Golbez, Clad In Darkness (Commander) - Budget

Original Name:

Syr Konrad, the GrimSyr Konrad, the Grim

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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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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Canyon Crawler
4.9%inclusion2 decks41 decks
4%synergy
Wolfbat
4.9%inclusion2 decks41 decks
5%synergy
Raven Eagle
4.3%inclusion2 decks46 decks
3%synergy
Mai, Scornful Striker
4.3%inclusion2 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Deadly Precision
3.8%inclusion2 decks53 decks
3%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Forever Young
53%inclusion286 decks544 decks
51%synergy
Gravepurge
48%inclusion261 decks544 decks
46%synergy
Eye Collector
45%inclusion246 decks544 decks
44%synergy
Dreadhound
42%inclusion231 decks544 decks
41%synergy
Mindwrack Harpy
41%inclusion224 decks544 decks
40%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
41%inclusion224 decks544 decks
39%synergy
Returned Reveler
40%inclusion216 decks544 decks
39%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
53%inclusion291 decks544 decks
38%synergy
Corpse Churn
39%inclusion211 decks544 decks
38%synergy
Millikin
39%inclusion211 decks544 decks
36%synergy
Top Cards
Reassembling Skeleton
50%inclusion271 decks544 decks
33%synergy
Plaguecrafter
46%inclusion252 decks544 decks
26%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
46%inclusion250 decks544 decks
-6%synergy
Accursed Marauder
46%inclusion212 decks462 decks
25%synergy
Village Rites
45%inclusion245 decks544 decks
21%synergy
Leaden Myr
42%inclusion227 decks544 decks
35%synergy
Demon's Disciple
41%inclusion223 decks544 decks
33%synergy
Feed the Swarm
39%inclusion210 decks544 decks
-13%synergy
Viscera Seer
38%inclusion208 decks544 decks
22%synergy
Victimize
37%inclusion203 decks544 decks
12%synergy
Creatures
Burnished Hart
35%inclusion188 decks544 decks
26%synergy
Sanitarium Skeleton
34%inclusion187 decks544 decks
33%synergy
Undead Butler
34%inclusion186 decks544 decks
32%synergy
Stinkweed Imp
34%inclusion186 decks544 decks
32%synergy
Golgari Thug
34%inclusion185 decks544 decks
32%synergy
Persistent Specimen
33%inclusion181 decks544 decks
31%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
32%inclusion172 decks544 decks
27%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
31%inclusion170 decks544 decks
9%synergy
Mire Triton
30%inclusion161 decks544 decks
28%synergy
Cadaver Imp
28%inclusion155 decks544 decks
27%synergy
Gorging Vulture
26%inclusion144 decks544 decks
26%synergy
Gravedigger
26%inclusion140 decks544 decks
24%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
26%inclusion140 decks544 decks
3%synergy
Balustrade Spy
25%inclusion137 decks544 decks
25%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
25%inclusion135 decks544 decks
1%synergy
Tormod, the Desecrator
24%inclusion130 decks544 decks
21%synergy
Fell Stinger
24%inclusion129 decks544 decks
21%synergy
Shriekmaw
24%inclusion129 decks544 decks
21%synergy
Undercity Informer
23%inclusion127 decks544 decks
23%synergy
Gravelighter
23%inclusion126 decks544 decks
20%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
23%inclusion123 decks544 decks
18%synergy
Crow of Dark Tidings
23%inclusion123 decks544 decks
22%synergy
Koma's Faithful
22%inclusion118 decks544 decks
21%synergy
Midnight Reaper
20%inclusion108 decks544 decks
11%synergy
Massacre Girl
19%inclusion103 decks544 decks
11%synergy
Merciless Executioner
19%inclusion101 decks544 decks
12%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
16%inclusion88 decks544 decks
13%synergy
Unshakable Tail
16%inclusion84 decks522 decks
16%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
16%inclusion85 decks544 decks
9%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
15%inclusion81 decks524 decks
14%synergy
Retrofitted Transmogrant
15%inclusion69 decks457 decks
14%synergy
Blood Artist
15%inclusion81 decks544 decks
-16%synergy
Crypt Rats
14%inclusion77 decks544 decks
9%synergy
Pit Keeper
14%inclusion77 decks544 decks
14%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
13%inclusion73 decks544 decks
11%synergy
Hecteyes
13%inclusion28 decks209 decks
10%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
13%inclusion70 decks544 decks
7%synergy
Corpse Augur
12%inclusion66 decks544 decks
11%synergy
Carrion Feeder
12%inclusion66 decks544 decks
1%synergy
Manakin
12%inclusion65 decks544 decks
11%synergy
Burglar Rat
12%inclusion64 decks544 decks
0%synergy
Woe Strider
11%inclusion62 decks544 decks
7%synergy
Ahriman
11%inclusion23 decks209 decks
10%synergy
Al Bhed Salvagers
11%inclusion24 decks221 decks
7%synergy
Grim Haruspex
11%inclusion58 decks544 decks
1%synergy
