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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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Bitterbloom Bearer
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Super Shredder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Plaguecrafter
78%inclusion148 decks189 decks
58%synergy
Smallpox
63%inclusion120 decks189 decks
58%synergy
Waste Not
63%inclusion119 decks189 decks
52%synergy
Soul Shatter
62%inclusion118 decks189 decks
50%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
69%inclusion130 decks189 decks
50%synergy
Rankle, Master of Pranks
63%inclusion119 decks189 decks
50%synergy
Liliana's Triumph
56%inclusion105 decks189 decks
49%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
62%inclusion118 decks189 decks
48%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
60%inclusion113 decks189 decks
48%synergy
Dark Deal
57%inclusion107 decks189 decks
45%synergy
Top Cards
Dark Ritual
72%inclusion136 decks189 decks
6%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
57%inclusion108 decks189 decks
42%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
54%inclusion102 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Jet Medallion
52%inclusion99 decks189 decks
-7%synergy
Accursed Marauder
52%inclusion70 decks134 decks
31%synergy
Grave Pact
52%inclusion98 decks189 decks
33%synergy
Crypt Ghast
51%inclusion96 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
51%inclusion96 decks189 decks
44%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
51%inclusion38 decks75 decks
33%synergy
Demon's Disciple
49%inclusion92 decks189 decks
41%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
28%inclusion52 decks189 decks
0%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
25%inclusion47 decks189 decks
-5%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
21%inclusion40 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
Opposition Agent
13%inclusion25 decks189 decks
3%synergy
Necropotence
13%inclusion24 decks189 decks
-3%synergy
Ancient Tomb
11%inclusion21 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
The One Ring
7.4%inclusion14 decks189 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Vault
5.8%inclusion11 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
Creatures
Phyrexian Obliterator
47%inclusion89 decks189 decks
36%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
47%inclusion89 decks189 decks
40%synergy
Burglar Rat
45%inclusion85 decks189 decks
34%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
45%inclusion85 decks189 decks
38%synergy
Sangromancer
42%inclusion79 decks189 decks
30%synergy
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
37%inclusion70 decks189 decks
30%synergy
Merciless Executioner
36%inclusion68 decks189 decks
29%synergy
Virus Beetle
35%inclusion66 decks189 decks
28%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
34%inclusion64 decks189 decks
13%synergy
The Raven Man
33%inclusion63 decks189 decks
27%synergy
Mindslicer
33%inclusion63 decks189 decks
29%synergy
Sheoldred
31%inclusion58 decks189 decks
24%synergy
Blood Artist
29%inclusion55 decks189 decks
-2%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
29%inclusion54 decks189 decks
5%synergy
Nezumi Informant
28%inclusion53 decks189 decks
21%synergy
Tourach, Dread Cantor
26%inclusion49 decks189 decks
21%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
24%inclusion46 decks189 decks
19%synergy
Rottenmouth Viper
23%inclusion27 decks118 decks
19%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
23%inclusion43 decks189 decks
1%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
23%inclusion43 decks189 decks
17%synergy
Necrogoyf
22%inclusion42 decks189 decks
17%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
21%inclusion40 decks189 decks
4%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
21%inclusion40 decks189 decks
3%synergy
Hecteyes
21%inclusion4 decks19 decks
18%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
20%inclusion38 decks189 decks
-6%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
20%inclusion37 decks189 decks
-3%synergy
Liliana, Heretical Healer
20%inclusion37 decks189 decks
16%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
20%inclusion37 decks189 decks
1%synergy
Fell Specter
19%inclusion35 decks189 decks
14%synergy
Hypnotic Specter
16%inclusion31 decks189 decks
13%synergy
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
16%inclusion30 decks189 decks
12%synergy
Gravelighter
16%inclusion30 decks189 decks
12%synergy
Viscera Seer
15%inclusion29 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
14%inclusion27 decks189 decks
7%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
