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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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Realm of Koh
6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
4%synergy
Desperate Plea
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Fire Navy Trebuchet
3.3%inclusion1 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Bitterbloom Bearer
1.6%inclusion1 decks64 decks
0%synergy
Purple Pentapus
1.1%inclusion1 decks87 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Serrated Scorpion
74%inclusion186 decks250 decks
72%synergy
Viscera Seer
84%inclusion209 decks250 decks
67%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
69%inclusion172 decks250 decks
66%synergy
Cadaver Imp
66%inclusion165 decks250 decks
64%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
86%inclusion214 decks250 decks
63%synergy
Bone Shredder
63%inclusion158 decks250 decks
61%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
66%inclusion164 decks250 decks
60%synergy
Blood Pet
64%inclusion160 decks250 decks
56%synergy
Shambling Ghast
60%inclusion149 decks250 decks
54%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
55%inclusion138 decks250 decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
79%inclusion197 decks250 decks
47%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
66%inclusion164 decks250 decks
48%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
65%inclusion162 decks250 decks
39%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
61%inclusion153 decks250 decks
42%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
58%inclusion146 decks250 decks
42%synergy
Feed the Swarm
58%inclusion145 decks250 decks
6%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
57%inclusion142 decks250 decks
25%synergy
Carrion Feeder
56%inclusion139 decks250 decks
44%synergy
Village Rites
55%inclusion137 decks250 decks
30%synergy
Skyscanner
54%inclusion136 decks250 decks
53%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
22%inclusion55 decks250 decks
-7%synergy
Demonic Tutor
14%inclusion34 decks250 decks
-14%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
13%inclusion33 decks250 decks
-1%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
12%inclusion29 decks250 decks
-10%synergy
Ancient Tomb
7.6%inclusion19 decks250 decks
-4%synergy
Necropotence
7.2%inclusion18 decks250 decks
-8%synergy
Creatures
Big Game Hunter
54%inclusion136 decks250 decks
52%synergy
Grim Haruspex
54%inclusion135 decks250 decks
45%synergy
Skullport Merchant
53%inclusion133 decks250 decks
51%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
52%inclusion131 decks250 decks
30%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
52%inclusion130 decks250 decks
32%synergy
Clattering Augur
52%inclusion129 decks250 decks
50%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
50%inclusion125 decks250 decks
42%synergy
Novice Occultist
50%inclusion125 decks250 decks
48%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
47%inclusion117 decks250 decks
-5%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
46%inclusion97 decks213 decks
35%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
43%inclusion108 decks250 decks
42%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
42%inclusion105 decks250 decks
41%synergy
Burglar Rat
41%inclusion103 decks250 decks
30%synergy
Fume Spitter
40%inclusion99 decks250 decks
38%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
39%inclusion98 decks250 decks
38%synergy
Tattered Mummy
37%inclusion93 decks250 decks
36%synergy
Mindless Automaton
34%inclusion86 decks250 decks
34%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
34%inclusion85 decks250 decks
25%synergy
Virus Beetle
34%inclusion84 decks250 decks
27%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
32%inclusion80 decks250 decks
31%synergy
Leaden Myr
32%inclusion79 decks250 decks
25%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
31%inclusion78 decks250 decks
29%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
28%inclusion71 decks250 decks
21%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
28%inclusion70 decks250 decks
27%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
27%inclusion67 decks250 decks
26%synergy
Nezumi Informant
26%inclusion66 decks250 decks
19%synergy
Warren Soultrader
26%inclusion55 decks213 decks
13%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
26%inclusion64 decks250 decks
22%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
25%inclusion63 decks250 decks
24%synergy
Dockside Chef
24%inclusion61 decks250 decks
22%synergy
Crypt Ghast
24%inclusion59 decks250 decks
-25%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
23%inclusion58 decks250 decks
22%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
23%inclusion57 decks250 decks
20%synergy
Smothering Abomination
22%inclusion54 decks250 decks
19%synergy
Perilous Myr
20%inclusion51 decks250 decks
20%synergy
Infestation Sage
20%inclusion36 decks183 decks
15%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
20%inclusion49 decks250 decks
9%synergy
Midnight Reaper
20%inclusion49 decks250 decks
11%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
19%inclusion38 decks199 decks
13%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
19%inclusion45 decks236 decks
18%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
19%inclusion47 decks250 decks
18%synergy
Basal Thrull
19%inclusion47 decks250 decks
18%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
18%inclusion46 decks250 decks
18%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
18%inclusion44 decks250 decks
17%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
17%inclusion43 decks250 decks
16%synergy
Deathgreeter
17%inclusion43 decks250 decks
