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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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Dream Beavers
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
30%synergy
Grave Venerations
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Bile-Vial Boggart
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
South Wind Avatar
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Dusk Legion Zealot
86%inclusion112 decks130 decks
83%synergy
Bone Shredder
76%inclusion99 decks130 decks
74%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
76%inclusion99 decks130 decks
74%synergy
Viscera Seer
88%inclusion114 decks130 decks
71%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
75%inclusion98 decks130 decks
70%synergy
Cadaver Imp
69%inclusion90 decks130 decks
67%synergy
Skyscanner
68%inclusion89 decks130 decks
67%synergy
Skullport Merchant
68%inclusion89 decks130 decks
67%synergy
Shambling Ghast
72%inclusion93 decks130 decks
66%synergy
Big Game Hunter
68%inclusion88 decks130 decks
65%synergy
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Zulaport Cutthroat
84%inclusion109 decks130 decks
61%synergy
Blood Artist
75%inclusion97 decks130 decks
43%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
72%inclusion94 decks130 decks
49%synergy
Village Rites
67%inclusion87 decks130 decks
42%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
66%inclusion86 decks130 decks
49%synergy
Blood Pet
66%inclusion86 decks130 decks
58%synergy
Clattering Augur
65%inclusion84 decks130 decks
63%synergy
Tragic Slip
65%inclusion84 decks130 decks
44%synergy
Grim Haruspex
63%inclusion82 decks130 decks
54%synergy
Novice Occultist
63%inclusion82 decks130 decks
61%synergy
Creatures
Carrion Feeder
60%inclusion78 decks130 decks
48%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
56%inclusion73 decks130 decks
31%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
56%inclusion73 decks130 decks
37%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
54%inclusion66 decks122 decks
43%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
54%inclusion70 decks130 decks
52%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion68 decks130 decks
32%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
52%inclusion68 decks130 decks
51%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
52%inclusion67 decks130 decks
43%synergy
Burglar Rat
47%inclusion61 decks130 decks
36%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
47%inclusion61 decks130 decks
-4%synergy
Tattered Mummy
46%inclusion60 decks130 decks
45%synergy
Fume Spitter
45%inclusion59 decks130 decks
44%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
45%inclusion58 decks130 decks
44%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
45%inclusion58 decks130 decks
43%synergy
Leaden Myr
40%inclusion52 decks130 decks
34%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
39%inclusion51 decks130 decks
38%synergy
Virus Beetle
38%inclusion50 decks130 decks
32%synergy
Dockside Chef
35%inclusion45 decks130 decks
33%synergy
Mindless Automaton
34%inclusion44 decks130 decks
33%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
32%inclusion42 decks130 decks
26%synergy
Nezumi Informant
32%inclusion41 decks130 decks
25%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
31%inclusion40 decks130 decks
30%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
28%inclusion37 decks130 decks
28%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
28%inclusion36 decks130 decks
27%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
26%inclusion31 decks117 decks
21%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
26%inclusion34 decks130 decks
24%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
26%inclusion34 decks130 decks
17%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
25%inclusion32 decks130 decks
24%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
25%inclusion32 decks130 decks
23%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
25%inclusion32 decks130 decks
24%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
25%inclusion32 decks130 decks
24%synergy
Perilous Myr
25%inclusion32 decks130 decks
24%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
24%inclusion31 decks130 decks
21%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
23%inclusion30 decks130 decks
22%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
22%inclusion29 decks130 decks
21%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
22%inclusion29 decks130 decks
22%synergy
Midnight Reaper
22%inclusion29 decks130 decks
14%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
22%inclusion13 decks60 decks
13%synergy
Crypt Ghast
21%inclusion27 decks130 decks
-27%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
21%inclusion27 decks130 decks
17%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
19%inclusion25 decks130 decks
14%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
18%inclusion24 decks130 decks
17%synergy
Warren Soultrader
18%inclusion22 decks122 decks
5%synergy
Woe Strider
17%inclusion22 decks130 decks
13%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
17%inclusion22 decks130 decks
7%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
17%inclusion22 decks130 decks
