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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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Twilight Diviner
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Bile-Vial Boggart
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Serrated Scorpion
88%inclusion35 decks40 decks
85%synergy
Bone Shredder
85%inclusion34 decks40 decks
83%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
80%inclusion32 decks40 decks
77%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
83%inclusion33 decks40 decks
77%synergy
Skullport Merchant
78%inclusion31 decks40 decks
76%synergy
Cadaver Imp
75%inclusion30 decks40 decks
73%synergy
Viscera Seer
85%inclusion34 decks40 decks
68%synergy
Shambling Ghast
70%inclusion28 decks40 decks
65%synergy
Skyscanner
63%inclusion25 decks40 decks
61%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
63%inclusion25 decks40 decks
61%synergy
Top Cards
Zulaport Cutthroat
80%inclusion32 decks40 decks
57%synergy
Blood Artist
70%inclusion28 decks40 decks
38%synergy
Blood Pet
65%inclusion26 decks40 decks
57%synergy
Feed the Swarm
65%inclusion26 decks40 decks
14%synergy
Village Rites
65%inclusion26 decks40 decks
40%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
65%inclusion26 decks40 decks
49%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
63%inclusion25 decks40 decks
31%synergy
Eaten Alive
63%inclusion25 decks40 decks
59%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
63%inclusion25 decks40 decks
61%synergy
Big Game Hunter
63%inclusion25 decks40 decks
60%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
15%inclusion6 decks40 decks
-14%synergy
Creatures
Carrion Feeder
63%inclusion25 decks40 decks
51%synergy
Novice Occultist
63%inclusion25 decks40 decks
61%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
60%inclusion24 decks40 decks
58%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
57%inclusion23 decks40 decks
37%synergy
Fume Spitter
57%inclusion23 decks40 decks
56%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
57%inclusion23 decks40 decks
56%synergy
Burglar Rat
53%inclusion21 decks40 decks
41%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
53%inclusion21 decks40 decks
51%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
53%inclusion21 decks40 decks
30%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
53%inclusion21 decks40 decks
51%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
50%inclusion20 decks40 decks
32%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
50%inclusion20 decks40 decks
49%synergy
Clattering Augur
50%inclusion20 decks40 decks
48%synergy
Tattered Mummy
48%inclusion19 decks40 decks
46%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
45%inclusion18 decks40 decks
34%synergy
Grim Haruspex
45%inclusion18 decks40 decks
36%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
45%inclusion18 decks40 decks
36%synergy
Virus Beetle
43%inclusion17 decks40 decks
36%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
43%inclusion17 decks40 decks
-9%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
43%inclusion17 decks40 decks
36%synergy
Mindless Automaton
40%inclusion16 decks40 decks
39%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
40%inclusion16 decks40 decks
14%synergy
Nezumi Informant
40%inclusion16 decks40 decks
33%synergy
Dockside Chef
38%inclusion15 decks40 decks
35%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
35%inclusion14 decks40 decks
34%synergy
Infestation Sage
35%inclusion14 decks40 decks
30%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
33%inclusion13 decks40 decks
32%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
33%inclusion13 decks40 decks
28%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
33%inclusion13 decks40 decks
32%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
33%inclusion13 decks40 decks
32%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
33%inclusion13 decks40 decks
26%synergy
Perilous Myr
33%inclusion13 decks40 decks
32%synergy
Leaden Myr
30%inclusion12 decks40 decks
24%synergy
Deathgreeter
28%inclusion11 decks40 decks
24%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
25%inclusion10 decks40 decks
24%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
25%inclusion10 decks40 decks
19%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
25%inclusion10 decks40 decks
24%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
23%inclusion9 decks40 decks
13%synergy
Basal Thrull
23%inclusion9 decks40 decks
21%synergy
Smothering Abomination
23%inclusion9 decks40 decks
20%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
20%inclusion8 decks40 decks
18%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
20%inclusion8 decks40 decks
19%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
20%inclusion8 decks40 decks
19%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
16%synergy
Midnight Reaper
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
9%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
12%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
15%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
1%synergy
Plagued Rusalka
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
17%synergy
Instants
Tragic Slip
60%inclusion24 decks40 decks
40%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
55%inclusion22 decks40 decks
43%synergy
Dark Ritual
50%inclusion20 decks40 decks
-17%synergy
Deadly Dispute
48%inclusion19 decks40 decks
23%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
40%inclusion16 decks40 decks
36%synergy
Armor of Shadows
30%inclusion12 decks40 decks
28%synergy
Defile
28%inclusion11 decks40 decks
-10%synergy
Altar's Reap
28%inclusion11 decks40 decks
25%synergy
Professor's Warning
25%inclusion10 decks40 decks
24%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
23%inclusion9 decks40 decks
15%synergy
Costly Plunder
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
15%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
15%inclusion6 decks40 decks
13%synergy
Without Weakness
15%inclusion6 decks40 decks
15%synergy
Offer Immortality
15%inclusion6 decks40 decks
13%synergy
Undying Malice
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
3%synergy
Body Count
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
11%synergy
Imp's Mischief
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
-12%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
7%synergy
Withering Torment
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
-22%synergy
Not Dead After All
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
-1%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
3%synergy
Feign Death
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
2%synergy
Nasty End
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
7%synergy
Wake the Dead
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
6%synergy
Maximum Overdrive
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
7%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Flare of Malice
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
-8%synergy
You Are Already Dead
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Cremate
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
3%synergy
Doom Blade
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
-3%synergy
Disfigure
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Murder
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
-5%synergy
Infernal Grasp
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
-20%synergy
Shred Memory
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Thrilling Encore
