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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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Control Magic
69%inclusion36 decks52 decks
67%synergy
Leyline of Singularity
63%inclusion33 decks52 decks
63%synergy
Desertion
54%inclusion28 decks52 decks
52%synergy
Agent of Treachery
56%inclusion29 decks52 decks
52%synergy
Blue Sun's Twilight
54%inclusion28 decks52 decks
50%synergy
Corrupted Conscience
52%inclusion27 decks52 decks
50%synergy
Blatant Thievery
52%inclusion27 decks52 decks
49%synergy
Thieving Skydiver
52%inclusion27 decks52 decks
48%synergy
Invoke the Winds
48%inclusion25 decks52 decks
46%synergy
Confiscate
44%inclusion23 decks52 decks
43%synergy
Top Cards
Counterspell
73%inclusion38 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
58%inclusion30 decks52 decks
30%synergy
High Tide
58%inclusion30 decks52 decks
13%synergy
Negate
54%inclusion28 decks52 decks
16%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
52%inclusion27 decks52 decks
-6%synergy
Sower of Temptation
46%inclusion24 decks52 decks
43%synergy
Propaganda
42%inclusion22 decks52 decks
12%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
42%inclusion22 decks52 decks
39%synergy
Arcane Denial
40%inclusion21 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Bribery
40%inclusion21 decks52 decks
37%synergy
Game Changers
Consecrated Sphinx
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-7%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-28%synergy
Creatures
Beguiler of Wills
38%inclusion20 decks52 decks
38%synergy
Mind Flayer
37%inclusion19 decks52 decks
35%synergy
Callous Oppressor
37%inclusion19 decks52 decks
36%synergy
Clone
35%inclusion18 decks52 decks
32%synergy
Keiga, the Tide Star
33%inclusion17 decks52 decks
32%synergy
Master Thief
33%inclusion17 decks52 decks
32%synergy
Burnished Hart
29%inclusion15 decks52 decks
23%synergy
Thalakos Deceiver
29%inclusion15 decks52 decks
29%synergy
Marvin, Murderous Mimic
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
25%synergy
Defiler of Dreams
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
18%synergy
Memnarch
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
24%synergy
Aura Thief
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
26%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
22%synergy
North Pole Patrol
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Roil Elemental
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
19%synergy
Clever Impersonator
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
15%synergy
Arcanis the Omnipotent
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
12%synergy
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
17%synergy
Scourge of Fleets
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Perplexing Chimera
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
17%synergy
Body Double
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
16%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
-2%synergy
Harbinger of the Seas
17%inclusion8 decks48 decks
8%synergy
High Fae Trickster
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Seasinger
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
15%synergy
Aphetto Alchemist
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
12%synergy
Apprentice Wizard
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
13%synergy
Spellskite
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Dominating Licid
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
15%synergy
Fatespinner
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
12%synergy
Archaeomancer
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
-2%synergy
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Sea Scryer
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Hullbreaker Horror
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
-13%synergy
Mocking Doppelganger
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Spark Double
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
-2%synergy
Stunt Double
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-3%synergy
Volatile Stormdrake
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Archmage of Runes
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Hypnotic Siren
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Triskaidekaphile
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
-1%synergy
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Phantasmal Image
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Stormtide Leviathan
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Merfolk Sovereign
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Aetherize
40%inclusion21 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Brainstorm
38%inclusion20 decks52 decks
-3%synergy
Archmage's Charm
33%inclusion17 decks52 decks
16%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
31%inclusion16 decks52 decks
-6%synergy
Gather Specimens
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
26%synergy
Opt
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
0%synergy
Rewind
23%inclusion12 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Divert Disaster
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Aethersnatch
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
21%synergy
Narset's Reversal
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Commandeer
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
14%synergy
Flow of Knowledge
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Cancel
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
-4%synergy
Dominate
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
15%synergy
Octopus Form
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
-27%synergy
See Double
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Aetherspouts
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Blue Sun's Zenith
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Reality Shift
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
-14%synergy
Dig Through Time
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Louisoix's Sacrifice
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
-9%synergy
Dissipate
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
-23%synergy
Mana Leak
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
-4%synergy
Pull from Tomorrow
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Unwind
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Mystic Confluence
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
0%synergy
Mana Drain
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
-17%synergy
Reins of Power
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Three Steps Ahead
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
0%synergy
Fact or Fiction
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
0%synergy
Spelljack
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Essence Capture
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Consider
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-7%synergy
Redirect
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Disallow
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Cackling Counterpart
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Unsummon
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Swan Song
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-19%synergy
Snap
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-11%synergy
Reenact the Crime
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Ghostly Flicker
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-4%synergy
Magic Damper
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Polymorphist's Jest
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Impulse
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Mass Manipulation
38%inclusion20 decks52 decks
36%synergy
Ponder
37%inclusion19 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Inevitable Betrayal
31%inclusion16 decks52 decks
30%synergy
Preordain
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Tempted by the Oriq
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
24%synergy
Acquire
23%inclusion12 decks52 decks
22%synergy
Entrancing Melody
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
21%synergy
Rite of Replication
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
14%synergy
Subjugate the Hobbits
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
17%synergy
Sakashima's Will
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
14%synergy
Treasure Cruise
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Relm's Sketching
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Telemin Performance
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Flow of Ideas