13%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
17%inclusion42 decks250 decks
15%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
16%inclusion41 decks250 decks
14%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
16%inclusion41 decks250 decks
9%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
16%inclusion40 decks250 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Dark Ritual
54%inclusion134 decks250 decks
-13%synergy
Tragic Slip
52%inclusion129 decks250 decks
31%synergy
Deadly Dispute
44%inclusion110 decks250 decks
20%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
35%inclusion88 decks250 decks
23%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
33%inclusion82 decks250 decks
28%synergy
Withering Torment
32%inclusion63 decks198 decks
0%synergy
Defile
29%inclusion73 decks250 decks
-9%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25%inclusion63 decks250 decks
3%synergy
Armor of Shadows
20%inclusion50 decks250 decks
18%synergy
Imp's Mischief
19%inclusion48 decks250 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
19%inclusion40 decks213 decks
0%synergy
Culling the Weak
17%inclusion43 decks250 decks
3%synergy
Not Dead After All
17%inclusion42 decks250 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
16%inclusion41 decks250 decks
-9%synergy
Undying Malice
16%inclusion40 decks250 decks
7%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
14%inclusion34 decks250 decks
6%synergy
Body Count
13%inclusion33 decks250 decks
12%synergy
Flare of Malice
12%inclusion26 decks213 decks
0%synergy
Professor's Warning
12%inclusion29 decks250 decks
10%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
11%inclusion23 decks212 decks
9%synergy
Wake the Dead
10%inclusion24 decks250 decks
8%synergy
Feign Death
10%inclusion24 decks250 decks
2%synergy
Consuming Corruption
9.4%inclusion20 decks212 decks
-7%synergy
Deadly Rollick
9.2%inclusion23 decks250 decks
-14%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
9.2%inclusion23 decks250 decks
7%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
8.4%inclusion21 decks250 decks
5%synergy
Altar's Reap
8.4%inclusion21 decks250 decks
6%synergy
Costly Plunder
8.0%inclusion20 decks250 decks
5%synergy
Thrilling Encore
6.8%inclusion17 decks250 decks
5%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.4%inclusion16 decks250 decks
-17%synergy
Cabal Ritual
6.4%inclusion16 decks250 decks
-11%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
6.4%inclusion16 decks250 decks
5%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.0%inclusion15 decks250 decks
1%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.0%inclusion15 decks250 decks
-4%synergy
Murder
5.6%inclusion14 decks250 decks
-5%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
5.2%inclusion13 decks250 decks
-1%synergy
Offer Immortality
5.2%inclusion13 decks250 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
42%inclusion106 decks250 decks
17%synergy
Eaten Alive
34%inclusion84 decks250 decks
30%synergy
Dread Return
26%inclusion66 decks250 decks
14%synergy
Bone Shards
25%inclusion63 decks250 decks
22%synergy
Diabolic Intent
24%inclusion60 decks250 decks
10%synergy
Sign in Blood
21%inclusion52 decks250 decks
-16%synergy
Reanimate
20%inclusion51 decks250 decks
-18%synergy
Toxic Deluge
18%inclusion45 decks250 decks
-19%synergy
Living Death
17%inclusion43 decks250 decks
7%synergy
Mutilate
15%inclusion38 decks250 decks
-4%synergy
Unearth
15%inclusion37 decks250 decks
6%synergy
Spark Harvest
13%inclusion33 decks250 decks
12%synergy
Damnation
13%inclusion33 decks250 decks
-8%synergy
Final Vengeance
13%inclusion26 decks198 decks
11%synergy
Night's Whisper
12%inclusion31 decks250 decks
-12%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
12%inclusion29 decks250 decks
-3%synergy
Read the Bones
12%inclusion29 decks250 decks
-7%synergy
Exsanguinate
11%inclusion28 decks250 decks
-13%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion18 decks183 decks
-7%synergy
Bone Splinters
8.8%inclusion22 decks250 decks
7%synergy
Annihilating Glare
8.8%inclusion22 decks250 decks
8%synergy
Bubbling Muck
8.4%inclusion21 decks250 decks
-7%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
7.1%inclusion16 decks225 decks
6%synergy
Worthy Cost
7.0%inclusion10 decks142 decks
5%synergy
Season of Loss
6.8%inclusion14 decks207 decks
4%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
6.4%inclusion16 decks250 decks
-10%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
6.0%inclusion15 decks250 decks
6%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
6.0%inclusion15 decks250 decks
-1%synergy
Killing Wave
6.0%inclusion15 decks250 decks
4%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
5.2%inclusion13 decks250 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Jet Medallion
46%inclusion116 decks250 decks
-14%synergy
Lightning Greaves
46%inclusion116 decks250 decks
13%synergy
Skullclamp
42%inclusion105 decks250 decks
21%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
37%inclusion93 decks250 decks
35%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
36%inclusion89 decks250 decks
23%synergy
Mithril Coat
22%inclusion54 decks250 decks
16%synergy
Bontu's Monument
22%inclusion54 decks250 decks
-6%synergy
Spawning Pit
18%inclusion44 decks250 decks
16%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
13%inclusion33 decks250 decks
-3%synergy
Meekstone
13%inclusion32 decks250 decks
12%synergy
Genesis Chamber
11%inclusion27 decks250 decks
8%synergy
Commander's Plate
9.2%inclusion23 decks250 decks
4%synergy
Champion's Helm
8.4%inclusion21 decks250 decks
6%synergy
Altar of Dementia
8.0%inclusion20 decks250 decks
3%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
7.6%inclusion19 decks250 decks
