Meren of Clan Nel Toth (Commander) - Upgraded

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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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Beifong's Bounty Hunters
6.6%inclusion25 decks380 decks
3%synergy
Toph, Earthbending Master
5.0%inclusion20 decks403 decks
4%synergy
Badgermole Cub
3.5%inclusion14 decks404 decks
1%synergy
Ba Sing Se
2.7%inclusion10 decks374 decks
1%synergy
Avatar Destiny
2.1%inclusion8 decks379 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Spore Frog
83%inclusion1.27K decks1.53K decks
76%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
91%inclusion1.39K decks1.53K decks
61%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
67%inclusion1.03K decks1.53K decks
61%synergy
Plaguecrafter
67%inclusion1.03K decks1.53K decks
58%synergy
Eternal Witness
83%inclusion1.27K decks1.53K decks
58%synergy
Buried Alive
66%inclusion1.01K decks1.53K decks
58%synergy
Viscera Seer
73%inclusion1.12K decks1.53K decks
57%synergy
Victimize
71%inclusion1.08K decks1.53K decks
52%synergy
Accursed Marauder
60%inclusion917 decks1.53K decks
51%synergy
Grim Haruspex
55%inclusion839 decks1.53K decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Skullclamp
64%inclusion989 decks1.53K decks
34%synergy
Reanimate
58%inclusion895 decks1.53K decks
39%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
56%inclusion856 decks1.53K decks
34%synergy
Assassin's Trophy
56%inclusion856 decks1.53K decks
11%synergy
Haywire Mite
54%inclusion836 decks1.53K decks
37%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
54%inclusion832 decks1.53K decks
41%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
54%inclusion831 decks1.53K decks
34%synergy
Blood Artist
52%inclusion805 decks1.53K decks
33%synergy
Cankerbloom
51%inclusion776 decks1.53K decks
37%synergy
Carrion Feeder
50%inclusion761 decks1.53K decks
42%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
19%inclusion288 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
10%inclusion154 decks1.53K decks
9%synergy
Worldly Tutor
10%inclusion151 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
9.1%inclusion140 decks1.53K decks
-2%synergy
Survival of the Fittest
7.0%inclusion108 decks1.53K decks
5%synergy
Natural Order
6.6%inclusion101 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
6.4%inclusion99 decks1.53K decks
1%synergy
Ancient Tomb
5.7%inclusion87 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
5.1%inclusion79 decks1.53K decks
1%synergy
Creatures
Syr Konrad, the Grim
49%inclusion746 decks1.53K decks
34%synergy
Protean Hulk
48%inclusion743 decks1.53K decks
43%synergy
Massacre Wurm
44%inclusion674 decks1.53K decks
36%synergy
Llanowar Elves
43%inclusion661 decks1.53K decks
10%synergy
Reclamation Sage
43%inclusion659 decks1.53K decks
25%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
42%inclusion648 decks1.53K decks
36%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
42%inclusion642 decks1.53K decks
36%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
41%inclusion637 decks1.53K decks
37%synergy
Birds of Paradise
41%inclusion633 decks1.53K decks
21%synergy
Wight of the Reliquary
39%inclusion600 decks1.53K decks
29%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
38%inclusion588 decks1.53K decks
35%synergy
Wood Elves
38%inclusion579 decks1.53K decks
29%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
37%inclusion574 decks1.53K decks
27%synergy
Shriekmaw
37%inclusion561 decks1.53K decks
32%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
36%inclusion557 decks1.53K decks
29%synergy
Deathrite Shaman
33%inclusion508 decks1.53K decks
19%synergy
Elvish Mystic
33%inclusion506 decks1.53K decks
7%synergy
Satyr Wayfinder
32%inclusion496 decks1.53K decks
26%synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
31%inclusion477 decks1.53K decks
13%synergy
Warren Soultrader
31%inclusion471 decks1.53K decks
20%synergy
Fiend Artisan
30%inclusion461 decks1.53K decks
25%synergy
Kokusho, the Evening Star
29%inclusion452 decks1.53K decks
27%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
29%inclusion449 decks1.53K decks
25%synergy
Fauna Shaman
29%inclusion443 decks1.53K decks
23%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
28%inclusion427 decks1.53K decks
25%synergy
Demon's Disciple
27%inclusion419 decks1.53K decks
24%synergy
Caustic Caterpillar
27%inclusion418 decks1.53K decks
19%synergy
Insidious Fungus
27%inclusion411 decks1.51K decks
21%synergy
Sidisi, Undead Vizier
27%inclusion408 decks1.53K decks
24%synergy
Midnight Reaper
26%inclusion402 decks1.53K decks
24%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
26%inclusion401 decks1.53K decks
22%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