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Lullmage's Domination
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Curse of the Swine
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
-2%synergy
Stolen Identity
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Finale of Revelation
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Windfall
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-15%synergy
Lunar Insight
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Clone Legion
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Quasiduplicate
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Ravenform
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-3%synergy
Consuming Tide
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Divination
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Wash Out
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Deep Analysis
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
0%synergy
Sleep
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Talent of the Telepath
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Solve the Equation
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
40%inclusion21 decks52 decks
14%synergy
Vedalken Shackles
37%inclusion19 decks52 decks
34%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
15%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
-3%synergy
Mirage Mirror
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
12%synergy
Rings of Brighthearth
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
14%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
12%synergy
Mindslaver
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Neurok Stealthsuit
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Lithoform Engine
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Glaring Spotlight
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Mithril Coat
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Magewright's Stone
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
7%synergy
Helm of the Host
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Bident of Thassa
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-4%synergy
Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
6%synergy
The Water Crystal
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Lavaspur Boots
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Staff of Domination
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Isochron Scepter
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-12%synergy
Enchantments
Mind Control
37%inclusion19 decks52 decks
36%synergy
In Bolas's Clutches
29%inclusion15 decks52 decks
29%synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
18%synergy
Kitnap
26%inclusion11 decks42 decks
26%synergy
Treachery
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
20%synergy
Legacy's Allure
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
19%synergy
Freed from the Real
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
16%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
-8%synergy
Mind's Dilation
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
18%synergy
Steal Artifact
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
17%synergy
Curse of Unbinding
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
15%synergy
Imprisoned in the Moon
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Steal Enchantment
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
12%synergy
Volition Reins
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
13%synergy
Wizard Class
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
-5%synergy
Mirrormade
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Persuasion
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Tractor Beam
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Domestication
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Dissipation Field
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Annex
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Kiora Bests the Sea God
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Abduction
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Dream Leash
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Take Possession
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Spirit Away
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
5%synergy
As Foretold
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Observed Stasis
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-11%synergy
Mechanized Production
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-1%synergy
Curator's Ward
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Lay Claim
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Diplomatic Immunity
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Enthralling Hold
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Spreading Seas
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Extravagant Replication
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Followed Footsteps
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Become the Pilot
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Puca's Mischief
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Merrow Commerce
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Telepathy
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Psychic Surgery
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
18%synergy
Utility Lands
Mystic Sanctuary
46%inclusion24 decks52 decks
-4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
42%inclusion22 decks52 decks
-14%synergy
Agna Qel'a
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Halimar Depths
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
17%synergy
Castle Vantress
21%inclusion11 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Detection Tower
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
18%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Arcane Lighthouse
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
13%synergy
Rivendell
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
-1%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
1%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
-5%synergy
Coral Atoll
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Rogue's Passage
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
-5%synergy
Command Beacon
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
-16%synergy
Maze of Ith
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
3%synergy
War Room
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-8%synergy
Academy Ruins
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
-11%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
0%synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Blighted Cataract
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Thespian's Stage
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Terrain Generator
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion47 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Arcane Signet
58%inclusion30 decks52 decks
-7%synergy
Sky Diamond
48%inclusion25 decks52 decks
25%synergy
Thought Vessel
46%inclusion24 decks52 decks
-6%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion20 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Patriar's Seal
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
24%synergy
Midnight Clock
27%inclusion14 decks52 decks
6%synergy
Gilded Lotus
25%inclusion13 decks52 decks
14%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
13%synergy
Commander's Sphere
17%inclusion9 decks52 decks
8%synergy
Caged Sun
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Thran Dynamo
15%inclusion8 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
-6%synergy
Nyx Lotus
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
9%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
0%synergy
Worn Powerstone
10%inclusion5 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
4%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
7.7%inclusion4 decks52 decks
0%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-10%synergy
Liquimetal Torque
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
-1%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Misleading Signpost
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
96%inclusion50 decks52 decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
37%inclusion19 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Sink into Stupor
13%inclusion6 decks48 decks
-9%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
12%inclusion6 decks52 decks
5%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-3%synergy
Demolition Field
5.8%inclusion3 decks52 decks
0%synergy
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