%synergy
Flare of Malice
12%inclusion741 decks6.01K decks
-1%synergy
Costly Plunder
12%inclusion828 decks6.75K decks
10%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
11%inclusion768 decks6.75K decks
4%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion697 decks6.75K decks
-13%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
10%inclusion617 decks5.99K decks
8%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion646 decks6.75K decks
-14%synergy
Feign Death
9.3%inclusion630 decks6.75K decks
1%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
9.0%inclusion611 decks6.75K decks
6%synergy
Wake the Dead
8.8%inclusion597 decks6.75K decks
7%synergy
Consuming Corruption
8.8%inclusion524 decks5.98K decks
-7%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
7.8%inclusion526 decks6.75K decks
6%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
7.6%inclusion511 decks6.75K decks
1%synergy
Nasty End
6.5%inclusion441 decks6.75K decks
3%synergy
Offer Immortality
6.4%inclusion430 decks6.75K decks
4%synergy
Without Weakness
6.3%inclusion425 decks6.75K decks
6%synergy
Murder
6.0%inclusion407 decks6.75K decks
-4%synergy
Thrilling Encore
5.8%inclusion394 decks6.75K decks
4%synergy
Doom Blade
5.7%inclusion387 decks6.75K decks
-2%synergy
Songs of the Damned
5.0%inclusion340 decks6.75K decks
0%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
53%inclusion3.60K decks6.75K decks
2%synergy
Victimize
39%inclusion2.61K decks6.75K decks
13%synergy
Eaten Alive
34%inclusion2.27K decks6.75K decks
30%synergy
Bone Shards
25%inclusion1.71K decks6.75K decks
22%synergy
Sign in Blood
23%inclusion1.54K decks6.75K decks
-13%synergy
Diabolic Intent
21%inclusion1.44K decks6.75K decks
7%synergy
Toxic Deluge
19%inclusion1.31K decks6.75K decks
-18%synergy
Dread Return
19%inclusion1.30K decks6.75K decks
7%synergy
Reanimate
15%inclusion1K decks6.75K decks
-24%synergy
Spark Harvest
14%inclusion956 decks6.75K decks
13%synergy
Final Vengeance
14%inclusion744 decks5.30K decks
12%synergy
Mutilate
14%inclusion942 decks6.75K decks
-5%synergy
Exsanguinate
12%inclusion828 decks6.75K decks
-12%synergy
Living Death
12%inclusion810 decks6.75K decks
2%synergy
Night's Whisper
12%inclusion793 decks6.75K decks
-13%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
11%inclusion550 decks4.89K decks
-6%synergy
Bone Splinters
11%inclusion720 decks6.75K decks
9%synergy
Unearth
10%inclusion671 decks6.75K decks
1%synergy
Read the Bones
10%inclusion667 decks6.75K decks
-8%synergy
Damnation
10%inclusion656 decks6.75K decks
-11%synergy
Worthy Cost
10%inclusion348 decks3.64K decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
9.4%inclusion635 decks6.75K decks
-5%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
8.3%inclusion520 decks6.30K decks
7%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
7.8%inclusion524 decks6.75K decks
7%synergy
Bubbling Muck
7.5%inclusion509 decks6.75K decks
-8%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
7.4%inclusion501 decks6.75K decks
7%synergy
Echoing Return
6.9%inclusion465 decks6.75K decks
4%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
6.8%inclusion461 decks6.75K decks
-9%synergy
Season of Loss
6.4%inclusion367 decks5.71K decks
4%synergy
Annihilating Glare
6.4%inclusion429 decks6.75K decks
5%synergy
Killing Wave
5.8%inclusion389 decks6.75K decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
46%inclusion3.13K decks6.75K decks
13%synergy
Skullclamp
42%inclusion2.85K decks6.75K decks
21%synergy
Jet Medallion
39%inclusion2.65K decks6.75K decks
-21%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
39%inclusion2.63K decks6.75K decks
36%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
27%inclusion1.83K decks6.75K decks
14%synergy
Bontu's Monument
21%inclusion1.41K decks6.75K decks
-7%synergy
Mithril Coat
18%inclusion1.18K decks6.75K decks
12%synergy
Spawning Pit
15%inclusion1.04K decks6.75K decks
14%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
12%inclusion806 decks6.75K decks
-4%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
10%inclusion687 decks6.75K decks
6%synergy
Genesis Chamber
9.2%inclusion623 decks6.75K decks
6%synergy
Meekstone
8.9%inclusion602 decks6.75K decks
9%synergy
Altar of Dementia
8.8%inclusion592 decks6.75K decks
3%synergy
Lightning Coils
8.4%inclusion567 decks6.75K decks
8%synergy
Darksteel Plate
8.1%inclusion547 decks6.75K decks
6%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
7.8%inclusion527 decks6.75K decks
7%synergy
Thrumming Stone
7.5%inclusion508 decks6.75K decks
4%synergy
Champion's Helm
6.1%inclusion413 decks6.75K decks
4%synergy
Mirror Shield
5.9%inclusion396 decks6.75K decks
5%synergy
Expedition Map
5.8%inclusion391 decks6.75K decks
-7%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
5.7%inclusion385 decks6.75K decks
5%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
5.6%inclusion379 decks6.75K decks
0%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
5.4%inclusion170 decks3.13K decks
-14%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
