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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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Sinister Gnarlbark
10%inclusion14 decks142 decks
9%synergy
Twilight Diviner
7.4%inclusion10 decks135 decks
3%synergy
Grave Venerations
7.0%inclusion10 decks142 decks
4%synergy
Dream Beavers
6.7%inclusion4 decks60 decks
6%synergy
Shredder's Technique
6.0%inclusion4 decks67 decks
3%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Phyrexian Altar
77%inclusion532 decks693 decks
63%synergy
Viscera Seer
79%inclusion546 decks693 decks
62%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
83%inclusion577 decks693 decks
60%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
83%inclusion578 decks693 decks
59%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
77%inclusion532 decks693 decks
58%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
75%inclusion522 decks693 decks
56%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
57%inclusion394 decks693 decks
54%synergy
Bone Shredder
54%inclusion377 decks693 decks
53%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
54%inclusion376 decks693 decks
52%synergy
Grave Pact
71%inclusion490 decks693 decks
52%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
77%inclusion534 decks693 decks
45%synergy
Lightning Greaves
66%inclusion460 decks693 decks
33%synergy
Dark Ritual
66%inclusion459 decks693 decks
0%synergy
Jet Medallion
66%inclusion455 decks693 decks
4%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
65%inclusion452 decks693 decks
40%synergy
Skullclamp
58%inclusion405 decks693 decks
37%synergy
Diabolic Intent
58%inclusion403 decks693 decks
43%synergy
Grim Haruspex
56%inclusion387 decks693 decks
47%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
55%inclusion382 decks693 decks
49%synergy
Carrion Feeder
54%inclusion372 decks693 decks
42%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
65%inclusion453 decks693 decks
38%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
52%inclusion362 decks693 decks
31%synergy
Ancient Tomb
45%inclusion310 decks693 decks
33%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
39%inclusion267 decks693 decks
10%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
36%inclusion251 decks693 decks
23%synergy
Necropotence
24%inclusion168 decks693 decks
9%synergy
Imperial Seal
15%inclusion105 decks693 decks
8%synergy
Mana Vault
14%inclusion94 decks693 decks
7%synergy
The One Ring
12%inclusion80 decks693 decks
2%synergy
Chrome Mox
11%inclusion76 decks693 decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Blood Pet
52%inclusion361 decks693 decks
44%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
49%inclusion316 decks645 decks
38%synergy
Cadaver Imp
48%inclusion330 decks693 decks
46%synergy
Shambling Ghast
47%inclusion328 decks693 decks
42%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
47%inclusion326 decks693 decks
39%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
47%inclusion326 decks693 decks
45%synergy
Crypt Ghast
47%inclusion325 decks693 decks
-1%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
46%inclusion322 decks693 decks
26%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
45%inclusion315 decks693 decks
35%synergy
Big Game Hunter
44%inclusion304 decks693 decks
42%synergy
Skullport Merchant
41%inclusion282 decks693 decks
39%synergy
Warren Soultrader
41%inclusion262 decks645 decks
28%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
41%inclusion281 decks693 decks
-11%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
40%inclusion278 decks693 decks
31%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
40%inclusion277 decks693 decks
17%synergy
Skyscanner
39%inclusion270 decks693 decks
38%synergy
Clattering Augur
38%inclusion260 decks693 decks
36%synergy
Novice Occultist
36%inclusion249 decks693 decks
34%synergy
Burglar Rat
34%inclusion237 decks693 decks
23%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
31%inclusion217 decks693 decks
30%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
29%inclusion203 decks693 decks
28%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
28%inclusion195 decks693 decks
27%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
28%inclusion191 decks693 decks
26%synergy
Mindless Automaton
27%inclusion189 decks693 decks
27%synergy
Virus Beetle
27%inclusion185 decks693 decks
