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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%inclusion338 decks339 decks
95%synergy
Karumonix, the Rat King
81%inclusion275 decks339 decks
77%synergy
Pack Rat
82%inclusion277 decks339 decks
76%synergy
Piper of the Swarm
83%inclusion280 decks339 decks
76%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
82%inclusion278 decks339 decks
72%synergy
Typhoid Rats
69%inclusion233 decks339 decks
65%synergy
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
65%inclusion219 decks339 decks
57%synergy
Lord Skitter's Butcher
59%inclusion200 decks339 decks
56%synergy
Crypt Rats
60%inclusion203 decks339 decks
55%synergy
Burglar Rat
65%inclusion221 decks339 decks
54%synergy
Top Cards
Voracious Vermin
55%inclusion186 decks339 decks
52%synergy
Pestilence Rats
52%inclusion176 decks339 decks
50%synergy
Tangled Colony
51%inclusion174 decks339 decks
48%synergy
Bontu's Monument
51%inclusion172 decks339 decks
23%synergy
Ratcatcher
51%inclusion172 decks339 decks
47%synergy
Rancid Rats
51%inclusion172 decks339 decks
48%synergy
Village Rites
50%inclusion171 decks339 decks
26%synergy
Dark Ritual
50%inclusion170 decks339 decks
-16%synergy
Persistent Marshstalker
50%inclusion91 decks183 decks
47%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
46%inclusion156 decks339 decks
20%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
19%inclusion64 decks339 decks
-11%synergy
Creatures
Gnat Miser
46%inclusion155 decks339 decks
43%synergy
Swarm of Rats
45%inclusion154 decks339 decks
43%synergy
Chittering Witch
44%inclusion148 decks339 decks
39%synergy
Ruin Rat
42%inclusion143 decks339 decks
41%synergy
Ravenous Rats
42%inclusion142 decks339 decks
40%synergy
Drainpipe Vermin
37%inclusion126 decks339 decks
36%synergy
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
37%inclusion124 decks339 decks
33%synergy
Blightbelly Rat
37%inclusion124 decks339 decks
33%synergy
Twisted Sewer-Witch
36%inclusion123 decks339 decks
35%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
36%inclusion121 decks339 decks
27%synergy
Nezumi Graverobber
35%inclusion117 decks339 decks
33%synergy
Wave of Rats
34%inclusion116 decks339 decks
32%synergy
Old Flitterfang
33%inclusion111 decks339 decks
31%synergy
Innocuous Rat
32%inclusion40 decks124 decks
31%synergy
Stronghold Rats
31%inclusion106 decks339 decks
27%synergy
Nezumi Prowler
30%inclusion103 decks339 decks
29%synergy
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
30%inclusion103 decks339 decks
26%synergy
Throat Slitter
29%inclusion100 decks339 decks
28%synergy
Valley Rotcaller
29%inclusion55 decks187 decks
27%synergy
Gnawing Vermin
28%inclusion96 decks339 decks
27%synergy
Ichor Rats
27%inclusion90 decks339 decks
23%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
26%inclusion89 decks339 decks
-26%synergy
Septic Rats
26%inclusion88 decks339 decks
24%synergy
Locust Miser
24%inclusion83 decks339 decks
23%synergy
Nezumi Informant
23%inclusion77 decks339 decks
15%synergy
Nezumi Bone-Reader
21%inclusion72 decks339 decks
20%synergy
Okiba-Gang Shinobi
21%inclusion70 decks339 decks
20%synergy
Daggerfang Duo
20%inclusion36 decks178 decks
19%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
20%inclusion67 decks339 decks
-3%synergy
Mukotai Ambusher
19%inclusion63 decks339 decks
18%synergy
Scrib Nibblers
19%inclusion63 decks339 decks
18%synergy
Relentless Rats
18%inclusion62 decks339 decks
17%synergy
Thornplate Intimidator
18%inclusion33 decks181 decks
17%synergy
Species Specialist
18%inclusion61 decks339 decks
15%synergy
Nezumi Bladeblesser
18%inclusion60 decks339 decks
17%synergy
Nezumi Cutthroat
18%inclusion60 decks339 decks
17%synergy
Rotting Rats
17%inclusion59 decks339 decks
14%synergy
Sinuous Vermin
17%inclusion57 decks339 decks
16%synergy
Ruthless Radrat
17%inclusion47 decks283 decks
16%synergy
Adaptive Automaton
16%inclusion53 decks339 decks
14%synergy
Blood Artist
15%inclusion51 decks339 decks
-16%synergy
Chittering Rats
14%inclusion48 decks339 decks
14%synergy
Refurbished Familiar
14%inclusion30 decks218 decks
11%synergy
Patron of the Nezumi
14%inclusion46 decks339 decks
13%synergy
Razortooth Rats
14%inclusion46 decks339 decks
13%synergy
Bog Rats
13%inclusion45 decks339 decks
13%synergy
Skullsnatcher
13%inclusion44 decks339 decks
12%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
12%inclusion41 decks339 decks
10%synergy
