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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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Grave Venerations
10%inclusion2 decks20 decks
9%synergy
Bile-Vial Boggart
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Realm of Koh
1.7%inclusion2 decks121 decks
-2%synergy
Desperate Plea
1.6%inclusion2 decks123 decks
1%synergy
Phoenix Fleet Airship
1.6%inclusion2 decks123 decks
0%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Dusk Legion Zealot
77%inclusion869 decks1.13K decks
74%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
76%inclusion851 decks1.13K decks
73%synergy
Bone Shredder
71%inclusion802 decks1.13K decks
69%synergy
Viscera Seer
86%inclusion965 decks1.13K decks
69%synergy
Skullport Merchant
66%inclusion748 decks1.13K decks
65%synergy
Cadaver Imp
66%inclusion748 decks1.13K decks
65%synergy
Skyscanner
64%inclusion715 decks1.13K decks
62%synergy
Novice Occultist
64%inclusion717 decks1.13K decks
62%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
67%inclusion756 decks1.13K decks
61%synergy
Shambling Ghast
65%inclusion734 decks1.13K decks
60%synergy
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Zulaport Cutthroat
82%inclusion922 decks1.13K decks
59%synergy
Blood Artist
70%inclusion788 decks1.13K decks
38%synergy
Blood Pet
65%inclusion728 decks1.13K decks
57%synergy
Village Rites
64%inclusion725 decks1.13K decks
40%synergy
Big Game Hunter
61%inclusion684 decks1.13K decks
58%synergy
Carrion Feeder
60%inclusion678 decks1.13K decks
49%synergy
Tragic Slip
60%inclusion676 decks1.13K decks
40%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
59%inclusion669 decks1.13K decks
58%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
59%inclusion659 decks1.13K decks
42%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
58%inclusion653 decks1.13K decks
36%synergy
Creatures
Clattering Augur
55%inclusion624 decks1.13K decks
53%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
55%inclusion615 decks1.13K decks
34%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
54%inclusion608 decks1.13K decks
28%synergy
Grim Haruspex
52%inclusion590 decks1.13K decks
43%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
50%inclusion562 decks1.13K decks
32%synergy
Tattered Mummy
49%inclusion554 decks1.13K decks
48%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
49%inclusion548 decks1.13K decks
47%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
48%inclusion541 decks1.13K decks
40%synergy
Fume Spitter
48%inclusion537 decks1.13K decks
46%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
47%inclusion525 decks1.13K decks
45%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
45%inclusion439 decks965 decks
35%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
44%inclusion497 decks1.13K decks
43%synergy
Burglar Rat
44%inclusion496 decks1.13K decks
33%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
43%inclusion480 decks1.13K decks
-9%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
42%inclusion476 decks1.13K decks
41%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
40%inclusion450 decks1.13K decks
38%synergy
Leaden Myr
40%inclusion448 decks1.13K decks
33%synergy
Virus Beetle
37%inclusion418 decks1.13K decks
30%synergy
Mindless Automaton
36%inclusion405 decks1.13K decks
35%synergy
Dockside Chef
32%inclusion360 decks1.13K decks
30%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
31%inclusion348 decks1.13K decks
24%synergy
Nezumi Informant
30%inclusion339 decks1.13K decks
23%synergy
Perilous Myr
29%inclusion329 decks1.13K decks
29%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
29%inclusion327 decks1.13K decks
28%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
29%inclusion324 decks1.13K decks
25%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
28%inclusion314 decks1.13K decks
27%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
28%inclusion310 decks1.13K decks
27%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
26%inclusion287 decks1.13K decks
16%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
25%inclusion286 decks1.13K decks
25%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
25%inclusion281 decks1.13K decks
24%synergy
Smothering Abomination
23%inclusion263 decks1.13K decks
21%synergy
Infestation Sage
23%inclusion159 decks688 decks
19%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
23%inclusion259 decks1.13K decks
22%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
23%inclusion256 decks1.13K decks
21%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
23%inclusion251 decks1.11K decks
21%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
22%inclusion253 decks1.13K decks
16%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
22%inclusion251 decks1.13K decks
22%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
22%inclusion249 decks1.13K decks
21%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
22%inclusion249 decks1.13K decks
21%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
22%inclusion247 decks1.13K decks
16%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
22%inclusion244 decks1.13K decks
19%synergy
Deathgreeter
21%inclusion240 decks1.13K decks
17%synergy
Midnight Reaper
21%inclusion239 decks1.13K decks
13%synergy
Basal Thrull
21%inclusion234 decks1.13K decks
20%synergy
Warren Soultrader
20%inclusion196 decks965 decks
7%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
