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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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Serrated Scorpion
87%inclusion98 decks113 decks
84%synergy
Bone Shredder
81%inclusion91 decks113 decks
79%synergy
Skullport Merchant
80%inclusion90 decks113 decks
78%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
80%inclusion90 decks113 decks
77%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
75%inclusion85 decks113 decks
74%synergy
Novice Occultist
74%inclusion84 decks113 decks
73%synergy
Tattered Mummy
73%inclusion83 decks113 decks
72%synergy
Skyscanner
73%inclusion82 decks113 decks
71%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
68%inclusion77 decks113 decks
67%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
68%inclusion77 decks113 decks
66%synergy
Top Cards
Viscera Seer
78%inclusion88 decks113 decks
61%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
72%inclusion81 decks113 decks
66%synergy
Blood Pet
69%inclusion78 decks113 decks
61%synergy
Village Rites
68%inclusion77 decks113 decks
44%synergy
Shambling Ghast
68%inclusion77 decks113 decks
63%synergy
Cadaver Imp
66%inclusion75 decks113 decks
64%synergy
Clattering Augur
64%inclusion72 decks113 decks
62%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
64%inclusion72 decks113 decks
61%synergy
Fume Spitter
64%inclusion72 decks113 decks
62%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
64%inclusion72 decks113 decks
62%synergy
Creatures
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
61%inclusion69 decks113 decks
60%synergy
Big Game Hunter
61%inclusion69 decks113 decks
59%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
58%inclusion66 decks113 decks
58%synergy
Burglar Rat
58%inclusion66 decks113 decks
47%synergy
Virus Beetle
57%inclusion64 decks113 decks
50%synergy
Dockside Chef
56%inclusion63 decks113 decks
54%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
53%inclusion60 decks113 decks
52%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
50%inclusion57 decks113 decks
50%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
50%inclusion56 decks113 decks
27%synergy
Perilous Myr
50%inclusion56 decks113 decks
49%synergy
Leaden Myr
49%inclusion55 decks113 decks
42%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
48%inclusion54 decks113 decks
41%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
47%inclusion53 decks113 decks
46%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
47%inclusion53 decks113 decks
41%synergy
Mindless Automaton
47%inclusion53 decks113 decks
46%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
44%inclusion50 decks113 decks
42%synergy
Nezumi Informant
38%inclusion43 decks113 decks
31%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
36%inclusion39 decks109 decks
34%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
35%inclusion40 decks113 decks
13%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
35%inclusion40 decks113 decks
35%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
35%inclusion39 decks113 decks
14%synergy
Hecteyes
33%inclusion6 decks18 decks
30%synergy
Infestation Sage
31%inclusion17 decks54 decks
27%synergy
Midnight Reaper
31%inclusion35 decks113 decks
22%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
30%inclusion34 decks113 decks
-22%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
30%inclusion34 decks113 decks
29%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
28%inclusion32 decks113 decks
28%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
28%inclusion32 decks113 decks
21%synergy
Orzhov Enforcer
28%inclusion32 decks113 decks
28%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
27%inclusion30 decks113 decks
24%synergy
Basal Thrull
27%inclusion30 decks113 decks
25%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
27%inclusion30 decks113 decks
25%synergy
Plagued Rusalka
26%inclusion29 decks113 decks
25%synergy
Corpse Blockade
26%inclusion29 decks113 decks
25%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
25%inclusion17 decks67 decks
20%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
25%inclusion28 decks113 decks
24%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
24%inclusion27 decks113 decks
21%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
24%inclusion27 decks113 decks
20%synergy
Skittering Surveyor
24%inclusion27 decks113 decks
24%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
22%inclusion22 decks99 decks
12%synergy
Fear of Lost Teeth
22%inclusion14 decks64 decks
21%synergy
Carrion Feeder
20%inclusion23 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Thorn of the Black Rose
19%inclusion22 decks113 decks
19%synergy
Grim Haruspex
18%inclusion20 decks113 decks
8%synergy
Woe Strider
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
13%synergy
Death Cultist
16%inclusion18 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Unscrupulous Agent
16%inclusion17 decks109 decks
15%synergy
Smothering Abomination
15%inclusion17 decks113 decks
13%synergy
Nantuko Husk
15%inclusion17 decks113 decks
14%synergy
Blood Artist
15%inclusion17 decks113 decks
-16%synergy
Instants
Tragic Slip
63%inclusion71 decks113 decks
42%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
51%inclusion58 decks113 decks
39%synergy
Altar's Reap
45%inclusion51 decks113 decks
43%synergy
Armor of Shadows
44%inclusion50 decks113 decks
42%synergy
Costly Plunder
44%inclusion50 decks113 decks
42%synergy
Defile
34%inclusion38 decks113 decks
-4%synergy
Professor's Warning
30%inclusion34 decks113 decks
29%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
27%inclusion30 decks113 decks
23%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
25%inclusion24 decks95 decks
23%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
22%inclusion25 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Undying Malice
20%inclusion23 decks113 decks
11%synergy
Consuming Corruption
19%inclusion18 decks95 decks
3%synergy
Nasty End
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
14%synergy
Deadly Dispute
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