26%inclusion223 decks872 decks
20%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
25%inclusion385 decks1.53K decks
14%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
24%inclusion376 decks1.53K decks
16%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
24%inclusion369 decks1.53K decks
10%synergy
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
24%inclusion365 decks1.53K decks
15%synergy
Merciless Executioner
22%inclusion332 decks1.53K decks
19%synergy
Fyndhorn Elves
19%inclusion299 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Acidic Slime
18%inclusion282 decks1.53K decks
15%synergy
Poison-Tip Archer
18%inclusion280 decks1.53K decks
1%synergy
Woe Strider
18%inclusion276 decks1.53K decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
17%inclusion266 decks1.53K decks
9%synergy
Viridian Emissary
15%inclusion234 decks1.53K decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Bolas
15%inclusion228 decks1.53K decks
11%synergy
Skull Prophet
15%inclusion226 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
15%inclusion159 decks1.09K decks
11%synergy
Honest Rutstein
14%inclusion221 decks1.53K decks
4%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
14%inclusion215 decks1.53K decks
12%synergy
Avenger of Zendikar
14%inclusion213 decks1.53K decks
7%synergy
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
14%inclusion211 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Instants
Entomb
47%inclusion714 decks1.53K decks
39%synergy
Beast Within
36%inclusion550 decks1.53K decks
-1%synergy
Village Rites
31%inclusion478 decks1.53K decks
14%synergy
Putrefy
25%inclusion390 decks1.53K decks
-10%synergy
Grisly Salvage
24%inclusion365 decks1.53K decks
13%synergy
Dark Ritual
22%inclusion341 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Abrupt Decay
21%inclusion317 decks1.53K decks
5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
18%inclusion277 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Heroic Intervention
17%inclusion268 decks1.53K decks
-13%synergy
Deadly Dispute
17%inclusion264 decks1.53K decks
-3%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
16%inclusion249 decks1.53K decks
-3%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion222 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Golgari Charm
13%inclusion202 decks1.53K decks
-4%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
12%inclusion181 decks1.53K decks
5%synergy
Saw in Half
11%inclusion167 decks1.53K decks
4%synergy
Flare of Malice
10%inclusion150 decks1.53K decks
7%synergy
Deadly Rollick
10%inclusion150 decks1.53K decks
-1%synergy
Tear Asunder
9.1%inclusion140 decks1.53K decks
-6%synergy
Tragic Slip
8.1%inclusion124 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Culling the Weak
8.1%inclusion124 decks1.53K decks
4%synergy
Noxious Revival
6.8%inclusion104 decks1.53K decks
2%synergy
Nature's Claim
5.3%inclusion81 decks1.53K decks
-5%synergy
Veil of Summer
5.0%inclusion77 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy
Sorceries
Living Death
43%inclusion665 decks1.53K decks
36%synergy
Toxic Deluge
36%inclusion556 decks1.53K decks
15%synergy
Diabolic Intent
28%inclusion432 decks1.53K decks
18%synergy
Culling Ritual
26%inclusion404 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Eldritch Evolution
24%inclusion365 decks1.53K decks
20%synergy
Cultivate
23%inclusion353 decks1.53K decks
-17%synergy
Rise of the Witch-king
21%inclusion318 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Dread Return
21%inclusion316 decks1.53K decks
11%synergy
Rampant Growth
17%inclusion263 decks1.53K decks
-17%synergy
Nature's Lore
17%inclusion258 decks1.53K decks
-9%synergy
Jarad's Orders
16%inclusion241 decks1.53K decks
12%synergy
Unmarked Grave
15%inclusion233 decks1.53K decks
13%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
14%inclusion218 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Primal Growth
14%inclusion209 decks1.53K decks
12%synergy
Damnation
13%inclusion207 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Farseek
13%inclusion198 decks1.53K decks
-6%synergy
Life // Death
12%inclusion186 decks1.53K decks
9%synergy
Three Visits
12%inclusion181 decks1.53K decks
-7%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
12%inclusion177 decks1.53K decks
7%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion175 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Kodama's Reach
11%inclusion174 decks1.53K decks
-13%synergy
Flare of Cultivation
11%inclusion169 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Life from the Loam
11%inclusion167 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
11%inclusion163 decks1.50K decks
4%synergy
Persist
