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Jonathan Zucchetti
Nov 20, 2025
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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Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Waste Not
80%inclusion150 decks188 decks
69%synergy
Smallpox
69%inclusion129 decks188 decks
63%synergy
Dark Deal
68%inclusion128 decks188 decks
56%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
60%inclusion113 decks188 decks
53%synergy
Rankle, Master of Pranks
64%inclusion120 decks188 decks
51%synergy
Geth's Grimoire
58%inclusion109 decks188 decks
50%synergy
Soul Shatter
62%inclusion117 decks188 decks
50%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
61%inclusion115 decks188 decks
49%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
63%inclusion118 decks188 decks
48%synergy
Oppression
56%inclusion105 decks188 decks
48%synergy
Top Cards
Dark Ritual
85%inclusion159 decks188 decks
18%synergy
Plaguecrafter
67%inclusion126 decks188 decks
47%synergy
Jet Medallion
64%inclusion120 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Syphon Mind
61%inclusion114 decks188 decks
48%synergy
Burglar Rat
58%inclusion109 decks188 decks
47%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
55%inclusion104 decks188 decks
37%synergy
Liliana of the Veil
53%inclusion100 decks188 decks
46%synergy
Painful Quandary
53%inclusion100 decks188 decks
43%synergy
Liliana's Triumph
53%inclusion99 decks188 decks
46%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
51%inclusion96 decks188 decks
35%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
35%inclusion65 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
27%inclusion51 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
20%inclusion38 decks188 decks
-9%synergy
Opposition Agent
20%inclusion37 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Necropotence
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Braids, Cabal Minion
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Ancient Tomb
16%inclusion31 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Mana Vault
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
0%synergy
The One Ring
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Creatures
Crypt Ghast
51%inclusion95 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
43%inclusion81 decks188 decks
32%synergy
Accursed Marauder
43%inclusion68 decks160 decks
22%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
42%inclusion79 decks188 decks
30%synergy
The Raven Man
40%inclusion76 decks188 decks
35%synergy
Virus Beetle
40%inclusion76 decks188 decks
34%synergy
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
40%inclusion75 decks188 decks
33%synergy
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
37%inclusion70 decks188 decks
33%synergy
Mindslicer
37%inclusion70 decks188 decks
32%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
37%inclusion70 decks188 decks
31%synergy
Sangromancer
37%inclusion69 decks188 decks
25%synergy
Tourach, Dread Cantor
35%inclusion66 decks188 decks
30%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
35%inclusion66 decks188 decks
20%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
34%inclusion64 decks188 decks
-18%synergy
Demon's Disciple
34%inclusion64 decks188 decks
26%synergy
Nezumi Informant
30%inclusion57 decks188 decks
23%synergy
Sheoldred
26%inclusion49 decks188 decks
19%synergy
Fell Specter
23%inclusion43 decks188 decks
19%synergy
Necrogoyf
22%inclusion41 decks188 decks
17%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
20%inclusion38 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Zodiark, Umbral God
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Hypnotic Specter
20%inclusion37 decks188 decks
17%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
20%inclusion37 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Cunning Lethemancer
19%inclusion36 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Liliana, Heretical Healer
18%inclusion33 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Merciless Executioner
17%inclusion32 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
16%inclusion31 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
16%inclusion31 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
16%inclusion31 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Rottenmouth Viper
15%inclusion23 decks153 decks
11%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
15%inclusion28 decks188 decks
-9%synergy
Liliana's Specter
15%inclusion28 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Grief
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Rotting Rats
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Asylum Visitor
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
10%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
12%inclusion16 decks132 decks
8%synergy
Tinybones, the Pickpocket
12%inclusion21 decks179 decks
6%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
-11%synergy
Stronghold Rats
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
-5%synergy
Dark Confidant
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Miasmic Mummy
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Blood Artist
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
-23%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Instants
Vona's Hunger
47%inclusion88 decks188 decks
42%synergy
Flare of Malice
33%inclusion52 decks160 decks
20%synergy
Imp's Mischief
32%inclusion61 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Cabal Ritual
26%inclusion49 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25%inclusion47 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Sudden Edict
25%inclusion47 decks188 decks
23%synergy
Culling the Weak
22%inclusion42 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Withering Torment
19%inclusion28 decks145 decks
-12%synergy
Deadly Rollick
19%inclusion36 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Village Rites
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
-6%synergy
Defile
15%inclusion28 decks188 decks
-23%synergy
Pharika's Libation
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Tergrid's Shadow
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Hellish Rebuke
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Edict
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Undying Malice
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Vraska's Fall
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Not Dead After All
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Infernal Grasp
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
-15%synergy
Fell the Profane
10%inclusion16 decks160 decks
-9%synergy
Feign Death
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Snuff Out
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
-16%synergy
Dismember
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Darkness
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Offer Immortality
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Withering Boon
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Szat's Will
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Consumed by Greed
5.2%inclusion8 decks154 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Mire in Misery
45%inclusion84 decks188 decks
41%synergy
Vicious Rumors
44%inclusion83 decks188 decks
38%synergy
Innocent Blood
40%inclusion76 decks188 decks
35%synergy
Death Cloud
39%inclusion73 decks188 decks
37%synergy
Pox
38%inclusion71 decks188 decks
35%synergy
Thoughtseize
37%inclusion70 decks188 decks
32%synergy
Reanimate
37%inclusion69 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Sign in Blood
36%inclusion67 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Feed the Swarm
34%inclusion63 decks188 decks
-18%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
33%inclusion44 decks132 decks
16%synergy
Rankle's Prank
33%inclusion62 decks188 decks
29%synergy
Duress
30%inclusion56 decks188 decks
23%synergy
Fraying Omnipotence
28%inclusion53 decks188 decks
26%synergy
Delirium Skeins
27%inclusion50 decks188 decks
23%synergy
Mind Rake
25%inclusion47 decks188 decks
22%synergy
Toxic Deluge
24%inclusion45 decks188 decks
-13%synergy
Night's Whisper
21%inclusion39 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Rush of Dread
20%inclusion34 decks170 decks
16%synergy
Arterial Flow
19%inclusion35 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Awaken the Erstwhile
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Read the Bones
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Chain of Smog
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Bubbling Muck
15%inclusion28 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Divest
