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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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Desperate Plea
4.5%inclusion1 decks22 decks
4%synergy
Callous Inspector
4.3%inclusion1 decks23 decks
4%synergy
White Lotus Tile
4.0%inclusion1 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Super Shredder
3.3%inclusion1 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Bitterbloom Bearer
3.1%inclusion1 decks32 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Dusk Legion Zealot
76%inclusion54 decks71 decks
73%synergy
Viscera Seer
86%inclusion61 decks71 decks
69%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
68%inclusion48 decks71 decks
65%synergy
Cadaver Imp
66%inclusion47 decks71 decks
64%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
86%inclusion61 decks71 decks
63%synergy
Bone Shredder
65%inclusion46 decks71 decks
63%synergy
Grim Haruspex
72%inclusion51 decks71 decks
63%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
68%inclusion48 decks71 decks
62%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
56%inclusion40 decks71 decks
55%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
79%inclusion56 decks71 decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
79%inclusion56 decks71 decks
47%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
70%inclusion50 decks71 decks
51%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
70%inclusion50 decks71 decks
52%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
65%inclusion46 decks71 decks
44%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
65%inclusion46 decks71 decks
49%synergy
Carrion Feeder
63%inclusion45 decks71 decks
52%synergy
Jet Medallion
63%inclusion45 decks71 decks
3%synergy
Feed the Swarm
61%inclusion43 decks71 decks
9%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
59%inclusion42 decks71 decks
48%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
59%inclusion42 decks71 decks
28%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
32%inclusion23 decks71 decks
3%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
23%inclusion16 decks71 decks
9%synergy
Demonic Tutor
10%inclusion7 decks71 decks
-18%synergy
Necropotence
10%inclusion7 decks71 decks
-5%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
8.5%inclusion6 decks71 decks
-13%synergy
Ancient Tomb
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
-5%synergy
The One Ring
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
-4%synergy
Creatures
Clattering Augur
55%inclusion39 decks71 decks
53%synergy
Skullport Merchant
54%inclusion38 decks71 decks
52%synergy
Skyscanner
54%inclusion38 decks71 decks
52%synergy
Shambling Ghast
52%inclusion37 decks71 decks
47%synergy
Blood Pet
49%inclusion35 decks71 decks
41%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
48%inclusion34 decks71 decks
-4%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
46%inclusion33 decks71 decks
38%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
46%inclusion33 decks71 decks
45%synergy
Big Game Hunter
46%inclusion33 decks71 decks
44%synergy
Novice Occultist
45%inclusion32 decks71 decks
43%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
42%inclusion30 decks71 decks
33%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
41%inclusion29 decks71 decks
19%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
41%inclusion29 decks71 decks
39%synergy
Crypt Ghast
38%inclusion27 decks71 decks
-10%synergy
Warren Soultrader
38%inclusion27 decks71 decks
25%synergy
Tattered Mummy
37%inclusion26 decks71 decks
35%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
37%inclusion26 decks71 decks
35%synergy
Mindless Automaton
35%inclusion25 decks71 decks
34%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
34%inclusion24 decks71 decks
33%synergy
Fume Spitter
34%inclusion24 decks71 decks
32%synergy
Burglar Rat
30%inclusion21 decks71 decks
18%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
27%inclusion19 decks71 decks
24%synergy
Infestation Sage
26%inclusion18 decks70 decks
21%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
24%inclusion17 decks71 decks
23%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
24%inclusion17 decks71 decks
17%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
24%inclusion17 decks71 decks
23%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
23%inclusion16 decks71 decks
22%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
23%inclusion16 decks71 decks
12%synergy
Virus Beetle
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
14%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
17%synergy
Midnight Reaper
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
12%synergy
Leaden Myr
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
15%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
20%inclusion14 decks71 decks
3%synergy
Dockside Chef
20%inclusion14 decks71 decks
18%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
19%inclusion13 decks70 decks
13%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
18%inclusion13 decks71 decks
18%synergy
Wriggling Grub
17%inclusion12 decks70 decks
15%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
17%inclusion12 decks71 decks
16%synergy
Basal Thrull
17%inclusion12 decks71 decks