Nezumi Linkbreaker
12%inclusion31 decks257 decks
11%synergy
Bloodline Pretender
11%inclusion38 decks339 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Defile
45%inclusion153 decks339 decks
7%synergy
Foul-Tongue Shriek
42%inclusion142 decks339 decks
40%synergy
Murder
41%inclusion138 decks339 decks
30%synergy
Tragic Slip
29%inclusion100 decks339 decks
9%synergy
Rat Out
27%inclusion92 decks339 decks
26%synergy
Deadly Dispute
27%inclusion91 decks339 decks
3%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
26%inclusion89 decks339 decks
14%synergy
Go for the Throat
26%inclusion87 decks339 decks
2%synergy
Doom Blade
21%inclusion71 decks339 decks
13%synergy
Infernal Grasp
19%inclusion65 decks339 decks
-6%synergy
Consuming Corruption
16%inclusion36 decks220 decks
0%synergy
Altar's Reap
16%inclusion54 decks339 decks
13%synergy
Withering Torment
14%inclusion18 decks125 decks
-17%synergy
Hero's Downfall
14%inclusion47 decks339 decks
7%synergy
Gravepurge
14%inclusion47 decks339 decks
12%synergy
Death Denied
9.4%inclusion32 decks339 decks
9%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.8%inclusion23 decks339 decks
-3%synergy
Raise the Draugr
6.5%inclusion22 decks339 decks
5%synergy
Costly Plunder
6.5%inclusion22 decks339 decks
4%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
5.9%inclusion20 decks339 decks
-4%synergy
Vraska's Fall
5.6%inclusion19 decks339 decks
2%synergy
Cast Down
5.6%inclusion19 decks339 decks
4%synergy
Feed the Cycle
5.5%inclusion10 decks181 decks
5%synergy
Stab
5.3%inclusion4 decks76 decks
4%synergy
Drag to the Underworld
5.0%inclusion17 decks339 decks
3%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
5.0%inclusion17 decks339 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Gruesome Fate
43%inclusion147 decks339 decks
41%synergy
Sign in Blood
41%inclusion139 decks339 decks
5%synergy
Crippling Fear
40%inclusion134 decks339 decks
36%synergy
Feed the Swarm
39%inclusion133 decks339 decks
-12%synergy
Revenge of the Rats
30%inclusion24 decks81 decks
27%synergy
Read the Bones
29%inclusion97 decks339 decks
10%synergy
Echoing Return
25%inclusion86 decks339 decks
22%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
25%inclusion85 decks339 decks
21%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
25%inclusion84 decks339 decks
10%synergy
Swarmyard Massacre
22%inclusion39 decks178 decks
20%synergy
Kindred Dominance
20%inclusion69 decks339 decks
16%synergy
Lab Rats
16%inclusion55 decks339 decks
16%synergy
Return from Extinction
15%inclusion51 decks339 decks
14%synergy
Night's Whisper
15%inclusion51 decks339 decks
-9%synergy
Victimize
14%inclusion46 decks339 decks
-12%synergy
Mutilate
13%inclusion45 decks339 decks
-6%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
13%inclusion43 decks339 decks
8%synergy
Forever Young
11%inclusion37 decks339 decks
9%synergy
Fell
10%inclusion19 decks187 decks
6%synergy
Secret Salvage
9.4%inclusion32 decks339 decks
8%synergy
Unearth
9.1%inclusion31 decks339 decks
1%synergy
Eaten Alive
8.8%inclusion30 decks339 decks
5%synergy
Psychic Whorl
8.4%inclusion15 decks178 decks
8%synergy
Duress
8.3%inclusion28 decks339 decks
2%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
7.7%inclusion20 decks261 decks
-5%synergy
Infectious Inquiry
6.8%inclusion23 decks339 decks
4%synergy
Bone Shards
6.8%inclusion23 decks339 decks
3%synergy
Bone Splinters
6.5%inclusion22 decks339 decks
5%synergy
Syphon Mind
6.5%inclusion22 decks339 decks
-7%synergy
Haunting Voyage
6.2%inclusion21 decks339 decks
5%synergy
Pact of the Serpent
6.2%inclusion21 decks339 decks
4%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
6.2%inclusion5 decks81 decks
-11%synergy
Bubbling Muck
5.9%inclusion20 decks339 decks
-10%synergy
Blood Divination
5.9%inclusion20 decks339 decks
6%synergy
Exsanguinate
5.6%inclusion19 decks339 decks
-19%synergy
Plague of Vermin
5.3%inclusion18 decks339 decks
3%synergy
Ambition's Cost
5.0%inclusion17 decks339 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
35%inclusion119 decks339 decks
14%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
33%inclusion112 decks339 decks
1%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
33%inclusion111 decks339 decks
29%synergy
Herald's Horn
32%inclusion108 decks339 decks
26%synergy
Jet Medallion
23%inclusion78 decks339 decks
-37%synergy
Banner of Kinship
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
19%synergy