9.0%inclusion138 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Green Sun's Zenith
8.7%inclusion133 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Unearth
7.9%inclusion122 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Lively Dirge
6.6%inclusion101 decks1.53K decks
5%synergy
Mulch
6.4%inclusion98 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Malevolent Rumble
5.6%inclusion85 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
5.1%inclusion79 decks1.53K decks
2%synergy
Finale of Devastation
5.1%inclusion78 decks1.53K decks
-1%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Birthing Pod
39%inclusion595 decks1.53K decks
36%synergy
Altar of Dementia
35%inclusion532 decks1.53K decks
27%synergy
Lightning Greaves
35%inclusion532 decks1.53K decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
27%inclusion415 decks1.53K decks
18%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
19%inclusion292 decks1.53K decks
-6%synergy
Strionic Resonator
8.5%inclusion131 decks1.53K decks
7%synergy
Eldrazi Monument
6.3%inclusion96 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
5.8%inclusion89 decks1.53K decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
39%inclusion596 decks1.53K decks
30%synergy
Grave Pact
35%inclusion541 decks1.53K decks
27%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
28%inclusion431 decks1.53K decks
22%synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
27%inclusion416 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Journey to Eternity
22%inclusion334 decks1.53K decks
16%synergy
Guardian Project
21%inclusion329 decks1.53K decks
14%synergy
Insidious Roots
17%inclusion263 decks1.53K decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion256 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
16%inclusion242 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
16%inclusion238 decks1.53K decks
7%synergy
Deathreap Ritual
13%inclusion204 decks1.53K decks
1%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
13%inclusion201 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy
Awakening Zone
13%inclusion195 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Greater Good
12%inclusion189 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Evolutionary Leap
12%inclusion187 decks1.53K decks
9%synergy
Birthing Ritual
12%inclusion183 decks1.53K decks
11%synergy
Necromancy
12%inclusion180 decks1.53K decks
9%synergy
Sylvan Library
11%inclusion165 decks1.53K decks
1%synergy
Pattern of Rebirth
10%inclusion147 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Black Market
8.8%inclusion135 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Vampiric Rites
7.8%inclusion119 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Teval's Judgment
7.7%inclusion100 decks1.30K decks
6%synergy
Deadbridge Chant
6.4%inclusion99 decks1.53K decks
1%synergy
Attrition
6.3%inclusion96 decks1.53K decks
5%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
6.1%inclusion93 decks1.53K decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
18%inclusion273 decks1.53K decks
13%synergy
Grist, the Hunger Tide
16%inclusion238 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Vraska, Golgari Queen
8.1%inclusion124 decks1.53K decks
1%synergy
Utility Lands
High Market
52%inclusion804 decks1.53K decks
43%synergy
Bojuka Bog
49%inclusion753 decks1.53K decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
47%inclusion719 decks1.53K decks
32%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
36%inclusion551 decks1.53K decks
13%synergy
Grim Backwoods
29%inclusion451 decks1.53K decks
16%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
27%inclusion419 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
22%inclusion331 decks1.53K decks
10%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
20%inclusion303 decks1.53K decks
2%synergy
Cabal Coffers
18%inclusion275 decks1.53K decks
9%synergy
Dryad Arbor
17%inclusion267 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Shifting Woodland
14%inclusion220 decks1.53K decks
4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
12%inclusion179 decks1.53K decks
-12%synergy
Westvale Abbey
11%inclusion170 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
10%inclusion154 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
10%inclusion149 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
8.9%inclusion137 decks1.53K decks
2%synergy
Command Beacon
8.5%inclusion131 decks1.53K decks
5%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
7.6%inclusion67 decks877 decks
4%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
7.6%inclusion78 decks1.03K decks
4%synergy
Khalni Garden
7.4%inclusion114 decks1.53K decks
