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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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Karumonix, the Rat King
81%inclusion22 decks27 decks
77%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
85%inclusion23 decks27 decks
75%synergy
Piper of the Swarm
81%inclusion22 decks27 decks
75%synergy
Pack Rat
70%inclusion19 decks27 decks
65%synergy
Typhoid Rats
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
55%synergy
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
51%synergy
Burglar Rat
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
48%synergy
Crypt Rats
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
47%synergy
Rat Colony
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
47%synergy
Thornbite Staff
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
45%synergy
Top Cards
Village Rites
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Voracious Vermin
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
45%synergy
Go for the Throat
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Lord Skitter's Butcher
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
41%synergy
Bontu's Monument
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Blightbelly Rat
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
41%synergy
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
41%synergy
Tangled Colony
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
37%synergy
Feed the Swarm
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
-11%synergy
Revenge of the Rats
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
38%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-7%synergy
Braids, Cabal Minion
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Persistent Marshstalker
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
38%synergy
Chittering Witch
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Stronghold Rats
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
37%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Ratcatcher
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
34%synergy
Wave of Rats
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
35%synergy
Rancid Rats
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
34%synergy
Relentless Rats
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
32%synergy
Swarm of Rats
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
31%synergy
Twisted Sewer-Witch
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
32%synergy
Old Flitterfang
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
32%synergy
Ruthless Radrat
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Valley Rotcaller
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
27%synergy
Drainpipe Vermin
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Gnat Miser
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
27%synergy
Pestilence Rats
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
27%synergy
Blood Artist
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Ravenous Rats
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Thornplate Intimidator
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
25%synergy
Engine Rat
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Nezumi Prowler
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Nezumi Graverobber
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Innocuous Rat
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Gnawing Vermin
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Mukotai Ambusher
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Ichor Rats
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
19%synergy
Septic Rats
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
20%synergy
Ruin Rat
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Skullsnatcher
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-37%synergy
Species Specialist
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-7%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Locust Miser
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Nadier's Nightblade
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Nezumi Bladeblesser
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Nezumi Cutthroat
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Nezumi Informant
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Razortooth Rats
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Undercity Dire Rat
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Refurbished Familiar
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Chittering Rats
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Rotting Rats
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Metallic Mimic
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Daggerfang Duo
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Nezumi Shortfang
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Throat Slitter
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Sinuous Vermin
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Dark Ritual
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
-29%synergy
Murder
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Defile
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
-8%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Foul-Tongue Shriek
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Deadly Dispute
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Tragic Slip
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Rat Out
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Doom Blade
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Altar's Reap
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
20%synergy
Hero's Downfall
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Withering Torment
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-13%synergy
Vraska's Fall
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Gravepurge
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Consuming Corruption
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Death Denied
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Dark Endurance
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Rollick
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-16%synergy
Bone Harvest
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Force of Despair
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Fatal Push
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Not Dead After All
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-4%synergy
Costly Plunder
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Return to Action
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
You Are Already Dead
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Cast Down
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Overkill
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
-2%synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Tutor
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
25%synergy
Crippling Fear
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Swarmyard Massacre
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Read the Bones
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Gruesome Fate
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Sign in Blood
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-18%synergy
Lab Rats
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Duress
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Fell
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Worthy Cost
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Vat Emergence
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Return from Extinction
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Echoing Return
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Kindred Dominance
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Eaten Alive
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Infectious Inquiry
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Drown in Ichor
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Secret Salvage
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Hymn of the Faller
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Bone Splinters
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Morbid Plunder
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Victimize
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-18%synergy
Dread Return
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Season of Loss
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Profane Tutor
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Mutilate
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-12%synergy
Forever Young
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Bone Shards
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Cruelclaw's Heist
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Smallpox
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Ambition's Cost
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Hex
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Diresight
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Corrupt
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Assassinate
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Death Cloud
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Ancient Craving
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Reanimate
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-31%synergy
Risky Shortcut
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Damnation
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-14%synergy
Pact of the Serpent
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
20%synergy
Jet Medallion
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
-19%synergy
Thrumming Stone
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
33%synergy
Herald's Horn
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Lightning Greaves
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
-8%synergy
Icon of Ancestry
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Coat of Arms
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Mirror Box
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Eldrazi Monument
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-8%synergy
Whip of Erebos
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Staff of Domination
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Magewright's Stone
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Banner of Kinship
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Akroma's Memorial
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Altar of the Brood
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Sword of the Squeak
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Winter Moon
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Obelisk of Urd
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Enchantments
Black Market
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Vampiric Rites
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-18%synergy
Bad Moon
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
19%synergy
Contamination
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Haunted One
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Grave Pact
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Cover of Darkness
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Greed
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Underworld Connections
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Tribute to Horobi
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Polluted Bonds
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Painful Quandary
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Cunning Rhetoric
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Phyresis
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Intimidation
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Utility Lands
Swarmyard
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Mudflat Village
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
38%synergy
Bojuka Bog
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Rogue's Passage
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Mortuary Mire
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Barren Moor
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Reliquary Tower
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-13%synergy
Witch's Cottage
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-6%synergy
Temple of the False God
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
0%synergy
War Room
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-6%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
0%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
The Dross Pits
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Castle Locthwain
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Three Tree City
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Access Tunnel
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
81%inclusion22 decks27 decks
-5%synergy
Arcane Signet
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
-11%synergy
Heraldic Banner
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
31%synergy
Commander's Sphere
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Patchwork Banner
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Thought Vessel
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-9%synergy
Mind Stone
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-13%synergy
Patriar's Seal
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Caged Sun
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-12%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Nyx Lotus
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
0%synergy
Springleaf Drum
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Ring of the Lucii
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Blitzball
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion27 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
39%synergy
Myriad Landscape
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-12%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Evolving Wilds
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Command Tower
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
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