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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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Realm of Koh
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Bitterbloom Bearer
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Phyrexian Altar
89%inclusion172 decks193 decks
76%synergy
Viscera Seer
92%inclusion178 decks193 decks
76%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
73%inclusion140 decks193 decks
70%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
92%inclusion178 decks193 decks
69%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
70%inclusion135 decks193 decks
68%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
85%inclusion164 decks193 decks
67%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
85%inclusion164 decks193 decks
66%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
89%inclusion171 decks193 decks
65%synergy
Grave Pact
79%inclusion152 decks193 decks
60%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
66%inclusion127 decks193 decks
60%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
88%inclusion169 decks193 decks
56%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
77%inclusion148 decks193 decks
51%synergy
Lightning Greaves
69%inclusion134 decks193 decks
36%synergy
Grim Haruspex
69%inclusion133 decks193 decks
60%synergy
Carrion Feeder
69%inclusion133 decks193 decks
58%synergy
Jet Medallion
68%inclusion132 decks193 decks
8%synergy
Dark Ritual
67%inclusion130 decks193 decks
1%synergy
Skullclamp
64%inclusion124 decks193 decks
43%synergy
Diabolic Intent
64%inclusion123 decks193 decks
49%synergy
Cadaver Imp
62%inclusion119 decks193 decks
60%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
73%inclusion140 decks193 decks
45%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
60%inclusion115 decks193 decks
38%synergy
Ancient Tomb
53%inclusion103 decks193 decks
42%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
46%inclusion89 decks193 decks
32%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
40%inclusion78 decks193 decks
11%synergy
Necropotence
27%inclusion53 decks193 decks
12%synergy
Imperial Seal
18%inclusion34 decks193 decks
11%synergy
Mana Vault
13%inclusion25 decks193 decks
6%synergy
The One Ring
10%inclusion20 decks193 decks
1%synergy
Chrome Mox
8.8%inclusion17 decks193 decks
3%synergy
Creatures
Blood Pet
61%inclusion118 decks193 decks
53%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
61%inclusion72 decks118 decks
50%synergy
Bone Shredder
60%inclusion116 decks193 decks
58%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
59%inclusion113 decks193 decks
57%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
58%inclusion112 decks193 decks
50%synergy
Big Game Hunter
58%inclusion111 decks193 decks
55%synergy
Shambling Ghast
55%inclusion107 decks193 decks
50%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
53%inclusion103 decks193 decks
33%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
52%inclusion100 decks193 decks
42%synergy
Skullport Merchant
50%inclusion96 decks193 decks
48%synergy
Clattering Augur
49%inclusion95 decks193 decks
47%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
49%inclusion94 decks193 decks
39%synergy
Skyscanner
48%inclusion93 decks193 decks
47%synergy
Crypt Ghast
48%inclusion93 decks193 decks
0%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
48%inclusion92 decks193 decks
26%synergy
Warren Soultrader
47%inclusion56 decks118 decks
35%synergy
Burglar Rat
47%inclusion91 decks193 decks
36%synergy
Novice Occultist
46%inclusion89 decks193 decks
44%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
44%inclusion85 decks193 decks
43%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
44%inclusion84 decks193 decks
-8%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
42%inclusion81 decks193 decks
41%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
39%inclusion76 decks193 decks
38%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
32%synergy
Mindless Automaton
35%inclusion68 decks193 decks
34%synergy
Virus Beetle
35%inclusion67 decks193 decks
28%synergy
Fume Spitter
34%inclusion65 decks193 decks
32%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
29%inclusion56 decks193 decks
28%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
28%inclusion54 decks193 decks
20%synergy
Tattered Mummy
27%inclusion52 decks193 decks
26%synergy
Nezumi Informant
27%inclusion52 decks193 decks
20%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
26%inclusion51 decks193 decks
26%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
25%inclusion49 decks193 decks
18%synergy
Leaden Myr
23%inclusion44 decks193 decks
16%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
22%inclusion43 decks193 decks
18%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
22%inclusion42 decks193 decks
20%synergy
Deathgreeter
21%inclusion40 decks193 decks
17%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
20%inclusion39 decks193 decks
3%synergy
Wriggling Grub
20%inclusion13 decks65 decks
18%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
19%inclusion37 decks193 decks
18%synergy
Perilous Myr
19%inclusion36 decks193 decks
18%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
18%inclusion35 decks193 decks
16%synergy
Infestation Sage
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
13%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
18%inclusion34 decks193 decks
15%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
18%inclusion34 decks193 decks
17%synergy
Smothering Abomination
18%inclusion34 decks193 decks
15%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
