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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
21%inclusion8 decks39 decks
20%synergy
Bile-Vial Boggart
14%inclusion11 decks81 decks
13%synergy
Twilight Diviner
13%inclusion10 decks80 decks
9%synergy
Grave Venerations
12%inclusion10 decks81 decks
9%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
8.6%inclusion7 decks81 decks
8%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Serrated Scorpion
73%inclusion201 decks276 decks
71%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
70%inclusion193 decks276 decks
67%synergy
Viscera Seer
83%inclusion229 decks276 decks
66%synergy
Cadaver Imp
66%inclusion183 decks276 decks
64%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
70%inclusion194 decks276 decks
64%synergy
Bone Shredder
65%inclusion179 decks276 decks
63%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
84%inclusion232 decks276 decks
61%synergy
Shambling Ghast
62%inclusion171 decks276 decks
57%synergy
Blood Pet
64%inclusion177 decks276 decks
56%synergy
Skyscanner
56%inclusion154 decks276 decks
55%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
78%inclusion216 decks276 decks
47%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
66%inclusion183 decks276 decks
47%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
63%inclusion173 decks276 decks
37%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
61%inclusion167 decks276 decks
44%synergy
Feed the Swarm
59%inclusion163 decks276 decks
8%synergy
Village Rites
56%inclusion155 decks276 decks
31%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
56%inclusion155 decks276 decks
37%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
56%inclusion154 decks276 decks
33%synergy
Dark Ritual
56%inclusion154 decks276 decks
-11%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
55%inclusion152 decks276 decks
24%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
22%inclusion62 decks276 decks
-6%synergy
Demonic Tutor
12%inclusion34 decks276 decks
-15%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
12%inclusion33 decks276 decks
-1%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
9.4%inclusion26 decks276 decks
-12%synergy
Ancient Tomb
8.3%inclusion23 decks276 decks
-3%synergy
Necropotence
6.9%inclusion19 decks276 decks
-8%synergy
Creatures
Grim Haruspex
55%inclusion151 decks276 decks
46%synergy
Big Game Hunter
54%inclusion149 decks276 decks
52%synergy
Skullport Merchant
54%inclusion148 decks276 decks
52%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
53%inclusion147 decks276 decks
52%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
53%inclusion146 decks276 decks
32%synergy
Carrion Feeder
52%inclusion144 decks276 decks
41%synergy
Clattering Augur
51%inclusion140 decks276 decks
49%synergy
Novice Occultist
51%inclusion140 decks276 decks
49%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
49%inclusion135 decks276 decks
40%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
46%inclusion128 decks276 decks
-5%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
45%inclusion119 decks263 decks
35%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
43%inclusion118 decks276 decks
41%synergy
Burglar Rat
41%inclusion113 decks276 decks
30%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
39%inclusion108 decks276 decks
38%synergy
Fume Spitter
38%inclusion106 decks276 decks
37%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
38%inclusion104 decks276 decks
37%synergy
Tattered Mummy
37%inclusion103 decks276 decks
36%synergy
Virus Beetle
33%inclusion92 decks276 decks
27%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
32%inclusion87 decks276 decks
22%synergy
Mindless Automaton
31%inclusion86 decks276 decks
30%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
30%inclusion82 decks276 decks
27%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
30%inclusion82 decks276 decks
23%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
29%inclusion81 decks276 decks
28%synergy
Leaden Myr
29%inclusion80 decks276 decks
23%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
29%inclusion79 decks276 decks
28%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
26%inclusion73 decks276 decks
26%synergy
Crypt Ghast
26%inclusion72 decks276 decks
-22%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
25%inclusion64 decks251 decks
20%synergy
Warren Soultrader
25%inclusion67 decks263 decks
12%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
25%inclusion70 decks276 decks
21%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
25%inclusion68 decks276 decks
22%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
24%inclusion67 decks276 decks
24%synergy
Nezumi Informant
24%inclusion65 decks276 decks
17%synergy
Dockside Chef
22%inclusion62 decks276 decks
20%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
21%inclusion58 decks276 decks
20%synergy
Infestation Sage
21%inclusion49 decks235 decks
16%synergy
Midnight Reaper
21%inclusion57 decks276 decks
12%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
20%inclusion55 decks276 decks
19%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
19%inclusion53 decks276 decks
9%synergy
Basal Thrull
19%inclusion53 decks276 decks
18%synergy
Deathgreeter
19%inclusion52 decks276 decks
15%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
19%inclusion52 decks276 decks
17%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
19%inclusion52 decks276 decks
18%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
18%inclusion50 decks276 decks
17%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
18%inclusion49 decks276 decks
16%synergy
Perilous Myr
18%inclusion49 decks276 decks
17%synergy
Smothering Abomination
