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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
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Bile-Vial Boggart
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Dusk Legion Zealot
82%inclusion50 decks61 decks
79%synergy
Bone Shredder
79%inclusion48 decks61 decks
77%synergy
Viscera Seer
89%inclusion54 decks61 decks
72%synergy
Skyscanner
72%inclusion44 decks61 decks
71%synergy
Shambling Ghast
75%inclusion46 decks61 decks
70%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
72%inclusion44 decks61 decks
70%synergy
Skullport Merchant
70%inclusion43 decks61 decks
69%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
74%inclusion45 decks61 decks
68%synergy
Clattering Augur
69%inclusion42 decks61 decks
67%synergy
Big Game Hunter
67%inclusion41 decks61 decks
65%synergy
Top Cards
Zulaport Cutthroat
85%inclusion52 decks61 decks
62%synergy
Blood Artist
84%inclusion51 decks61 decks
52%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
74%inclusion45 decks61 decks
51%synergy
Blood Pet
67%inclusion41 decks61 decks
59%synergy
Tragic Slip
67%inclusion41 decks61 decks
47%synergy
Feed the Swarm
66%inclusion40 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Cadaver Imp
66%inclusion40 decks61 decks
64%synergy
Carrion Feeder
66%inclusion40 decks61 decks
54%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
66%inclusion40 decks61 decks
49%synergy
Novice Occultist
66%inclusion40 decks61 decks
64%synergy
Creatures
Grim Haruspex
64%inclusion39 decks61 decks
55%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
62%inclusion38 decks61 decks
37%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
56%inclusion34 decks61 decks
55%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
56%inclusion34 decks61 decks
37%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
52%inclusion32 decks61 decks
51%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
49%inclusion30 decks61 decks
29%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
48%inclusion27 decks56 decks
37%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
48%inclusion29 decks61 decks
46%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
46%inclusion28 decks61 decks
37%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
46%inclusion28 decks61 decks
45%synergy
Mindless Automaton
46%inclusion28 decks61 decks
45%synergy
Tattered Mummy
43%inclusion26 decks61 decks
41%synergy
Burglar Rat
41%inclusion25 decks61 decks
30%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
41%inclusion25 decks61 decks
-11%synergy
Fume Spitter
41%inclusion25 decks61 decks
39%synergy
Leaden Myr
41%inclusion25 decks61 decks
35%synergy
Virus Beetle
39%inclusion24 decks61 decks
33%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
38%inclusion23 decks61 decks
31%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
34%inclusion21 decks61 decks
33%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
33%inclusion20 decks61 decks
32%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
31%inclusion19 decks61 decks
28%synergy
Nezumi Informant
31%inclusion19 decks61 decks
24%synergy
Dockside Chef
30%inclusion18 decks61 decks
27%synergy
Woe Strider
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
24%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
27%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
27%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
18%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
26%inclusion16 decks61 decks
26%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
26%inclusion16 decks61 decks
25%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
25%inclusion14 decks56 decks
19%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
24%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
21%synergy
Hecteyes
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Warren Soultrader
23%inclusion13 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
21%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
22%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
22%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
21%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
19%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
18%synergy
Basal Thrull
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
18%synergy
Perilous Myr
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
19%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
16%synergy
Midnight Reaper
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
9%synergy
Orzhov Enforcer
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
17%synergy
Agent Venom
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Village Rites
59%inclusion36 decks61 decks
34%synergy
Deadly Dispute
44%inclusion27 decks61 decks
20%synergy
Dark Ritual
41%inclusion25 decks61 decks
-26%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
38%inclusion23 decks61 decks
33%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
38%inclusion23 decks61 decks
26%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
31%inclusion19 decks61 decks
9%synergy
Withering Torment
29%inclusion16 decks56 decks
-3%synergy
Defile
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
-10%synergy
Armor of Shadows
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
26%synergy
Not Dead After All
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
13%synergy
Infernal Grasp
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
-1%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
12%synergy
Undying Malice
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion11 decks56 decks
1%synergy
Imp's Mischief
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
-6%synergy
Body Count
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
15%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
12%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Wake the Dead
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
12%synergy
Professor's Warning
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
12%synergy
Feign Death
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
5%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Hagra Mauling
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
5%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
-15%synergy
Culling the Weak
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
-7%synergy
Altar's Reap
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Costly Plunder
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-4%synergy
Murder
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-4%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
0%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
48%inclusion29 decks61 decks
22%synergy
Eaten Alive
30%inclusion18 decks61 decks
26%synergy
Sign in Blood