10%synergy
Hecteyes
17%inclusion12 decks72 decks
13%synergy
Basal Thrull
16%inclusion21 decks130 decks
15%synergy
Smothering Abomination
16%inclusion21 decks130 decks
14%synergy
Infestation Sage
15%inclusion16 decks104 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Deadly Dispute
57%inclusion74 decks130 decks
32%synergy
Dark Ritual
49%inclusion64 decks130 decks
-17%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
44%inclusion57 decks130 decks
32%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
37%inclusion48 decks130 decks
33%synergy
Defile
32%inclusion41 decks130 decks
-5%synergy
Armor of Shadows
26%inclusion34 decks130 decks
24%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
26%inclusion34 decks130 decks
3%synergy
Withering Torment
25%inclusion29 decks114 decks
-6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
21%inclusion27 decks130 decks
-4%synergy
Not Dead After All
18%inclusion24 decks130 decks
7%synergy
Feign Death
18%inclusion24 decks130 decks
10%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion22 decks122 decks
-1%synergy
Culling the Weak
16%inclusion21 decks130 decks
1%synergy
Altar's Reap
16%inclusion21 decks130 decks
14%synergy
Undying Malice
16%inclusion21 decks130 decks
6%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
16%inclusion19 decks122 decks
13%synergy
Imp's Mischief
15%inclusion20 decks130 decks
-9%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
15%inclusion20 decks130 decks
8%synergy
Body Count
15%inclusion20 decks130 decks
14%synergy
Professor's Warning
15%inclusion19 decks130 decks
13%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
12%inclusion16 decks130 decks
11%synergy
Go for the Throat
12%inclusion15 decks130 decks
-12%synergy
Flare of Malice
11%inclusion14 decks122 decks
-2%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
11%inclusion14 decks130 decks
8%synergy
Wake the Dead
10%inclusion13 decks130 decks
9%synergy
Costly Plunder
10%inclusion13 decks130 decks
8%synergy
Offer Immortality
9.2%inclusion12 decks130 decks
7%synergy
Hagra Mauling
7.7%inclusion10 decks130 decks
3%synergy
Deadly Rollick
7.7%inclusion10 decks130 decks
-16%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
6.9%inclusion9 decks130 decks
5%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
6.9%inclusion9 decks130 decks
0%synergy
Consuming Corruption
6.6%inclusion8 decks122 decks
-9%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.2%inclusion8 decks130 decks
-4%synergy
Nasty End
6.2%inclusion8 decks130 decks
3%synergy
Murder
5.4%inclusion7 decks130 decks
-5%synergy
Death Denied
5.4%inclusion7 decks130 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
60%inclusion78 decks130 decks
9%synergy
Victimize
42%inclusion54 decks130 decks
15%synergy
Eaten Alive
38%inclusion49 decks130 decks
34%synergy
Bone Shards
25%inclusion33 decks130 decks
22%synergy
Dread Return
23%inclusion30 decks130 decks
11%synergy
Sign in Blood
22%inclusion29 decks130 decks
-14%synergy
Mutilate
18%inclusion24 decks130 decks
1%synergy
Night's Whisper
18%inclusion24 decks130 decks
-6%synergy
Diabolic Intent
18%inclusion23 decks130 decks
3%synergy
Toxic Deluge
15%inclusion20 decks130 decks
-22%synergy
Living Death
15%inclusion19 decks130 decks
4%synergy
Spark Harvest
12%inclusion16 decks130 decks
12%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
12%inclusion12 decks104 decks
-5%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
11%inclusion14 decks128 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion14 decks130 decks
-4%synergy
Read the Bones
10%inclusion13 decks130 decks
-7%synergy
Exsanguinate
10%inclusion13 decks130 decks
-14%synergy
Final Vengeance
10%inclusion11 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Unearth
9.2%inclusion12 decks130 decks
1%synergy
Worthy Cost
9.2%inclusion8 decks87 decks
8%synergy
Damnation
8.5%inclusion11 decks130 decks
-12%synergy
Bone Splinters
7.7%inclusion10 decks130 decks
6%synergy
Reanimate
7.7%inclusion10 decks130 decks
-32%synergy
Annihilating Glare
7.7%inclusion10 decks130 decks
7%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
6.9%inclusion9 decks130 decks
6%synergy
Bubbling Muck
6.9%inclusion9 decks130 decks
-9%synergy
Killing Wave
6.2%inclusion8 decks130 decks
4%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
5.4%inclusion7 decks130 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
55%inclusion72 decks130 decks
24%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
52%inclusion68 decks130 decks
33%synergy
Lightning Greaves
43%inclusion56 decks130 decks
10%synergy
Jet Medallion
34%inclusion44 decks130 decks
-27%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
32%inclusion42 decks130 decks
30%synergy
Skullclamp
31%inclusion40 decks130 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
23%inclusion30 decks130 decks
10%synergy
Bontu's Monument
22%inclusion28 decks130 decks
-7%synergy
Spawning Pit
18%inclusion23 decks130 decks
16%synergy
Mithril Coat
14%inclusion18 decks130 decks
8%synergy
Genesis Chamber
12%inclusion16 decks130 decks
10%synergy
Lightning Coils
12%inclusion16 decks130 decks
12%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
10%inclusion13 decks130 decks
6%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