Lightning Greaves
19%inclusion63 decks339 decks
-15%synergy
Thornbite Staff
16%inclusion55 decks339 decks
14%synergy
Icon of Ancestry
16%inclusion54 decks339 decks
15%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
15%inclusion50 decks339 decks
13%synergy
Coat of Arms
14%inclusion49 decks339 decks
12%synergy
Thrumming Stone
13%inclusion45 decks339 decks
10%synergy
Hall of Triumph
12%inclusion41 decks339 decks
12%synergy
Sword of the Squeak
10%inclusion18 decks178 decks
10%synergy
Door of Destinies
10%inclusion34 decks339 decks
8%synergy
Obelisk of Urd
10%inclusion34 decks339 decks
9%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
7.4%inclusion25 decks339 decks
-12%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
7.1%inclusion24 decks339 decks
-9%synergy
Whip of Erebos
7.1%inclusion24 decks339 decks
-4%synergy
Eldrazi Monument
6.8%inclusion23 decks339 decks
5%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6.5%inclusion22 decks339 decks
6%synergy
Mirror Box
5.6%inclusion19 decks339 decks
5%synergy
Stoneforge Masterwork
5.6%inclusion19 decks339 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Bad Moon
31%inclusion104 decks339 decks
27%synergy
Haunted One
27%inclusion93 decks339 decks
25%synergy
Black Market
27%inclusion91 decks339 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
25%inclusion85 decks339 decks
-15%synergy
Vampiric Rites
23%inclusion79 decks339 decks
17%synergy
Tribute to Horobi
17%inclusion58 decks339 decks
16%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
17%inclusion58 decks339 decks
1%synergy
Grave Pact
16%inclusion53 decks339 decks
-3%synergy
Lord Skitter's Blessing
10%inclusion35 decks339 decks
10%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
8.8%inclusion30 decks339 decks
3%synergy
Okiba Reckoner Raid
5.9%inclusion20 decks339 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
6.5%inclusion22 decks339 decks
-8%synergy
Utility Lands
Swarmyard
37%inclusion125 decks339 decks
32%synergy
Bojuka Bog
33%inclusion112 decks339 decks
-14%synergy
Witch's Cottage
27%inclusion93 decks339 decks
3%synergy
Mortuary Mire
26%inclusion89 decks339 decks
13%synergy
Mudflat Village
26%inclusion51 decks195 decks
24%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion59 decks339 decks
-1%synergy
Reliquary Tower
16%inclusion55 decks339 decks
-15%synergy
Barren Moor
11%inclusion37 decks339 decks
0%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
10%inclusion33 decks339 decks
-26%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.3%inclusion28 decks339 decks
0%synergy
Cabal Coffers
6.8%inclusion23 decks339 decks
-48%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
6.8%inclusion23 decks339 decks
4%synergy
Castle Locthwain
6.5%inclusion22 decks339 decks
-11%synergy
Three Tree City
6.4%inclusion12 decks187 decks
2%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
6.2%inclusion14 decks225 decks
-4%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
5.6%inclusion19 decks339 decks
4%synergy
Memorial to Folly
5.3%inclusion18 decks339 decks
2%synergy
War Room
5.3%inclusion18 decks339 decks
-11%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
82%inclusion277 decks339 decks
-5%synergy
Arcane Signet
50%inclusion170 decks339 decks
-12%synergy
Heraldic Banner
35%inclusion120 decks339 decks
30%synergy
Patchwork Banner
33%inclusion60 decks181 decks
29%synergy
Patriar's Seal
28%inclusion96 decks339 decks
25%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
27%inclusion91 decks339 decks
4%synergy
Mind Stone
25%inclusion85 decks339 decks
-6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
16%inclusion54 decks339 decks
6%synergy
Thought Vessel
13%inclusion45 decks339 decks
-14%synergy
Caged Sun
8.3%inclusion28 decks339 decks
-4%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.8%inclusion23 decks339 decks
0%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
5.3%inclusion18 decks339 decks
2%synergy
Fellwar Stone
5.0%inclusion17 decks339 decks
-10%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion338 decks339 decks
5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
33%inclusion113 decks339 decks
28%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion70 decks339 decks
-6%synergy
Command Tower
9.1%inclusion31 decks339 decks
4%synergy
Evolving Wilds
7.7%inclusion26 decks339 decks
4%synergy
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