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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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Oft-Nabbed Goat
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Desperate Plea
5.5%inclusion6 decks109 decks
4%synergy
Grave Venerations
4.3%inclusion1 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
4.3%inclusion1 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Bile-Vial Boggart
4.3%inclusion1 decks23 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Dusk Legion Zealot
68%inclusion255 decks374 decks
65%synergy
Bone Shredder
65%inclusion244 decks374 decks
63%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
86%inclusion322 decks374 decks
63%synergy
Viscera Seer
79%inclusion296 decks374 decks
62%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
64%inclusion240 decks374 decks
62%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
66%inclusion247 decks374 decks
60%synergy
Cadaver Imp
59%inclusion222 decks374 decks
57%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
69%inclusion259 decks374 decks
51%synergy
Shambling Ghast
56%inclusion209 decks374 decks
51%synergy
Skullport Merchant
52%inclusion194 decks374 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
77%inclusion287 decks374 decks
45%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
67%inclusion251 decks374 decks
41%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
63%inclusion236 decks374 decks
44%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
61%inclusion229 decks374 decks
30%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
60%inclusion225 decks374 decks
44%synergy
Carrion Feeder
59%inclusion220 decks374 decks
48%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
58%inclusion216 decks374 decks
37%synergy
Jet Medallion
56%inclusion211 decks374 decks
-4%synergy
Grim Haruspex
56%inclusion209 decks374 decks
47%synergy
Dark Ritual
55%inclusion207 decks374 decks
-11%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
36%inclusion134 decks374 decks
7%synergy
Demonic Tutor
20%inclusion73 decks374 decks
-8%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
18%inclusion68 decks374 decks
4%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
11%inclusion43 decks374 decks
-10%synergy
Necropotence
7.8%inclusion29 decks374 decks
-8%synergy
Ancient Tomb
7.2%inclusion27 decks374 decks
-5%synergy
Creatures
Marionette Apprentice
54%inclusion201 decks370 decks
44%synergy
Clattering Augur
52%inclusion194 decks374 decks
50%synergy
Blood Pet
52%inclusion193 decks374 decks
43%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
50%inclusion188 decks374 decks
48%synergy
Skyscanner
49%inclusion185 decks374 decks
48%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
49%inclusion183 decks374 decks
40%synergy
Big Game Hunter
49%inclusion182 decks374 decks
46%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
48%inclusion181 decks374 decks
26%synergy
Novice Occultist
43%inclusion160 decks374 decks
41%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
42%inclusion158 decks374 decks
-9%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
39%inclusion144 decks374 decks
29%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
37%inclusion137 decks374 decks
35%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
36%inclusion136 decks374 decks
35%synergy
Burglar Rat
36%inclusion136 decks374 decks
25%synergy
Leaden Myr
32%inclusion121 decks374 decks
26%synergy
Fume Spitter
32%inclusion121 decks374 decks
31%synergy
Mindless Automaton
32%inclusion120 decks374 decks
31%synergy
Crypt Ghast
32%inclusion120 decks374 decks
-16%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
32%inclusion120 decks374 decks
31%synergy
Warren Soultrader
31%inclusion113 decks370 decks
18%synergy
Virus Beetle
30%inclusion111 decks374 decks
23%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
29%inclusion107 decks374 decks
27%synergy
Tattered Mummy
28%inclusion105 decks374 decks
27%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
25%inclusion92 decks374 decks
18%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
24%inclusion91 decks374 decks
24%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
24%inclusion91 decks374 decks
22%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
22%inclusion84 decks374 decks
18%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
22%inclusion84 decks374 decks
20%synergy
Nezumi Informant
22%inclusion83 decks374 decks
15%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
22%inclusion82 decks374 decks
12%synergy
Dockside Chef
22%inclusion81 decks374 decks
20%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
21%inclusion80 decks374 decks
20%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
21%inclusion78 decks367 decks
15%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
19%inclusion72 decks374 decks
19%synergy
Midnight Reaper
19%inclusion72 decks374 decks
11%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
19%inclusion71 decks374 decks
18%synergy
Deathgreeter
18%inclusion69 decks374 decks
15%synergy
Infestation Sage
18%inclusion66 decks362 decks
14%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
18%inclusion67 decks374 decks
17%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
17%inclusion65 decks374 decks
17%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
17%inclusion64 decks374 decks
16%synergy
Smothering Abomination
17%inclusion64 decks374 decks
15%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