14%inclusion27 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Make an Example
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Despise
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Extract the Truth
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Hymn to Tourach
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Grim Tutor
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Invoke Despair
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Exsanguinate
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
-12%synergy
Mind Rot
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Pilfer
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Intent
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
-3%synergy
Inquisition of Kozilek
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Killing Wave
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Imperial Seal
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Victimize
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
-16%synergy
Pelakka Predation
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
8.2%inclusion14 decks170 decks
-4%synergy
Unnerve
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Damnation
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
-13%synergy
Gix's Command
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Living Death
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Ill-Gotten Gains
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-6%synergy
Extract a Confession
6.0%inclusion11 decks182 decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
-5%synergy
Mind Twist
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
50%inclusion94 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
38%inclusion72 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Smokestack
24%inclusion45 decks188 decks
22%synergy
Entropic Battlecruiser
15%inclusion10 decks68 decks
12%synergy
Tithing Blade
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
-5%synergy
Anvil of Bogardan
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Memory Jar
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Bontu's Monument
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
-19%synergy
Expedition Map
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Winter Moon
7.8%inclusion13 decks167 decks
6%synergy
Mithril Coat
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Commander's Plate
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-13%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-6%synergy
Portal to Phyrexia
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Library of Leng
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Sword of Feast and Famine
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Phyrexian Arena
43%inclusion81 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Bottomless Pit
41%inclusion77 decks188 decks
35%synergy
Grave Pact
37%inclusion70 decks188 decks
19%synergy
Bandit's Talent
31%inclusion47 decks154 decks
25%synergy
Liliana's Caress
30%inclusion57 decks188 decks
24%synergy
Necrogen Mists
29%inclusion55 decks188 decks
25%synergy
Court of Ambition
28%inclusion53 decks188 decks
24%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
28%inclusion52 decks188 decks
24%synergy
Megrim
22%inclusion42 decks188 decks
17%synergy
Black Market Connections
21%inclusion40 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
21%inclusion39 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Hopeless Nightmare
20%inclusion38 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Animate Dead
18%inclusion33 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
17%inclusion32 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Black Market
16%inclusion30 decks188 decks
-5%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
16%inclusion30 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Raiders' Wake
15%inclusion28 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Desolation
14%inclusion27 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Tinybones Joins Up
13%inclusion23 decks171 decks
9%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
11%inclusion16 decks147 decks
4%synergy
Contamination
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Bitterblossom
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
-3%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Exquisite Blood
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
The Long Reach of Night
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
8%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Words of Waste
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
6%synergy
No Mercy
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Necromancy
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Braids's Frightful Return
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Torment of Scarabs
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Chains of Mephistopheles
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Necrodominance
5.0%inclusion8 decks160 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Waker of the Dead
31%inclusion58 decks188 decks
26%synergy
Professor Onyx
20%inclusion37 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
14%inclusion27 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Liliana Vess
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
67%inclusion126 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
41%inclusion77 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
39%inclusion74 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Bojuka Bog
36%inclusion67 decks188 decks
-11%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
36%inclusion67 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Witch's Cottage
28%inclusion53 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
25%inclusion47 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Command Beacon
23%inclusion44 decks188 decks
15%synergy
Castle Locthwain
22%inclusion42 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Reliquary Tower
19%inclusion36 decks188 decks
-12%synergy
Mortuary Mire
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
5%synergy
War Room
18%inclusion33 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
-5%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Barren Moor
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Lake of the Dead
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Blighted Fen
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Urza's Saga
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Deserted Temple
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Thespian's Stage
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-12%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
6.3%inclusion10 decks160 decks
-4%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
-5%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
5.6%inclusion4 decks72 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
93%inclusion174 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Arcane Signet
69%inclusion129 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Mind Stone
32%inclusion61 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
23%inclusion43 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Thought Vessel
23%inclusion43 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Fellwar Stone
21%inclusion40 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
14%inclusion27 decks188 decks
5%synergy
The Soul Stone
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
2%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Nyx Lotus
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Lotus Petal
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Chrome Mox
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Gilded Lotus
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Mox Diamond
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Caged Sun
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
-5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Mox Opal
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Grim Monolith
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Mana Crypt
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
92%inclusion173 decks188 decks
-3%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25%inclusion47 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion46 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
10%inclusion16 decks160 decks
-9%synergy
Pelakka Predation
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Cavern of Souls
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
0%synergy