17%inclusion32 decks193 decks
14%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
17%inclusion32 decks193 decks
-2%synergy
Midnight Reaper
17%inclusion32 decks193 decks
8%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
16%inclusion26 decks167 decks
14%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
14%inclusion27 decks193 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Village Rites
51%inclusion99 decks193 decks
27%synergy
Culling the Weak
49%inclusion95 decks193 decks
35%synergy
Deadly Dispute
46%inclusion88 decks193 decks
22%synergy
Deadly Rollick
39%inclusion76 decks193 decks
16%synergy
Tragic Slip
39%inclusion76 decks193 decks
19%synergy
Withering Torment
39%inclusion33 decks85 decks
7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
37%inclusion72 decks193 decks
15%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
30%inclusion57 decks193 decks
25%synergy
Imp's Mischief
27%inclusion53 decks193 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
22%inclusion26 decks118 decks
3%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
19%inclusion36 decks193 decks
7%synergy
Flare of Malice
18%inclusion21 decks118 decks
5%synergy
Defile
17%inclusion33 decks193 decks
-21%synergy
Infernal Grasp
15%inclusion29 decks193 decks
-10%synergy
Cabal Ritual
13%inclusion26 decks193 decks
-4%synergy
Body Count
13%inclusion25 decks193 decks
12%synergy
Not Dead After All
8.3%inclusion16 decks193 decks
-3%synergy
Wake the Dead
7.8%inclusion15 decks193 decks
6%synergy
Undying Malice
7.8%inclusion15 decks193 decks
-2%synergy
Songs of the Damned
7.3%inclusion14 decks193 decks
2%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
6.2%inclusion12 decks193 decks
4%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.7%inclusion11 decks193 decks
1%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
5.7%inclusion11 decks193 decks
-2%synergy
Armor of Shadows
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
3%synergy
Ad Nauseam
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
3%synergy
Professor's Warning
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
4%synergy
Feign Death
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
-3%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
58%inclusion111 decks193 decks
6%synergy
Toxic Deluge
44%inclusion85 decks193 decks
7%synergy
Reanimate
38%inclusion74 decks193 decks
0%synergy
Victimize
32%inclusion61 decks193 decks
6%synergy
Damnation
31%inclusion60 decks193 decks
10%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
20%inclusion38 decks193 decks
4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
19%inclusion36 decks193 decks
12%synergy
Living Death
17%inclusion33 decks193 decks
7%synergy
Exsanguinate
15%inclusion29 decks193 decks
-9%synergy
Grim Tutor
15%inclusion28 decks193 decks
2%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
14%inclusion9 decks63 decks
-3%synergy
Bubbling Muck
14%inclusion27 decks193 decks
-2%synergy
Eaten Alive
14%inclusion27 decks193 decks
10%synergy
Sign in Blood
13%inclusion25 decks193 decks
-23%synergy
Dread Return
11%inclusion21 decks193 decks
-2%synergy
Bone Shards
10%inclusion19 decks193 decks
6%synergy
Night's Whisper
8.8%inclusion17 decks193 decks
-15%synergy
Unearth
8.3%inclusion16 decks193 decks
0%synergy
Read the Bones
7.8%inclusion15 decks193 decks
-10%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
7.2%inclusion10 decks138 decks
6%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
7.2%inclusion10 decks138 decks
-5%synergy
Final Vengeance
6.9%inclusion6 decks87 decks
5%synergy
Season of Loss
6.7%inclusion7 decks104 decks
4%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
5.7%inclusion11 decks193 decks
-9%synergy
Mutilate
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
-14%synergy
Annihilating Glare
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
4%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
-7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
50%inclusion96 decks193 decks
18%synergy
Mithril Coat
42%inclusion81 decks193 decks
36%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
39%inclusion75 decks193 decks
36%synergy
Altar of Dementia
26%inclusion50 decks193 decks
20%synergy
Meekstone
23%inclusion45 decks193 decks
23%synergy
Bontu's Monument
22%inclusion43 decks193 decks
-5%synergy
Genesis Chamber
18%inclusion34 decks193 decks
15%synergy
Spawning Pit
16%inclusion30 decks193 decks
14%synergy
Commander's Plate
14%inclusion27 decks193 decks
8%synergy
Expedition Map
13%inclusion26 decks193 decks
1%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
10%inclusion19 decks193 decks
7%synergy
Darksteel Plate
10%inclusion19 decks193 decks
8%synergy
Weatherlight Compleated
8.8%inclusion17 decks193 decks
8%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-11%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
7.8%inclusion15 decks193 decks
-1%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.2%inclusion12 decks193 decks
-10%synergy
Magistrate's Scepter
5.7%inclusion11 decks193 decks
5%synergy
The Golden Throne
5.7%inclusion11 decks193 decks
4%synergy
Lightning Coils
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
5%synergy
Lifeline
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Bastion of Remembrance
62%inclusion119 decks193 decks
46%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
60%inclusion115 decks193 decks
49%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
59%inclusion114 decks193 decks
42%synergy
Black Market
45%inclusion86 decks193 decks
23%synergy
Attrition
39%inclusion76 decks193 decks
36%synergy
Dark Privilege
32%inclusion62 decks193 decks
31%synergy
Teval's Judgment
31%inclusion8 decks26 decks
