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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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Ashnod's Altar
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
81%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
76%synergy
Grim Haruspex
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
68%synergy
Burglar Rat
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
66%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
66%synergy
Bone Shredder
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
65%synergy
Diabolic Intent
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
63%synergy
Culling the Weak
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
63%synergy
Viscera Seer
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
61%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
60%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
46%synergy
Imp's Mischief
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Dark Ritual
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Lightning Greaves
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
44%synergy
Grave Pact
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
59%synergy
Carrion Feeder
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
56%synergy
Virus Beetle
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
60%synergy
Warren Soultrader
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
52%synergy
Genesis Chamber
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
53%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
72%synergy
Ancient Tomb
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
77%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
67%synergy
Imperial Seal
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
60%synergy
Grim Monolith
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
53%synergy
Mana Vault
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
49%synergy
The One Ring
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
46%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Chrome Mox
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
49%synergy
Necropotence
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Creatures
Priest of Forgotten Gods
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
47%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
46%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
45%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
50%synergy
Shambling Ghast
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
50%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Fume Spitter
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
44%synergy
Big Game Hunter
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Blood Pet
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
36%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Crypt Ghast
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-15%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Hecteyes
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Tinybones, the Pickpocket
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Wriggling Grub
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Infestation Sage
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Timeline Culler
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
20%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
17%synergy
Susurian Voidborn
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
22%synergy
Hope of Ghirapur
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-30%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Skullport Merchant
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
0%synergy
Nether Traitor
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Skyscanner
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Metalworker
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Nezumi Informant
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Mindless Automaton
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Midnight Reaper
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Corrupt Court Official
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Innocuous Rat
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Unscrupulous Agent
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Nezumi Linkbreaker
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Wreckage Wickerfolk
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Fumulus, the Infestation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Cabal Ritual
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
38%synergy
Deadly Rollick
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Flare of Malice
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Withering Torment
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Village Rites
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Dispute
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Force of Despair
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Snuff Out
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Ad Nauseam
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
0%synergy
Dismember
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Infernal Grasp
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Overkill
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Tainted Pact
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Go for the Throat
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-12%synergy
Defile
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-27%synergy
Thrilling Encore
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Doom Blade
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Ultimate Price
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Aphotic Wisps
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Tragic Slip
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Altar's Reap
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Darkness
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Murder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Rain of Filth
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Cremate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Nasty End
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Sorceries
Grim Tutor
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
44%synergy
Feed the Swarm
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
-7%synergy
Reanimate
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
13%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Victimize
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Unearth
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Bitter Ordeal
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Toxic Deluge
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-15%synergy
Beseech the Queen
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Worthy Cost
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Final Vengeance
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Bone Splinters
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-4%synergy
Spark Harvest
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Read the Bones
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-7%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Bone Shards
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Bubbling Muck
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-4%synergy
Syphon Mind
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Sign in Blood
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-25%synergy
Eaten Alive
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Night's Whisper
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-13%synergy
Exsanguinate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-13%synergy
Living Death
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Annihilating Glare
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Damnation
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-1%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
35%synergy
Jet Medallion
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
-4%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
41%synergy
Altar of Dementia
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
25%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Mithril Coat
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Expedition Map
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
2%synergy
The Endstone
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Meekstone
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Defense Grid
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Winter Orb
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Magistrate's Scepter
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Whip of Erebos
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
0%synergy
Krark-Clan Ironworks
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Bontu's Monument
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-17%synergy
The Golden Throne
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Carnage Altar
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Smokestack
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
The Meathook Massacre
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Exquisite Blood
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Attrition
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
41%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
34%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Contamination
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
23%synergy
Dark Prophecy
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Sanguine Bond
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Teval's Judgment
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Soul Enervation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Into the Pit
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Black Market
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Open the Graves
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Dark Privilege
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mind Slash
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Animate Dead
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-7%synergy
Painful Quandary
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Black Market Connections
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-12%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Oppression
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Karn, the Great Creator
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-3%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Cabal Coffers
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
37%synergy
Reliquary Tower
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
13%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
23%synergy
Thespian's Stage
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Urza's Saga
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
25%synergy
Homeward Path
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Witch's Cottage
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Command Beacon
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
25%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Mortuary Mire
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Blast Zone
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
High Market
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Westvale Abbey
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Bojuka Bog
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-36%synergy
Wasteland
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Ghost Quarter
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Barren Moor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Buried Ruin
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Cabal Pit
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Polluted Mire
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Diamond Valley
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Castle Locthwain
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-7%synergy
Strip Mine
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-7%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Mox Diamond
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
41%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Arcane Signet
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-40%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Lotus Petal
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Mox Opal
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-12%synergy
Nyx Lotus
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mox Amber
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
-17%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
0%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Ash Barrens
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
15%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Urza's Cave
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Vista
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Marsh Flats
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Cavern of Souls
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Polluted Delta
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
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