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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
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Big Game Hunter
86%inclusion12 decks14 decks
83%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
86%inclusion12 decks14 decks
80%synergy
Virus Beetle
86%inclusion12 decks14 decks
79%synergy
Blood Pet
86%inclusion12 decks14 decks
78%synergy
Bone Shredder
79%inclusion11 decks14 decks
77%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
79%inclusion11 decks14 decks
76%synergy
Burglar Rat
86%inclusion12 decks14 decks
75%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
71%inclusion10 decks14 decks
70%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
71%inclusion10 decks14 decks
70%synergy
Skullport Merchant
71%inclusion10 decks14 decks
70%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
86%inclusion12 decks14 decks
54%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
86%inclusion12 decks14 decks
63%synergy
Viscera Seer
86%inclusion12 decks14 decks
69%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
71%inclusion10 decks14 decks
65%synergy
Clattering Augur
71%inclusion10 decks14 decks
69%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
64%inclusion9 decks14 decks
64%synergy
Carrion Feeder
64%inclusion9 decks14 decks
53%synergy
Nezumi Informant
64%inclusion9 decks14 decks
57%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
64%inclusion9 decks14 decks
48%synergy
Shambling Ghast
64%inclusion9 decks14 decks
59%synergy
Game Changers
Opposition Agent
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-3%synergy
Creatures
Ayara, First of Locthwain
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
32%synergy
Cadaver Imp
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
55%synergy
Grim Haruspex
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
48%synergy
Skyscanner
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
56%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
56%synergy
Novice Occultist
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
55%synergy
Hecteyes
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
52%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
54%inclusion7 decks13 decks
43%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
27%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
48%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
31%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
43%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
48%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
34%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
-9%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
40%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
41%synergy
Leaden Myr
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
37%synergy
Tattered Mummy
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
35%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
15%synergy
Fume Spitter
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
34%synergy
Mindless Automaton
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
35%synergy
Woe Strider
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
24%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
27%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
28%synergy
Corpse Blockade
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
28%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
28%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
28%synergy
PuPu UFO
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Sadistic Hypnotist
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
20%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
12%synergy
Smothering Abomination
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
19%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
20%synergy
Manakin
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
20%synergy
Midnight Reaper
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Perilous Myr
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Dockside Chef
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
19%synergy
Valgavoth's Faithful
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
15%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
9%synergy
Unscrupulous Agent
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Nether Traitor
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Basal Thrull
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Heap Doll
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Flesh-Eater Imp
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Deathgreeter
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
10%synergy
Fell Specter
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
10%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Tragic Slip
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
37%synergy
Deadly Dispute
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
25%synergy
Withering Torment
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
18%synergy
Village Rites
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
18%synergy
Armor of Shadows
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
41%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
31%synergy
Dark Ritual
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
-38%synergy
Body Count
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
27%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
24%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Imp's Mischief
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
-3%synergy
Defile
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
-16%synergy
Culling the Weak
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Altar's Reap
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
19%synergy
Undying Malice
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
12%synergy
Infernal Grasp
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
-4%synergy
Professor's Warning
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
20%synergy
Feign Death
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
14%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Not Dead After All
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Undying Evil
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Unnatural Endurance
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Wake the Dead
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Bitter Triumph
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Costly Plunder
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
12%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Offer Immortality
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
12%synergy
Overkill
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-11%synergy
Hagra Mauling
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Thrilling Encore
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Snuff Out
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-6%synergy
Renegade's Getaway
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Battle-Rage Blessing
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Boon of Erebos
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Darkness
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-3%synergy
Murder
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-3%synergy
Death Denied
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Baleful Mastery
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-2%synergy
Ashnod's Intervention
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Vona's Hunger
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Wail of the Nim
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Saw in Half
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-1%synergy
Nasty End
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Without Weakness
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Victimize
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
17%synergy
Eaten Alive
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
32%synergy
Mutilate
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
10%synergy
Toxic Deluge
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
-9%synergy
Sign in Blood
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
-8%synergy
Night's Whisper
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
-3%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
0%synergy
Diabolic Intent
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
0%synergy
Rush of Dread
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Spark Harvest
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Duress
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
8%synergy
Killing Wave
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
12%synergy
Reanimate
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-25%synergy
Syphon Mind
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
1%synergy
Temporal Intervention
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Hymn of the Faller
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Villainous Wrath
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Cornered by Black Mages
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Will of the Abzan
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Come Back Wrong
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Final Vengeance
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Hellish Sideswipe
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Bone Splinters
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-8%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Ritual of Soot
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Inquisition of Kozilek
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Unearth
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-1%synergy
Pox
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Morbid Curiosity
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Read the Bones
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-11%synergy
Bone Shards
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Final Parting
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Annihilating Glare
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Necromantic Selection
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Blood Divination
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Damnation
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-14%synergy
Crippling Fear
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Thoughtseize
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
18%synergy
Jet Medallion
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
-18%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
16%synergy
Bontu's Monument
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
8%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Spawning Pit
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
27%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
19%synergy
Skullclamp
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
0%synergy
Genesis Chamber
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Mithril Coat
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
9%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
1%synergy
Champion's Helm
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
12%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-9%synergy
Black Mage's Rod
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-9%synergy
Culling Dais
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Magistrate's Scepter
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Mirror Shield
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Ankh of Mishra
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Darksteel Plate
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Lightning Coils
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Plate
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
57%inclusion8 decks14 decks
56%synergy
Vampiric Rites
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
44%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
49%synergy
Black Market
29%inclusion4 decks14 decks
8%synergy
Gift of Doom
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
21%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
18%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Dark Prophecy
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
17%synergy
Waste Not
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Open the Graves
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Soul Enervation
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Grave Pact
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-5%synergy
Soul Channeling
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Teval's Judgment
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
4%synergy
Bandit's Talent
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-10%synergy
Polluted Bonds
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Nest of Scarabs
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Fallen Ideal
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-4%synergy
Quest for the Nihil Stone
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
The Long Reach of Night
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Liliana's Caress
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
1%synergy
Tainted Aether
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Attrition
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Koskun Falls
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Arguel's Blood Fast
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Painful Quandary
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-3%synergy
Blight Mound
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-2%synergy
Raiders' Wake
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-7%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
50%inclusion7 decks14 decks
19%synergy
Bojuka Bog
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
-4%synergy
Barren Moor
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
33%synergy
Witch's Cottage
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
18%synergy
High Market
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
29%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
-14%synergy
Buried Ruin
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
16%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Coffers
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
-34%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-10%synergy
War Room
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-2%synergy
Polluted Mire
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
10%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-23%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-1%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-3%synergy
Westvale Abbey
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
1%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-6%synergy
Memorial to Folly
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Roadside Reliquary
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Blinkmoth Nexus
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Tectonic Edge
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Inkmoth Nexus
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Command Beacon
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-1%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-23%synergy
Barad-dûr
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Terrain Generator
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexia's Core
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-1%synergy
Field of Ruin
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
79%inclusion11 decks14 decks
-8%synergy
Arcane Signet
71%inclusion10 decks14 decks
9%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
-2%synergy
Thought Vessel
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
-5%synergy
Unstable Obelisk
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Mind Stone
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
-16%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
1%synergy
Worn Powerstone
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Lens
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion14 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
9%synergy
Boggart Trawler
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-11%synergy
Hagra Mauling
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
3%synergy
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