Fell Horseman
11%inclusion58 decks544 decks
10%synergy
Angel of Suffering
11%inclusion58 decks544 decks
9%synergy
Slum Reaper
10%inclusion57 decks544 decks
10%synergy
Gaius van Baelsar
10%inclusion22 decks213 decks
5%synergy
Murderous Rider
10%inclusion55 decks544 decks
3%synergy
Instants
Footbottom Feast
32%inclusion176 decks544 decks
32%synergy
Murder
32%inclusion176 decks544 decks
22%synergy
Dark Ritual
27%inclusion146 decks544 decks
-39%synergy
Songs of the Damned
26%inclusion140 decks544 decks
20%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
24%inclusion131 decks544 decks
12%synergy
Defile
23%inclusion126 decks544 decks
-15%synergy
Another Chance
23%inclusion124 decks544 decks
22%synergy
Deadly Dispute
22%inclusion118 decks544 decks
-2%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
19%inclusion106 decks544 decks
18%synergy
Tragic Slip
18%inclusion99 decks544 decks
-2%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
17%inclusion92 decks544 decks
10%synergy
Crypt Incursion
16%inclusion87 decks544 decks
13%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
14%inclusion78 decks544 decks
14%synergy
Fight On!
14%inclusion29 decks209 decks
11%synergy
Doom Blade
13%inclusion69 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Wake the Dead
12%inclusion65 decks544 decks
11%synergy
Bone Harvest
11%inclusion60 decks544 decks
11%synergy
Not Dead After All
11%inclusion59 decks544 decks
0%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
10%inclusion56 decks544 decks
4%synergy
Go for the Throat
10%inclusion54 decks544 decks
-14%synergy
Death Denied
10%inclusion54 decks544 decks
9%synergy
Undying Malice
10%inclusion52 decks544 decks
0%synergy
Dig Up the Body
9.4%inclusion51 decks544 decks
9%synergy
Price of Fame
9.2%inclusion50 decks544 decks
8%synergy
Hero's Downfall
8.5%inclusion46 decks544 decks
1%synergy
Costly Plunder
8.5%inclusion46 decks544 decks
6%synergy
Altar's Reap
7.9%inclusion43 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Feign Death
7.5%inclusion41 decks544 decks
0%synergy
Overkill
7.1%inclusion15 decks211 decks
-1%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.0%inclusion38 decks544 decks
-18%synergy
Sephiroth's Intervention
6.8%inclusion15 decks220 decks
4%synergy
Vayne's Treachery
6.6%inclusion14 decks211 decks
5%synergy
Consuming Corruption
6.5%inclusion30 decks464 decks
-10%synergy
Tainted Strike
5.9%inclusion32 decks544 decks
3%synergy
Nasty End
5.7%inclusion31 decks544 decks
3%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
5.4%inclusion25 decks464 decks
3%synergy
Professor's Warning
5.1%inclusion28 decks544 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Sign in Blood
33%inclusion180 decks544 decks
-3%synergy
Funeral Rites
29%inclusion156 decks544 decks
28%synergy
Dread Return
26%inclusion144 decks544 decks
14%synergy
Syphon Mind
25%inclusion135 decks544 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
23%inclusion124 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Atrocious Experiment
19%inclusion106 decks544 decks
18%synergy
Unearth
19%inclusion106 decks544 decks
11%synergy
Diresight
19%inclusion84 decks437 decks
16%synergy
Dread Summons
18%inclusion99 decks544 decks
16%synergy
Macabre Waltz
17%inclusion93 decks544 decks
16%synergy
Bone Splinters
13%inclusion72 decks544 decks
11%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion71 decks544 decks
-2%synergy
Bone Shards
13%inclusion68 decks544 decks
9%synergy
Resentful Revelation
12%inclusion26 decks209 decks
10%synergy
Terror Tide
10%inclusion52 decks544 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Tempest
10%inclusion52 decks544 decks
7%synergy
Vicious Rumors
9.0%inclusion49 decks544 decks
3%synergy
Final Parting
7.5%inclusion41 decks544 decks
3%synergy
Duress
7.2%inclusion39 decks544 decks
0%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.2%inclusion39 decks544 decks
-17%synergy
Summon Undead
7.2%inclusion39 decks544 decks
7%synergy
Spark Harvest
6.8%inclusion37 decks544 decks
6%synergy
Buried Alive
6.8%inclusion37 decks544 decks
-5%synergy
Necromantic Selection
6.8%inclusion37 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Mutilate
6.8%inclusion37 decks544 decks
-12%synergy
Morality Shift
6.8%inclusion37 decks544 decks
6%synergy
Lively Dirge
6.7%inclusion33 decks489 decks
3%synergy
Soul Salvage
6.6%inclusion36 decks544 decks
6%synergy
Mind Rot
6.6%inclusion36 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Ransack the Lab
6.6%inclusion36 decks544 decks
6%synergy
Decree of Pain
6.4%inclusion35 decks544 decks
1%synergy
Disentomb
6.1%inclusion33 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Blood for Bones
6.1%inclusion33 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Eaten Alive
