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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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Novice Occultist
91%inclusion10 decks11 decks
89%synergy
Skullport Merchant
91%inclusion10 decks11 decks
89%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
91%inclusion10 decks11 decks
88%synergy
Tattered Mummy
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
81%synergy
Skyscanner
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
80%synergy
Cadaver Imp
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
80%synergy
Dockside Chef
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
80%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
79%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
79%synergy
Blood Pet
82%inclusion9 decks11 decks
74%synergy
Top Cards
Dark Privilege
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
71%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
72%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
71%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
67%synergy
Clattering Augur
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
71%synergy
Shambling Ghast
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
67%synergy
Viscera Seer
73%inclusion8 decks11 decks
56%synergy
Village Rites
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
39%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
58%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
62%synergy
Creatures
Bottle Gnomes
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
63%synergy
Bone Shredder
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
62%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
63%synergy
Thorn of the Black Rose
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
63%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
54%synergy
Fume Spitter
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
53%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
53%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
54%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
54%synergy
Perilous Myr
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
54%synergy
Burglar Rat
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
44%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
38%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
44%synergy
Big Game Hunter
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
43%synergy
Plagued Rusalka
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
45%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
45%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
34%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
36%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Basal Thrull
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Virus Beetle
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
30%synergy
Mindless Automaton
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
36%synergy
Orzhov Enforcer
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
36%synergy
Nantuko Husk
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
-25%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Skittering Surveyor
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Dunland Crebain
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Carrion Feeder
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Nezumi Informant
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
20%synergy
Stirge
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Vicious Battlerager
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
23%synergy
Midnight Reaper
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
19%synergy
Death Cultist
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Leaden Myr
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
21%synergy
Hecteyes
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Magic Pot
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Unscrupulous Agent
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
20%synergy
Marsh Flitter
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Haunt of the Dead Marshes
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Gurgling Anointer
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Instants
Armor of Shadows
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
61%synergy
Tragic Slip
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
38%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Altar's Reap
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
34%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
30%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Maximum Overdrive
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Undying Malice
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Costly Plunder
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
26%synergy
Alesha's Legacy
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Demonic Gifts
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Undying Evil
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
15%synergy
Deadly Dispute
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-6%synergy
Final Flourish
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Murder
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Offer Immortality
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Professor's Warning
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Feign Death
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
10%synergy
Without Weakness
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Consuming Corruption
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Breathe Your Last
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Hero's Downfall
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
2%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Orcish Medicine
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Not Dead After All
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-2%synergy
Finishing Blow
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Fanatical Offering
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Vendetta
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Battle-Rage Blessing
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Dark Ritual
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-57%synergy
Wake the Dead
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Unlikely Aid
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Reaping the Graves
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Infernal Grasp
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-16%synergy
Blot Out
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Return to Action
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Terror
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Ashnod's Intervention
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Vicious Offering
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Wail of the Nim
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Nasty End
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Dread Return
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
33%synergy
Feed the Swarm
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
-15%synergy
Bone Shards
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
33%synergy
Eaten Alive
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
33%synergy
Worthy Cost
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Bone Splinters
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Spark Harvest
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Innocent Blood
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
13%synergy
Sign in Blood
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-18%synergy
Final Vengeance
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Victimize
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-16%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Nightmare Unmaking
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Mind Swords
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Phthisis
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Morbid Curiosity
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Read the Bones
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-9%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Urborg Uprising
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Word of Binding
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Necromantic Selection
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Flesh Allergy
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Extinguish All Hope
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Epic Downfall
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Recover
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Desecrated Tomb
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Culling Dais
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-7%synergy
Mirror Shield
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Explorer's Scope
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Crook of Condemnation
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Navigation Orb
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Skull Catapult
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Magnifying Glass
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Enchantments
Agent of the Iron Throne
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
42%synergy
Soul Enervation
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
39%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
35%synergy
Open the Graves
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
24%synergy
Vampiric Rites
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
21%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
11%synergy
Soul Channeling
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Takklemaggot
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Fallen Ideal
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Malevolent Awakening
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Cloak of Confusion
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Arguel's Blood Fast
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Utility Lands
Witch's Cottage
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
21%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
25%synergy
Bojuka Bog
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-29%synergy
Mortuary Mire
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Barren Moor
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Roadside Reliquary
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Tectonic Edge
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Haunted Fengraf
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
The Dross Pits
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Tocasia's Dig Site
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexia's Core
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Field of Ruin
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Charcoal Diamond
64%inclusion7 decks11 decks
40%synergy
Mind Stone
45%inclusion5 decks11 decks
14%synergy
Commander's Sphere
36%inclusion4 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Arcane Signet
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
-35%synergy
Honored Heirloom
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
27%synergy
Unstable Obelisk
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Letter of Acceptance
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Lantern of Revealing
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
3%synergy
Crowded Crypt
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Sol Ring
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-77%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Thought Vessel
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
-18%synergy
Star Compass
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Prismatic Lens
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion11 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-9%synergy
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