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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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Grave Venerations
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
21%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
15%synergy
Bile-Vial Boggart
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Dusk Legion Zealot
85%inclusion105 decks123 decks
83%synergy
Bone Shredder
76%inclusion93 decks123 decks
74%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
76%inclusion93 decks123 decks
73%synergy
Viscera Seer
89%inclusion110 decks123 decks
73%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
74%inclusion91 decks123 decks
68%synergy
Skullport Merchant
70%inclusion86 decks123 decks
68%synergy
Cadaver Imp
69%inclusion85 decks123 decks
67%synergy
Skyscanner
68%inclusion84 decks123 decks
67%synergy
Big Game Hunter
68%inclusion84 decks123 decks
66%synergy
Shambling Ghast
70%inclusion86 decks123 decks
65%synergy
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Zulaport Cutthroat
82%inclusion101 decks123 decks
59%synergy
Blood Artist
75%inclusion92 decks123 decks
43%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
72%inclusion88 decks123 decks
49%synergy
Village Rites
66%inclusion81 decks123 decks
41%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
66%inclusion81 decks123 decks
49%synergy
Blood Pet
66%inclusion81 decks123 decks
58%synergy
Grim Haruspex
64%inclusion79 decks123 decks
55%synergy
Clattering Augur
64%inclusion79 decks123 decks
62%synergy
Tragic Slip
64%inclusion79 decks123 decks
44%synergy
Novice Occultist
62%inclusion76 decks123 decks
60%synergy
Creatures
Carrion Feeder
60%inclusion74 decks123 decks
49%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
56%inclusion69 decks123 decks
30%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
55%inclusion63 decks114 decks
45%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
54%inclusion67 decks123 decks
53%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
53%inclusion65 decks123 decks
34%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
52%inclusion64 decks123 decks
51%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50%inclusion61 decks123 decks
29%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
50%inclusion61 decks123 decks
41%synergy
Burglar Rat
48%inclusion59 decks123 decks
37%synergy
Tattered Mummy
47%inclusion58 decks123 decks
46%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
46%inclusion56 decks123 decks
44%synergy
Fume Spitter
46%inclusion56 decks123 decks
44%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
46%inclusion56 decks123 decks
44%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
45%inclusion55 decks123 decks
-7%synergy
Leaden Myr
41%inclusion51 decks123 decks
35%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
41%inclusion50 decks123 decks
39%synergy
Virus Beetle
38%inclusion47 decks123 decks
31%synergy
Dockside Chef
37%inclusion45 decks123 decks
35%synergy
Mindless Automaton
35%inclusion43 decks123 decks
34%synergy
Nezumi Informant
33%inclusion40 decks123 decks
26%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
32%inclusion39 decks123 decks
25%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
28%inclusion34 decks123 decks
27%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
27%inclusion33 decks123 decks
25%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
27%inclusion33 decks123 decks
26%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
27%inclusion33 decks123 decks
26%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
26%inclusion32 decks123 decks
17%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
25%inclusion31 decks123 decks
22%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
25%inclusion31 decks123 decks
25%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
25%inclusion31 decks123 decks
24%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
25%inclusion31 decks123 decks
24%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
25%inclusion31 decks123 decks
25%synergy
Perilous Myr
25%inclusion31 decks123 decks
25%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
24%inclusion26 decks109 decks
18%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
24%inclusion29 decks123 decks
22%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
23%inclusion28 decks123 decks
22%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
23%inclusion28 decks123 decks
22%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
20%inclusion25 decks123 decks
15%synergy
Midnight Reaper
20%inclusion25 decks123 decks
12%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
20%inclusion24 decks123 decks
18%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
19%inclusion10 decks52 decks
11%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
19%inclusion23 decks123 decks
15%synergy
Warren Soultrader
18%inclusion21 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Woe Strider
18%inclusion22 decks123 decks
14%synergy
Crypt Ghast
18%inclusion22 decks123 decks
-30%synergy
Hecteyes
17%inclusion11 decks64 decks
14%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
17%inclusion21 decks123 decks
10%synergy
Smothering Abomination