14%inclusion27 decks189 decks
12%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Zodiark, Umbral God
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
5%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
14%inclusion26 decks189 decks
5%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
13%inclusion10 decks75 decks
9%synergy
Eradicator Valkyrie
13%inclusion25 decks189 decks
12%synergy
Witch-king of Angmar
13%inclusion25 decks189 decks
12%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
13%inclusion25 decks189 decks
-2%synergy
Chain Devil
13%inclusion25 decks189 decks
12%synergy
Grim Haruspex
13%inclusion24 decks189 decks
3%synergy
Cunning Lethemancer
12%inclusion23 decks189 decks
9%synergy
Ophiomancer
12%inclusion22 decks189 decks
-4%synergy
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
8%synergy
Rotting Rats
11%inclusion21 decks189 decks
8%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
11%inclusion21 decks189 decks
3%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
11%inclusion21 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Instants
Vona's Hunger
47%inclusion88 decks189 decks
42%synergy
Flare of Malice
33%inclusion44 decks135 decks
20%synergy
Sudden Edict
31%inclusion59 decks189 decks
29%synergy
Village Rites
31%inclusion58 decks189 decks
6%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
28%inclusion52 decks189 decks
5%synergy
Not Dead After All
23%inclusion43 decks189 decks
12%synergy
Vraska's Fall
21%inclusion40 decks189 decks
17%synergy
Imp's Mischief
21%inclusion39 decks189 decks
-3%synergy
Cabal Ritual
20%inclusion37 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Deadly Dispute
19%inclusion36 decks189 decks
-5%synergy
Defile
19%inclusion35 decks189 decks
-19%synergy
Tergrid's Shadow
19%inclusion35 decks189 decks
18%synergy
Feign Death
19%inclusion35 decks189 decks
11%synergy
Undying Malice
17%inclusion33 decks189 decks
8%synergy
Culling the Weak
16%inclusion30 decks189 decks
1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
15%inclusion29 decks189 decks
-8%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
14%inclusion27 decks189 decks
7%synergy
Diabolic Edict
14%inclusion26 decks189 decks
13%synergy
Pharika's Libation
13%inclusion25 decks189 decks
12%synergy
Hellish Rebuke
13%inclusion25 decks189 decks
12%synergy
Withering Torment
10%inclusion10 decks98 decks
-21%synergy
Tragic Slip
10%inclusion19 decks189 decks
-11%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
10%inclusion18 decks189 decks
-2%synergy
Consumed by Greed
9.2%inclusion11 decks120 decks
8%synergy
Entomb
9.0%inclusion17 decks189 decks
-3%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.5%inclusion16 decks189 decks
-15%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.5%inclusion16 decks189 decks
-17%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.1%inclusion11 decks135 decks
-10%synergy
Alesha's Legacy
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Undying Evil
7.9%inclusion15 decks189 decks
5%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
7.9%inclusion15 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Szat's Will
7.9%inclusion15 decks189 decks
5%synergy
Geth's Verdict
6.3%inclusion12 decks189 decks
6%synergy
Offer Immortality
6.3%inclusion12 decks189 decks
4%synergy
Nasty End
6.3%inclusion12 decks189 decks
3%synergy
Darkness
5.3%inclusion10 decks189 decks
-4%synergy
Murder
5.3%inclusion10 decks189 decks
-5%synergy
Overkill
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
-3%synergy
Sorceries
Syphon Mind
48%inclusion91 decks189 decks
35%synergy
Innocent Blood
46%inclusion87 decks189 decks
41%synergy
Mire in Misery
44%inclusion84 decks189 decks
41%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
43%inclusion81 decks189 decks
27%synergy
Rankle's Prank
42%inclusion80 decks189 decks
38%synergy
Death Cloud
40%inclusion75 decks189 decks
37%synergy
Reanimate
35%inclusion66 decks189 decks
-3%synergy
Victimize
31%inclusion58 decks189 decks
5%synergy
Feed the Swarm
30%inclusion57 decks189 decks
-21%synergy
Fraying Omnipotence
27%inclusion51 decks189 decks
25%synergy
Pox
26%inclusion50 decks189 decks
24%synergy
Toxic Deluge
26%inclusion50 decks189 decks
-11%synergy
Sign in Blood
25%inclusion48 decks189 decks
-11%synergy
Vicious Rumors
25%inclusion47 decks189 decks
19%synergy
Rush of Dread
24%inclusion35 decks148 decks
20%synergy
Duress
23%inclusion43 decks189 decks
16%synergy
Read the Bones
20%inclusion38 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Dread Return
17%inclusion32 decks189 decks
4%synergy
Make an Example
16%inclusion30 decks189 decks
14%synergy
Extract a Confession
16%inclusion28 decks178 decks
15%synergy
Awaken the Erstwhile
15%inclusion29 decks189 decks
