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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
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
28%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Dusk Legion Zealot
86%inclusion103 decks120 decks
83%synergy
Bone Shredder
77%inclusion92 decks120 decks
75%synergy
Viscera Seer
91%inclusion109 decks120 decks
74%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
76%inclusion91 decks120 decks
73%synergy
Skullport Merchant
71%inclusion85 decks120 decks
69%synergy
Skyscanner
70%inclusion84 decks120 decks
69%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
74%inclusion89 decks120 decks
68%synergy
Cadaver Imp
69%inclusion83 decks120 decks
67%synergy
Big Game Hunter
69%inclusion83 decks120 decks
67%synergy
Shambling Ghast
71%inclusion85 decks120 decks
65%synergy
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Zulaport Cutthroat
84%inclusion101 decks120 decks
61%synergy
Blood Artist
75%inclusion90 decks120 decks
43%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
71%inclusion85 decks120 decks
48%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
66%inclusion79 decks120 decks
49%synergy
Blood Pet
66%inclusion79 decks120 decks
58%synergy
Village Rites
65%inclusion78 decks120 decks
40%synergy
Clattering Augur
65%inclusion78 decks120 decks
63%synergy
Tragic Slip
64%inclusion77 decks120 decks
44%synergy
Grim Haruspex
63%inclusion76 decks120 decks
54%synergy
Novice Occultist
63%inclusion76 decks120 decks
62%synergy
Creatures
Carrion Feeder
62%inclusion74 decks120 decks
50%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
57%inclusion63 decks111 decks
46%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
56%inclusion67 decks120 decks
30%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
56%inclusion67 decks120 decks
54%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
54%inclusion65 decks120 decks
53%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
53%inclusion64 decks120 decks
35%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50%inclusion60 decks120 decks
29%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
50%inclusion60 decks120 decks
41%synergy
Tattered Mummy
48%inclusion57 decks120 decks
46%synergy
Burglar Rat
48%inclusion57 decks120 decks
36%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
47%inclusion56 decks120 decks
46%synergy
Fume Spitter
46%inclusion55 decks120 decks
44%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
45%inclusion54 decks120 decks
44%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
44%inclusion53 decks120 decks
-7%synergy
Leaden Myr
43%inclusion51 decks120 decks
36%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
41%inclusion49 decks120 decks
39%synergy
Virus Beetle
38%inclusion45 decks120 decks
31%synergy
Mindless Automaton
36%inclusion43 decks120 decks
35%synergy
Dockside Chef
36%inclusion43 decks120 decks
34%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
33%inclusion39 decks120 decks
26%synergy
Nezumi Informant
33%inclusion39 decks120 decks
25%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
28%inclusion34 decks120 decks
28%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
28%inclusion34 decks120 decks
27%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
27%inclusion32 decks120 decks
24%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
26%inclusion31 decks120 decks
25%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
26%inclusion31 decks120 decks
25%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
26%inclusion31 decks120 decks
16%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
26%inclusion31 decks120 decks
24%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
25%inclusion30 decks120 decks
22%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
25%inclusion30 decks120 decks
24%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
25%inclusion30 decks120 decks
24%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
25%inclusion30 decks120 decks
24%synergy
Perilous Myr
25%inclusion30 decks120 decks
24%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
25%inclusion26 decks106 decks
19%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
24%inclusion29 decks120 decks
23%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
23%inclusion28 decks120 decks
23%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
22%inclusion11 decks49 decks
14%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
20%inclusion24 decks120 decks
14%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
20%inclusion24 decks120 decks
16%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
19%inclusion23 decks120 decks
17%synergy
Woe Strider
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
14%synergy
Midnight Reaper
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Hecteyes
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
15%synergy
Warren Soultrader
18%inclusion20 decks111 decks
5%synergy
Basal Thrull
17%inclusion20 decks120 decks
15%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
17%inclusion20 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Crypt Ghast
17%inclusion20 decks120 decks
-32%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
17%inclusion20 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Smothering Abomination
17%inclusion20 decks120 decks
15%synergy
Infestation Sage
16%inclusion15 decks93 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Deadly Dispute
57%inclusion68 decks120 decks
32%synergy
Dark Ritual
48%inclusion57 decks120 decks
-19%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
44%inclusion53 decks120 decks
32%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
38%inclusion46 decks120 decks
34%synergy
Defile
29%inclusion35 decks120 decks
-8%synergy
Armor of Shadows
27%inclusion32 decks120 decks
24%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
27%inclusion32 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Withering Torment
23%inclusion24 decks103 decks
-8%synergy
Infernal Grasp
20%inclusion24 decks120 decks
-5%synergy
Not Dead After All
19%inclusion23 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Feign Death
19%inclusion23 decks120 decks
11%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion20 decks111 decks
-1%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
18%inclusion21 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Undying Malice
18%inclusion21 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
17%inclusion19 decks111 decks
15%synergy
Altar's Reap
17%inclusion20 decks120 decks
14%synergy
Culling the Weak
16%inclusion19 decks120 decks
1%synergy
Body Count
15%inclusion18 decks120 decks
14%synergy
Professor's Warning
15%inclusion18 decks120 decks
14%synergy
Imp's Mischief
14%inclusion17 decks120 decks
-10%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
13%inclusion16 decks120 decks
12%synergy
Go for the Throat
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
-12%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Wake the Dead
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Flare of Malice
11%inclusion12 decks111 decks
-2%synergy
Costly Plunder
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Offer Immortality
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Hagra Mauling
8.3%inclusion10 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Deadly Rollick
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
-17%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
-3%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
0%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Nasty End
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Consuming Corruption
5.4%inclusion6 decks111 decks
-11%synergy
Undying Evil
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
2%synergy
Battle-Rage Blessing
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Murder
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
-5%synergy
Death Denied
