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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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Fire Navy Trebuchet
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Desperate Plea
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Realm of Koh
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Viscera Seer
85%inclusion40 decks47 decks
68%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
66%inclusion31 decks47 decks
64%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
66%inclusion31 decks47 decks
63%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
85%inclusion40 decks47 decks
62%synergy
Cadaver Imp
64%inclusion30 decks47 decks
62%synergy
Blood Pet
68%inclusion32 decks47 decks
60%synergy
Bone Shredder
62%inclusion29 decks47 decks
60%synergy
Skyscanner
57%inclusion27 decks47 decks
56%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
62%inclusion29 decks47 decks
56%synergy
Clattering Augur
57%inclusion27 decks47 decks
55%synergy
Top Cards
Ashnod's Altar
74%inclusion35 decks47 decks
55%synergy
Blood Artist
68%inclusion32 decks47 decks
37%synergy
Feed the Swarm
64%inclusion30 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
64%inclusion30 decks47 decks
32%synergy
Burglar Rat
62%inclusion29 decks47 decks
50%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
62%inclusion29 decks47 decks
44%synergy
Grim Haruspex
60%inclusion28 decks47 decks
50%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
57%inclusion27 decks47 decks
35%synergy
Dark Ritual
57%inclusion27 decks47 decks
-9%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
30%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
-6%synergy
Necropotence
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Demonic Tutor
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
-11%synergy
Ancient Tomb
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
1%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-3%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-13%synergy
Creatures
Skullport Merchant
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
53%synergy
Big Game Hunter
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
53%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
51%inclusion24 decks47 decks
49%synergy
Novice Occultist
51%inclusion24 decks47 decks
49%synergy
Shambling Ghast
51%inclusion24 decks47 decks
46%synergy
Carrion Feeder
49%inclusion23 decks47 decks
38%synergy
Nezumi Informant
49%inclusion23 decks47 decks
42%synergy
Virus Beetle
49%inclusion23 decks47 decks
42%synergy
Leaden Myr
49%inclusion23 decks47 decks
43%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
41%inclusion16 decks39 decks
30%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
40%inclusion19 decks47 decks
32%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
40%inclusion19 decks47 decks
33%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
38%inclusion18 decks47 decks
38%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
38%inclusion18 decks47 decks
29%synergy
Fume Spitter
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
35%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
35%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Hecteyes
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
30%synergy
Tattered Mummy
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Mindless Automaton
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
-22%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
20%synergy
Warren Soultrader
28%inclusion11 decks39 decks
15%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
25%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
26%synergy
Smothering Abomination
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
25%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
24%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
25%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
22%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
21%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
22%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
22%inclusion4 decks18 decks
14%synergy
Dockside Chef
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
19%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
20%inclusion9 decks45 decks
19%synergy
Woe Strider
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Basal Thrull
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
17%inclusion6 decks35 decks
11%synergy
Plagued Rusalka
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
17%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
16%inclusion5 decks31 decks
12%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Nether Traitor
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Crypt Ghast
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
-34%synergy
Instants
Tragic Slip
53%inclusion25 decks47 decks
33%synergy
Village Rites
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
20%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
24%synergy
Imp's Mischief
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Dispute
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Defile
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
-8%synergy
Withering Torment
29%inclusion10 decks34 decks
-2%synergy
Culling the Weak
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
21%synergy
Fell the Profane
21%inclusion8 decks39 decks
2%synergy
Flare of Malice
21%inclusion8 decks39 decks
8%synergy
Infernal Grasp
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
-6%synergy
Not Dead After All
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Armor of Shadows
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Undying Malice
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Bitter Triumph
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Professor's Warning
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-13%synergy
Body Count
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Feign Death
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
10%inclusion4 decks39 decks
8%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-15%synergy
Songs of the Damned
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Altar's Reap
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-1%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Snuff Out
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-6%synergy
Murder
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-4%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
0%synergy
Baleful Mastery
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-3%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
-3%synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Intent
40%inclusion19 decks47 decks
26%synergy
Victimize
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Toxic Deluge
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
-10%synergy
Sign in Blood
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
-11%synergy
Eaten Alive
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
22%synergy
Dread Return
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Night's Whisper
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
-1%synergy
Unearth
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
13%synergy
Reanimate
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
-19%synergy
Annihilating Glare
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Final Vengeance
18%inclusion6 decks34 decks
16%synergy
Bone Shards
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
13%synergy
Living Death
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Worthy Cost
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
-2%synergy
Mutilate
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-8%synergy
Killing Wave
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Exsanguinate
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-14%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Damnation
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-10%synergy
Grim Tutor
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-4%synergy
Lively Dirge
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
6.5%inclusion2 decks31 decks
-11%synergy
Spark Harvest
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Profane Tutor
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Read the Bones
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-12%synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Temporal Intervention
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Decode Transmissions
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Hymn of the Faller
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Scrounge for Eternity
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Jet Medallion
47%inclusion22 decks47 decks
-13%synergy
Lightning Greaves
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
23%synergy
Mithril Coat
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
26%synergy
Skullclamp
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
23%synergy
Genesis Chamber
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Spawning Pit
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Meekstone
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Bontu's Monument
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
-13%synergy
Champion's Helm
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
13%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
7%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
-10%synergy
Magistrate's Scepter
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Weatherlight Compleated
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
0%synergy
Lightning Coils
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Commander's Plate
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Grave Pact
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
37%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
39%synergy
Dark Privilege
43%inclusion20 decks47 decks
41%synergy
Vampiric Rites
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
28%synergy
Black Market
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
17%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
17%synergy
Dark Prophecy
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
22%synergy
Teval's Judgment
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Gift of Doom
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
22%synergy
Attrition
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Contamination
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
13%synergy
Soul Enervation
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
15%synergy
Open the Graves
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
-25%synergy
Into the Pit
12%inclusion4 decks34 decks
10%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-7%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
7%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
8.8%inclusion3 decks34 decks
4%synergy
Sanguine Bond
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-4%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Bandit's Talent
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
3%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Fallen Ideal
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Quest for the Nihil Stone
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Exquisite Blood
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-7%synergy
Shrieking Affliction
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Blight Mound
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-8%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
51%inclusion24 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
49%inclusion23 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Cabal Coffers
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
-11%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Witch's Cottage
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
-10%synergy
Buried Ruin
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
21%inclusion8 decks39 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
-17%synergy
Barren Moor
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
6%synergy
High Market
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Westvale Abbey
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
-15%synergy
War Room
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
-4%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Memorial to Folly
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Command Beacon
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
0%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-7%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-4%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Castle Locthwain
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-11%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
79%inclusion37 decks47 decks
-8%synergy
Arcane Signet
62%inclusion29 decks47 decks
-1%synergy
Thought Vessel
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
0%synergy
Mind Stone
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
-10%synergy
Commander's Sphere
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
1%synergy
Crowded Crypt
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Jeweled Lotus
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Mox Amber
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Fellwar Stone
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-8%synergy
The Soul Stone
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
-6%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion45 decks47 decks
1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
-5%synergy
Fell the Profane
21%inclusion8 decks39 decks
2%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
2%synergy
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