5.3%inclusion355 decks6.75K decks
2%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
45%inclusion3.01K decks6.75K decks
43%synergy
Black Market
38%inclusion2.54K decks6.75K decks
17%synergy
Grave Pact
35%inclusion2.36K decks6.75K decks
16%synergy
Vampiric Rites
32%inclusion2.17K decks6.75K decks
26%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
29%inclusion1.95K decks6.75K decks
25%synergy
Open the Graves
25%inclusion1.70K decks6.75K decks
22%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
24%inclusion1.62K decks6.75K decks
13%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
20%inclusion1.38K decks6.75K decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion1.14K decks6.75K decks
-23%synergy
Attrition
16%inclusion1.06K decks6.75K decks
13%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
14%inclusion949 decks6.75K decks
-3%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
14%inclusion941 decks6.75K decks
13%synergy
Soul Enervation
13%inclusion905 decks6.75K decks
12%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
13%inclusion687 decks5.33K decks
8%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
12%inclusion464 decks3.75K decks
10%synergy
Gift of Doom
11%inclusion753 decks6.75K decks
10%synergy
Dark Prophecy
11%inclusion734 decks6.75K decks
7%synergy
Blight Mound
11%inclusion733 decks6.75K decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
11%inclusion718 decks6.75K decks
1%synergy
Into the Pit
10%inclusion531 decks5.25K decks
9%synergy
Teval's Judgment
10%inclusion365 decks3.73K decks
8%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
8.2%inclusion557 decks6.75K decks
7%synergy
Contamination
7.0%inclusion476 decks6.75K decks
4%synergy
Fallen Ideal
6.9%inclusion467 decks6.75K decks
6%synergy
Soul Channeling
6.9%inclusion463 decks6.75K decks
6%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
6.5%inclusion397 decks6.11K decks
3%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
6.3%inclusion172 decks2.74K decks
3%synergy
Liliana's Contract
5.4%inclusion366 decks6.75K decks
3%synergy
Black Market Connections
5.1%inclusion343 decks6.75K decks
-18%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
11%inclusion727 decks6.75K decks
-3%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
50%inclusion3.35K decks6.75K decks
3%synergy
Cabal Coffers
42%inclusion2.81K decks6.75K decks
-13%synergy
Reliquary Tower
37%inclusion2.47K decks6.75K decks
5%synergy
Witch's Cottage
36%inclusion2.45K decks6.75K decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
32%inclusion2.17K decks6.75K decks
8%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
28%inclusion1.92K decks6.75K decks
-7%synergy
High Market
26%inclusion1.76K decks6.75K decks
19%synergy
Westvale Abbey
24%inclusion1.62K decks6.75K decks
17%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion1.57K decks6.75K decks
-14%synergy
Mortuary Mire
22%inclusion1.51K decks6.75K decks
9%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
20%inclusion1.35K decks6.75K decks
-10%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
15%inclusion1.03K decks6.75K decks
4%synergy
Barren Moor
14%inclusion926 decks6.75K decks
3%synergy
War Room
13%inclusion892 decks6.75K decks
-3%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
12%inclusion728 decks6.01K decks
2%synergy
Castle Locthwain
11%inclusion765 decks6.75K decks
-6%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
10%inclusion419 decks4.34K decks
7%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
9.0%inclusion611 decks6.75K decks
-7%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
8.4%inclusion248 decks2.97K decks
-4%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.9%inclusion536 decks6.75K decks
0%synergy
Command Beacon
7.3%inclusion494 decks6.75K decks
-1%synergy
Polluted Mire
6.3%inclusion427 decks6.75K decks
2%synergy
Memorial to Folly
6.1%inclusion410 decks6.75K decks
3%synergy
Buried Ruin
5.3%inclusion358 decks6.75K decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
79%inclusion5.34K decks6.75K decks
-7%synergy
Arcane Signet
56%inclusion3.75K decks6.75K decks
-7%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
27%inclusion1.82K decks6.75K decks
4%synergy
Thought Vessel
25%inclusion1.72K decks6.75K decks
-1%synergy
Mind Stone
24%inclusion1.61K decks6.75K decks
-7%synergy
Crowded Crypt
10%inclusion709 decks6.75K decks
5%synergy
Fellwar Stone
8.8%inclusion593 decks6.75K decks
-6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.4%inclusion569 decks6.75K decks
-1%synergy
Séance Board
6.2%inclusion326 decks5.26K decks
4%synergy
The Soul Stone
6.1%inclusion143 decks2.33K decks
-7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion6.54K decks6.75K decks
2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
28%inclusion1.88K decks6.75K decks
1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
22%inclusion1.47K decks6.75K decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
14%inclusion819 decks6.01K decks
-5%synergy
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