20%synergy
Fume Spitter
26%inclusion179 decks693 decks
24%synergy
Leaden Myr
22%inclusion155 decks693 decks
16%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
22%inclusion86 decks389 decks
17%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
21%inclusion143 decks693 decks
14%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
20%inclusion138 decks693 decks
19%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
20%inclusion137 decks693 decks
16%synergy
Nezumi Informant
19%inclusion134 decks693 decks
12%synergy
Tattered Mummy
19%inclusion130 decks693 decks
18%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
18%inclusion126 decks693 decks
11%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
18%inclusion107 decks603 decks
12%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
17%inclusion120 decks693 decks
0%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
17%inclusion118 decks693 decks
16%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
16%inclusion112 decks693 decks
11%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
15%inclusion102 decks693 decks
14%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
15%inclusion101 decks693 decks
-5%synergy
Midnight Reaper
15%inclusion101 decks693 decks
6%synergy
Deathgreeter
14%inclusion100 decks693 decks
11%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
14%inclusion99 decks693 decks
13%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
14%inclusion94 decks693 decks
11%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
14%inclusion94 decks693 decks
12%synergy
Smothering Abomination
13%inclusion93 decks693 decks
11%synergy
Shadowborn Apostle
13%inclusion92 decks693 decks
12%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
13%inclusion90 decks693 decks
11%synergy
Perilous Myr
13%inclusion90 decks693 decks
12%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
12%inclusion86 decks693 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Culling the Weak
44%inclusion307 decks693 decks
29%synergy
Village Rites
43%inclusion300 decks693 decks
18%synergy
Deadly Dispute
39%inclusion272 decks693 decks
14%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
39%inclusion270 decks693 decks
16%synergy
Tragic Slip
38%inclusion263 decks693 decks
18%synergy
Deadly Rollick
37%inclusion259 decks693 decks
13%synergy
Withering Torment
34%inclusion196 decks585 decks
2%synergy
Imp's Mischief
32%inclusion223 decks693 decks
8%synergy
Fell the Profane
24%inclusion155 decks645 decks
5%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
23%inclusion157 decks693 decks
18%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
21%inclusion144 decks693 decks
8%synergy
Flare of Malice
18%inclusion113 decks645 decks
5%synergy
Defile
17%inclusion118 decks693 decks
-20%synergy
Cabal Ritual
16%inclusion113 decks693 decks
-2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
16%inclusion110 decks693 decks
-9%synergy
Body Count
11%inclusion73 decks693 decks
9%synergy
Songs of the Damned
7.4%inclusion51 decks693 decks
2%synergy
Not Dead After All
7.2%inclusion50 decks693 decks
-4%synergy
Armor of Shadows
6.9%inclusion48 decks693 decks
5%synergy
Feign Death
6.9%inclusion48 decks693 decks
-1%synergy
Snuff Out
6.6%inclusion46 decks693 decks
-6%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.2%inclusion43 decks693 decks
-17%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
5.9%inclusion41 decks693 decks
4%synergy
Wake the Dead
5.9%inclusion41 decks693 decks
5%synergy
Professor's Warning
5.9%inclusion41 decks693 decks
5%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.3%inclusion37 decks693 decks
1%synergy
Thrilling Encore
5.1%inclusion35 decks693 decks
3%synergy
Undying Malice
5.1%inclusion35 decks693 decks
-5%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
47%inclusion325 decks693 decks
-4%synergy
Toxic Deluge
39%inclusion270 decks693 decks
2%synergy
Reanimate
36%inclusion247 decks693 decks
-4%synergy
Victimize
29%inclusion201 decks693 decks
3%synergy
Damnation
27%inclusion190 decks693 decks
7%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
20%inclusion137 decks693 decks
4%synergy
Living Death
18%inclusion128 decks693 decks
8%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
18%inclusion127 decks693 decks
11%synergy
Exsanguinate
18%inclusion122 decks693 decks
-7%synergy
Grim Tutor
15%inclusion107 decks693 decks