16%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
17%inclusion12 decks71 decks
11%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
15%inclusion11 decks71 decks
12%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
15%inclusion11 decks71 decks
13%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
15%inclusion11 decks71 decks
8%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
15%inclusion11 decks71 decks
15%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
15%inclusion11 decks71 decks
14%synergy
Nezumi Informant
15%inclusion11 decks71 decks
8%synergy
Smothering Abomination
15%inclusion11 decks71 decks
13%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
15%inclusion11 decks71 decks
14%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
15%inclusion11 decks71 decks
15%synergy
Woe Strider
14%inclusion10 decks71 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Village Rites
49%inclusion35 decks71 decks
25%synergy
Dark Ritual
49%inclusion35 decks71 decks
-17%synergy
Tragic Slip
49%inclusion35 decks71 decks
29%synergy
Deadly Dispute
45%inclusion32 decks71 decks
21%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
44%inclusion31 decks71 decks
21%synergy
Withering Torment
43%inclusion30 decks70 decks
11%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
35%inclusion25 decks71 decks
23%synergy
Fell the Profane
30%inclusion21 decks71 decks
11%synergy
Imp's Mischief
25%inclusion18 decks71 decks
2%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
25%inclusion18 decks71 decks
21%synergy
Defile
23%inclusion16 decks71 decks
-15%synergy
Flare of Malice
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
8%synergy
Culling the Weak
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
20%inclusion14 decks71 decks
-5%synergy
Bitter Triumph
15%inclusion11 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Not Dead After All
14%inclusion10 decks71 decks
3%synergy
Undying Malice
14%inclusion10 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
13%inclusion9 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Body Count
13%inclusion9 decks71 decks
11%synergy
Deadly Rollick
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
-12%synergy
Professor's Warning
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
10%synergy
Feign Death
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
3%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Armor of Shadows
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Wake the Dead
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
6%synergy
Altar's Reap
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
4%synergy
Dismember
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
-4%synergy
Thrilling Encore
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
4%synergy
Nasty End
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
41%inclusion29 decks71 decks
15%synergy
Diabolic Intent
37%inclusion26 decks71 decks
22%synergy
Toxic Deluge
28%inclusion20 decks71 decks
-9%synergy
Eaten Alive
24%inclusion17 decks71 decks
20%synergy
Reanimate
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
-18%synergy
Dread Return
20%inclusion14 decks71 decks
7%synergy
Sign in Blood
18%inclusion13 decks71 decks
-18%synergy
Bone Shards
17%inclusion12 decks71 decks
13%synergy
Night's Whisper
15%inclusion11 decks71 decks
-9%synergy
Living Death
15%inclusion11 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Unearth
13%inclusion9 decks71 decks
4%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
-6%synergy
Final Vengeance
11%inclusion8 decks70 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
-4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
4%synergy
Mutilate
10%inclusion7 decks71 decks
-9%synergy
Exsanguinate
10%inclusion7 decks71 decks
-14%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
8.5%inclusion6 decks71 decks
-4%synergy
Beseech the Queen
8.5%inclusion6 decks71 decks
2%synergy
Worthy Cost
7.9%inclusion5 decks63 decks
6%synergy
Profane Tutor
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
2%synergy
Bubbling Muck
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
-9%synergy
Read the Bones
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
-11%synergy
Spark Harvest
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
-10%synergy
Killing Wave
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
3%synergy
Damnation
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
-15%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
55%inclusion39 decks71 decks
34%synergy
Lightning Greaves
52%inclusion37 decks71 decks
19%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
41%inclusion29 decks71 decks
28%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
35%inclusion25 decks71 decks
33%synergy
Bontu's Monument
25%inclusion18 decks71 decks
-2%synergy
Mithril Coat
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
16%synergy
Spawning Pit
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
20%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
13%inclusion9 decks71 decks
-4%synergy
Genesis Chamber
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
8%synergy
Commander's Plate
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
6%synergy
Expedition Map
10%inclusion7 decks71 decks
