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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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Dream Beavers
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Shredder's Technique
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Viscera Seer
92%inclusion134 decks145 decks
75%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
88%inclusion128 decks145 decks
75%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
72%inclusion105 decks145 decks
70%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
88%inclusion127 decks145 decks
68%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
90%inclusion131 decks145 decks
67%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
70%inclusion101 decks145 decks
67%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
70%inclusion101 decks145 decks
64%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
88%inclusion127 decks145 decks
63%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
81%inclusion117 decks145 decks
61%synergy
Bone Shredder
63%inclusion91 decks145 decks
61%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
84%inclusion122 decks145 decks
53%synergy
Grave Pact
74%inclusion107 decks145 decks
55%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
72%inclusion105 decks145 decks
47%synergy
Dark Ritual
72%inclusion105 decks145 decks
6%synergy
Lightning Greaves
70%inclusion102 decks145 decks
37%synergy
Grim Haruspex
70%inclusion101 decks145 decks
61%synergy
Jet Medallion
66%inclusion96 decks145 decks
5%synergy
Skullclamp
65%inclusion94 decks145 decks
43%synergy
Diabolic Intent
63%inclusion91 decks145 decks
48%synergy
Carrion Feeder
63%inclusion91 decks145 decks
51%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
70%inclusion101 decks145 decks
42%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
57%inclusion83 decks145 decks
36%synergy
Ancient Tomb
47%inclusion68 decks145 decks
35%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
41%inclusion60 decks145 decks
28%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
35%inclusion51 decks145 decks
6%synergy
Necropotence
27%inclusion39 decks145 decks
12%synergy
Imperial Seal
19%inclusion28 decks145 decks
12%synergy
Mana Vault
13%inclusion19 decks145 decks
6%synergy
The One Ring
12%inclusion17 decks145 decks
2%synergy
Chrome Mox
9.0%inclusion13 decks145 decks
3%synergy
Creatures
Blood Pet
62%inclusion90 decks145 decks
54%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
62%inclusion80 decks129 decks
51%synergy
Cadaver Imp
60%inclusion87 decks145 decks
58%synergy
Shambling Ghast
58%inclusion84 decks145 decks
53%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
56%inclusion81 decks145 decks
47%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
55%inclusion80 decks145 decks
35%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
53%inclusion77 decks145 decks
43%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
52%inclusion76 decks145 decks
51%synergy
Big Game Hunter
52%inclusion76 decks145 decks
50%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
52%inclusion75 decks145 decks
42%synergy
Clattering Augur
49%inclusion71 decks145 decks
47%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
48%inclusion70 decks145 decks
25%synergy
Skullport Merchant
48%inclusion69 decks145 decks
46%synergy
Warren Soultrader
47%inclusion61 decks129 decks
34%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
47%inclusion68 decks145 decks
46%synergy
Crypt Ghast
47%inclusion68 decks145 decks
-1%synergy
Novice Occultist
46%inclusion66 decks145 decks
44%synergy
Skyscanner
45%inclusion65 decks145 decks
44%synergy
Burglar Rat
43%inclusion63 decks145 decks
32%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
40%inclusion58 decks145 decks
-11%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
38%inclusion55 decks145 decks
37%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
38%inclusion55 decks145 decks
37%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
37%inclusion13 decks35 decks
32%synergy
Fume Spitter
32%inclusion47 decks145 decks
31%synergy
Mindless Automaton
32%inclusion47 decks145 decks
32%synergy
Virus Beetle
31%inclusion45 decks145 decks
24%synergy
Tattered Mummy
28%inclusion40 decks145 decks
26%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
27%inclusion39 decks145 decks
26%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
25%inclusion36 decks145 decks
17%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
24%inclusion35 decks145 decks
24%synergy
Leaden Myr
23%inclusion34 decks145 decks
17%synergy
Deathgreeter
22%inclusion32 decks145 decks
18%synergy
Midnight Reaper
22%inclusion32 decks145 decks
13%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
21%inclusion7 decks33 decks
13%synergy
Nezumi Informant
21%inclusion30 decks145 decks
14%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
21%inclusion30 decks145 decks
17%synergy
Wriggling Grub
20%inclusion15 decks74 decks
18%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
20%inclusion29 decks145 decks
19%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
19%inclusion27 decks145 decks
18%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
19%inclusion27 decks145 decks
12%synergy
Infestation Sage
18%inclusion13 decks71 decks
14%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
17%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
18%inclusion26 decks145 decks
1%synergy
Perilous Myr
17%inclusion25 decks145 decks
17%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
