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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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Ripples of Undeath
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
65%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
60%synergy
Kokusho, the Evening Star
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
59%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
58%synergy
Altar of Dementia
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
58%synergy
Viscera Seer
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
56%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
53%synergy
Living Death
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
53%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
52%synergy
Necromancy
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
48%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
100%inclusion11 decks11 decks
48%synergy
Toxic Deluge
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
45%synergy
Jet Medallion
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
21%synergy
Reanimate
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Crypt Ghast
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Dark Ritual
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Plaguecrafter
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
41%synergy
Noxious Gearhulk
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
47%synergy
Lightning Greaves
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
21%synergy
Game Changers
Necropotence
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Demonic Tutor
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-19%synergy
Creatures
Umbral Collar Zealot
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
67%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
31%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
36%synergy
Accursed Marauder
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
29%synergy
Wurmcoil Engine
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
43%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
38%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
41%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Massacre Wurm
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
28%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
41%synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
41%synergy
Vile Entomber
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
40%synergy
Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
45%synergy
Metamorphosis Fanatic
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Boggart Trawler
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
31%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
11%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Grave Titan
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
30%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Angel of Suffering
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Disciple of Griselbrand
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Bog Witch
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Carrion Feeder
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Balthor the Defiled
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Overlord of the Balemurk
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
The Warring Triad
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Warren Soultrader
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Blood Artist
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
-4%synergy
Undead Butler
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
23%synergy
Troll of Khazad-dûm
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Putrid Imp
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
22%synergy
Doom Whisperer
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Ancient Brass Dragon
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Archfiend of Despair
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Hollow Marauder
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Barrowgoyf
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
15%synergy
Gaius van Baelsar
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Illuminor Szeras
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Necrotic Ooze
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Grim Haruspex
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-5%synergy
Merciless Executioner
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
11%synergy
Demon of Dark Schemes
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Shriekmaw
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Sheoldred
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Malakir Rebirth
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Withering Torment
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
18%synergy
Imp's Mischief
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
22%synergy
Entomb
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Bitter Triumph
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Fell the Profane
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
21%synergy
Hostile Negotiations
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Cabal Ritual
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
19%synergy
Songs of the Damned
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
22%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Hagra Mauling
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
23%synergy
Snuff Out
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Flare of Malice
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Sacrifice
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Stinging Study
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Deadly Dispute
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-6%synergy
Deadly Rollick
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-5%synergy
Saw in Half
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
10%synergy
Defile
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-19%synergy
Withering Boon
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Consuming Corruption
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-6%synergy
Fatal Push
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Pile On
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Devour Flesh
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Darkness
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
0%synergy
Murderous Cut
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Tragic Slip
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-11%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-5%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-14%synergy
Soul Shatter
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-3%synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Nightcreep
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Murder
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
Spoils of Evil
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Baleful Mastery
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
0%synergy
Curtains' Call
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Corpse Dance
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Doom Blade
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Culling the Weak
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-6%synergy
Offer Immortality
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Eat to Extinction
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Sorceries
Buried Alive
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
43%synergy
Exsanguinate
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
21%synergy
Feed the Swarm
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
-15%synergy
Damnation
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Diresight
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
27%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
11%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
21%synergy
Exhume
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Mutilate
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Night's Whisper
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Sign in Blood
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
-9%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Incarnation Technique
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Stitch Together
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Unmarked Grave
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Read the Bones
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
0%synergy
Syphon Mind
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Will of the Abzan
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Season of Loss
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
Fell
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
6%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-2%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-2%synergy
Dread Return
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-3%synergy
Persist
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Decree of Pain
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Consuming Vapors
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Dark Deal
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-2%synergy
Cruel Bargain
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Soul Exchange
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Infernal Contract
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Dead of Winter
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Bone Shards
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Awaken the Erstwhile
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Victimize
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-17%synergy
Rite of Consumption
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Bubbling Muck
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-7%synergy
Blood on the Snow
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Walk the Plank
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Final Parting
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Eaten Alive
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Hellfire
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Chain of Smog
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Whip of Erebos
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Bontu's Monument
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Expedition Map
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Skullclamp
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-3%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
2%synergy
Mithril Coat
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Perpetual Timepiece
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
Profane Memento
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-23%synergy
Prism Ring
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Plate
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Panharmonicon
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
37%synergy
Out of the Tombs
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
33%synergy
Teval's Judgment
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Dance of the Dead
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Black Market
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Cemetery Tampering
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Black Market Connections
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-5%synergy
Dark Prophecy
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Lich's Mastery
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
No Mercy
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
2%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-7%synergy
Chains of Mephistopheles
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Bitterblossom
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-4%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
Oubliette
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Oppression
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Gonti's Machinations
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Exquisite Blood
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-4%synergy
Carnival of Souls
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-5%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-4%synergy
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
91%inclusion10 decks11 decks
36%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
40%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
44%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
19%synergy
Bojuka Bog
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
High Market
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
30%synergy
War Room
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Castle Locthwain
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
19%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Tomb Fortress
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Miren, the Moaning Well
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Witch's Cottage
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-6%synergy
Lake of the Dead
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Vesuva
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Deserted Temple
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Diamond Valley
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Drownyard Temple
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Barren Moor
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-1%synergy
Crystal Vein
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Peat Bog
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
-5%synergy
Arcane Signet
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
10%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
22%synergy
Mind Stone
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Fellwar Stone
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
12%synergy
The Soul Stone
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
12%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Nyx Lotus
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
11%synergy
Coldsteel Heart
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Gilded Lotus
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Mox Opal
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-2%synergy
Thought Vessel
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-18%synergy
Lotus Bloom
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Thran Dynamo
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Worn Powerstone
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
-22%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
32%synergy
Fell the Profane
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
21%synergy
Boggart Trawler
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
31%synergy
Urza's Cave
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
21%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Hagra Mauling
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
23%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
19%synergy
Myriad Landscape
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-8%synergy
Conduit Pylons
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Hidden Grotto
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Command Tower
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Gallifrey Council Chamber
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Demolition Field
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
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