13%synergy
Killing Wave
15%inclusion29 decks189 decks
13%synergy
Thoughtseize
15%inclusion29 decks189 decks
10%synergy
Invoke Despair
15%inclusion29 decks189 decks
13%synergy
Diabolic Intent
15%inclusion28 decks189 decks
0%synergy
Night's Whisper
15%inclusion28 decks189 decks
-9%synergy
Extract the Truth
14%inclusion27 decks189 decks
13%synergy
Delirium Skeins
14%inclusion26 decks189 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion25 decks189 decks
-2%synergy
Living Death
13%inclusion24 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Mind Rake
12%inclusion22 decks189 decks
8%synergy
Divest
12%inclusion22 decks189 decks
10%synergy
Bubbling Muck
11%inclusion21 decks189 decks
-4%synergy
Gix's Command
11%inclusion21 decks189 decks
9%synergy
Pilfer
11%inclusion21 decks189 decks
9%synergy
Despise
11%inclusion20 decks189 decks
10%synergy
Cornered by Black Mages
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
9%synergy
Exsanguinate
10%inclusion19 decks189 decks
-14%synergy
Damnation
10%inclusion18 decks189 decks
-11%synergy
Hymn to Tourach
9.0%inclusion17 decks189 decks
7%synergy
Chain of Smog
9.0%inclusion17 decks189 decks
4%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
8.7%inclusion13 decks150 decks
-4%synergy
Doomsday Confluence
8.5%inclusion16 decks189 decks
7%synergy
Chainer's Edict
8.5%inclusion16 decks189 decks
8%synergy
Barter in Blood
8.5%inclusion16 decks189 decks
8%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
8.5%inclusion16 decks189 decks
-4%synergy
Necrotic Hex
7.9%inclusion15 decks189 decks
7%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.4%inclusion14 decks189 decks
0%synergy
Grim Tutor
7.4%inclusion14 decks189 decks
-5%synergy
Buried Alive
6.9%inclusion13 decks189 decks
-5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
48%inclusion91 decks189 decks
15%synergy
Geth's Grimoire
40%inclusion76 decks189 decks
32%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
36%inclusion68 decks189 decks
4%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
21%inclusion40 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Tithing Blade
20%inclusion38 decks189 decks
17%synergy
Bontu's Monument
14%inclusion27 decks189 decks
-13%synergy
Skullclamp
13%inclusion25 decks189 decks
-8%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
12%inclusion23 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
Smokestack
10%inclusion18 decks189 decks
8%synergy
Portal to Phyrexia
7.9%inclusion15 decks189 decks
6%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
7.9%inclusion15 decks189 decks
-9%synergy
Expedition Map
6.9%inclusion13 decks189 decks
-6%synergy
Enchantments
Oppression
41%inclusion78 decks189 decks
33%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
39%inclusion74 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
36%inclusion68 decks189 decks
32%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
34%inclusion65 decks189 decks
24%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
33%inclusion62 decks189 decks
23%synergy
Painful Quandary
32%inclusion61 decks189 decks
22%synergy
Black Market
31%inclusion59 decks189 decks
10%synergy
Bottomless Pit
22%inclusion41 decks189 decks
16%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
20%inclusion20 decks99 decks
13%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
19%inclusion36 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Liliana's Caress
17%inclusion33 decks189 decks
12%synergy
Court of Ambition
16%inclusion31 decks189 decks
12%synergy
Necrogen Mists
16%inclusion30 decks189 decks
11%synergy
Black Market Connections
15%inclusion28 decks189 decks
-8%synergy
Bandit's Talent
14%inclusion17 decks119 decks
9%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion25 decks189 decks
-5%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
13%inclusion25 decks189 decks
-3%synergy
Bitterblossom
13%inclusion25 decks189 decks
0%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
9%synergy
Megrim
11%inclusion21 decks189 decks
6%synergy
Hopeless Nightmare
11%inclusion20 decks189 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
10%inclusion18 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
The Long Reach of Night
10%inclusion18 decks189 decks
9%synergy
Revel in Riches
9.0%inclusion17 decks189 decks
4%synergy
Tinybones Joins Up
8.6%inclusion13 decks152 decks
4%synergy
Dark Prophecy
8.5%inclusion16 decks189 decks
4%synergy
Braids's Frightful Return
7.9%inclusion15 decks189 decks
7%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
7.9%inclusion15 decks189 decks
2%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
7.4%inclusion14 decks189 decks
6%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
