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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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Twilight Diviner
13%inclusion5 decks38 decks
9%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
13%inclusion5 decks39 decks
12%synergy
Dream Beavers
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Shredder's Technique
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Grave Venerations
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Viscera Seer
82%inclusion94 decks114 decks
66%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
85%inclusion97 decks114 decks
62%synergy
Bone Shredder
57%inclusion65 decks114 decks
55%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
75%inclusion85 decks114 decks
55%synergy
Cadaver Imp
56%inclusion64 decks114 decks
54%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
67%inclusion76 decks114 decks
53%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
55%inclusion63 decks114 decks
53%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
54%inclusion62 decks114 decks
52%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
70%inclusion80 decks114 decks
51%synergy
Grave Pact
70%inclusion80 decks114 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
77%inclusion88 decks114 decks
46%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
68%inclusion78 decks114 decks
43%synergy
Lightning Greaves
61%inclusion70 decks114 decks
28%synergy
Dark Ritual
61%inclusion69 decks114 decks
-6%synergy
Diabolic Intent
57%inclusion65 decks114 decks
42%synergy
Feed the Swarm
56%inclusion64 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Carrion Feeder
55%inclusion63 decks114 decks
44%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
54%inclusion61 decks114 decks
45%synergy
Blood Pet
54%inclusion61 decks114 decks
45%synergy
Jet Medallion
53%inclusion60 decks114 decks
-9%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
51%inclusion58 decks114 decks
23%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
42%inclusion48 decks114 decks
21%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
37%inclusion42 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Ancient Tomb
32%inclusion37 decks114 decks
21%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
32%inclusion37 decks114 decks
19%synergy
Necropotence
24%inclusion27 decks114 decks
9%synergy
The One Ring
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Imperial Seal
12%inclusion14 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Mana Vault
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Chrome Mox
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Creatures
Greedy Freebooter
53%inclusion60 decks114 decks
47%synergy
Grim Haruspex
50%inclusion57 decks114 decks
41%synergy
Big Game Hunter
50%inclusion57 decks114 decks
48%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
50%inclusion57 decks114 decks
39%synergy
Shambling Ghast
49%inclusion56 decks114 decks
44%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
47%inclusion54 decks114 decks
46%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
45%inclusion51 decks114 decks
24%synergy
Burglar Rat
44%inclusion50 decks114 decks
33%synergy
Skullport Merchant
44%inclusion50 decks114 decks
42%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
43%inclusion49 decks114 decks
20%synergy
Skyscanner
39%inclusion45 decks114 decks
38%synergy
Clattering Augur
39%inclusion45 decks114 decks
38%synergy
Virus Beetle
35%inclusion40 decks114 decks
28%synergy
Warren Soultrader
34%inclusion39 decks114 decks
21%synergy
Mindless Automaton
34%inclusion39 decks114 decks
33%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
33%inclusion38 decks114 decks
-18%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
33%inclusion38 decks114 decks
33%synergy
Novice Occultist
33%inclusion38 decks114 decks
32%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
32%inclusion37 decks114 decks
31%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
32%inclusion36 decks114 decks
21%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
31%inclusion35 decks114 decks
21%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
30%inclusion34 decks114 decks
29%synergy
Crypt Ghast
30%inclusion34 decks114 decks
-18%synergy
Fume Spitter
29%inclusion33 decks114 decks
28%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
27%inclusion31 decks114 decks
20%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
27%inclusion31 decks114 decks
23%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
26%inclusion30 decks114 decks
26%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
25%inclusion29 decks114 decks
25%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
25%inclusion28 decks114 decks
24%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
24%inclusion27 decks114 decks
18%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
23%inclusion26 decks114 decks
21%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
23%inclusion26 decks114 decks
22%synergy
Nezumi Informant
23%inclusion26 decks114 decks
16%synergy
Tattered Mummy
22%inclusion25 decks114 decks
21%synergy
Leaden Myr
21%inclusion24 decks114 decks
15%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
21%inclusion24 decks114 decks
20%synergy
Basal Thrull
19%inclusion22 decks114 decks
18%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
18%inclusion21 decks114 decks
17%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
18%inclusion21 decks114 decks
17%synergy
Smothering Abomination
18%inclusion21 decks114 decks
16%synergy
Dockside Chef
18%inclusion20 decks114 decks
16%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
18%inclusion20 decks114 decks
0%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
17%inclusion19 decks114 decks
16%synergy
Hecteyes
16%inclusion13 decks79 decks
13%synergy
Deathgreeter
16%inclusion18 decks114 decks
12%synergy
Midnight Reaper
16%inclusion18 decks114 decks
7%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
16%inclusion18 decks114 decks
14%synergy
Myr Retriever
15%inclusion17 decks114 decks
12%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
14%inclusion10 decks71 decks
6%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
14%inclusion16 decks114 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Village Rites
44%inclusion50 decks114 decks
19%synergy
Deadly Dispute
43%inclusion49 decks114 decks
18%synergy
Imp's Mischief
35%inclusion40 decks114 decks
11%synergy
Withering Torment
34%inclusion39 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Tragic Slip
34%inclusion39 decks114 decks
14%synergy
Culling the Weak
33%inclusion38 decks114 decks
18%synergy
Deadly Rollick
28%inclusion32 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
26%inclusion30 decks114 decks
22%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25%inclusion29 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
25%inclusion29 decks114 decks
13%synergy
Flare of Malice
19%inclusion22 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion19 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Defile
17%inclusion19 decks114 decks
-20%synergy
Snuff Out
12%inclusion14 decks114 decks
-1%synergy
Body Count
12%inclusion14 decks114 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Ritual
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
-7%synergy
Infernal Grasp
10%inclusion11 decks114 decks
-16%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Songs of the Damned
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-15%synergy
Wake the Dead
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
7%synergy
Withering Boon
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Altar's Reap
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Darkness
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-4%synergy
Consuming Corruption
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-10%synergy
Dismember
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-4%synergy
Nasty End
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Baleful Mastery
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-3%synergy
Not Dead After All
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
-6%synergy
Thrilling Encore
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Costly Plunder
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Toxic Deluge
34%inclusion39 decks114 decks
-3%synergy
Reanimate