9.2%inclusion12 decks130 decks
-6%synergy
Meekstone
6.9%inclusion9 decks130 decks
7%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
6.2%inclusion8 decks130 decks
3%synergy
Bubbling Cauldron
6.2%inclusion8 decks130 decks
6%synergy
Mirror Shield
5.4%inclusion7 decks130 decks
5%synergy
Expedition Map
5.4%inclusion7 decks130 decks
-7%synergy
Darksteel Plate
5.4%inclusion7 decks130 decks
4%synergy
Champion's Helm
5.4%inclusion7 decks130 decks
3%synergy
Altar of Dementia
5.4%inclusion7 decks130 decks
0%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
52%inclusion68 decks130 decks
51%synergy
Vampiric Rites
40%inclusion52 decks130 decks
34%synergy
Black Market
33%inclusion43 decks130 decks
12%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
31%inclusion40 decks130 decks
27%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
22%inclusion29 decks130 decks
12%synergy
Open the Graves
22%inclusion28 decks130 decks
18%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
21%inclusion27 decks130 decks
20%synergy
Gift of Doom
20%inclusion26 decks130 decks
19%synergy
Grave Pact
20%inclusion26 decks130 decks
1%synergy
Attrition
19%inclusion25 decks130 decks
16%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Soul Enervation
15%inclusion19 decks130 decks
14%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
15%inclusion19 decks130 decks
4%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
12%inclusion16 decks130 decks
-28%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
12%inclusion15 decks130 decks
2%synergy
Blight Mound
11%inclusion14 decks130 decks
8%synergy
Dark Prophecy
11%inclusion14 decks130 decks
7%synergy
Teval's Judgment
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
10%inclusion13 decks130 decks
9%synergy
Fallen Ideal
9.2%inclusion12 decks130 decks
9%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
8.9%inclusion11 decks124 decks
5%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
7.7%inclusion10 decks130 decks
-10%synergy
Heartless Summoning
7.7%inclusion10 decks130 decks
3%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Into the Pit
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Ninja Teen
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
6.2%inclusion8 decks130 decks
-7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
68%inclusion88 decks130 decks
21%synergy
Witch's Cottage
55%inclusion71 decks130 decks
30%synergy
Mortuary Mire
38%inclusion49 decks130 decks
25%synergy
Reliquary Tower
35%inclusion46 decks130 decks
5%synergy
High Market
32%inclusion42 decks130 decks
25%synergy
Cabal Coffers
25%inclusion33 decks130 decks
-30%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
25%inclusion32 decks130 decks
0%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
24%inclusion31 decks130 decks
-11%synergy
Barren Moor
21%inclusion27 decks130 decks
11%synergy
Westvale Abbey
18%inclusion24 decks130 decks
12%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
17%inclusion22 decks130 decks
-21%synergy
War Room
16%inclusion21 decks130 decks
0%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
15%inclusion11 decks74 decks
3%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
15%inclusion18 decks122 decks
5%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
15%inclusion19 decks130 decks
4%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
13%inclusion12 decks95 decks
10%synergy
Polluted Mire
12%inclusion16 decks130 decks
8%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
12%inclusion15 decks130 decks
-18%synergy
Castle Locthwain
10%inclusion13 decks130 decks
-7%synergy
Memorial to Folly
9.2%inclusion12 decks130 decks
6%synergy
Buried Ruin
9.2%inclusion12 decks130 decks
4%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
9.2%inclusion12 decks130 decks
-7%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.7%inclusion10 decks130 decks
0%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
6.9%inclusion9 decks130 decks
4%synergy
Command Beacon
6.9%inclusion9 decks130 decks
-1%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.4%inclusion7 decks130 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
78%inclusion101 decks130 decks
-8%synergy
Arcane Signet
62%inclusion80 decks130 decks
-1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
28%inclusion36 decks130 decks
5%synergy
Mind Stone
28%inclusion36 decks130 decks
-2%synergy
Thought Vessel
27%inclusion35 decks130 decks
1%synergy
Crowded Crypt
15%inclusion19 decks130 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
10%inclusion13 decks130 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
9.2%inclusion12 decks130 decks
0%synergy
Prismatic Lens
6.9%inclusion9 decks130 decks
5%synergy
Séance Board
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion126 decks130 decks
2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
40%inclusion52 decks130 decks
14%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
26%inclusion34 decks130 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion22 decks122 decks
-1%synergy
Demolition Field
9.2%inclusion12 decks130 decks
4%synergy
Hagra Mauling
7.7%inclusion10 decks130 decks
3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.6%inclusion8 decks122 decks
-2%synergy
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