17%inclusion24 decks145 decks
14%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
17%inclusion24 decks145 decks
16%synergy
Smothering Abomination
17%inclusion24 decks145 decks
15%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
16%inclusion23 decks145 decks
14%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
15%inclusion22 decks145 decks
13%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
15%inclusion22 decks145 decks
13%synergy
Instants
Culling the Weak
50%inclusion73 decks145 decks
35%synergy
Village Rites
49%inclusion71 decks145 decks
24%synergy
Deadly Dispute
49%inclusion71 decks145 decks
23%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
44%inclusion64 decks145 decks
21%synergy
Withering Torment
42%inclusion40 decks95 decks
11%synergy
Tragic Slip
38%inclusion55 decks145 decks
18%synergy
Deadly Rollick
37%inclusion54 decks145 decks
13%synergy
Imp's Mischief
30%inclusion44 decks145 decks
6%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
28%inclusion41 decks145 decks
24%synergy
Fell the Profane
23%inclusion30 decks129 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
23%inclusion33 decks145 decks
-3%synergy
Flare of Malice
22%inclusion28 decks129 decks
9%synergy
Cabal Ritual
19%inclusion27 decks145 decks
0%synergy
Defile
17%inclusion25 decks145 decks
-19%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
16%inclusion23 decks145 decks
3%synergy
Not Dead After All
14%inclusion20 decks145 decks
3%synergy
Body Count
13%inclusion19 decks145 decks
12%synergy
Wake the Dead
10%inclusion15 decks145 decks
9%synergy
Undying Malice
8.3%inclusion12 decks145 decks
-2%synergy
Songs of the Damned
7.6%inclusion11 decks145 decks
2%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
6.9%inclusion10 decks145 decks
5%synergy
Armor of Shadows
6.9%inclusion10 decks145 decks
5%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
-1%synergy
Ad Nauseam
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
4%synergy
Feign Death
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
-2%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
6.1%inclusion2 decks33 decks
-3%synergy
Bitter Triumph
5.5%inclusion8 decks145 decks
-4%synergy
Professor's Warning
5.5%inclusion8 decks145 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
54%inclusion79 decks145 decks
4%synergy
Toxic Deluge
46%inclusion66 decks145 decks
9%synergy
Reanimate
37%inclusion54 decks145 decks
-2%synergy
Victimize
28%inclusion41 decks145 decks
2%synergy
Damnation
26%inclusion38 decks145 decks
6%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
21%inclusion31 decks145 decks
14%synergy
Exsanguinate
19%inclusion28 decks145 decks
-5%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
17%inclusion25 decks145 decks
2%synergy
Living Death
17%inclusion25 decks145 decks
7%synergy
Grim Tutor
16%inclusion23 decks145 decks
4%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
15%inclusion11 decks73 decks
-2%synergy
Sign in Blood
14%inclusion21 decks145 decks
-21%synergy
Bubbling Muck
13%inclusion19 decks145 decks
-2%synergy
Eaten Alive
12%inclusion17 decks145 decks
8%synergy
Dread Return
11%inclusion16 decks145 decks
-1%synergy
Night's Whisper
10%inclusion14 decks145 decks
-15%synergy
Season of Loss
8.7%inclusion10 decks115 decks
6%synergy
Bone Shards
8.3%inclusion12 decks145 decks
5%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
7.6%inclusion11 decks145 decks
7%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
6.9%inclusion10 decks145 decks
-5%synergy
Unearth
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
-2%synergy
Read the Bones
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
-11%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
-7%synergy
Final Vengeance
6.2%inclusion6 decks97 decks
5%synergy
Worthy Cost
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
50%inclusion73 decks145 decks
19%synergy
Mithril Coat
43%inclusion63 decks145 decks
38%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
36%inclusion52 decks145 decks
34%synergy
Altar of Dementia
27%inclusion39 decks145 decks
21%synergy
Meekstone
23%inclusion34 decks145 decks
23%synergy
Bontu's Monument
21%inclusion30 decks145 decks
-8%synergy
Genesis Chamber
16%inclusion23 decks145 decks
13%synergy
Spawning Pit
15%inclusion22 decks145 decks
14%synergy
Expedition Map
14%inclusion20 decks145 decks
2%synergy
Commander's Plate
14%inclusion20 decks145 decks
8%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
10%inclusion14 decks145 decks
7%synergy
Darksteel Plate
8.3%inclusion12 decks145 decks
6%synergy
Lightning Coils
7.6%inclusion11 decks145 decks
7%synergy
Weatherlight Compleated
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
6%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
-9%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
5.5%inclusion8 decks145 decks
2%synergy
Magistrate's Scepter
5.5%inclusion8 decks145 decks
5%synergy
Champion's Helm
5.5%inclusion8 decks145 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
The Meathook Massacre
58%inclusion84 decks145 decks
41%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
57%inclusion83 decks145 decks
40%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
54%inclusion78 decks145 decks
43%synergy
Black Market
41%inclusion60 decks145 decks
20%synergy
Attrition
39%inclusion57 decks145 decks
36%synergy
Dark Privilege
33%inclusion48 decks145 decks
32%synergy
Dark Prophecy
27%inclusion39 decks145 decks
23%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
23%inclusion23 decks98 decks
19%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