25%inclusion28 decks114 decks
-15%synergy
Victimize
24%inclusion27 decks114 decks
-3%synergy
Sign in Blood
19%inclusion22 decks114 decks
-17%synergy
Living Death
18%inclusion21 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Eaten Alive
17%inclusion19 decks114 decks
13%synergy
Damnation
15%inclusion17 decks114 decks
-6%synergy
Night's Whisper
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
-11%synergy
Bubbling Muck
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Grim Tutor
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion14 decks110 decks
-4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
12%inclusion14 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Bone Shards
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Unearth
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Exsanguinate
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
-14%synergy
Dread Return
10%inclusion11 decks114 decks
-3%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
-7%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
7%synergy
Mutilate
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-10%synergy
Killing Wave
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Beseech the Queen
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-4%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
-8%synergy
Worthy Cost
6.3%inclusion6 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-11%synergy
Bone Splinters
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Echoing Return
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
51%inclusion58 decks114 decks
29%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
47%inclusion54 decks114 decks
16%synergy
Mithril Coat
32%inclusion37 decks114 decks
27%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
26%inclusion30 decks114 decks
24%synergy
Meekstone
25%inclusion29 decks114 decks
25%synergy
Bontu's Monument
24%inclusion27 decks114 decks
-4%synergy
Darksteel Plate
16%inclusion18 decks114 decks
14%synergy
Altar of Dementia
16%inclusion18 decks114 decks
10%synergy
Spawning Pit
14%inclusion16 decks114 decks
13%synergy
Magistrate's Scepter
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
13%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Expedition Map
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Genesis Chamber
10%inclusion11 decks114 decks
7%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Thrumming Stone
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
-9%synergy
Smokestack
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
6%synergy
The Golden Throne
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Commander's Plate
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
0%synergy
Winter Moon
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Lifeline
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
6%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
-14%synergy
Witch's Oven
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Bastion of Remembrance
53%inclusion60 decks114 decks
36%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
44%inclusion50 decks114 decks
33%synergy
Contamination
42%inclusion48 decks114 decks
39%synergy
Dark Privilege
36%inclusion41 decks114 decks
35%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
32%inclusion36 decks114 decks
14%synergy
Attrition
27%inclusion31 decks114 decks
24%synergy
Black Market
26%inclusion30 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
19%inclusion22 decks114 decks
9%synergy
Vampiric Rites
18%inclusion20 decks114 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
16%inclusion18 decks114 decks
-24%synergy
Dark Prophecy
15%inclusion17 decks114 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
12%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Into the Pit
12%inclusion14 decks113 decks
11%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Teval's Judgment
10%inclusion10 decks98 decks
8%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
9.2%inclusion7 decks76 decks
6%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
-15%synergy
Exquisite Blood
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-5%synergy
Gate to Phyrexia
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
7%synergy
Animate Dead
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-10%synergy
Blight Mound
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
5%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
7.1%inclusion7 decks98 decks
5%synergy
Gift of Doom
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Open the Graves
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Sanguine Bond
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-6%synergy
Soul Enervation
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Mind Slash
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Necromancy
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
-1%synergy
Liliana's Contract
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Oubliette
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
0%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
69%inclusion79 decks114 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
62%inclusion71 decks114 decks
38%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
53%inclusion60 decks114 decks
15%synergy
Bojuka Bog
49%inclusion56 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
46%inclusion53 decks114 decks
17%synergy
High Market
42%inclusion48 decks114 decks
35%synergy
Reliquary Tower
39%inclusion44 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
36%inclusion41 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Witch's Cottage
33%inclusion38 decks114 decks
9%synergy
Westvale Abbey
29%inclusion33 decks114 decks
22%synergy
Command Beacon
20%inclusion23 decks114 decks
12%synergy
Mortuary Mire
19%inclusion22 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
19%inclusion22 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
18%inclusion20 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
16%inclusion18 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Barren Moor
14%inclusion16 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
9%synergy
Castle Locthwain
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
-4%synergy
Strip Mine
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
10%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
12%inclusion14 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Wasteland
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
10%synergy
Buried Ruin
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Urza's Saga
10%inclusion11 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
-3%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
8.3%inclusion9 decks109 decks
6%synergy
War Room
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-8%synergy
Deserted Temple
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Thespian's Stage
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Polluted Mire
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Ghost Quarter
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Lake of the Dead
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
93%inclusion106 decks114 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Signet
45%inclusion51 decks114 decks
-17%synergy
Thought Vessel
19%inclusion22 decks114 decks
-7%synergy
The Soul Stone
13%inclusion9 decks71 decks
-1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
12%inclusion14 decks114 decks
-10%synergy
Mind Stone
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
-19%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Crowded Crypt
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-7%synergy
Nyx Lotus
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Séance Board
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion110 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25%inclusion29 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
18%inclusion20 decks114 decks
-8%synergy
Fell the Profane
17%inclusion19 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
12%inclusion14 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Urza's Cave
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
0%synergy
Demolition Field
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Polluted Delta
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-1%synergy
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