4%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.7%inclusion103 decks1.53K decks
-1%synergy
Hissing Quagmire
6.2%inclusion95 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
6.1%inclusion94 decks1.53K decks
2%synergy
Mortuary Mire
5.4%inclusion83 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy
Tranquil Thicket
5.4%inclusion83 decks1.53K decks
-3%synergy
Barren Moor
5.1%inclusion79 decks1.53K decks
-3%synergy
Rogue's Passage
5.1%inclusion79 decks1.53K decks
-19%synergy
Kishla Village
5.1%inclusion66 decks1.30K decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
87%inclusion1.33K decks1.53K decks
7%synergy
Arcane Signet
53%inclusion812 decks1.53K decks
-9%synergy
Golgari Signet
24%inclusion363 decks1.53K decks
-4%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
18%inclusion274 decks1.53K decks
-7%synergy
Thought Vessel
5.1%inclusion79 decks1.53K decks
-1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
99%inclusion1.52K decks1.53K decks
2%synergy
Forest
99%inclusion1.51K decks1.53K decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
93%inclusion1.42K decks1.53K decks
7%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
73%inclusion1.11K decks1.53K decks
11%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
65%inclusion991 decks1.53K decks
13%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
62%inclusion947 decks1.53K decks
17%synergy
Tainted Wood
57%inclusion875 decks1.53K decks
13%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
50%inclusion764 decks1.53K decks
11%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
47%inclusion716 decks1.53K decks
5%synergy
Twilight Mire
46%inclusion701 decks1.53K decks
10%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
42%inclusion652 decks1.53K decks
13%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
36%inclusion553 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy
Deathcap Glade
35%inclusion543 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Temple of Malady
35%inclusion538 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy
Underground Mortuary
35%inclusion530 decks1.53K decks
14%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
29%inclusion438 decks1.53K decks
9%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion368 decks1.53K decks
-3%synergy
Blooming Marsh
23%inclusion355 decks1.53K decks
9%synergy
Evolving Wilds
23%inclusion350 decks1.53K decks
-5%synergy
Jungle Hollow
21%inclusion322 decks1.53K decks
-4%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
21%inclusion316 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Wastewood Verge
20%inclusion298 decks1.48K decks
4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
18%inclusion277 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion270 decks1.53K decks
-3%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
17%inclusion266 decks1.53K decks
9%synergy
Viridescent Bog
17%inclusion255 decks1.53K decks
-4%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
16%inclusion249 decks1.53K decks
-3%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion222 decks1.53K decks
6%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
14%inclusion218 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Vernal Fen
13%inclusion116 decks875 decks
2%synergy
Fabled Passage
13%inclusion198 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy
Haunted Mire
13%inclusion192 decks1.53K decks
-4%synergy
Bayou
13%inclusion192 decks1.53K decks
1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
12%inclusion185 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
11%inclusion176 decks1.53K decks
-5%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion175 decks1.53K decks
8%synergy
Windswept Heath
10%inclusion160 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Wooded Foothills
10%inclusion148 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Golgari Guildgate
10%inclusion147 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy
Polluted Delta
8.8%inclusion135 decks1.53K decks
3%synergy
Marsh Flats
8.5%inclusion131 decks1.53K decks
2%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
8.4%inclusion129 decks1.53K decks
2%synergy
Misty Rainforest
8.2%inclusion126 decks1.53K decks
1%synergy
Woodland Chasm
8.0%inclusion123 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy
Prismatic Vista
6.2%inclusion95 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.1%inclusion93 decks1.53K decks
-16%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
5.7%inclusion87 decks1.53K decks
5%synergy
Festering Thicket
5.4%inclusion47 decks875 decks
0%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.3%inclusion81 decks1.53K decks
1%synergy
Blighted Woodland
5.0%inclusion77 decks1.53K decks
0%synergy