28%inclusion17 decks61 decks
-8%synergy
Dread Return
26%inclusion16 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Mutilate
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
3%synergy
Unearth
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
11%synergy
Living Death
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
9%synergy
Bone Shards
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Night's Whisper
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
-6%synergy
Diabolic Intent
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
0%synergy
Toxic Deluge
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
-22%synergy
Read the Bones
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
-5%synergy
Damnation
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
-8%synergy
Bone Splinters
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion5 decks49 decks
-7%synergy
Spark Harvest
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
9%synergy
Reanimate
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
-29%synergy
Villainous Wrath
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Final Vengeance
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Exsanguinate
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
-16%synergy
Lively Dirge
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
3%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
6%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-8%synergy
Killing Wave
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Annihilating Glare
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
5%synergy
Syphon Mind
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-6%synergy
Worthy Cost
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
3%synergy
Will of the Abzan
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
1%synergy
Rush of Dread
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
1%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
5.0%inclusion3 decks60 decks
-7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
52%inclusion32 decks61 decks
21%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
44%inclusion27 decks61 decks
25%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion22 decks61 decks
2%synergy
Jet Medallion
34%inclusion21 decks61 decks
-26%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
30%inclusion18 decks61 decks
27%synergy
Skullclamp
30%inclusion18 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
12%synergy
Spawning Pit
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
22%synergy
Bontu's Monument
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
-7%synergy
Genesis Chamber
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Mithril Coat
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Lightning Coils
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
11%synergy
Mirror Shield
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Champion's Helm
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Weatherlight Compleated
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
52%inclusion32 decks61 decks
51%synergy
Vampiric Rites
44%inclusion27 decks61 decks
38%synergy
Black Market
31%inclusion19 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
30%inclusion18 decks61 decks
26%synergy
Gift of Doom
26%inclusion16 decks61 decks
25%synergy
Open the Graves
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
21%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
22%synergy
Grave Pact
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Attrition
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
17%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Soul Enervation
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
12%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
13%inclusion8 decks61 decks
2%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
12%inclusion7 decks58 decks
9%synergy
Dark Prophecy
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
0%synergy
Fallen Ideal
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Soul Channeling
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Blight Mound
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Teval's Judgment
7.7%inclusion3 decks39 decks
6%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
7.7%inclusion3 decks39 decks
6%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
2%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-11%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
1%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-34%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
64%inclusion39 decks61 decks
17%synergy
Witch's Cottage
54%inclusion33 decks61 decks
29%synergy
High Market
41%inclusion25 decks61 decks
34%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion23 decks61 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
34%inclusion21 decks61 decks
21%synergy
Cabal Coffers
26%inclusion16 decks61 decks
-29%synergy
Barren Moor
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
-5%synergy
War Room
20%inclusion12 decks61 decks
3%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
-17%synergy
Westvale Abbey
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
-21%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
6%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
13%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
-18%synergy
Polluted Mire
11%inclusion7 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Buried Ruin
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
5%synergy
Memorial to Folly
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
5%synergy
Terrain Generator
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
6%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
-8%synergy
Castle Locthwain
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
-9%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
70%inclusion43 decks61 decks
-16%synergy
Arcane Signet
59%inclusion36 decks61 decks
-3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
25%inclusion15 decks61 decks
2%synergy
Thought Vessel
23%inclusion14 decks61 decks
-4%synergy
Mind Stone
21%inclusion13 decks61 decks
-9%synergy
Crowded Crypt
15%inclusion9 decks61 decks
10%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
-8%synergy
Prismatic Lens
6.6%inclusion4 decks61 decks
4%synergy
Séance Board
5.4%inclusion3 decks56 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion59 decks61 decks
2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
48%inclusion29 decks61 decks
21%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
31%inclusion19 decks61 decks
9%synergy
Fell the Profane
20%inclusion11 decks56 decks
1%synergy
Hagra Mauling
10%inclusion6 decks61 decks
5%synergy
Boggart Trawler
7.1%inclusion4 decks56 decks
-2%synergy
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