4%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
14%inclusion75 decks538 decks
-3%synergy
Sign in Blood
12%inclusion86 decks693 decks
-23%synergy
Bubbling Muck
12%inclusion80 decks693 decks
-4%synergy
Dread Return
11%inclusion78 decks693 decks
-1%synergy
Eaten Alive
10%inclusion68 decks693 decks
6%synergy
Night's Whisper
10%inclusion67 decks693 decks
-15%synergy
Bone Shards
9.4%inclusion65 decks693 decks
6%synergy
Unearth
6.9%inclusion48 decks693 decks
-2%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
6.5%inclusion45 decks693 decks
-8%synergy
Echoing Return
6.5%inclusion45 decks693 decks
3%synergy
Mutilate
6.2%inclusion43 decks693 decks
-11%synergy
Worthy Cost
6.1%inclusion26 decks427 decks
4%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
5.3%inclusion36 decks682 decks
-7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
49%inclusion343 decks693 decks
18%synergy
Mithril Coat
36%inclusion249 decks693 decks
30%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
29%inclusion200 decks693 decks
27%synergy
Bontu's Monument
22%inclusion155 decks693 decks
-6%synergy
Meekstone
20%inclusion136 decks693 decks
19%synergy
Altar of Dementia
18%inclusion123 decks693 decks
12%synergy
Expedition Map
15%inclusion104 decks693 decks
3%synergy
Commander's Plate
13%inclusion90 decks693 decks
7%synergy
Genesis Chamber
12%inclusion82 decks693 decks
9%synergy
Spawning Pit
12%inclusion80 decks693 decks
10%synergy
Darksteel Plate
11%inclusion75 decks693 decks
9%synergy
Thrumming Stone
11%inclusion74 decks693 decks
7%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
10%inclusion71 decks693 decks
7%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
8.5%inclusion59 decks693 decks
0%synergy
Magistrate's Scepter
7.4%inclusion51 decks693 decks
7%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
7.1%inclusion49 decks693 decks
-9%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
6.9%inclusion27 decks389 decks
-13%synergy
Champion's Helm
6.2%inclusion43 decks693 decks
4%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
5.6%inclusion39 decks693 decks
-4%synergy
Enchantments
Bastion of Remembrance
51%inclusion356 decks693 decks
35%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
49%inclusion340 decks693 decks
38%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
44%inclusion302 decks693 decks
26%synergy
Black Market
39%inclusion271 decks693 decks
18%synergy
Attrition
33%inclusion228 decks693 decks
30%synergy
Dark Privilege
26%inclusion182 decks693 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
24%inclusion165 decks693 decks
-16%synergy
Contamination
23%inclusion161 decks693 decks
20%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
21%inclusion121 decks589 decks
16%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
18%inclusion122 decks693 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
17%inclusion121 decks693 decks
-6%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
17%inclusion119 decks693 decks
7%synergy
Dark Prophecy
16%inclusion112 decks693 decks
12%synergy
Vampiric Rites
16%inclusion108 decks693 decks
10%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
14%inclusion96 decks693 decks
11%synergy
Teval's Judgment
14%inclusion60 decks440 decks
11%synergy
Blight Mound
12%inclusion85 decks693 decks
10%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
12%inclusion78 decks658 decks
8%synergy
Gift of Doom
12%inclusion81 decks693 decks
11%synergy
Open the Graves
11%inclusion79 decks693 decks
8%synergy
Exquisite Blood
11%inclusion79 decks693 decks
-2%synergy
Into the Pit
11%inclusion64 decks579 decks
10%synergy
Gate to Phyrexia
11%inclusion76 decks693 decks
10%synergy
Animate Dead
8.2%inclusion57 decks693 decks
-9%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
7.4%inclusion26 decks351 decks
4%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
7.3%inclusion32 decks440 decks
5%synergy
Sanguine Bond
6.5%inclusion45 decks693 decks
-5%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
6.5%inclusion45 decks693 decks
5%synergy
Mind Slash
6.2%inclusion43 decks693 decks
6%synergy
Liliana's Contract
5.5%inclusion38 decks693 decks
3%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
5.1%inclusion35 decks693 decks
-4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
19%inclusion132 decks693 decks
5%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
6.3%inclusion44 decks693 decks