17%inclusion21 decks123 decks
15%synergy
Agent Venom
17%inclusion7 decks41 decks
15%synergy
Basal Thrull
16%inclusion20 decks123 decks
15%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
16%inclusion20 decks123 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Deadly Dispute
57%inclusion70 decks123 decks
32%synergy
Dark Ritual
49%inclusion60 decks123 decks
-18%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
44%inclusion54 decks123 decks
32%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
38%inclusion47 decks123 decks
34%synergy
Defile
30%inclusion37 decks123 decks
-7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
26%inclusion32 decks123 decks
3%synergy
Withering Torment
25%inclusion27 decks106 decks
-6%synergy
Armor of Shadows
25%inclusion31 decks123 decks
23%synergy
Infernal Grasp
20%inclusion25 decks123 decks
-5%synergy
Not Dead After All
19%inclusion23 decks123 decks
7%synergy
Feign Death
19%inclusion23 decks123 decks
11%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
18%inclusion22 decks123 decks
10%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion20 decks114 decks
-1%synergy
Culling the Weak
17%inclusion21 decks123 decks
2%synergy
Altar's Reap
17%inclusion21 decks123 decks
15%synergy
Undying Malice
17%inclusion21 decks123 decks
7%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
17%inclusion19 decks114 decks
14%synergy
Body Count
15%inclusion18 decks123 decks
13%synergy
Imp's Mischief
14%inclusion17 decks123 decks
-10%synergy
Professor's Warning
14%inclusion17 decks123 decks
12%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
13%inclusion16 decks123 decks
12%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
11%inclusion14 decks123 decks
8%synergy
Go for the Throat
11%inclusion14 decks123 decks
-12%synergy
Wake the Dead
11%inclusion13 decks123 decks
9%synergy
Costly Plunder
11%inclusion13 decks123 decks
8%synergy
Flare of Malice
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Offer Immortality
10%inclusion12 decks123 decks
8%synergy
Hagra Mauling
8.1%inclusion10 decks123 decks
4%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
7.3%inclusion9 decks123 decks
1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
6.5%inclusion8 decks123 decks
-17%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
6.5%inclusion8 decks123 decks
4%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.5%inclusion8 decks123 decks
-4%synergy
Nasty End
6.5%inclusion8 decks123 decks
3%synergy
Consuming Corruption
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-10%synergy
Murder
5.7%inclusion7 decks123 decks
-5%synergy
Death Denied
5.7%inclusion7 decks123 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
60%inclusion74 decks123 decks
9%synergy
Victimize
41%inclusion50 decks123 decks
15%synergy
Eaten Alive
37%inclusion46 decks123 decks
34%synergy
Bone Shards
26%inclusion32 decks123 decks
22%synergy
Dread Return
24%inclusion29 decks123 decks
11%synergy
Sign in Blood
22%inclusion27 decks123 decks
-14%synergy
Night's Whisper
19%inclusion23 decks123 decks
-6%synergy
Diabolic Intent
18%inclusion22 decks123 decks
3%synergy
Mutilate
18%inclusion22 decks123 decks
0%synergy
Toxic Deluge
15%inclusion19 decks123 decks
-22%synergy
Living Death
14%inclusion17 decks123 decks
3%synergy
Spark Harvest
13%inclusion16 decks123 decks
12%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion15 decks123 decks
-2%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
12%inclusion14 decks120 decks
11%synergy
Worthy Cost
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Read the Bones
11%inclusion13 decks123 decks
-7%synergy
Exsanguinate
11%inclusion13 decks123 decks
-14%synergy
Unearth
10%inclusion12 decks123 decks
1%synergy
Final Vengeance
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
8%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
9.4%inclusion9 decks96 decks
-8%synergy
Bone Splinters
8.1%inclusion10 decks123 decks
6%synergy
Annihilating Glare
8.1%inclusion10 decks123 decks
7%synergy
Killing Wave
7.3%inclusion9 decks123 decks
5%synergy
Damnation
7.3%inclusion9 decks123 decks
-13%synergy
Bubbling Muck
6.5%inclusion8 decks123 decks
-9%synergy
Reanimate
6.5%inclusion8 decks123 decks
-33%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
5.7%inclusion7 decks123 decks
5%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
5.7%inclusion7 decks123 decks
5%synergy
Villainous Wrath
5.3%inclusion2 decks38 decks
3%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
5.0%inclusion6 decks120 decks
-7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
55%inclusion68 decks123 decks
24%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
53%inclusion65 decks123 decks
33%synergy
Lightning Greaves
41%inclusion51 decks123 decks
8%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
33%inclusion41 decks123 decks
31%synergy
Skullclamp
31%inclusion38 decks123 decks
10%synergy
Jet Medallion
31%inclusion38 decks123 decks
-30%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
22%inclusion27 decks123 decks
9%synergy
Bontu's Monument
21%inclusion26 decks123 decks
-7%synergy
Spawning Pit
19%inclusion23 decks123 decks
17%synergy
Genesis Chamber
13%inclusion16 decks123 decks
10%synergy
Mithril Coat
