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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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Noxious Gearhulk
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
65%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
61%synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
59%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
57%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
57%synergy
Plaguecrafter
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
53%synergy
Shriekmaw
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
52%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
51%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
50%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
49%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
100%inclusion11 decks11 decks
48%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
40%synergy
Victimize
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
38%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
48%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Viscera Seer
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
47%synergy
Dread Return
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
42%synergy
Village Rites
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
30%synergy
Feed the Swarm
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Grim Haruspex
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
45%synergy
Creatures
Zulaport Cutthroat
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Disciple of Griselbrand
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
45%synergy
Vile Entomber
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
40%synergy
Bog Witch
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
44%synergy
Burnished Hart
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
37%synergy
Sangromancer
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Massacre Wurm
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
28%synergy
Carrion Feeder
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Demon's Disciple
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
38%synergy
Gonti, Lord of Luxury
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
42%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
41%synergy
Corpse Connoisseur
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
45%synergy
Puppeteer Clique
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Illuminor Szeras
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Voracious Fell Beast
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Blood Artist
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
31%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
11%synergy
Woe Strider
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Harvester of Souls
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
29%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Meteor Golem
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Grave Titan
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
29%synergy
High-Society Hunter
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Dread Presence
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Dimir House Guard
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
23%synergy
Undead Butler
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Massacre Girl
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
19%synergy
Archpriest of Shadows
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Overseer of the Damned
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Merciless Executioner
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Body Launderer
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Demon of Dark Schemes
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Mire Triton
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Ophiomancer
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Gorging Vulture
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Oriq Loremage
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Angel of Suffering
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Golgari Thug
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Geth, Lord of the Vault
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Instants
Defile
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Go for the Throat
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Songs of the Damned
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
22%synergy
Murder
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Hostile Negotiations
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Nasty End
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Tragic Slip
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-2%synergy
Consuming Corruption
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Outrageous Robbery
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Hagra Mauling
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Hero's Downfall
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
2%synergy
Rise of the Dread Marn
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Cut Down
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Imp's Mischief
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-14%synergy
Dark Dabbling
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Pile On
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Not Dead After All
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-2%synergy
Moonlight Bargain
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Dispute
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-15%synergy
Price of Fame
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Derision
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Dark Ritual
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-57%synergy
Skeletal Scrying
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Doom Blade
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Soul Shatter
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-3%synergy
Final Flourish
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Slaughter Pact
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Wake the Dead
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Altar's Reap
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Bitter Triumph
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
Tendrils of Corruption
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Undying Malice
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
0%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Join the Dead
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Corpse Churn
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Szat's Will
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Mutilate
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Bone Shards
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
33%synergy
Read the Bones
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Dread Summons
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Final Parting
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
22%synergy
Syphon Mind
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Terror Tide
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Unearth
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
10%synergy
Exsanguinate
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-6%synergy
Buried Alive
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Ambition's Cost
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Eaten Alive
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Blood for Bones
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Season of Loss
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Lively Dirge
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Duress
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
2%synergy
Innocent Blood
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Killing Wave
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Profane Command
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Army of the Damned
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Blood Money
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Ancient Craving
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Consume Spirit
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Ever After
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Gix's Command
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Decree of Pain
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Living Death
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Annihilating Glare
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Oblivion Strike
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Necromantic Selection
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Zombify
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Stitch Together
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-27%synergy
Summon Undead
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Ghouls' Night Out
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Invoke Despair
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Wayfarer's Bauble
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
29%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Perpetual Timepiece
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Matzalantli, the Great Door
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Witch's Oven
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Grimoire of the Dead
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Spawning Pit
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Staff of Nin
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Ghost Lantern
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-10%synergy
Trading Post
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Convergence of Dominion
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Skullclamp
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-12%synergy
Mimic Vat
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Druidic Satchel
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Bontu's Monument
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-19%synergy
Nevinyrral's Disk
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Key to the City
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
The Golden Throne
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Pact Weapon
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Mindcrank
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Eldrazi Monument
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Ring of Xathrid
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Altar of Dementia
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Collector's Vault
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Basilisk Collar
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Bastion of Remembrance
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
38%synergy
Vampiric Rites
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
30%synergy
Cemetery Tampering
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Greed
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Black Market
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Open the Graves
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Font of Agonies
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Sigil of Myrkul
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Curse of the Restless Dead
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Strands of Night
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Scion of Halaster
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Dark Privilege
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Creeping Dread
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
Grave Pact
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-10%synergy
Dogged Pursuit
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Dauthi Embrace
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Arguel's Blood Fast
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Blight Mound
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Call to the Grave
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Diabolic Servitude
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-31%synergy
Oppression
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Fiora
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Invasion of Innistrad
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Utility Lands
Mortuary Mire
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Witch's Cottage
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Bojuka Bog
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-29%synergy
Barad-dûr
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Polluted Mire
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Field of Ruin
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Underdark Rift
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Memorial to Folly
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Ghost Quarter
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Barren Moor
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-2%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-2%synergy
Cathedral of War
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
War Room
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-8%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-3%synergy
The Dross Pits
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
High Market
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Blasted Landscape
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Terrain Generator
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Thespian's Stage
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Cryptic Caves
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Blighted Fen
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Drownyard Temple
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Ice Floe
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Temple of the False God
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Ominous Cemetery
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Guildless Commons
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Rogue's Passage
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-9%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Charcoal Diamond
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
40%synergy
Arcane Signet
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
-8%synergy
Commander's Sphere
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
36%synergy
Sol Ring
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
-41%synergy
Fellwar Stone
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
21%synergy
Caged Sun
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Mind Stone
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-13%synergy
Coldsteel Heart
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Crowded Crypt
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Planar Atlas
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Gilded Lotus
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Worn Powerstone
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Star Compass
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Nyx Lotus
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
2%synergy
Prismatic Lens
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion11 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
10%synergy
Hagra Mauling
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Command Tower
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Demolition Field
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
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