-8%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
91%inclusion628 decks693 decks
36%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
81%inclusion562 decks693 decks
44%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
69%inclusion478 decks693 decks
39%synergy
Bojuka Bog
53%inclusion364 decks693 decks
6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
50%inclusion345 decks693 decks
19%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
43%inclusion299 decks693 decks
8%synergy
High Market
38%inclusion266 decks693 decks
31%synergy
Westvale Abbey
36%inclusion248 decks693 decks
29%synergy
Witch's Cottage
30%inclusion207 decks693 decks
5%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
30%inclusion205 decks693 decks
14%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
29%inclusion198 decks693 decks
18%synergy
Castle Locthwain
23%inclusion158 decks693 decks
6%synergy
Command Beacon
21%inclusion145 decks693 decks
13%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
21%inclusion144 decks693 decks
17%synergy
War Room
20%inclusion141 decks693 decks
4%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
17%inclusion110 decks645 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
13%inclusion93 decks693 decks
0%synergy
Urza's Saga
13%inclusion92 decks693 decks
5%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
12%inclusion44 decks372 decks
0%synergy
Thespian's Stage
11%inclusion79 decks693 decks
6%synergy
Strip Mine
11%inclusion79 decks693 decks
8%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
11%inclusion78 decks693 decks
1%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
11%inclusion54 decks491 decks
9%synergy
Lake of the Dead
8.9%inclusion62 decks693 decks
4%synergy
Buried Ruin
8.4%inclusion58 decks693 decks
3%synergy
Deserted Temple
7.6%inclusion53 decks693 decks
3%synergy
Barren Moor
7.1%inclusion49 decks693 decks
-3%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.5%inclusion45 decks693 decks
-1%synergy
Vesuva
5.5%inclusion38 decks693 decks
3%synergy
Wasteland
5.3%inclusion37 decks693 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion625 decks693 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
58%inclusion405 decks693 decks
-4%synergy
The Soul Stone
32%inclusion103 decks321 decks
18%synergy
Thought Vessel
27%inclusion187 decks693 decks
1%synergy
Mind Stone
14%inclusion94 decks693 decks
-16%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
13%inclusion87 decks693 decks
2%synergy
Fellwar Stone
10%inclusion70 decks693 decks
-4%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
10%inclusion69 decks693 decks
-13%synergy
Crowded Crypt
8.5%inclusion59 decks693 decks
3%synergy
Jeweled Lotus
8.1%inclusion56 decks693 decks
6%synergy
Lotus Petal
7.4%inclusion51 decks693 decks
0%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.9%inclusion48 decks693 decks
0%synergy
Mana Crypt
6.8%inclusion47 decks693 decks
5%synergy
Séance Board
6.2%inclusion36 decks579 decks
4%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
5.9%inclusion41 decks693 decks
1%synergy
Mox Diamond
5.6%inclusion39 decks693 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
91%inclusion629 decks693 decks
-4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
39%inclusion270 decks693 decks
16%synergy
Fell the Profane
24%inclusion155 decks645 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion164 decks693 decks
-2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
18%inclusion127 decks693 decks
11%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
12%inclusion85 decks693 decks
6%synergy
Polluted Delta
12%inclusion80 decks693 decks
8%synergy
Marsh Flats
11%inclusion74 decks693 decks
7%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
10%inclusion72 decks693 decks
7%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
10%inclusion70 decks693 decks
7%synergy
Prismatic Vista
7.6%inclusion53 decks693 decks
5%synergy
Urza's Cave
7.4%inclusion49 decks659 decks
-1%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
6.2%inclusion43 decks693 decks
2%synergy
Cavern of Souls
6.1%inclusion42 decks693 decks
-1%synergy
Demolition Field
5.6%inclusion39 decks693 decks
0%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.3%inclusion37 decks693 decks
1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.2%inclusion33 decks640 decks
-4%synergy
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