Golbez, Clad In Darkness (Commander) - Budget Optimized

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Golbez, Clad In Darkness
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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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Mindcrank
77%inclusion10 decks13 decks
71%synergy
Stinkweed Imp
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
52%synergy
Golgari Thug
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
44%synergy
Tortured Existence
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
42%synergy
Morality Shift
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
37%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
37%synergy
Forever Young
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
37%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
37%synergy
Undead Butler
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
36%synergy
Murder
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
36%synergy
Top Cards
Dark Ritual
85%inclusion11 decks13 decks
18%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
30%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
31%synergy
Dread Return
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
34%synergy
Feed the Swarm
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
-5%synergy
Blood Artist
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Village Rites
46%inclusion6 decks13 decks
22%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
36%synergy
Jet Medallion
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
-21%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
1%synergy
Braids, Cabal Minion
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
0%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-6%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-14%synergy
Demonic Tutor
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-20%synergy
Necropotence
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-8%synergy
Creatures
Demon's Disciple
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
31%synergy
Plaguecrafter
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
19%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
34%synergy
Massacre Wurm
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
21%synergy
Leaden Myr
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
32%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
28%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
9%synergy
Dreadhound
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
29%synergy
Crypt Ghast
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
-18%synergy
Accursed Marauder
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
10%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
12%synergy
Fell Stinger
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
28%synergy
Vile Entomber
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
25%synergy
Massacre Girl
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
23%synergy
Shriekmaw
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
28%synergy
Burnished Hart
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
23%synergy
Venomized Cat
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Grim Servant
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
18%synergy
Woe Strider
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
19%synergy
Doom Whisperer
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
20%synergy
Eye Collector
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
22%synergy
Persistent Specimen
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
21%synergy
Sangromancer
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
12%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
18%synergy
Cynical Loner
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
23%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Viscera Seer
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Millikin
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
20%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
-3%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
16%synergy
Angel of Suffering
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
22%synergy
Zodiark, Umbral God
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
11%synergy
Nightblade Brigade
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Tonberry
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
16%synergy
Gravecrawler
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
12%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
11%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
10%synergy
Fate Unraveler
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
12%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
9%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
10%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Cult Conscript
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Midnight Reaper
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Desecration Demon
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Crypt Rats
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Gravepurge
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
29%synergy
Tainted Strike
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
28%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
17%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
11%synergy
Withering Torment
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
-8%synergy
Overkill
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
12%synergy
Footbottom Feast
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Songs of the Damned
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
10%synergy
Undying Malice
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-3%synergy
Bone Harvest
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Infernal Grasp
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-10%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Lethal Scheme
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Corpse Churn
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Deadly Dispute
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-8%synergy
Feed the Cycle
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Vincent's Limit Break
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Sephiroth's Intervention
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Cut Down
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-7%synergy
Entomb
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-4%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-16%synergy
Dark Dabbling
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Not Dead After All
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-4%synergy
Fanatical Offering
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Price of Fame
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Defile
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-30%synergy
Battle-Rage Blessing
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Soul Shatter
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-5%synergy
Long Goodbye
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Live or Die
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Breathe Your Last
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Professor's Warning
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Power Word Kill
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Hagra Mauling
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
1%synergy
Demonic Gifts
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Fatal Push
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Hazel's Nocturne
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Grasp of Darkness
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Malice
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-5%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
0%synergy
Wake the Dead
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Drag to the Underworld
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Death Denied
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Terror
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Ashnod's Intervention
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Liliana's Triumph
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Buried Alive
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
27%synergy
Victimize
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Unearth
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
22%synergy
Dread Summons
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
28%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
16%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
11%synergy
Rush of Dread
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
19%synergy
Living Death
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
-15%synergy
Sign in Blood
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
-13%synergy
Macabre Waltz
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
22%synergy
Resentful Revelation
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Lively Dirge
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
12%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Innocent Blood
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
10%synergy
Bone Shards
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
12%synergy
Necromantic Selection
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Invoke Despair
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
9%synergy
Bone Splinters
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Night's Whisper
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-9%synergy
Read the Bones
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-3%synergy
Exsanguinate
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-9%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Stargaze
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Risky Research
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Embrace Oblivion
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Deadly Embrace
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Evil Reawakened
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
9%synergy
Diabolic Intent
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-7%synergy
Cloudkill
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Finale of Eternity
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Bubbling Muck
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-8%synergy
Killing Wave
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-10%synergy
Demonic Counsel
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Army of the Damned
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Funeral Rites
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Dark Petition
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Twilight's Call
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Zombify
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Summon Undead
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Raise Dead
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Kindred Dominance
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Damnation
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-13%synergy
Disentomb
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Chain of Smog
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Macabre Reconstruction
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Elixir of Immortality
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
28%synergy
Perpetual Timepiece
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
21%synergy
Skullclamp
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
-8%synergy
Grindstone
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
23%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-4%synergy
Feldon's Cane
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Lightning Greaves
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-18%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-1%synergy
Altar of the Brood
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Eerie Gravestone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
The Masamune
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-10%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Whip of Erebos
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-3%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Expedition Map
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-5%synergy
Keening Stone
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Crucible of Worlds
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Blasting Station
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Profane Memento
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Demon's Horn
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Lavaspur Boots
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Eon Hub
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
8%synergy
Grimoire of the Dead
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Manascape Refractor
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Unlicensed Hearse
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Enchantments
Phyrexian Arena
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
-2%synergy
Underworld Dreams
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
17%synergy
Painful Quandary
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
13%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Scion of Halaster
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Vampiric Rites
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
9%synergy
Warlock Class
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Animate Dead
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-2%synergy
Black Market
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-6%synergy
Grave Pact
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-3%synergy
Exquisite Blood
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
10%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Open the Graves
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Grievous Wound
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Hopeless Nightmare
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Sanguine Bond
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-4%synergy
Phyresis
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Dogged Pursuit
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-15%synergy
Contamination
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Sporogenic Infection
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
1%synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Infernal Darkness
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Dark Prophecy
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Tinybones Joins Up
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Palace Siege
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-8%synergy
Pestilence
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Oppression
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
0%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-6%synergy
Liliana, Death's Majesty
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Professor Onyx
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
69%inclusion9 decks13 decks
22%synergy
Witch's Cottage
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Mortuary Mire
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
18%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
29%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Temple of the False God
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Cabal Coffers
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-40%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-1%synergy
Vault of Whispers
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-16%synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-3%synergy
Haunted Fengraf
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-22%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-10%synergy
Drownyard Temple
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-30%synergy
Witch's Clinic
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-28%synergy
Barren Moor
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-3%synergy
Cradle of the Accursed
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-4%synergy
The Dross Pits
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
High Market
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
1%synergy
Buried Ruin
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Polluted Mire
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Thespian's Stage
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Sequestered Stash
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-11%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
85%inclusion11 decks13 decks
-2%synergy
Mind Stone
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
0%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
0%synergy
Commander's Sphere
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Arcane Signet
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
-39%synergy
Fellwar Stone
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
0%synergy
Heraldic Banner
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-3%synergy
Basalt Monolith
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Nyx Lotus
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
1%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Pristine Talisman
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Caged Sun
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-5%synergy
Hedron Archive
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion13 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Evolving Wilds
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
12%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Hidden Grotto
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Mirrex
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Hagra Mauling
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Demolition Field
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
2%synergy
Zof Consumption
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Blackbloom Rogue
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Path of Ancestry
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
3%synergy
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