5.9%inclusion32 decks544 decks
2%synergy
The Final Days
5.7%inclusion12 decks210 decks
5%synergy
Exsanguinate
5.7%inclusion31 decks544 decks
-19%synergy
Living Death
5.5%inclusion30 decks544 decks
-5%synergy
Worthy Cost
5.5%inclusion14 decks256 decks
4%synergy
Evil Reawakened
5.0%inclusion11 decks220 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Perpetual Timepiece
32%inclusion174 decks544 decks
30%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
31%inclusion170 decks544 decks
30%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
19%inclusion103 decks544 decks
2%synergy
Feldon's Cane
13%inclusion72 decks544 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion72 decks544 decks
-18%synergy
Tithing Blade
13%inclusion71 decks544 decks
10%synergy
Mindcrank
13%inclusion68 decks544 decks
7%synergy
Codex Shredder
11%inclusion58 decks544 decks
9%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
10%inclusion54 decks544 decks
8%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
7.4%inclusion40 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Eerie Gravestone
7.3%inclusion11 decks150 decks
7%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
6.3%inclusion34 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Bontu's Monument
5.7%inclusion31 decks544 decks
-22%synergy
Mimic Vat
5.5%inclusion30 decks544 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Tortured Existence
21%inclusion116 decks544 decks
17%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
17%inclusion92 decks544 decks
7%synergy
Cemetery Tampering
16%inclusion86 decks544 decks
14%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
16%inclusion86 decks544 decks
0%synergy
Phyresis
16%inclusion85 decks544 decks
13%synergy
Vampiric Rites
15%inclusion80 decks544 decks
9%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
13%inclusion72 decks544 decks
8%synergy
Scion of Halaster
13%inclusion69 decks544 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
8.3%inclusion45 decks544 decks
-32%synergy
Soul Enervation
8.0%inclusion42 decks524 decks
7%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
7.0%inclusion38 decks544 decks
3%synergy
Warlock Class
7.0%inclusion38 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Pestilence
6.8%inclusion37 decks544 decks
4%synergy
Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab
5.9%inclusion24 decks406 decks
5%synergy
Omen of the Dead
5.7%inclusion31 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
5.5%inclusion30 decks544 decks
3%synergy
Open the Graves
5.1%inclusion28 decks544 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Death's Majesty
10%inclusion54 decks544 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Mortuary Mire
41%inclusion225 decks544 decks
28%synergy
Witch's Cottage
40%inclusion219 decks544 decks
16%synergy
Bojuka Bog
38%inclusion206 decks544 decks
-9%synergy
Memorial to Folly
17%inclusion91 decks544 decks
13%synergy
Barren Moor
16%inclusion89 decks544 decks
6%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
13%inclusion73 decks544 decks
12%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion53 decks544 decks
2%synergy
Tocasia's Dig Site
8.8%inclusion48 decks544 decks
8%synergy
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
8.6%inclusion18 decks209 decks
8%synergy
Polluted Mire
8.5%inclusion46 decks544 decks
4%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
8.1%inclusion44 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Haunted Fengraf
7.2%inclusion39 decks544 decks
7%synergy
The Dross Pits
7.0%inclusion38 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
5.7%inclusion31 decks544 decks
-6%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
5.7%inclusion31 decks544 decks
4%synergy
Drownyard Temple
5.1%inclusion28 decks544 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
54%inclusion295 decks544 decks
-32%synergy
Arcane Signet
47%inclusion258 decks544 decks
-15%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
44%inclusion242 decks544 decks
21%synergy
Mind Stone
41%inclusion221 decks544 decks
9%synergy
Commander's Sphere
22%inclusion122 decks544 decks
13%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
11%inclusion59 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Fellwar Stone
8.3%inclusion45 decks544 decks
-7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion543 decks544 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
23%inclusion127 decks544 decks
-3%synergy
Evolving Wilds
10%inclusion52 decks544 decks
6%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
5.7%inclusion31 decks544 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
5.1%inclusion28 decks544 decks
0%synergy
Hidden Grotto
5.0%inclusion22 decks438 decks
4%synergy