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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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Desperate Plea
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Day of Black Sun
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Super Shredder
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Purple Pentapus
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Dusk Legion Zealot
83%inclusion25 decks30 decks
81%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
73%inclusion22 decks30 decks
71%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
93%inclusion28 decks30 decks
70%synergy
Viscera Seer
83%inclusion25 decks30 decks
67%synergy
Skullport Merchant
67%inclusion20 decks30 decks
65%synergy
Shambling Ghast
70%inclusion21 decks30 decks
65%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
70%inclusion21 decks30 decks
64%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
80%inclusion24 decks30 decks
64%synergy
Bone Shredder
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
61%synergy
Skyscanner
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
59%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
83%inclusion25 decks30 decks
52%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
77%inclusion23 decks30 decks
58%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
73%inclusion22 decks30 decks
48%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
70%inclusion21 decks30 decks
50%synergy
Dark Ritual
70%inclusion21 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Grim Haruspex
67%inclusion20 decks30 decks
57%synergy
Village Rites
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Deadly Dispute
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Feed the Swarm
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Blood Pet
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
55%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Necropotence
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-15%synergy
Creatures
Marionette Apprentice
62%inclusion16 decks26 decks
51%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Cadaver Imp
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
58%synergy
Carrion Feeder
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
49%synergy
Big Game Hunter
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
58%synergy
Clattering Augur
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
55%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
45%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
52%synergy
Novice Occultist
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
52%synergy
Tattered Mummy
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
46%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
45%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
40%inclusion10 decks25 decks
34%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Warren Soultrader
35%inclusion9 decks26 decks
22%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
33%synergy
Fume Spitter
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
32%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
24%synergy
Crypt Ghast
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
-15%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
32%synergy
Infestation Sage
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
29%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
29%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
29%synergy
Smothering Abomination
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
28%synergy
Burglar Rat
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
26%inclusion5 decks19 decks
18%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Mindless Automaton
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Leaden Myr
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Boggart Trawler
19%inclusion5 decks26 decks
10%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Krav, the Unredeemed
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Woe Strider
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Harvester of Souls
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Basal Thrull
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Wriggling Grub
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Virus Beetle
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Midnight Reaper
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Skittering Surveyor
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Deathgreeter
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Perilous Myr
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Instants
Fell the Profane
50%inclusion13 decks26 decks
31%synergy
Tragic Slip
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
26%synergy
Withering Torment
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Imp's Mischief
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
25%synergy
Defile
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
-8%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
26%synergy
Culling the Weak
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Not Dead After All
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Infernal Grasp
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
-5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
-7%synergy
Go for the Throat
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
-7%synergy
Professor's Warning
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Consuming Corruption
15%inclusion4 decks26 decks
-1%synergy
Armor of Shadows
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Wake the Dead
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Altar's Reap
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Undying Malice
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Body Count
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Feign Death
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Malice
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
-1%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Costly Plunder
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Thrilling Encore
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Snuff Out
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-6%synergy
Surgical Extraction
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Withering Boon
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Offer Immortality
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Without Weakness
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Dark Endurance
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Eaten Alive
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
33%synergy
Toxic Deluge
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
-4%synergy
Sign in Blood
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
-6%synergy
Victimize
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Living Death
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Bone Shards
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Reanimate
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
-19%synergy
Diabolic Intent
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Spark Harvest
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Exsanguinate
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
-8%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Reprocess
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Dread Return
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Bone Splinters
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Bubbling Muck
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-6%synergy
Unearth
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Worthy Cost
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-8%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-9%synergy
Echoing Return
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Read the Bones
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-11%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-18%synergy
Annihilating Glare
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-5%synergy
Zero Point Ballad
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Ashnod's Altar
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
37%synergy
Lightning Greaves
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Jet Medallion
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
-7%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Skullclamp
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
31%synergy
Bontu's Monument
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Mithril Coat
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
21%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Spawning Pit
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Genesis Chamber
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Expedition Map
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Thrumming Stone
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Lightning Coils
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Champion's Helm
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Darksteel Plate
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Commander's Plate
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
52%synergy
Black Market
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
26%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
37%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
26%synergy
Vampiric Rites
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
24%synergy
Open the Graves
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Grave Pact
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
19%synergy
Teval's Judgment
23%inclusion5 decks22 decks
21%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
-20%synergy
Dark Prophecy
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Soul Enervation
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Gift of Doom
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Fallen Ideal
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Blight Mound
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Soul Channeling
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Attrition
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-13%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
7%synergy
Into the Pit
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
7%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Contamination
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Liliana's Contract
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Minion's Return
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Gate to Phyrexia
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Heartless Summoning
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Reliquary Tower
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
25%synergy
Cabal Coffers
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
-8%synergy
Witch's Cottage
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Westvale Abbey
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
34%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
-8%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Mortuary Mire
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
9%synergy
High Market
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Barren Moor
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
6%synergy
War Room
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
-13%synergy
Castle Locthwain
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
-1%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
1%synergy
Command Beacon
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-3%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
2%synergy
Polluted Mire
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Memorial to Folly
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Urza's Saga
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-1%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-12%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion27 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
-16%synergy
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Mind Stone
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
-11%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-10%synergy
The Soul Stone
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
-1%synergy
Crowded Crypt
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-1%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
7%synergy
Nyx Lotus
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion29 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
50%inclusion13 decks26 decks
31%synergy
Myriad Landscape
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Boggart Trawler
19%inclusion5 decks26 decks
10%synergy
Demolition Field
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Urza's Cave
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
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