17%inclusion143 decks830 decks
11%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
17%inclusion190 decks1.13K decks
16%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
16%inclusion43 decks267 decks
8%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
15%inclusion170 decks1.13K decks
13%synergy
Skittering Surveyor
15%inclusion170 decks1.13K decks
15%synergy
Instants
Dark Ritual
49%inclusion554 decks1.13K decks
-17%synergy
Deadly Dispute
45%inclusion503 decks1.13K decks
20%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
44%inclusion492 decks1.13K decks
32%synergy
Defile
34%inclusion384 decks1.13K decks
-3%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
34%inclusion382 decks1.13K decks
30%synergy
Armor of Shadows
25%inclusion279 decks1.13K decks
23%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
20%inclusion227 decks1.13K decks
-2%synergy
Withering Torment
20%inclusion159 decks790 decks
-11%synergy
Body Count
18%inclusion198 decks1.13K decks
16%synergy
Undying Malice
17%inclusion193 decks1.13K decks
8%synergy
Professor's Warning
17%inclusion192 decks1.13K decks
16%synergy
Altar's Reap
17%inclusion191 decks1.13K decks
14%synergy
Costly Plunder
16%inclusion179 decks1.13K decks
13%synergy
Infernal Grasp
15%inclusion172 decks1.13K decks
-10%synergy
Not Dead After All
15%inclusion164 decks1.13K decks
3%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
14%inclusion134 decks958 decks
12%synergy
Culling the Weak
13%inclusion151 decks1.13K decks
-2%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
13%inclusion146 decks1.13K decks
6%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
13%inclusion143 decks1.13K decks
9%synergy
Fell the Profane
12%inclusion118 decks965 decks
-7%synergy
Feign Death
12%inclusion134 decks1.13K decks
4%synergy
Wake the Dead
12%inclusion131 decks1.13K decks
10%synergy
Go for the Throat
11%inclusion127 decks1.13K decks
-12%synergy
Consuming Corruption
11%inclusion101 decks957 decks
-6%synergy
Flare of Malice
10%inclusion98 decks965 decks
-3%synergy
Imp's Mischief
10%inclusion111 decks1.13K decks
-14%synergy
Nasty End
8.8%inclusion99 decks1.13K decks
6%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
7.9%inclusion89 decks1.13K decks
6%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
7.6%inclusion85 decks1.13K decks
1%synergy
Without Weakness
7.3%inclusion82 decks1.13K decks
7%synergy
Offer Immortality
7.3%inclusion82 decks1.13K decks
5%synergy
Murder
6.5%inclusion73 decks1.13K decks
-4%synergy
Doom Blade
6.4%inclusion72 decks1.13K decks
-1%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
6.0%inclusion68 decks1.13K decks
5%synergy
Thrilling Encore
5.7%inclusion64 decks1.13K decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
58%inclusion651 decks1.13K decks
7%synergy
Eaten Alive
42%inclusion467 decks1.13K decks
38%synergy
Victimize
41%inclusion466 decks1.13K decks
16%synergy
Bone Shards
32%inclusion365 decks1.13K decks
29%synergy
Sign in Blood
25%inclusion277 decks1.13K decks
-12%synergy
Dread Return
22%inclusion251 decks1.13K decks
10%synergy
Spark Harvest
20%inclusion226 decks1.13K decks
19%synergy
Final Vengeance
16%inclusion127 decks792 decks
14%synergy
Mutilate
14%inclusion163 decks1.13K decks
-4%synergy
Bone Splinters
14%inclusion161 decks1.13K decks
12%synergy
Toxic Deluge
14%inclusion161 decks1.13K decks
-23%synergy
Night's Whisper
14%inclusion154 decks1.13K decks
-11%synergy
Unearth
13%inclusion142 decks1.13K decks
4%synergy
Diabolic Intent
12%inclusion139 decks1.13K decks
-2%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
11%inclusion114 decks1.02K decks
10%synergy
Living Death
11%inclusion125 decks1.13K decks
1%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
11%inclusion121 decks1.13K decks
10%synergy
Worthy Cost
11%inclusion44 decks412 decks
9%synergy
Annihilating Glare
11%inclusion119 decks1.13K decks
9%synergy
Read the Bones
10%inclusion117 decks1.13K decks
-7%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
10%inclusion115 decks1.13K decks
-5%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
10%inclusion110 decks1.13K decks
9%synergy
Exsanguinate
8.9%inclusion100 decks1.13K decks
-16%synergy
Reanimate
8.2%inclusion92 decks1.13K decks
-31%synergy
Season of Loss
7.5%inclusion66 decks883 decks
5%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
7.3%inclusion51 decks694 decks
-10%synergy
Bubbling Muck
6.0%inclusion68 decks1.13K decks
-10%synergy
Damnation
5.5%inclusion62 decks1.13K decks
-15%synergy
Killing Wave
5.2%inclusion58 decks1.13K decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
57%inclusion636 decks1.13K decks
25%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
51%inclusion576 decks1.13K decks
32%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
42%inclusion470 decks1.13K decks
39%synergy
Lightning Greaves
41%inclusion457 decks1.13K decks
7%synergy
Skullclamp
35%inclusion390 decks1.13K decks
14%synergy
Jet Medallion
29%inclusion322 decks1.13K decks
-32%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
18%inclusion207 decks1.13K decks
6%synergy
Spawning Pit
17%inclusion196 decks1.13K decks
16%synergy
Bontu's Monument
16%inclusion185 decks1.13K decks
-11%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion171 decks1.13K decks
-1%synergy
Mithril Coat
15%inclusion165 decks1.13K decks
9%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
13%inclusion146 decks1.13K decks
9%synergy