16%inclusion59 decks374 decks
-1%synergy
Harvester of Souls
16%inclusion58 decks374 decks
9%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
16%inclusion58 decks374 decks
14%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
15%inclusion55 decks374 decks
7%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
14%inclusion54 decks374 decks
8%synergy
Perilous Myr
14%inclusion52 decks374 decks
13%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
14%inclusion51 decks374 decks
13%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
13%inclusion50 decks374 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Village Rites
54%inclusion201 decks374 decks
29%synergy
Tragic Slip
48%inclusion178 decks374 decks
27%synergy
Deadly Dispute
42%inclusion158 decks374 decks
18%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
39%inclusion144 decks374 decks
27%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
38%inclusion143 decks374 decks
16%synergy
Withering Torment
32%inclusion119 decks367 decks
1%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
32%inclusion119 decks374 decks
27%synergy
Defile
25%inclusion94 decks374 decks
-12%synergy
Culling the Weak
24%inclusion88 decks374 decks
9%synergy
Fell the Profane
22%inclusion81 decks370 decks
3%synergy
Imp's Mischief
22%inclusion81 decks374 decks
-2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
18%inclusion68 decks374 decks
-7%synergy
Flare of Malice
17%inclusion64 decks370 decks
4%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion49 decks374 decks
-10%synergy
Armor of Shadows
13%inclusion47 decks374 decks
10%synergy
Professor's Warning
13%inclusion47 decks374 decks
11%synergy
Body Count
12%inclusion45 decks374 decks
11%synergy
Feign Death
11%inclusion40 decks374 decks
3%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
10%inclusion39 decks374 decks
3%synergy
Undying Malice
10%inclusion39 decks374 decks
1%synergy
Not Dead After All
10%inclusion37 decks374 decks
-1%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
8.3%inclusion31 decks374 decks
2%synergy
Bitter Triumph
7.8%inclusion29 decks374 decks
-2%synergy
Altar's Reap
7.5%inclusion28 decks374 decks
5%synergy
Wake the Dead
7.2%inclusion27 decks374 decks
6%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
7.0%inclusion26 decks370 decks
5%synergy
Costly Plunder
7.0%inclusion26 decks374 decks
4%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
6.7%inclusion25 decks374 decks
5%synergy
Without Weakness
6.4%inclusion24 decks374 decks
6%synergy
Offer Immortality
6.1%inclusion23 decks374 decks
4%synergy
Thrilling Encore
5.9%inclusion22 decks374 decks
4%synergy
Go for the Throat
5.9%inclusion22 decks374 decks
-17%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
5.3%inclusion20 decks374 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
52%inclusion196 decks374 decks
1%synergy
Victimize
37%inclusion137 decks374 decks
11%synergy
Diabolic Intent
33%inclusion123 decks374 decks
18%synergy
Toxic Deluge
27%inclusion102 decks374 decks
-10%synergy
Eaten Alive
26%inclusion96 decks374 decks
22%synergy
Reanimate
18%inclusion69 decks374 decks
-20%synergy
Sign in Blood
18%inclusion69 decks374 decks
-18%synergy
Dread Return
16%inclusion59 decks374 decks
3%synergy
Night's Whisper
15%inclusion56 decks374 decks
-9%synergy
Bone Shards
15%inclusion55 decks374 decks
11%synergy
Living Death
14%inclusion54 decks374 decks
4%synergy
Exsanguinate
13%inclusion50 decks374 decks
-11%synergy
Mutilate
13%inclusion47 decks374 decks
-6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
12%inclusion44 decks364 decks
-5%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion43 decks374 decks
-3%synergy
Final Vengeance
11%inclusion40 decks367 decks
9%synergy
Damnation
9.1%inclusion34 decks374 decks
-12%synergy
Unearth
8.3%inclusion31 decks374 decks
0%synergy
Echoing Return
8.3%inclusion31 decks374 decks
5%synergy
Bubbling Muck
8.3%inclusion31 decks374 decks
-7%synergy
Worthy Cost
7.7%inclusion24 decks313 decks
6%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
7.5%inclusion28 decks374 decks
-8%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.2%inclusion27 decks374 decks
0%synergy
Read the Bones
7.2%inclusion27 decks374 decks
-11%synergy
Spark Harvest
7.0%inclusion26 decks374 decks
6%synergy
Killing Wave
5.9%inclusion22 decks374 decks
4%synergy
Secret Salvage
5.9%inclusion22 decks374 decks
5%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
5.6%inclusion21 decks373 decks
-6%synergy
Beseech the Queen
5.6%inclusion21 decks374 decks
-1%synergy
Bone Splinters
5.1%inclusion19 decks374 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
55%inclusion204 decks374 decks
21%synergy
Skullclamp
49%inclusion185 decks374 decks
28%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
37%inclusion138 decks374 decks
24%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
32%inclusion119 decks374 decks
29%synergy
Bontu's Monument
22%inclusion82 decks374 decks
-6%synergy
Spawning Pit
21%inclusion78 decks374 decks
20%synergy
Mithril Coat
20%inclusion74 decks374 decks
14%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
11%inclusion42 decks374 decks
-5%synergy
Expedition Map
11%inclusion40 decks374 decks
-2%synergy
Thrumming Stone
10%inclusion37 decks374 decks
6%synergy
Altar of Dementia
10%inclusion36 decks374 decks
4%synergy
Genesis Chamber
8.8%inclusion33 decks374 decks
6%synergy
Champion's Helm
8.8%inclusion33 decks374 decks
7%synergy
Darksteel Plate
8.3%inclusion31 decks374 decks
