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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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Super Shredder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Purple Pentapus
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Dusk Legion Zealot
79%inclusion23 decks29 decks
76%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
76%inclusion22 decks29 decks
73%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
93%inclusion27 decks29 decks
70%synergy
Bone Shredder
69%inclusion20 decks29 decks
67%synergy
Viscera Seer
83%inclusion24 decks29 decks
66%synergy
Skullport Merchant
66%inclusion19 decks29 decks
64%synergy
Cadaver Imp
62%inclusion18 decks29 decks
60%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
76%inclusion22 decks29 decks
60%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
66%inclusion19 decks29 decks
60%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
76%inclusion22 decks29 decks
58%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
86%inclusion25 decks29 decks
55%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
79%inclusion23 decks29 decks
54%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
72%inclusion21 decks29 decks
52%synergy
Dark Ritual
72%inclusion21 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Deadly Dispute
69%inclusion20 decks29 decks
45%synergy
Village Rites
66%inclusion19 decks29 decks
41%synergy
Grim Haruspex
66%inclusion19 decks29 decks
56%synergy
Shambling Ghast
62%inclusion18 decks29 decks
57%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
61%inclusion14 decks23 decks
50%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
39%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Necropotence
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-15%synergy
Creatures
Skyscanner
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
57%synergy
Carrion Feeder
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
47%synergy
Big Game Hunter
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
56%synergy
Blood Pet
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
51%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
55%inclusion16 decks29 decks
47%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
55%inclusion16 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
55%inclusion16 decks29 decks
53%synergy
Clattering Augur
55%inclusion16 decks29 decks
53%synergy
Tattered Mummy
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
47%synergy
Novice Occultist
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
47%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
41%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
35%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
37%synergy
Warren Soultrader
35%inclusion8 decks23 decks
22%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
33%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
33%synergy
Crypt Ghast
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
-14%synergy
Infestation Sage
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
29%synergy
Burglar Rat
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Fume Spitter
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
30%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
30%synergy
Smothering Abomination
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
29%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
23%synergy
Virus Beetle
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Boggart Trawler
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
21%inclusion4 decks19 decks
16%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Mindless Automaton
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Leaden Myr
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
10%synergy
Krav, the Unredeemed
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Basal Thrull
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Midnight Reaper
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Dockside Chef
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Wriggling Grub
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
12%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Woe Strider
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Harvester of Souls
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Skittering Surveyor
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Nezumi Informant
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Instants
Tragic Slip
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
28%synergy
Fell the Profane
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Imp's Mischief
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Withering Torment
41%inclusion9 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Defile
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
23%synergy
Culling the Weak
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Not Dead After All
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Rollick
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Altar's Reap
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Undying Malice
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Infernal Grasp
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Go for the Throat
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-10%synergy
Armor of Shadows
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Wake the Dead
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Body Count
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Professor's Warning
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Feign Death
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Consuming Corruption
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
-3%synergy
Flare of Malice
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
0%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Costly Plunder
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Songs of the Damned
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Surgical Extraction
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Doom Blade
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Withering Boon
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Offer Immortality
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Cast Down
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Without Weakness
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
-3%synergy
Alesha's Legacy
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Toxic Deluge
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Eaten Alive
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
31%synergy
Victimize
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Living Death
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Sign in Blood
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Diabolic Intent
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Bone Shards
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Reanimate
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-18%synergy
Spark Harvest
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Bone Splinters
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Reprocess
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Dread Return
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Exsanguinate
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-11%synergy
Worthy Cost
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
9%synergy
Bubbling Muck
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-5%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Unearth
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Echoing Return
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Read the Bones
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-11%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-17%synergy
Annihilating Glare
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Damnation
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-14%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
55%inclusion16 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Jet Medallion
52%inclusion15 decks29 decks
-8%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
35%synergy
Skullclamp
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
17%synergy
Bontu's Monument
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Mithril Coat
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Spawning Pit
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
19%synergy
Genesis Chamber
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
11%synergy
Altar of Dementia
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Expedition Map
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Thrumming Stone
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Darksteel Plate
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
9%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Meekstone
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Lightning Coils
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Plate
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
47%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
41%synergy
Black Market
41%inclusion12 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Grave Pact
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
24%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
20%synergy
Vampiric Rites
28%inclusion8 decks29 decks
22%synergy
Teval's Judgment
26%inclusion5 decks19 decks
24%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Open the Graves
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
21%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-20%synergy
Soul Enervation
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
18%inclusion4 decks22 decks
13%synergy
Gift of Doom
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
16%synergy
Attrition
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
14%synergy
Blight Mound
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
15%synergy
Dark Prophecy
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
13%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
13%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
9%synergy
Fallen Ideal
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Into the Pit
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
8%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Contamination
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-3%synergy
Liliana's Contract
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
5%synergy
Minion's Return
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Soul Channeling
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Exquisite Blood
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-6%synergy
Gate to Phyrexia
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-16%synergy
Heartless Summoning
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
59%inclusion17 decks29 decks
27%synergy
Bojuka Bog
55%inclusion16 decks29 decks
8%synergy
Cabal Coffers
48%inclusion14 decks29 decks
-7%synergy
Westvale Abbey
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
38%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
38%inclusion11 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Witch's Cottage
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
7%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
-7%synergy
High Market
24%inclusion7 decks29 decks
18%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Mortuary Mire
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
4%synergy
War Room
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
-13%synergy
Castle Locthwain
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
3%synergy
Barren Moor
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Command Beacon
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-2%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Mire
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
6%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Urza's Saga
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
-12%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion26 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Signet
45%inclusion13 decks29 decks
-18%synergy
Thought Vessel
31%inclusion9 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Mind Stone
21%inclusion6 decks29 decks
-10%synergy
The Soul Stone
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
3%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
-9%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
-1%synergy
Nyx Lotus
10%inclusion3 decks29 decks
3%synergy
Crowded Crypt
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion28 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
52%inclusion15 decks29 decks
25%synergy
Fell the Profane
48%inclusion11 decks23 decks
29%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
34%inclusion10 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Boggart Trawler
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
13%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
10%synergy
Demolition Field
17%inclusion5 decks29 decks
12%synergy
Urza's Cave
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
1%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
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