Lightning Coils
11%inclusion128 decks1.13K decks
11%synergy
Genesis Chamber
10%inclusion111 decks1.13K decks
7%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
10%inclusion107 decks1.13K decks
9%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
7.5%inclusion84 decks1.13K decks
7%synergy
Meekstone
7.2%inclusion81 decks1.13K decks
7%synergy
Mirror Shield
7.1%inclusion80 decks1.13K decks
7%synergy
Darksteel Plate
6.9%inclusion78 decks1.13K decks
5%synergy
Altar of Dementia
6.8%inclusion76 decks1.13K decks
1%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
6.0%inclusion68 decks1.13K decks
0%synergy
Champion's Helm
6.0%inclusion67 decks1.13K decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
52%inclusion583 decks1.13K decks
50%synergy
Vampiric Rites
37%inclusion418 decks1.13K decks
31%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
33%inclusion375 decks1.13K decks
30%synergy
Black Market
30%inclusion342 decks1.13K decks
9%synergy
Open the Graves
27%inclusion308 decks1.13K decks
24%synergy
Grave Pact
23%inclusion257 decks1.13K decks
4%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
22%inclusion245 decks1.13K decks
12%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
19%inclusion213 decks1.13K decks
18%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
17%inclusion196 decks1.13K decks
7%synergy
Soul Enervation
17%inclusion190 decks1.11K decks
16%synergy
Gift of Doom
15%inclusion165 decks1.13K decks
14%synergy
Attrition
14%inclusion162 decks1.13K decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
12%inclusion135 decks1.13K decks
-28%synergy
Into the Pit
12%inclusion92 decks783 decks
10%synergy
Blight Mound
11%inclusion129 decks1.13K decks
9%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
11%inclusion48 decks427 decks
9%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
10%inclusion112 decks1.13K decks
9%synergy
Fallen Ideal
10%inclusion110 decks1.13K decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
8.7%inclusion98 decks1.13K decks
-1%synergy
Soul Channeling
8.6%inclusion97 decks1.13K decks
8%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
8.4%inclusion67 decks801 decks
4%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
7.8%inclusion88 decks1.13K decks
-10%synergy
Dark Prophecy
7.4%inclusion83 decks1.13K decks
3%synergy
Teval's Judgment
6.4%inclusion27 decks424 decks
4%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
5.7%inclusion56 decks979 decks
2%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
5.5%inclusion16 decks289 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
7.2%inclusion81 decks1.13K decks
-6%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
49%inclusion555 decks1.13K decks
2%synergy
Witch's Cottage
41%inclusion460 decks1.13K decks
16%synergy
Reliquary Tower
29%inclusion326 decks1.13K decks
-2%synergy
Cabal Coffers
28%inclusion314 decks1.13K decks
-27%synergy
Mortuary Mire
25%inclusion277 decks1.13K decks
11%synergy
High Market
23%inclusion258 decks1.13K decks
16%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
22%inclusion252 decks1.13K decks
-13%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
21%inclusion238 decks1.13K decks
-3%synergy
Barren Moor
19%inclusion218 decks1.13K decks
9%synergy
Westvale Abbey
18%inclusion202 decks1.13K decks
11%synergy
War Room
14%inclusion152 decks1.13K decks
-3%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
13%inclusion142 decks1.13K decks
-25%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
12%inclusion116 decks965 decks
2%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
10%inclusion118 decks1.13K decks
0%synergy
Polluted Mire
10%inclusion110 decks1.13K decks
6%synergy
Castle Locthwain
10%inclusion109 decks1.13K decks
-8%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
10%inclusion107 decks1.13K decks
-20%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
8.8%inclusion28 decks320 decks
-4%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
7.8%inclusion42 decks539 decks
6%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.3%inclusion82 decks1.13K decks
-1%synergy
Memorial to Folly
7.2%inclusion81 decks1.13K decks
4%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
7.1%inclusion80 decks1.13K decks
-9%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
6.0%inclusion67 decks1.13K decks
3%synergy
Buried Ruin
5.6%inclusion63 decks1.13K decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
73%inclusion824 decks1.13K decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Signet
56%inclusion629 decks1.13K decks
-7%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
33%inclusion375 decks1.13K decks
10%synergy
Mind Stone
31%inclusion346 decks1.13K decks
0%synergy
Thought Vessel
24%inclusion272 decks1.13K decks
-3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
11%inclusion123 decks1.13K decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
11%inclusion121 decks1.13K decks
1%synergy
Crowded Crypt
10%inclusion113 decks1.13K decks
5%synergy
Séance Board
6.1%inclusion48 decks783 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
98%inclusion1.10K decks1.13K decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
32%inclusion361 decks1.13K decks
6%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
20%inclusion227 decks1.13K decks
-2%synergy
Fell the Profane
12%inclusion118 decks965 decks
-7%synergy
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