12%inclusion15 decks123 decks
7%synergy
Lightning Coils
12%inclusion15 decks123 decks
12%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
10%inclusion12 decks123 decks
6%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
10%inclusion12 decks123 decks
-6%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
6.5%inclusion8 decks123 decks
3%synergy
Mirror Shield
5.7%inclusion7 decks123 decks
5%synergy
Meekstone
5.7%inclusion7 decks123 decks
5%synergy
Bubbling Cauldron
5.7%inclusion7 decks123 decks
5%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
5.2%inclusion5 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
52%inclusion64 decks123 decks
51%synergy
Vampiric Rites
42%inclusion52 decks123 decks
36%synergy
Black Market
32%inclusion39 decks123 decks
11%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
32%inclusion39 decks123 decks
28%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
22%inclusion27 decks123 decks
21%synergy
Open the Graves
21%inclusion26 decks123 decks
18%synergy
Gift of Doom
20%inclusion25 decks123 decks
19%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
20%inclusion24 decks123 decks
9%synergy
Grave Pact
19%inclusion23 decks123 decks
0%synergy
Attrition
19%inclusion23 decks123 decks
16%synergy
Soul Enervation
15%inclusion19 decks123 decks
14%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
15%inclusion12 decks80 decks
13%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
13%inclusion16 decks123 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
12%inclusion15 decks123 decks
-28%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Blight Mound
11%inclusion13 decks123 decks
8%synergy
Teval's Judgment
10%inclusion8 decks80 decks
8%synergy
Fallen Ideal
10%inclusion12 decks123 decks
9%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
10%inclusion12 decks123 decks
9%synergy
Dark Prophecy
10%inclusion12 decks123 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
8.9%inclusion11 decks123 decks
-1%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
8.6%inclusion10 decks116 decks
5%synergy
Into the Pit
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
5%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
6.5%inclusion8 decks123 decks
-11%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
5.2%inclusion3 decks58 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
66%inclusion81 decks123 decks
19%synergy
Witch's Cottage
53%inclusion65 decks123 decks
28%synergy
Mortuary Mire
37%inclusion45 decks123 decks
23%synergy
Reliquary Tower
37%inclusion45 decks123 decks
6%synergy
High Market
32%inclusion39 decks123 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
24%inclusion29 decks123 decks
-1%synergy
Cabal Coffers
23%inclusion28 decks123 decks
-32%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
22%inclusion27 decks123 decks
-13%synergy
Barren Moor
22%inclusion27 decks123 decks
12%synergy
Westvale Abbey
18%inclusion22 decks123 decks
11%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
17%inclusion11 decks66 decks
5%synergy
War Room
16%inclusion20 decks123 decks
0%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
15%inclusion19 decks123 decks
-22%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
15%inclusion17 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
14%inclusion17 decks123 decks
3%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
14%inclusion12 decks87 decks
11%synergy
Polluted Mire
12%inclusion15 decks123 decks
8%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
11%inclusion13 decks123 decks
-19%synergy
Buried Ruin
10%inclusion12 decks123 decks
5%synergy
Memorial to Folly
8.9%inclusion11 decks123 decks
6%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8.9%inclusion11 decks123 decks
-7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
8.9%inclusion11 decks123 decks
-9%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.3%inclusion9 decks123 decks
-1%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
6.5%inclusion8 decks123 decks
4%synergy
Command Beacon
5.7%inclusion7 decks123 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
76%inclusion94 decks123 decks
-10%synergy
Arcane Signet
63%inclusion77 decks123 decks
0%synergy
Mind Stone
30%inclusion37 decks123 decks
0%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
29%inclusion36 decks123 decks
6%synergy
Thought Vessel
28%inclusion34 decks123 decks
1%synergy
Crowded Crypt
14%inclusion17 decks123 decks
9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
11%inclusion13 decks123 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
10%inclusion12 decks123 decks
1%synergy
Prismatic Lens
7.3%inclusion9 decks123 decks
5%synergy
Séance Board
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
98%inclusion120 decks123 decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
40%inclusion49 decks123 decks
14%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
26%inclusion32 decks123 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
18%inclusion20 decks114 decks
-1%synergy
Demolition Field
8.9%inclusion11 decks123 decks
4%synergy
Hagra Mauling
8.1%inclusion10 decks123 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-3%synergy
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