-3%synergy
Darksteel Plate
8.5%inclusion6 decks71 decks
7%synergy
Altar of Dementia
8.5%inclusion6 decks71 decks
3%synergy
Magistrate's Scepter
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
7%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
4%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
6%synergy
Thrumming Stone
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
2%synergy
Champion's Helm
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
45%inclusion32 decks71 decks
44%synergy
Grave Pact
38%inclusion27 decks71 decks
19%synergy
Black Market
34%inclusion24 decks71 decks
13%synergy
Vampiric Rites
32%inclusion23 decks71 decks
26%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
31%inclusion22 decks71 decks
14%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
31%inclusion22 decks71 decks
20%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
26%inclusion18 decks70 decks
21%synergy
Gift of Doom
25%inclusion18 decks71 decks
24%synergy
Attrition
25%inclusion18 decks71 decks
22%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
25%inclusion18 decks71 decks
15%synergy
Open the Graves
23%inclusion16 decks71 decks
19%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
11%synergy
Blight Mound
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
19%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
18%inclusion13 decks71 decks
15%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18%inclusion13 decks71 decks
-22%synergy
Teval's Judgment
17%inclusion11 decks63 decks
15%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
14%inclusion10 decks71 decks
13%synergy
Black Market Connections
13%inclusion9 decks71 decks
-11%synergy
Dark Prophecy
13%inclusion9 decks71 decks
9%synergy
Soul Enervation
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
10%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
10%inclusion5 decks48 decks
7%synergy
Into the Pit
8.6%inclusion6 decks70 decks
7%synergy
Fallen Ideal
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
6%synergy
Gate to Phyrexia
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
0%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
14%inclusion10 decks71 decks
1%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
65%inclusion46 decks71 decks
18%synergy
Cabal Coffers
58%inclusion41 decks71 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
48%inclusion34 decks71 decks
24%synergy
Westvale Abbey
42%inclusion30 decks71 decks
36%synergy
Reliquary Tower
42%inclusion30 decks71 decks
11%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
42%inclusion30 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Witch's Cottage
38%inclusion27 decks71 decks
13%synergy
High Market
34%inclusion24 decks71 decks
27%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
31%inclusion22 decks71 decks
20%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
30%inclusion21 decks71 decks
20%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
30%inclusion21 decks71 decks
0%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
28%inclusion20 decks71 decks
-8%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
25%inclusion13 decks51 decks
13%synergy
Mortuary Mire
25%inclusion18 decks71 decks
12%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
21%inclusion15 decks70 decks
19%synergy
Castle Locthwain
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
3%synergy
War Room
20%inclusion14 decks71 decks
3%synergy
Barren Moor
17%inclusion12 decks71 decks
6%synergy
Command Beacon
14%inclusion10 decks71 decks
6%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion9 decks71 decks
-3%synergy
Polluted Mire
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
7%synergy
Buried Ruin
10%inclusion7 decks71 decks
4%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
8.5%inclusion6 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Memorial to Folly
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
4%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
-4%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
3%synergy
Thespian's Stage
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
0%synergy
Temple of the False God
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
83%inclusion59 decks71 decks
-3%synergy
Arcane Signet
55%inclusion39 decks71 decks
-8%synergy
Thought Vessel
27%inclusion19 decks71 decks
0%synergy
Mind Stone
21%inclusion15 decks71 decks
-10%synergy
Crowded Crypt
13%inclusion9 decks71 decks
8%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
-12%synergy
The Soul Stone
11%inclusion4 decks38 decks
-2%synergy
Fellwar Stone
10%inclusion7 decks71 decks
-5%synergy
Séance Board
7.1%inclusion5 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion71 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
44%inclusion31 decks71 decks
21%synergy
Fell the Profane
30%inclusion21 decks71 decks
11%synergy
Myriad Landscape
27%inclusion19 decks71 decks
0%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion8 decks71 decks
4%synergy
Demolition Field
8.5%inclusion6 decks71 decks
3%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
5%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
-3%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
5%synergy
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