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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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Elephant-Rat
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Rat Colony
100%inclusion339 decks340 decks
95%synergy
Karumonix, the Rat King
80%inclusion273 decks340 decks
76%synergy
Pack Rat
80%inclusion272 decks340 decks
74%synergy
Piper of the Swarm
81%inclusion275 decks340 decks
74%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
80%inclusion272 decks340 decks
70%synergy
Typhoid Rats
66%inclusion223 decks340 decks
62%synergy
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
62%inclusion211 decks340 decks
54%synergy
Lord Skitter's Butcher
57%inclusion194 decks340 decks
54%synergy
Crypt Rats
58%inclusion197 decks340 decks
53%synergy
Burglar Rat
63%inclusion214 decks340 decks
52%synergy
Top Cards
Voracious Vermin
52%inclusion176 decks340 decks
49%synergy
Bontu's Monument
51%inclusion173 decks340 decks
23%synergy
Village Rites
50%inclusion169 decks340 decks
25%synergy
Pestilence Rats
50%inclusion169 decks340 decks
48%synergy
Dark Ritual
49%inclusion168 decks340 decks
-17%synergy
Persistent Marshstalker
49%inclusion90 decks184 decks
46%synergy
Tangled Colony
49%inclusion166 decks340 decks
46%synergy
Ratcatcher
49%inclusion165 decks340 decks
45%synergy
Rancid Rats
48%inclusion164 decks340 decks
46%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
45%inclusion153 decks340 decks
19%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
19%inclusion64 decks340 decks
-11%synergy
Creatures
Gnat Miser
44%inclusion150 decks340 decks
41%synergy
Swarm of Rats
44%inclusion148 decks340 decks
41%synergy
Chittering Witch
42%inclusion143 decks340 decks
37%synergy
Ruin Rat
40%inclusion137 decks340 decks
39%synergy
Ravenous Rats
40%inclusion135 decks340 decks
38%synergy
Drainpipe Vermin
36%inclusion122 decks340 decks
34%synergy
Blightbelly Rat
35%inclusion120 decks340 decks
32%synergy
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
34%inclusion116 decks340 decks
31%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
34%inclusion115 decks340 decks
25%synergy
Twisted Sewer-Witch
33%inclusion113 decks340 decks
32%synergy
Wave of Rats
33%inclusion111 decks340 decks
31%synergy
Nezumi Graverobber
32%inclusion110 decks340 decks
31%synergy
Old Flitterfang
31%inclusion105 decks340 decks
29%synergy
Innocuous Rat
31%inclusion39 decks127 decks
30%synergy
Nezumi Prowler
30%inclusion101 decks340 decks
28%synergy
Stronghold Rats
29%inclusion100 decks340 decks
25%synergy
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
29%inclusion98 decks340 decks
25%synergy
Valley Rotcaller
28%inclusion53 decks188 decks
26%synergy
Throat Slitter
28%inclusion94 decks340 decks
26%synergy
Gnawing Vermin
27%inclusion91 decks340 decks
25%synergy
Ichor Rats
25%inclusion85 decks340 decks
22%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
24%inclusion83 decks340 decks
-27%synergy
Septic Rats
24%inclusion83 decks340 decks
22%synergy
Locust Miser
23%inclusion77 decks340 decks
21%synergy
Nezumi Informant
22%inclusion75 decks340 decks
15%synergy
Nezumi Bone-Reader
21%inclusion72 decks340 decks
20%synergy
Okiba-Gang Shinobi
20%inclusion67 decks340 decks
19%synergy
Daggerfang Duo
19%inclusion34 decks179 decks
18%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
19%inclusion63 decks340 decks
-4%synergy
Relentless Rats
18%inclusion62 decks340 decks
17%synergy
Mukotai Ambusher
18%inclusion62 decks340 decks
17%synergy
Thornplate Intimidator
18%inclusion33 decks182 decks
17%synergy
Scrib Nibblers
18%inclusion61 decks340 decks
17%synergy
Nezumi Cutthroat
18%inclusion60 decks340 decks
17%synergy
Nezumi Bladeblesser
17%inclusion59 decks340 decks
17%synergy
Species Specialist
17%inclusion59 decks340 decks
14%synergy
Rotting Rats
17%inclusion58 decks340 decks
14%synergy
Ruthless Radrat
16%inclusion46 decks282 decks
15%synergy
Sinuous Vermin
15%inclusion51 decks340 decks
14%synergy
Adaptive Automaton
15%inclusion51 decks340 decks
14%synergy
Chittering Rats
14%inclusion47 decks340 decks
13%synergy
Refurbished Familiar
14%inclusion30 decks219 decks
11%synergy
Blood Artist
14%inclusion46 decks340 decks
-18%synergy
Bog Rats
13%inclusion45 decks340 decks
13%synergy
Patron of the Nezumi
13%inclusion44 decks340 decks
12%synergy
Skullsnatcher
13%inclusion43 decks340 decks
12%synergy
Razortooth Rats