29%synergy
Contamination
27%inclusion53 decks193 decks
24%synergy
Dark Prophecy
24%inclusion47 decks193 decks
20%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
24%inclusion46 decks193 decks
20%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
23%inclusion44 decks193 decks
-18%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Into the Pit
20%inclusion17 decks83 decks
19%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
16%synergy
Open the Graves
18%inclusion35 decks193 decks
15%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
18%inclusion34 decks193 decks
7%synergy
Blight Mound
18%inclusion34 decks193 decks
15%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
16%inclusion20 decks125 decks
13%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
16%inclusion30 decks193 decks
5%synergy
Black Market Connections
15%inclusion28 decks193 decks
-9%synergy
Vampiric Rites
14%inclusion27 decks193 decks
8%synergy
Gift of Doom
12%inclusion24 decks193 decks
11%synergy
Gate to Phyrexia
11%inclusion22 decks193 decks
11%synergy
Animate Dead
9.3%inclusion18 decks193 decks
-8%synergy
Exquisite Blood
8.8%inclusion17 decks193 decks
-5%synergy
Soul Enervation
8.4%inclusion14 decks167 decks
7%synergy
Mind Slash
7.3%inclusion14 decks193 decks
7%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
7.3%inclusion14 decks193 decks
6%synergy
Revel in Riches
7.3%inclusion14 decks193 decks
2%synergy
Sanguine Bond
5.7%inclusion11 decks193 decks
-6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
20%inclusion38 decks193 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
93%inclusion179 decks193 decks
38%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
86%inclusion166 decks193 decks
48%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
69%inclusion134 decks193 decks
40%synergy
Bojuka Bog
61%inclusion118 decks193 decks
14%synergy
Reliquary Tower
52%inclusion101 decks193 decks
21%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
51%inclusion98 decks193 decks
15%synergy
High Market
48%inclusion93 decks193 decks
42%synergy
Westvale Abbey
40%inclusion77 decks193 decks
34%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
35%inclusion68 decks193 decks
19%synergy
Witch's Cottage
26%inclusion50 decks193 decks
1%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
23%inclusion44 decks193 decks
12%synergy
War Room
19%inclusion37 decks193 decks
3%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
19%inclusion37 decks193 decks
15%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
18%inclusion35 decks193 decks
0%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
18%inclusion21 decks118 decks
8%synergy
Command Beacon
17%inclusion32 decks193 decks
8%synergy
Mortuary Mire
13%inclusion25 decks193 decks
0%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
12%inclusion24 decks193 decks
2%synergy
Urza's Saga
12%inclusion24 decks193 decks
4%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
12%inclusion4 decks34 decks
10%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
2%synergy
Lake of the Dead
9.3%inclusion18 decks193 decks
4%synergy
Thespian's Stage
8.8%inclusion17 decks193 decks
3%synergy
Deserted Temple
7.8%inclusion15 decks193 decks
4%synergy
Strip Mine
7.3%inclusion14 decks193 decks
4%synergy
Barren Moor
6.7%inclusion13 decks193 decks
-4%synergy
Buried Ruin
6.2%inclusion12 decks193 decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.2%inclusion12 decks193 decks
-2%synergy
Ghost Quarter
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
2%synergy
Barad-dûr
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
1%synergy
Multiversal Passage
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
93%inclusion179 decks193 decks
6%synergy
Arcane Signet
66%inclusion127 decks193 decks
3%synergy
The Soul Stone
32%inclusion6 decks19 decks
19%synergy
Jeweled Lotus
26%inclusion50 decks193 decks
23%synergy
Thought Vessel
23%inclusion44 decks193 decks
-4%synergy
Mana Crypt
19%inclusion37 decks193 decks
16%synergy
Mind Stone
15%inclusion28 decks193 decks
-17%synergy
Crowded Crypt
11%inclusion22 decks193 decks
6%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
11%inclusion21 decks193 decks
0%synergy
Séance Board
10%inclusion8 decks83 decks
8%synergy
Fellwar Stone
8.8%inclusion17 decks193 decks
-6%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
8.3%inclusion16 decks193 decks
3%synergy
Lotus Petal
6.7%inclusion13 decks193 decks
-1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.2%inclusion12 decks193 decks
-17%synergy
Mox Diamond
6.2%inclusion12 decks193 decks
2%synergy
Nyx Lotus
5.7%inclusion11 decks193 decks
-1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
90%inclusion174 decks193 decks
-5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
37%inclusion72 decks193 decks
15%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion43 decks193 decks
-5%synergy
Fell the Profane
22%inclusion26 decks118 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
19%inclusion36 decks193 decks
12%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
13%inclusion26 decks193 decks
7%synergy
Urza's Cave
11%inclusion14 decks126 decks
3%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.7%inclusion11 decks193 decks
1%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
5.7%inclusion11 decks193 decks
1%synergy
Polluted Delta
5.7%inclusion11 decks193 decks
2%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
-3%synergy
Cavern of Souls
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
-1%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
5.2%inclusion10 decks193 decks
2%synergy
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