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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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Dusk Legion Zealot
80%inclusion12 decks15 decks
77%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
73%inclusion11 decks15 decks
71%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
93%inclusion14 decks15 decks
70%synergy
Viscera Seer
87%inclusion13 decks15 decks
70%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
87%inclusion13 decks15 decks
67%synergy
Bone Shredder
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
65%synergy
Skullport Merchant
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
65%synergy
Cadaver Imp
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
58%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
73%inclusion11 decks15 decks
57%synergy
Contamination
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
56%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
80%inclusion12 decks15 decks
49%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
73%inclusion11 decks15 decks
48%synergy
Feed the Swarm
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
15%synergy
Grave Pact
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
48%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
49%synergy
Carrion Feeder
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
49%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
42%synergy
Toxic Deluge
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
23%synergy
Blood Pet
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
52%synergy
Shambling Ghast
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
55%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Demonic Tutor
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Ancient Tomb
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
15%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Necropotence
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
5%synergy
The One Ring
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Imperial Seal
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Mana Vault
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Creatures
Priest of Forgotten Gods
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
45%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
31%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
52%synergy
Skyscanner
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
52%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
48%synergy
Clattering Augur
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
51%synergy
Mindless Automaton
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
53%synergy
Big Game Hunter
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
44%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
20%synergy
Burglar Rat
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
29%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
34%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
38%synergy
Fume Spitter
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
38%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
30%synergy
Virus Beetle
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
33%synergy
Novice Occultist
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
38%synergy
Leaden Myr
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
34%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
30%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
33%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
33%synergy
Grim Haruspex
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
24%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
32%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
26%synergy
Nezumi Informant
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
26%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
32%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
29%synergy
Dockside Chef
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
31%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
27%inclusion3 decks11 decks
19%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
-25%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
25%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
25%synergy
Warren Soultrader
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
14%synergy
Smothering Abomination
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
24%synergy
Myr Retriever
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
23%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
26%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
20%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Woe Strider
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
16%synergy
Unscrupulous Agent
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
20%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Skittering Surveyor
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
20%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Crypt Ghast
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-28%synergy
Festering Mummy
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
18%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Midnight Reaper
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Village Rites
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
29%synergy
Dark Ritual
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
-13%synergy
Deadly Dispute
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
16%synergy
Tragic Slip
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Deadly Rollick
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
21%synergy
Withering Torment
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
23%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Snuff Out
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Defile
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-18%synergy
Culling the Weak
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Costly Plunder
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
17%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
16%synergy
Hero's Downfall
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-5%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-10%synergy
Imp's Mischief
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-10%synergy
Dark Dabbling
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Consuming Corruption
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-3%synergy
Body Count
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Baleful Mastery
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Professor's Warning
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Nasty End
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Sacrifice
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Plunge into Darkness
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Force of Despair
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-1%synergy
Fatal Push
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Shred Memory
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Pile On
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Heartless Act
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Not Dead After All
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-5%synergy
Songs of the Damned
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Flare of Malice
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Cabal Ritual
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-11%synergy
Armor of Shadows
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Wake the Dead
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Altar's Reap
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Withering Boon
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Reaping the Graves
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Tendrils of Corruption
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Dark Triumph
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Murder
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Death Denied
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Urborg Justice
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-3%synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Intent
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
39%synergy
Sign in Blood
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
-3%synergy
Victimize
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Living Death
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
16%synergy
Reanimate
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
-12%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Eaten Alive
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
16%synergy
Worthy Cost
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Dread Return
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Unearth
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Bone Shards
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Grim Tutor
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Will of the Abzan
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Mind Rake
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Spark Harvest
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Season of Loss
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Bubbling Muck
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-9%synergy
Mind Swords
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Death Cloud
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Killing Wave
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Demonic Counsel
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-18%synergy
Exsanguinate
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-18%synergy
Gix's Command
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Risky Shortcut
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Syphon Mind
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Phyrexian Tribute
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Dark Deal
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-5%synergy
Final Vengeance
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Massacre
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Chain of Smog
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Arterial Flow
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Blood for Bones
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Jet Medallion
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
-7%synergy
Skullclamp
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
26%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
37%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
27%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Lightning Greaves
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Meekstone
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
33%synergy
Bontu's Monument
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
23%synergy
Spawning Pit
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
25%synergy
Genesis Chamber
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
17%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
-3%synergy
Mithril Coat
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Magistrate's Scepter
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Darksteel Plate
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Lifeline
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Static Orb
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Weatherlight Compleated
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-2%synergy
Ghost Lantern
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Cauldron of Souls
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Expedition Map
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Resurrection Orb
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Winter Moon
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Smokestack
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
52%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
29%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
36%synergy
Teval's Judgment
38%inclusion5 decks13 decks
36%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
23%synergy
Black Market
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Soul Enervation
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Vampiric Rites
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
14%synergy
Into the Pit
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-20%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Sanguine Bond
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Exquisite Blood
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Attrition
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Gate to Phyrexia
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Oubliette
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Dark Prophecy
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
9%synergy
Dark Tutelage
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Hecatomb
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Consecrated by Blood
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Gift of Doom
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Mind Slash
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Fallen Ideal
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Minion's Return
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Soul Channeling
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Strands of Undeath
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Koskun Falls
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Painful Quandary
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Black Market Connections
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-16%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Heartless Summoning
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Illicit Masquerade
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Bitterblossom
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Professor Onyx
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Utility Lands
Phyrexian Tower
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
30%synergy
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Cabal Coffers
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
-9%synergy
High Market
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
40%synergy
Reliquary Tower
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
15%synergy
Westvale Abbey
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
34%synergy
Witch's Cottage
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
15%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Barren Moor
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
23%synergy
Mortuary Mire
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
-3%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-16%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Command Beacon
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Polluted Mire
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
16%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
4%synergy
Wasteland
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Ghost Quarter
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Deserted Temple
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
9%synergy
Castle Locthwain
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Miren, the Moaning Well
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Buried Ruin
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Blinkmoth Nexus
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Inkmoth Nexus
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Barad-dûr
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Dark Depths
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Strip Mine
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Dust Bowl
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Field of Ruin
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
93%inclusion14 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Signet
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
-16%synergy
Crowded Crypt
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
15%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-7%synergy
Mind Stone
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-11%synergy
The Soul Stone
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-2%synergy
Unstable Obelisk
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-17%synergy
Mox Amber
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Séance Board
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Fractured Powerstone
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Springleaf Drum
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Prismatic Lens
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
93%inclusion14 decks15 decks
-1%synergy
Myriad Landscape
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Fell the Profane
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-5%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Urza's Cave
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-2%synergy
Demolition Field
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Polluted Delta
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
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