17%inclusion48 decks276 decks
15%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
17%inclusion47 decks276 decks
16%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
17%inclusion46 decks276 decks
10%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
16%inclusion44 decks276 decks
15%synergy
Instants
Tragic Slip
54%inclusion150 decks276 decks
34%synergy
Deadly Dispute
47%inclusion130 decks276 decks
22%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
37%inclusion101 decks276 decks
24%synergy
Withering Torment
36%inclusion90 decks250 decks
4%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
31%inclusion86 decks276 decks
27%synergy
Defile
30%inclusion82 decks276 decks
-7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
27%inclusion74 decks276 decks
4%synergy
Imp's Mischief
23%inclusion64 decks276 decks
-1%synergy
Armor of Shadows
22%inclusion60 decks276 decks
19%synergy
Fell the Profane
19%inclusion49 decks263 decks
0%synergy
Infernal Grasp
18%inclusion50 decks276 decks
-7%synergy
Culling the Weak
17%inclusion46 decks276 decks
1%synergy
Not Dead After All
16%inclusion45 decks276 decks
5%synergy
Undying Malice
14%inclusion40 decks276 decks
5%synergy
Professor's Warning
14%inclusion39 decks276 decks
13%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
14%inclusion38 decks276 decks
6%synergy
Body Count
13%inclusion35 decks276 decks
12%synergy
Flare of Malice
13%inclusion33 decks263 decks
0%synergy
Altar's Reap
11%inclusion29 decks276 decks
8%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
10%inclusion27 decks262 decks
8%synergy
Wake the Dead
10%inclusion28 decks276 decks
9%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
10%inclusion27 decks276 decks
7%synergy
Consuming Corruption
10%inclusion25 decks262 decks
-6%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
9.1%inclusion25 decks276 decks
7%synergy
Costly Plunder
9.1%inclusion25 decks276 decks
7%synergy
Deadly Rollick
8.7%inclusion24 decks276 decks
-15%synergy
Thrilling Encore
8.0%inclusion22 decks276 decks
6%synergy
Feign Death
8.0%inclusion22 decks276 decks
0%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.9%inclusion19 decks276 decks
-16%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.9%inclusion19 decks276 decks
-3%synergy
Cabal Ritual
6.5%inclusion18 decks276 decks
-12%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
6.5%inclusion18 decks276 decks
0%synergy
Songs of the Damned
6.2%inclusion17 decks276 decks
1%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
5.8%inclusion16 decks276 decks
5%synergy
Nasty End
5.8%inclusion16 decks276 decks
3%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.4%inclusion15 decks276 decks
1%synergy
Darkness
5.1%inclusion14 decks276 decks
-5%synergy
Murder
5.1%inclusion14 decks276 decks
-5%synergy
Without Weakness
5.1%inclusion14 decks276 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
41%inclusion114 decks276 decks
15%synergy
Eaten Alive
36%inclusion99 decks276 decks
32%synergy
Dread Return
25%inclusion68 decks276 decks
12%synergy
Bone Shards
25%inclusion68 decks276 decks
21%synergy
Diabolic Intent
23%inclusion64 decks276 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
23%inclusion63 decks276 decks
-13%synergy
Toxic Deluge
20%inclusion54 decks276 decks
-17%synergy
Reanimate
19%inclusion52 decks276 decks
-21%synergy
Living Death
16%inclusion44 decks276 decks
6%synergy
Unearth
15%inclusion42 decks276 decks
7%synergy
Mutilate
14%inclusion39 decks276 decks
-4%synergy
Exsanguinate
14%inclusion38 decks276 decks
-11%synergy
Spark Harvest
13%inclusion36 decks276 decks
12%synergy
Night's Whisper
13%inclusion36 decks276 decks
-11%synergy
Final Vengeance
12%inclusion31 decks250 decks
11%synergy
Damnation
12%inclusion33 decks276 decks
-9%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion32 decks276 decks
-3%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
11%inclusion27 decks235 decks
-5%synergy
Read the Bones
11%inclusion30 decks276 decks
-7%synergy
Bone Splinters
9.4%inclusion26 decks276 decks
8%synergy
Worthy Cost
8.6%inclusion17 decks197 decks
7%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
8.1%inclusion22 decks273 decks
7%synergy
Bubbling Muck
7.2%inclusion20 decks276 decks
-8%synergy
Killing Wave
6.5%inclusion18 decks276 decks
4%synergy
Annihilating Glare
6.2%inclusion17 decks276 decks
5%synergy
Season of Loss
5.4%inclusion14 decks257 decks
3%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
5.4%inclusion15 decks276 decks
-7%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
5.1%inclusion14 decks276 decks
5%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
5.1%inclusion14 decks276 decks
-11%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
5.1%inclusion14 decks276 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Jet Medallion
47%inclusion131 decks276 decks
-14%synergy
Lightning Greaves
44%inclusion121 decks276 decks
10%synergy
Skullclamp
41%inclusion112 decks276 decks
19%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
36%inclusion98 decks276 decks
33%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
34%inclusion93 decks276 decks
20%synergy
Bontu's Monument
22%inclusion62 decks276 decks
-6%synergy
Mithril Coat
22%inclusion61 decks276 decks
17%synergy
Spawning Pit
14%inclusion39 decks276 decks
13%synergy
Meekstone
12%inclusion32 decks276 decks
11%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
11%inclusion31 decks276 decks
-4%synergy
Genesis Chamber
9.4%inclusion26 decks276 decks
7%synergy
Champion's Helm
8.0%inclusion22 decks276 decks
6%synergy
Altar of Dementia
8.0%inclusion22 decks276 decks
2%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
7.6%inclusion21 decks276 decks
7%synergy
Darksteel Plate