13%inclusion43 decks340 decks
12%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
12%inclusion42 decks340 decks
10%synergy
Nezumi Linkbreaker
12%inclusion31 decks257 decks
11%synergy
Bloodline Pretender
11%inclusion37 decks340 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Defile
44%inclusion149 decks340 decks
6%synergy
Foul-Tongue Shriek
41%inclusion138 decks340 decks
39%synergy
Murder
39%inclusion133 decks340 decks
29%synergy
Tragic Slip
29%inclusion97 decks340 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Dispute
27%inclusion92 decks340 decks
3%synergy
Rat Out
26%inclusion90 decks340 decks
25%synergy
Go for the Throat
25%inclusion86 decks340 decks
2%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
25%inclusion86 decks340 decks
13%synergy
Doom Blade
20%inclusion68 decks340 decks
12%synergy
Infernal Grasp
19%inclusion66 decks340 decks
-6%synergy
Altar's Reap
16%inclusion55 decks340 decks
14%synergy
Consuming Corruption
15%inclusion34 decks221 decks
-1%synergy
Withering Torment
14%inclusion18 decks128 decks
-17%synergy
Gravepurge
14%inclusion46 decks340 decks
12%synergy
Hero's Downfall
13%inclusion43 decks340 decks
6%synergy
Death Denied
9.1%inclusion31 decks340 decks
8%synergy
Costly Plunder
6.5%inclusion22 decks340 decks
4%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.2%inclusion21 decks340 decks
-4%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
5.9%inclusion20 decks340 decks
-4%synergy
Raise the Draugr
5.9%inclusion20 decks340 decks
5%synergy
Cast Down
5.6%inclusion19 decks340 decks
4%synergy
Feed the Cycle
5.5%inclusion10 decks182 decks
5%synergy
Stab
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
5.0%inclusion17 decks340 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Gruesome Fate
42%inclusion144 decks340 decks
40%synergy
Sign in Blood
40%inclusion137 decks340 decks
4%synergy
Crippling Fear
40%inclusion135 decks340 decks
36%synergy
Feed the Swarm
39%inclusion131 decks340 decks
-13%synergy
Revenge of the Rats
30%inclusion25 decks83 decks
28%synergy
Read the Bones
29%inclusion97 decks340 decks
10%synergy
Echoing Return
26%inclusion88 decks340 decks
23%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
25%inclusion85 decks340 decks
21%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
24%inclusion81 decks340 decks
9%synergy
Swarmyard Massacre
21%inclusion38 decks179 decks
19%synergy
Kindred Dominance
19%inclusion66 decks340 decks
15%synergy
Night's Whisper
16%inclusion53 decks340 decks
-9%synergy
Lab Rats
16%inclusion53 decks340 decks
15%synergy
Return from Extinction
14%inclusion49 decks340 decks
14%synergy
Mutilate
13%inclusion44 decks340 decks
-6%synergy
Victimize
13%inclusion43 decks340 decks
-13%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
12%inclusion41 decks340 decks
8%synergy
Forever Young
11%inclusion36 decks340 decks
9%synergy
Fell
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Secret Salvage
10%inclusion34 decks340 decks
9%synergy
Unearth
9.1%inclusion31 decks340 decks
1%synergy
Eaten Alive
8.5%inclusion29 decks340 decks
5%synergy
Psychic Whorl
8.4%inclusion15 decks179 decks
8%synergy
Duress
8.2%inclusion28 decks340 decks
2%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
6.9%inclusion18 decks261 decks
-5%synergy
Bone Shards
6.8%inclusion23 decks340 decks
3%synergy
Pact of the Serpent
6.8%inclusion23 decks340 decks
5%synergy
Haunting Voyage
6.5%inclusion22 decks340 decks
5%synergy
Infectious Inquiry
6.5%inclusion22 decks340 decks
3%synergy
Syphon Mind
6.2%inclusion21 decks340 decks
-7%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
6.0%inclusion5 decks83 decks
-11%synergy
Bone Splinters
5.9%inclusion20 decks340 decks
4%synergy
Blood Divination
5.9%inclusion20 decks340 decks
6%synergy
Bubbling Muck
5.6%inclusion19 decks340 decks
-10%synergy
Exsanguinate
5.6%inclusion19 decks340 decks
-19%synergy
Ambition's Cost
5.0%inclusion17 decks340 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
34%inclusion117 decks340 decks
13%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
33%inclusion112 decks340 decks
1%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
32%inclusion110 decks340 decks
28%synergy
Herald's Horn
32%inclusion108 decks340 decks
26%synergy
Jet Medallion
22%inclusion75 decks340 decks
-38%synergy
Banner of Kinship
21%inclusion18 decks84 decks
19%synergy
Lightning Greaves
18%inclusion60 decks340 decks