7.4%inclusion14 decks189 decks
-2%synergy
Raiders' Wake
7.4%inclusion14 decks189 decks
4%synergy
Necromancy
6.9%inclusion13 decks189 decks
1%synergy
Desolation
6.9%inclusion13 decks189 decks
6%synergy
Open the Graves
6.3%inclusion12 decks189 decks
3%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
6.3%inclusion12 decks189 decks
1%synergy
Contamination
5.8%inclusion11 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Exquisite Blood
5.3%inclusion10 decks189 decks
-8%synergy
Tainted Aether
5.3%inclusion10 decks189 decks
4%synergy
Cracked Skull
5.2%inclusion5 decks97 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Veil
40%inclusion75 decks189 decks
32%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
22%inclusion41 decks189 decks
8%synergy
Liliana, Waker of the Dead
20%inclusion38 decks189 decks
15%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
14%inclusion26 decks189 decks
0%synergy
Professor Onyx
11%inclusion20 decks189 decks
4%synergy
Liliana Vess
9.0%inclusion17 decks189 decks
5%synergy
Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
6.3%inclusion12 decks189 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
52%inclusion98 decks189 decks
-3%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
36%inclusion68 decks189 decks
0%synergy
Bojuka Bog
35%inclusion66 decks189 decks
-12%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
35%inclusion66 decks189 decks
23%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
26%inclusion49 decks189 decks
-12%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
25%inclusion48 decks189 decks
-4%synergy
Witch's Cottage
23%inclusion44 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
Reliquary Tower
23%inclusion43 decks189 decks
-9%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
22%inclusion42 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
17%inclusion32 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
War Room
15%inclusion29 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
Mortuary Mire
14%inclusion27 decks189 decks
1%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
12%inclusion22 decks189 decks
-4%synergy
Barren Moor
11%inclusion20 decks189 decks
0%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
10%inclusion19 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion19 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
8.5%inclusion16 decks189 decks
7%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6.3%inclusion12 decks189 decks
-4%synergy
Command Beacon
6.3%inclusion12 decks189 decks
-2%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-1%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
5.9%inclusion8 decks135 decks
-4%synergy
Urza's Saga
5.8%inclusion11 decks189 decks
-2%synergy
Deserted Temple
5.8%inclusion11 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Blighted Fen
5.8%inclusion11 decks189 decks
5%synergy
Memorial to Folly
5.3%inclusion10 decks189 decks
2%synergy
High Market
5.3%inclusion10 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
-7%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
88%inclusion167 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
58%inclusion109 decks189 decks
-5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
23%inclusion43 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
Mind Stone
23%inclusion43 decks189 decks
-9%synergy
Thought Vessel
22%inclusion41 decks189 decks
-6%synergy
Fellwar Stone
18%inclusion34 decks189 decks
3%synergy
The Soul Stone
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
10%inclusion19 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
10%inclusion18 decks189 decks
0%synergy
Caged Sun
7.9%inclusion15 decks189 decks
-5%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
6.9%inclusion13 decks189 decks
1%synergy
Gilded Lotus
6.3%inclusion12 decks189 decks
1%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
6.3%inclusion12 decks189 decks
1%synergy
Jeweled Lotus
5.3%inclusion10 decks189 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
94%inclusion178 decks189 decks
-1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
28%inclusion52 decks189 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion37 decks189 decks
-7%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.1%inclusion11 decks135 decks
-10%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
7.9%inclusion15 decks189 decks
1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.4%inclusion14 decks189 decks
0%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.7%inclusion9 decks134 decks
-2%synergy
Command Tower
5.8%inclusion11 decks189 decks
0%synergy
Pelakka Predation
5.8%inclusion11 decks189 decks
5%synergy
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