7.2%inclusion20 decks276 decks
5%synergy
Lightning Coils
6.9%inclusion19 decks276 decks
7%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
6.2%inclusion17 decks276 decks
2%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
6.2%inclusion17 decks276 decks
3%synergy
Expedition Map
5.8%inclusion16 decks276 decks
-6%synergy
Commander's Plate
5.8%inclusion16 decks276 decks
0%synergy
Weatherlight Compleated
5.1%inclusion14 decks276 decks
5%synergy
Mirror Shield
5.1%inclusion14 decks276 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
48%inclusion133 decks276 decks
47%synergy
Grave Pact
40%inclusion110 decks276 decks
21%synergy
Black Market
39%inclusion107 decks276 decks
18%synergy
Vampiric Rites
33%inclusion90 decks276 decks
27%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
28%inclusion78 decks276 decks
25%synergy
Open the Graves
24%inclusion65 decks276 decks
20%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
23%inclusion63 decks276 decks
12%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
22%inclusion61 decks276 decks
12%synergy
Gift of Doom
17%inclusion48 decks276 decks
17%synergy
Attrition
17%inclusion47 decks276 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion47 decks276 decks
-23%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
16%inclusion45 decks276 decks
15%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
16%inclusion44 decks276 decks
-1%synergy
Dark Prophecy
16%inclusion44 decks276 decks
12%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
14%inclusion36 decks251 decks
10%synergy
Blight Mound
14%inclusion39 decks276 decks
12%synergy
Soul Enervation
13%inclusion36 decks276 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
13%inclusion35 decks276 decks
3%synergy
Teval's Judgment
11%inclusion22 decks199 decks
9%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
11%inclusion29 decks266 decks
7%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
10%inclusion19 decks199 decks
8%synergy
Into the Pit
7.6%inclusion19 decks249 decks
6%synergy
Contamination
7.2%inclusion20 decks276 decks
4%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
7.2%inclusion20 decks276 decks
6%synergy
Fallen Ideal
6.2%inclusion17 decks276 decks
6%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
6.0%inclusion10 decks168 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
11%inclusion30 decks276 decks
-3%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
59%inclusion162 decks276 decks
12%synergy
Witch's Cottage
49%inclusion134 decks276 decks
24%synergy
Cabal Coffers
43%inclusion118 decks276 decks
-12%synergy
Reliquary Tower
39%inclusion109 decks276 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
36%inclusion98 decks276 decks
11%synergy
High Market
34%inclusion94 decks276 decks
27%synergy
Westvale Abbey
29%inclusion80 decks276 decks
22%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
28%inclusion78 decks276 decks
-7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
28%inclusion78 decks276 decks
15%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
28%inclusion77 decks276 decks
-10%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
20%inclusion55 decks276 decks
-10%synergy
Barren Moor
17%inclusion48 decks276 decks
7%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
16%inclusion43 decks263 decks
7%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
16%inclusion44 decks276 decks
5%synergy
War Room
16%inclusion44 decks276 decks
0%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
15%inclusion41 decks276 decks
-1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
14%inclusion39 decks276 decks
-3%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
13%inclusion28 decks221 decks
10%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
11%inclusion20 decks174 decks
0%synergy
Polluted Mire
10%inclusion27 decks276 decks
6%synergy
Command Beacon
9.4%inclusion26 decks276 decks
1%synergy
Buried Ruin
8.3%inclusion23 decks276 decks
3%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
6.9%inclusion19 decks276 decks
3%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.5%inclusion18 decks276 decks
-1%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6.2%inclusion17 decks276 decks
-4%synergy
Memorial to Folly
6.2%inclusion17 decks276 decks
3%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
5.5%inclusion9 decks165 decks
-2%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
5.1%inclusion14 decks276 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
80%inclusion222 decks276 decks
-6%synergy
Arcane Signet
57%inclusion158 decks276 decks
-5%synergy
Thought Vessel
22%inclusion62 decks276 decks
-4%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
19%inclusion52 decks276 decks
-4%synergy
Mind Stone
19%inclusion52 decks276 decks
-11%synergy
The Soul Stone
11%inclusion17 decks154 decks
-3%synergy
Crowded Crypt
11%inclusion29 decks276 decks
5%synergy
Fellwar Stone
6.9%inclusion19 decks276 decks
-8%synergy
Séance Board
6.0%inclusion15 decks249 decks
4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
5.8%inclusion16 decks276 decks
-3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion266 decks276 decks
1%synergy
Myriad Landscape
33%inclusion90 decks276 decks
7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
27%inclusion74 decks276 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
19%inclusion49 decks263 decks
0%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.4%inclusion15 decks276 decks
1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.4%inclusion14 decks261 decks
-4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
5.1%inclusion14 decks276 decks
-2%synergy
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