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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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Dream Beavers
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
South Wind Avatar
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
8%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Serrated Scorpion
80%inclusion20 decks25 decks
78%synergy
Cadaver Imp
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
70%synergy
Bone Shredder
68%inclusion17 decks25 decks
66%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
63%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
68%inclusion17 decks25 decks
62%synergy
Clattering Augur
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
62%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
61%synergy
Skullport Merchant
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
58%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
80%inclusion20 decks25 decks
57%synergy
Skyscanner
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
55%synergy
Top Cards
Village Rites
76%inclusion19 decks25 decks
51%synergy
Blood Artist
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
40%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
46%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
72%inclusion18 decks25 decks
53%synergy
Viscera Seer
68%inclusion17 decks25 decks
51%synergy
Tragic Slip
68%inclusion17 decks25 decks
48%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
44%synergy
Jet Medallion
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
64%inclusion16 decks25 decks
47%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
37%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Ancient Tomb
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Demonic Tutor
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-19%synergy
Braids, Cabal Minion
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Shambling Ghast
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
55%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
45%synergy
Carrion Feeder
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
44%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
32%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
51%synergy
Blood Pet
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
44%synergy
Grim Haruspex
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
39%synergy
Crypt Ghast
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Big Game Hunter
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
46%synergy
Tattered Mummy
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
43%synergy
Burglar Rat
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
33%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
-7%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
42%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
39%synergy
Fume Spitter
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
39%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
33%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
30%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
34%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
35%synergy
Virus Beetle
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
29%synergy
Midnight Reaper
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
30%inclusion7 decks23 decks
24%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Warren Soultrader
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Novice Occultist
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
26%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
26%inclusion5 decks19 decks
18%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Skittering Surveyor
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
24%synergy
Leaden Myr
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
17%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Nezumi Informant
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Perilous Myr
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Dockside Chef
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Agent Venom
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
18%synergy
Twilight Diviner
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
16%synergy
Infestation Sage
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Boggart Trawler
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Orzhov Enforcer
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
15%inclusion3 decks20 decks
10%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Dark Ritual
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
-11%synergy
Deadly Dispute
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
40%synergy
Withering Torment
43%inclusion10 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Fell the Profane
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
28%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Defile
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
-9%synergy
Imp's Mischief
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Consuming Corruption
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Culling the Weak
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Costly Plunder
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Deadly Rollick
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
-8%synergy
Not Dead After All
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Malice
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Body Count
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Professor's Warning
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Hero's Downfall
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Snuff Out
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Armor of Shadows
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Altar's Reap
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Undying Malice
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-13%synergy
Hagra Mauling
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Demonic Gifts
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-15%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Dark Dabbling
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Cabal Ritual
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-10%synergy
Wake the Dead
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Withering Boon
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Bitter Triumph
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Murder
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Death Denied
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Feign Death
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Nasty End
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Dismember
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Diabolic Intent
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
25%synergy
Victimize
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Dread Return
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Bone Shards
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
24%synergy
Reanimate
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
-12%synergy
Night's Whisper
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Exsanguinate
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Toxic Deluge
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-17%synergy
Sign in Blood
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-16%synergy
Eaten Alive
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Final Vengeance
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Unearth
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-4%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Reprocess
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Damnation
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-9%synergy
Risky Shortcut
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Season of Loss
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
6%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Spark Harvest
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Bubbling Muck
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-8%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
1%synergy
Read the Bones
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-9%synergy
Mutilate
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-9%synergy
Beseech the Queen
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Deadly Precision
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Villainous Wrath
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Embrace Oblivion
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
28%synergy
Lightning Greaves
56%inclusion14 decks25 decks
22%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
38%synergy
Skullclamp
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Bontu's Monument
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Spawning Pit
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Mithril Coat
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Genesis Chamber
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
17%synergy
Meekstone
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Commander's Plate
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-8%synergy
Expedition Map
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Darksteel Plate
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Lightning Coils
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
2%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
-15%synergy
Enchantments
Black Market
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Grave Pact
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
25%synergy
Vampiric Rites
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
34%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Dark Privilege
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
31%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Into the Pit
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
20%synergy
Open the Graves
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
17%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
17%synergy
Dark Prophecy
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
16%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Contamination
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Attrition
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Blight Mound
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-28%synergy
Teval's Judgment
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Soul Enervation
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Soul Channeling
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Painful Quandary
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Revel in Riches
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-16%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
28%inclusion7 decks25 decks
14%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
60%inclusion15 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Witch's Cottage
52%inclusion13 decks25 decks
27%synergy
Westvale Abbey
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
41%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
23%synergy
Cabal Coffers
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
-7%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
9%synergy
High Market
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
33%synergy
Reliquary Tower
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Castle Locthwain
32%inclusion8 decks25 decks
15%synergy
Mortuary Mire
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
-6%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
9%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
9%synergy
Memorial to Folly
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
13%synergy
War Room
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Command Beacon
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Barren Moor
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
2%synergy
Deserted Temple
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-4%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Diamond City
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
8%synergy
Thespian's Stage
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Field of Ruin
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
68%inclusion17 decks25 decks
-18%synergy
Arcane Signet
48%inclusion12 decks25 decks
-14%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-3%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-6%synergy
The Soul Stone
18%inclusion3 decks17 decks
3%synergy
Séance Board
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
11%synergy
Fellwar Stone
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-2%synergy
Mind Stone
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
-17%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
-1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion25 decks25 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
21%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
36%inclusion9 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
-6%synergy
Boggart Trawler
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
12%inclusion3 decks25 decks
11%synergy
Hagra Mauling
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Urza's Cave
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
0%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
1%synergy
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