-7%synergy
Dark Ritual
16%inclusion18 decks113 decks
-50%synergy
Without Weakness
14%inclusion16 decks113 decks
14%synergy
Maximum Overdrive
14%inclusion5 decks36 decks
13%synergy
Alesha's Legacy
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Offer Immortality
12%inclusion13 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Breathe Your Last
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Murder
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
0%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Feign Death
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Unlikely Aid
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Not Dead After All
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
-2%synergy
Wake the Dead
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Wail of the Nim
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Fanatical Offering
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Doom Blade
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
-1%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
-17%synergy
Dig Up the Body
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Rush of Vitality
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Body Count
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
-19%synergy
Death Denied
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Dark Dabbling
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Final Flourish
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Eaten Alive
59%inclusion67 decks113 decks
56%synergy
Bone Shards
56%inclusion63 decks113 decks
52%synergy
Feed the Swarm
53%inclusion60 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Spark Harvest
49%inclusion55 decks113 decks
48%synergy
Bone Splinters
34%inclusion38 decks113 decks
32%synergy
Victimize
30%inclusion34 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Final Vengeance
25%inclusion16 decks64 decks
23%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
25%inclusion28 decks113 decks
24%synergy
Dread Return
25%inclusion28 decks113 decks
12%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
23%inclusion26 decks113 decks
22%synergy
Sign in Blood
22%inclusion25 decks113 decks
-14%synergy
Annihilating Glare
18%inclusion20 decks113 decks
17%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
14%inclusion14 decks102 decks
13%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
-7%synergy
Unearth
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Worthy Cost
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Innocent Blood
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Embrace Oblivion
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
-10%synergy
Severed Strands
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Desecrated Tomb
34%inclusion38 decks113 decks
31%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
28%inclusion32 decks113 decks
27%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
25%inclusion28 decks113 decks
8%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
19%inclusion22 decks113 decks
16%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
19%inclusion21 decks113 decks
18%synergy
Phantom Train
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
15%synergy
Mirror Shield
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
13%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
13%synergy
Lightning Coils
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
13%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
13%inclusion7 decks54 decks
12%synergy
Culling Dais
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
-21%synergy
Bubbling Cauldron
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
10%synergy
Entropic Battlecruiser
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
61%inclusion69 decks113 decks
60%synergy
Vampiric Rites
54%inclusion61 decks113 decks
48%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
43%inclusion49 decks113 decks
40%synergy
Soul Enervation
39%inclusion43 decks109 decks
38%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
24%inclusion27 decks113 decks
8%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
21%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
22%inclusion25 decks113 decks
21%synergy
Fallen Ideal
20%inclusion23 decks113 decks
20%synergy
Open the Graves
19%inclusion21 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
15%inclusion17 decks113 decks
14%synergy
Soul Channeling
13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
13%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
0%synergy
Skeletal Grimace
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Mind Slash
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Shadows of the Past
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Mortuary Mire
33%inclusion37 decks113 decks
20%synergy
Witch's Cottage
28%inclusion32 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Barren Moor
22%inclusion25 decks113 decks
12%synergy
Polluted Mire
19%inclusion21 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Bojuka Bog
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
-30%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
12%inclusion14 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Memorial to Folly
12%inclusion13 decks113 decks
8%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
7%synergy
The Dross Pits
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Charcoal Diamond
64%inclusion72 decks113 decks
40%synergy
Mind Stone
47%inclusion53 decks113 decks
16%synergy
Arcane Signet
42%inclusion47 decks113 decks
-21%synergy
Sol Ring
41%inclusion46 decks113 decks
-46%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion30 decks113 decks
17%synergy
Prismatic Lens
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Thought Vessel
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
-22%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion113 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
35%inclusion40 decks113 decks
9%synergy
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