6%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
7.8%inclusion29 decks374 decks
5%synergy
Meekstone
7.5%inclusion28 decks374 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Plate
7.2%inclusion27 decks374 decks
2%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
6.7%inclusion25 decks374 decks
3%synergy
Lightning Coils
5.1%inclusion19 decks374 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Grave Pact
45%inclusion167 decks374 decks
26%synergy
Dark Privilege
44%inclusion164 decks374 decks
42%synergy
Black Market
39%inclusion144 decks374 decks
17%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
33%inclusion124 decks374 decks
23%synergy
Vampiric Rites
29%inclusion107 decks374 decks
23%synergy
Attrition
24%inclusion90 decks374 decks
21%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
22%inclusion84 decks374 decks
5%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
22%inclusion82 decks374 decks
18%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
20%inclusion75 decks367 decks
16%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
20%inclusion74 decks374 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18%inclusion69 decks374 decks
-22%synergy
Open the Graves
17%inclusion65 decks374 decks
14%synergy
Dark Prophecy
16%inclusion58 decks374 decks
12%synergy
Gift of Doom
15%inclusion56 decks374 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
15%inclusion55 decks374 decks
5%synergy
Teval's Judgment
13%inclusion40 decks318 decks
10%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
12%inclusion46 decks374 decks
11%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
11%inclusion42 decks370 decks
8%synergy
Blight Mound
11%inclusion41 decks374 decks
8%synergy
Soul Enervation
9.1%inclusion34 decks374 decks
8%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
9.1%inclusion29 decks319 decks
7%synergy
Liliana's Contract
8.0%inclusion30 decks374 decks
6%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
7.1%inclusion17 decks238 decks
4%synergy
Into the Pit
7.1%inclusion26 decks367 decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
7.0%inclusion26 decks374 decks
-16%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
6.7%inclusion25 decks374 decks
6%synergy
Fallen Ideal
5.3%inclusion20 decks374 decks
5%synergy
Heartless Summoning
5.1%inclusion19 decks374 decks
0%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
13%inclusion49 decks374 decks
0%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
60%inclusion223 decks374 decks
13%synergy
Cabal Coffers
58%inclusion216 decks374 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
47%inclusion177 decks374 decks
23%synergy
Reliquary Tower
41%inclusion154 decks374 decks
10%synergy
Witch's Cottage
39%inclusion145 decks374 decks
14%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
36%inclusion136 decks374 decks
-1%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
36%inclusion136 decks374 decks
1%synergy
Westvale Abbey
31%inclusion117 decks374 decks
25%synergy
High Market
29%inclusion110 decks374 decks
23%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
28%inclusion105 decks374 decks
-2%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
23%inclusion87 decks374 decks
12%synergy
Mortuary Mire
22%inclusion83 decks374 decks
9%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
20%inclusion75 decks370 decks
11%synergy
War Room
19%inclusion72 decks374 decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
18%inclusion68 decks374 decks
1%synergy
Command Beacon
13%inclusion48 decks374 decks
5%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion47 decks374 decks
-3%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
12%inclusion32 decks266 decks
0%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
12%inclusion42 decks361 decks
9%synergy
Barren Moor
11%inclusion43 decks374 decks
1%synergy
Buried Ruin
11%inclusion40 decks374 decks
5%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.8%inclusion33 decks374 decks
1%synergy
Thespian's Stage
6.4%inclusion24 decks374 decks
1%synergy
Memorial to Folly
5.6%inclusion21 decks374 decks
2%synergy
Polluted Mire
5.6%inclusion21 decks374 decks
2%synergy
Ghost Quarter
5.3%inclusion20 decks374 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
86%inclusion321 decks374 decks
0%synergy
Arcane Signet
56%inclusion211 decks374 decks
-6%synergy
Thought Vessel
27%inclusion101 decks374 decks
0%synergy
Mind Stone
20%inclusion75 decks374 decks
-11%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
16%inclusion60 decks374 decks
-7%synergy
Crowded Crypt
13%inclusion48 decks374 decks
8%synergy
Fellwar Stone
8.6%inclusion32 decks374 decks
-6%synergy
The Soul Stone
5.9%inclusion12 decks202 decks
-7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
5.1%inclusion19 decks374 decks
-4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
97%inclusion362 decks374 decks
2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
38%inclusion143 decks374 decks
16%synergy
Myriad Landscape
28%inclusion103 decks374 decks
1%synergy
Fell the Profane
22%inclusion81 decks370 decks
3%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
7.2%inclusion27 decks374 decks
0%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
5.9%inclusion22 decks370 decks
5%synergy
Demolition Field
5.9%inclusion22 decks374 decks
0%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
5.1%inclusion19 decks374 decks
-2%synergy
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