22%inclusion32 decks145 decks
-18%synergy
Contamination
21%inclusion30 decks145 decks
17%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
20%inclusion29 decks145 decks
17%synergy
Teval's Judgment
19%inclusion7 decks36 decks
17%synergy
Into the Pit
18%inclusion17 decks93 decks
17%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
18%inclusion26 decks145 decks
8%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
18%inclusion24 decks134 decks
14%synergy
Black Market Connections
17%inclusion25 decks145 decks
-6%synergy
Open the Graves
16%inclusion23 decks145 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
14%inclusion21 decks145 decks
5%synergy
Vampiric Rites
14%inclusion21 decks145 decks
8%synergy
Blight Mound
14%inclusion21 decks145 decks
12%synergy
Gift of Doom
14%inclusion20 decks145 decks
13%synergy
Gate to Phyrexia
14%inclusion20 decks145 decks
13%synergy
Grave Venerations
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
12%inclusion4 decks33 decks
9%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
11%inclusion4 decks36 decks
9%synergy
Exquisite Blood
10%inclusion15 decks145 decks
-3%synergy
Mind Slash
6.9%inclusion10 decks145 decks
6%synergy
Sanguine Bond
6.9%inclusion10 decks145 decks
-5%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
6.9%inclusion10 decks145 decks
6%synergy
Animate Dead
6.9%inclusion10 decks145 decks
-10%synergy
Revel in Riches
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
1%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
21%inclusion30 decks145 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
92%inclusion134 decks145 decks
38%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
85%inclusion123 decks145 decks
47%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
68%inclusion98 decks145 decks
38%synergy
Bojuka Bog
54%inclusion78 decks145 decks
7%synergy
Reliquary Tower
50%inclusion73 decks145 decks
20%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
47%inclusion68 decks145 decks
12%synergy
High Market
46%inclusion66 decks145 decks
38%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
37%inclusion54 decks145 decks
22%synergy
Westvale Abbey
35%inclusion51 decks145 decks
29%synergy
Witch's Cottage
26%inclusion37 decks145 decks
1%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
23%inclusion34 decks145 decks
12%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
22%inclusion32 decks145 decks
18%synergy
War Room
21%inclusion30 decks145 decks
4%synergy
Command Beacon
20%inclusion29 decks145 decks
12%synergy
Castle Locthwain
19%inclusion27 decks145 decks
2%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
18%inclusion8 decks44 decks
16%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
18%inclusion6 decks33 decks
7%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
18%inclusion23 decks129 decks
8%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
14%inclusion21 decks145 decks
4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
14%inclusion21 decks145 decks
1%synergy
Urza's Saga
14%inclusion21 decks145 decks
6%synergy
Strip Mine
10%inclusion14 decks145 decks
7%synergy
Thespian's Stage
8.3%inclusion12 decks145 decks
3%synergy
Lake of the Dead
8.3%inclusion12 decks145 decks
3%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.6%inclusion11 decks145 decks
0%synergy
Buried Ruin
6.9%inclusion10 decks145 decks
2%synergy
Deserted Temple
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
2%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
6.1%inclusion2 decks33 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
92%inclusion134 decks145 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Signet
61%inclusion89 decks145 decks
-1%synergy
The Soul Stone
38%inclusion12 decks32 decks
23%synergy
Thought Vessel
27%inclusion39 decks145 decks
1%synergy
Jeweled Lotus
17%inclusion24 decks145 decks
15%synergy
Mana Crypt
14%inclusion20 decks145 decks
12%synergy
Mind Stone
14%inclusion20 decks145 decks
-16%synergy
Fellwar Stone
10%inclusion15 decks145 decks
-4%synergy
Séance Board
10%inclusion9 decks93 decks
8%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
10%inclusion14 decks145 decks
0%synergy
Crowded Crypt
9.0%inclusion13 decks145 decks
4%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
9.0%inclusion13 decks145 decks
4%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.9%inclusion10 decks145 decks
-16%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.9%inclusion10 decks145 decks
0%synergy
Lotus Petal
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
-1%synergy
Mox Diamond
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
90%inclusion130 decks145 decks
-5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
44%inclusion64 decks145 decks
21%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion36 decks145 decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
23%inclusion30 decks129 decks
4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
21%inclusion31 decks145 decks
14%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
14%inclusion20 decks145 decks
7%synergy
Urza's Cave
11%inclusion15 decks135 decks
3%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
6.9%inclusion10 decks145 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Delta
6.2%inclusion9 decks145 decks
3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.6%inclusion7 decks126 decks
-3%synergy
Cavern of Souls
5.5%inclusion8 decks145 decks
-1%synergy
Marsh Flats
5.5%inclusion8 decks145 decks
2%synergy
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