-16%synergy
Icon of Ancestry
16%inclusion55 decks340 decks
15%synergy
Thornbite Staff
16%inclusion53 decks340 decks
13%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
15%inclusion50 decks340 decks
13%synergy
Coat of Arms
14%inclusion48 decks340 decks
11%synergy
Thrumming Stone
14%inclusion48 decks340 decks
11%synergy
Hall of Triumph
12%inclusion40 decks340 decks
11%synergy
Obelisk of Urd
10%inclusion33 decks340 decks
9%synergy
Sword of the Squeak
9.5%inclusion17 decks179 decks
9%synergy
Door of Destinies
9.4%inclusion32 decks340 decks
7%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
7.1%inclusion24 decks340 decks
-9%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
7.1%inclusion24 decks340 decks
6%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
6.8%inclusion23 decks340 decks
-13%synergy
Whip of Erebos
6.8%inclusion23 decks340 decks
-4%synergy
Eldrazi Monument
6.5%inclusion22 decks340 decks
5%synergy
Mirror Box
6.2%inclusion21 decks340 decks
5%synergy
Stoneforge Masterwork
5.6%inclusion19 decks340 decks
5%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
5.0%inclusion17 decks340 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Bad Moon
31%inclusion105 decks340 decks
27%synergy
Haunted One
29%inclusion97 decks340 decks
26%synergy
Black Market
26%inclusion89 decks340 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
25%inclusion85 decks340 decks
-15%synergy
Vampiric Rites
23%inclusion79 decks340 decks
17%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
16%inclusion55 decks340 decks
0%synergy
Tribute to Horobi
16%inclusion54 decks340 decks
15%synergy
Grave Pact
15%inclusion51 decks340 decks
-4%synergy
Lord Skitter's Blessing
11%inclusion36 decks340 decks
10%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
8.2%inclusion28 decks340 decks
3%synergy
Okiba Reckoner Raid
5.9%inclusion20 decks340 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
6.2%inclusion21 decks340 decks
-8%synergy
Utility Lands
Swarmyard
36%inclusion121 decks340 decks
30%synergy
Bojuka Bog
33%inclusion111 decks340 decks
-14%synergy
Witch's Cottage
28%inclusion95 decks340 decks
3%synergy
Mudflat Village
27%inclusion52 decks196 decks
24%synergy
Mortuary Mire
26%inclusion87 decks340 decks
12%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion57 decks340 decks
-2%synergy
Reliquary Tower
16%inclusion53 decks340 decks
-16%synergy
Barren Moor
10%inclusion34 decks340 decks
-1%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
9.4%inclusion32 decks340 decks
-26%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.2%inclusion28 decks340 decks
0%synergy
Cabal Coffers
7.1%inclusion24 decks340 decks
-48%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
6.5%inclusion22 decks340 decks
4%synergy
Three Tree City
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
6.2%inclusion14 decks225 decks
-4%synergy
Castle Locthwain
6.2%inclusion21 decks340 decks
-12%synergy
Memorial to Folly
5.6%inclusion19 decks340 decks
2%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
5.6%inclusion19 decks340 decks
4%synergy
War Room
5.3%inclusion18 decks340 decks
-11%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
81%inclusion276 decks340 decks
-5%synergy
Arcane Signet
51%inclusion172 decks340 decks
-12%synergy
Heraldic Banner
36%inclusion123 decks340 decks
31%synergy
Patchwork Banner
32%inclusion59 decks182 decks
28%synergy
Patriar's Seal
28%inclusion96 decks340 decks
25%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
26%inclusion89 decks340 decks
3%synergy
Mind Stone
26%inclusion88 decks340 decks
-5%synergy
Commander's Sphere
16%inclusion55 decks340 decks
7%synergy
Thought Vessel
13%inclusion44 decks340 decks
-14%synergy
Caged Sun
8.2%inclusion28 decks340 decks
-4%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.2%inclusion21 decks340 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
5.9%inclusion20 decks340 decks
-9%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
5.0%inclusion17 decks340 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion339 decks340 decks
5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
31%inclusion107 decks340 decks
26%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion68 decks340 decks
-7%synergy
Command Tower
8.5%inclusion29 decks340 decks
3%synergy
Evolving Wilds
6.8%inclusion23 decks340 decks
3%synergy
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