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
61%inclusion73 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Victimize
40%inclusion48 decks120 decks
14%synergy
Eaten Alive
37%inclusion44 decks120 decks
33%synergy
Bone Shards
26%inclusion31 decks120 decks
22%synergy
Dread Return
24%inclusion29 decks120 decks
12%synergy
Sign in Blood
23%inclusion27 decks120 decks
-14%synergy
Diabolic Intent
18%inclusion21 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Mutilate
18%inclusion21 decks120 decks
-1%synergy
Night's Whisper
18%inclusion21 decks120 decks
-7%synergy
Toxic Deluge
16%inclusion19 decks120 decks
-21%synergy
Living Death
14%inclusion17 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Spark Harvest
13%inclusion15 decks120 decks
12%synergy
Worthy Cost
12%inclusion9 decks76 decks
10%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
11%inclusion13 decks117 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
-4%synergy
Read the Bones
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
-7%synergy
Exsanguinate
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
-14%synergy
Final Vengeance
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Unearth
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
1%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
8.6%inclusion8 decks93 decks
-8%synergy
Annihilating Glare
8.3%inclusion10 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Bone Splinters
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Killing Wave
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Damnation
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
-13%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Bubbling Muck
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
-9%synergy
Reanimate
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
-32%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Villainous Wrath
5.7%inclusion2 decks35 decks
3%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
5.1%inclusion6 decks117 decks
-7%synergy
Innocent Blood
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
-1%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
56%inclusion67 decks120 decks
24%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
53%inclusion63 decks120 decks
33%synergy
Lightning Greaves
41%inclusion49 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
33%inclusion40 decks120 decks
31%synergy
Skullclamp
30%inclusion36 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Jet Medallion
30%inclusion36 decks120 decks
-31%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
23%inclusion27 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Bontu's Monument
21%inclusion25 decks120 decks
-7%synergy
Spawning Pit
20%inclusion24 decks120 decks
19%synergy
Genesis Chamber
13%inclusion16 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Mithril Coat
13%inclusion15 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Lightning Coils
13%inclusion15 decks120 decks
12%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
-7%synergy
Mirror Shield
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Meekstone
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Champion's Helm
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Bubbling Cauldron
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Expedition Map
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
-7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
0%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
53%inclusion63 decks120 decks
51%synergy
Vampiric Rites
41%inclusion49 decks120 decks
35%synergy
Black Market
31%inclusion37 decks120 decks
10%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
31%inclusion37 decks120 decks
27%synergy
Open the Graves
22%inclusion26 decks120 decks
18%synergy
Gift of Doom
22%inclusion26 decks120 decks
21%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
22%inclusion26 decks120 decks
21%synergy
Grave Pact
19%inclusion23 decks120 decks
0%synergy
Attrition
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
15%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Soul Enervation
16%inclusion19 decks120 decks
15%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
16%inclusion12 decks77 decks
14%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
13%inclusion16 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
-29%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Blight Mound
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Teval's Judgment
10%inclusion8 decks77 decks
8%synergy
Fallen Ideal
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Dark Prophecy
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
-1%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Into the Pit
6.9%inclusion7 decks102 decks
6%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
-11%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
5.5%inclusion3 decks55 decks
2%synergy
Heartless Summoning
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
0%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
-8%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
68%inclusion81 decks120 decks
21%synergy
Witch's Cottage
54%inclusion65 decks120 decks
30%synergy
Mortuary Mire
38%inclusion45 decks120 decks
24%synergy
Reliquary Tower
36%inclusion43 decks120 decks
5%synergy
High Market
33%inclusion39 decks120 decks
26%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
23%inclusion28 decks120 decks
-1%synergy
Barren Moor
23%inclusion28 decks120 decks
13%synergy
Cabal Coffers
23%inclusion28 decks120 decks
-32%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
22%inclusion26 decks120 decks
-14%synergy
Westvale Abbey
18%inclusion22 decks120 decks
12%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
16%inclusion10 decks63 decks
4%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
16%inclusion19 decks120 decks
-22%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
15%inclusion17 decks111 decks
6%synergy
War Room
15%inclusion18 decks120 decks
-2%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
14%inclusion12 decks84 decks
12%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
14%inclusion17 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Mire
13%inclusion16 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
-19%synergy
Memorial to Folly
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Buried Ruin
10%inclusion12 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
-7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
-8%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.7%inclusion8 decks120 decks
-1%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
5.8%inclusion7 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Command Beacon
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
-3%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
76%inclusion91 decks120 decks
-10%synergy
Arcane Signet
61%inclusion73 decks120 decks
-2%synergy
Mind Stone
31%inclusion37 decks120 decks
0%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
30%inclusion36 decks120 decks
7%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion33 decks120 decks
1%synergy
Crowded Crypt
14%inclusion17 decks120 decks
9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
11%inclusion13 decks120 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
0%synergy
Prismatic Lens
7.5%inclusion9 decks120 decks
5%synergy
Séance Board
5.9%inclusion6 decks102 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
98%inclusion117 decks120 decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
41%inclusion49 decks120 decks
14%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
27%inclusion32 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion20 decks111 decks
-1%synergy
Demolition Field
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Hagra Mauling
8.3%inclusion10 decks120 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.3%inclusion7 decks111 decks
-3%synergy
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