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
3%synergy
Unnatural Endurance
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Debt to the Kami
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
43%inclusion17 decks40 decks
16%synergy
Bone Shards
35%inclusion14 decks40 decks
31%synergy
Sign in Blood
23%inclusion9 decks40 decks
-14%synergy
Worthy Cost
20%inclusion7 decks35 decks
18%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
20%inclusion8 decks40 decks
20%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
17%synergy
Spark Harvest
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
17%synergy
Killing Wave
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
15%synergy
Final Vengeance
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
16%synergy
Mutilate
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
-1%synergy
Dread Return
15%inclusion6 decks40 decks
3%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
-2%synergy
Night's Whisper
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
-12%synergy
Unearth
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Exsanguinate
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
-12%synergy
Reanimate
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
-29%synergy
Bone Splinters
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
6%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
-9%synergy
Read the Bones
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
-10%synergy
Annihilating Glare
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
6%synergy
Desperate Plea
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Bubbling Muck
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
-11%synergy
Invoke Despair
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
3%synergy
Blood Money
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
2%synergy
Toxic Deluge
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
-32%synergy
Dimir Machinations
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Ashnod's Altar
35%inclusion14 decks40 decks
15%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
35%inclusion14 decks40 decks
33%synergy
Spawning Pit
28%inclusion11 decks40 decks
26%synergy
Skullclamp
20%inclusion8 decks40 decks
-1%synergy
Lightning Greaves
20%inclusion8 decks40 decks
-14%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
15%inclusion6 decks40 decks
11%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion6 decks40 decks
-1%synergy
Lightning Coils
15%inclusion6 decks40 decks
15%synergy
Jet Medallion
15%inclusion6 decks40 decks
-46%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
12%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
9%synergy
Bontu's Monument
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
-18%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
2%synergy
Darksteel Plate
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
6%synergy
Magistrate's Scepter
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
7%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
7%synergy
Mirror Shield
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
7%synergy
Genesis Chamber
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
2%synergy
Weatherlight Compleated
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
53%inclusion21 decks40 decks
51%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
38%inclusion15 decks40 decks
34%synergy
Vampiric Rites
33%inclusion13 decks40 decks
27%synergy
Open the Graves
33%inclusion13 decks40 decks
29%synergy
Black Market
23%inclusion9 decks40 decks
1%synergy
Soul Enervation
20%inclusion8 decks40 decks
19%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
20%inclusion8 decks40 decks
10%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
20%inclusion8 decks40 decks
19%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
17%inclusion6 decks36 decks
15%synergy
Into the Pit
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
11%synergy
Fallen Ideal
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
12%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
11%synergy
Blight Mound
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
7%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
-7%synergy
Mind Slash
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
-3%synergy
Soul Channeling
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
7%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Teval's Judgment
5.7%inclusion2 decks35 decks
4%synergy
Hecatomb
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Exquisite Blood
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
-8%synergy
Skeletal Grimace
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Scriptures
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Ghoulish Procession
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
2%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
0%synergy
Shadows of the Past
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Quag Sickness
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Crippling Blight
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
-35%synergy
Dark Prophecy
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
1%synergy
Tortured Existence
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
1%synergy
Gift of Doom
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Attrition
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
2%synergy
Utility Lands
Mortuary Mire
45%inclusion18 decks40 decks
32%synergy
Witch's Cottage
43%inclusion17 decks40 decks
18%synergy
Bojuka Bog
43%inclusion17 decks40 decks
-4%synergy
High Market
20%inclusion8 decks40 decks
13%synergy
Polluted Mire
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
14%synergy
Reliquary Tower
18%inclusion7 decks40 decks
-14%synergy
Westvale Abbey
15%inclusion6 decks40 decks
9%synergy
Barren Moor
15%inclusion6 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
2%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
7%synergy
War Room
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
-6%synergy
Memorial to Folly
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
6%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
-3%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
7.5%inclusion3 decks40 decks
-2%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
6.3%inclusion2 decks32 decks
-6%synergy
Buried Ruin
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
0%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
3%synergy
Guildless Commons
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
-30%synergy
Ghost Quarter
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
2%synergy
The Dross Pits
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Blast Zone
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
3%synergy
Diamond City
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
85%inclusion34 decks40 decks
-1%synergy
Arcane Signet
57%inclusion23 decks40 decks
-5%synergy
Mind Stone
30%inclusion12 decks40 decks
0%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
28%inclusion11 decks40 decks
4%synergy
Thought Vessel
23%inclusion9 decks40 decks
-4%synergy
Crowded Crypt
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
7%synergy
Thran Dynamo
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
-1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion40 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
33%inclusion13 decks40 decks
6%synergy
Demolition Field
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
0%synergy
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