4%synergy
Expedition Map
7.6%inclusion19 decks250 decks
-5%synergy
Lightning Coils
7.6%inclusion19 decks250 decks
7%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
7.2%inclusion18 decks250 decks
6%synergy
Darksteel Plate
6.8%inclusion17 decks250 decks
5%synergy
Weatherlight Compleated
6.4%inclusion16 decks250 decks
6%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
6.4%inclusion16 decks250 decks
2%synergy
Mirror Shield
5.6%inclusion14 decks250 decks
5%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
5.2%inclusion13 decks250 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
45%inclusion113 decks250 decks
44%synergy
Grave Pact
42%inclusion104 decks250 decks
23%synergy
Black Market
37%inclusion92 decks250 decks
16%synergy
Vampiric Rites
34%inclusion86 decks250 decks
28%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
30%inclusion74 decks250 decks
26%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
26%inclusion65 decks250 decks
15%synergy
Open the Graves
25%inclusion63 decks250 decks
22%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
20%inclusion51 decks250 decks
10%synergy
Gift of Doom
20%inclusion49 decks250 decks
19%synergy
Attrition
20%inclusion49 decks250 decks
17%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
19%inclusion47 decks250 decks
18%synergy
Blight Mound
18%inclusion46 decks250 decks
16%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
18%inclusion45 decks250 decks
1%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion43 decks250 decks
-23%synergy
Soul Enervation
17%inclusion39 decks236 decks
16%synergy
Dark Prophecy
13%inclusion32 decks250 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
12%inclusion30 decks250 decks
2%synergy
Teval's Judgment
12%inclusion17 decks144 decks
10%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
10%inclusion22 decks216 decks
7%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
10%inclusion19 decks199 decks
5%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
9.2%inclusion10 decks109 decks
6%synergy
Into the Pit
9.1%inclusion18 decks197 decks
8%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
8.8%inclusion22 decks250 decks
8%synergy
Contamination
8.4%inclusion21 decks250 decks
5%synergy
Fallen Ideal
5.6%inclusion14 decks250 decks
5%synergy
Black Market Connections
5.2%inclusion13 decks250 decks
-18%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
12%inclusion30 decks250 decks
-1%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
58%inclusion146 decks250 decks
12%synergy
Witch's Cottage
45%inclusion113 decks250 decks
21%synergy
Cabal Coffers
43%inclusion107 decks250 decks
-12%synergy
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion96 decks250 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
35%inclusion87 decks250 decks
11%synergy
High Market
33%inclusion82 decks250 decks
26%synergy
Westvale Abbey
29%inclusion73 decks250 decks
23%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
29%inclusion73 decks250 decks
-7%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
28%inclusion71 decks250 decks
-9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
25%inclusion63 decks250 decks
12%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
23%inclusion57 decks250 decks
-7%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
18%inclusion38 decks213 decks
8%synergy
Barren Moor
18%inclusion44 decks250 decks
7%synergy
War Room
16%inclusion41 decks250 decks
0%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
16%inclusion39 decks250 decks
5%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
16%inclusion39 decks250 decks
0%synergy
Castle Locthwain
14%inclusion36 decks250 decks
-3%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
13%inclusion15 decks115 decks
0%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
12%inclusion20 decks167 decks
10%synergy
Command Beacon
10%inclusion26 decks250 decks
2%synergy
Polluted Mire
10%inclusion25 decks250 decks
6%synergy
Buried Ruin
8.0%inclusion20 decks250 decks
3%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
7.2%inclusion18 decks250 decks
3%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
6.0%inclusion15 decks250 decks
3%synergy
Memorial to Folly
6.0%inclusion15 decks250 decks
3%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-2%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
5.6%inclusion14 decks250 decks
-5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
79%inclusion198 decks250 decks
-7%synergy
Arcane Signet
55%inclusion138 decks250 decks
-7%synergy
Thought Vessel
23%inclusion58 decks250 decks
-4%synergy
Mind Stone
21%inclusion53 decks250 decks
-10%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
20%inclusion51 decks250 decks
-3%synergy
Crowded Crypt
12%inclusion29 decks250 decks
7%synergy
The Soul Stone
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-5%synergy
Fellwar Stone
6.0%inclusion15 decks250 decks
-9%synergy
Commander's Sphere
5.6%inclusion14 decks250 decks
-4%synergy
Nyx Lotus
5.6%inclusion14 decks250 decks
-1%synergy
Séance Board
5.1%inclusion10 decks197 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion240 decks250 decks
1%synergy
Myriad Landscape
34%inclusion86 decks250 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25%inclusion63 decks250 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
19%inclusion40 decks213 decks
0%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.0%inclusion15 decks250 decks
1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
6.0%inclusion15 decks250 decks
-1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.6%inclusion14 decks250 decks
-1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.2%inclusion11 decks211 decks
-4%synergy
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