Syr Konrad, the Grim (Commander) - Optimized Aristocrats

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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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Mai, Scornful Striker
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Foggy Swamp Visions
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Mindcrank
100%inclusion16 decks16 decks
94%synergy
Tortured Existence
81%inclusion13 decks16 decks
77%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
75%inclusion12 decks16 decks
72%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
69%inclusion11 decks16 decks
59%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
81%inclusion13 decks16 decks
58%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
81%inclusion13 decks16 decks
58%synergy
Gravecrawler
69%inclusion11 decks16 decks
56%synergy
Morality Shift
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
55%synergy
Doom Whisperer
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
53%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
69%inclusion11 decks16 decks
52%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
88%inclusion14 decks16 decks
36%synergy
Dark Ritual
88%inclusion14 decks16 decks
21%synergy
Crypt Ghast
81%inclusion13 decks16 decks
33%synergy
Reanimate
75%inclusion12 decks16 decks
37%synergy
Jet Medallion
75%inclusion12 decks16 decks
15%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
69%inclusion11 decks16 decks
43%synergy
Blood Artist
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
31%synergy
Skullclamp
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
42%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
50%synergy
Carrion Feeder
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
51%synergy
Game Changers
Necropotence
75%inclusion12 decks16 decks
60%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
33%synergy
Demonic Tutor
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
35%synergy
Ancient Tomb
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
44%synergy
The One Ring
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
47%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
34%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
30%synergy
Opposition Agent
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
28%synergy
Imperial Seal
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
24%synergy
Mana Vault
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
18%synergy
Creatures
Pitiless Plunderer
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
45%synergy
Warren Soultrader
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
50%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
44%synergy
Accursed Marauder
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
35%synergy
Viscera Seer
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
40%synergy
Plaguecrafter
50%inclusion8 decks16 decks
30%synergy
Nether Traitor
50%inclusion8 decks16 decks
42%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
50%inclusion8 decks16 decks
41%synergy
Millikin
50%inclusion8 decks16 decks
47%synergy
Boggart Trawler
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
35%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
34%synergy
Leaden Myr
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
37%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
30%synergy
Stitcher's Supplier
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
33%synergy
Stinkweed Imp
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
36%synergy
Midnight Reaper
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Dark Confidant
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
24%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
28%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
16%synergy
Walking Ballista
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Ophiomancer
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
16%synergy
Grim Haruspex
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
22%synergy
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
31%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
19%synergy
Blood Pet
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
23%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
22%synergy
Murderous Rider
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
18%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
14%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
14%synergy
Palladium Myr
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
23%synergy
Angel of Suffering
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
24%synergy
Massacre Wurm
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
8%synergy
Golgari Thug
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
23%synergy
Manakin
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
24%synergy
Bloodghast
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
14%synergy
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
15%synergy
Avenger of the Fallen
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
17%synergy
Timeline Culler
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
15%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-5%synergy
Fell Stinger
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
16%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Overlord of the Balemurk
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
17%synergy
Tormod, the Desecrator
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
16%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
14%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Chittering Witch
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
14%synergy
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
18%synergy
Merciless Executioner
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
12%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Instants
Entomb
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
32%synergy
Culling the Weak
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
15%synergy
Flare of Malice
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
19%synergy
Cabal Ritual
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
14%synergy
Tainted Strike
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
28%synergy
Gravepurge
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Songs of the Damned
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
20%synergy
Deadly Rollick
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-5%synergy
Fell the Profane
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Sacrifice
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
14%synergy
Imp's Mischief
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-5%synergy
Wake the Dead
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
17%synergy
Saw in Half
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Withering Torment
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-13%synergy
Deadly Dispute
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
-11%synergy
Insidious Dreams
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Tragic Slip
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
-8%synergy
Footbottom Feast
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Village Rites
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-18%synergy
Not Dead After All
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-5%synergy
Defile
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-32%synergy
Soul Shatter
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-6%synergy
Bitter Triumph
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-19%synergy
Rain of Filth
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Lethal Scheme
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Nasty End
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Dismember
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-5%synergy
Sorceries
Diabolic Intent
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
42%synergy
Toxic Deluge
50%inclusion8 decks16 decks
13%synergy
Feed the Swarm
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
-8%synergy
Living Death
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
33%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
37%synergy
Victimize
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Forever Young
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
36%synergy
Buried Alive
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
20%synergy
Dread Return
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
13%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
8%synergy
Bubbling Muck
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Sign in Blood
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-18%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Grim Tutor
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
7%synergy
Incarnation Technique
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Season of Loss
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
10%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
-5%synergy
Night's Whisper
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
-12%synergy
Deadly Tempest
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
10%synergy
Stitch Together
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
10%synergy
Damnation
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
-8%synergy
Afterlife from the Loam
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Temporal Extortion
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
All Is Dust
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Discerning Taste
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Profane Tutor
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Vicious Rumors
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Read the Bones
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-12%synergy
Mutilate
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-13%synergy
Killing Wave
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Doomsday
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Exsanguinate
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-18%synergy
Diresight
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-6%synergy
Zombify
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Raise Dead
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Stargaze
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Altar of Dementia
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
51%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
50%inclusion8 decks16 decks
31%synergy
Perpetual Timepiece
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Expedition Map
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Bontu's Monument
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
-3%synergy
Altar of the Brood
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
23%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
16%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
17%synergy
Feldon's Cane
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
18%synergy
Lightning Greaves
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-15%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Whip of Erebos
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
-19%synergy
Basilisk Collar
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
10%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-10%synergy
Vexing Bauble
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-4%synergy
Manascape Refractor
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Grave Pact
50%inclusion8 decks16 decks
31%synergy
Animate Dead
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
26%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
20%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
-3%synergy
Necromancy
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
25%synergy
Phyresis
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Exquisite Blood
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
9%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
14%synergy
Vampiric Link
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
18%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
8%synergy
Tombstone Stairwell
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
18%synergy
Black Market Connections
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-4%synergy
Contamination
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
9%synergy
Glistening Oil
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Blight Mound
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
10%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-2%synergy
Dance of the Dead
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Black Market
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-15%synergy
Out of the Tombs
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Shade's Form
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Carnival of Souls
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Attrition
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
No Mercy
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-1%synergy
Revel in Riches
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Haunted Crossroads
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Dark Prophecy
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Veil
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-1%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-7%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
94%inclusion15 decks16 decks
39%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
88%inclusion14 decks16 decks
50%synergy
Bojuka Bog
63%inclusion10 decks16 decks
16%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
56%inclusion9 decks16 decks
26%synergy
Witch's Cottage
50%inclusion8 decks16 decks
25%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
28%synergy
Deserted Temple
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
33%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
21%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
21%synergy
High Market
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
25%synergy
Castle Locthwain
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
14%synergy
Urza's Saga
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
17%synergy
Witch's Clinic
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
17%synergy
Mortuary Mire
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Buried Ruin
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
13%synergy
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
17%synergy
Tomb Fortress
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
14%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
War Room
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
-4%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
9%synergy
Emergence Zone
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
9%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Inventors' Fair
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
10%synergy
Westvale Abbey
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Barren Moor
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-4%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Command Beacon
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-2%synergy
Urborg
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Lake of the Dead
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Reliquary Tower
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-25%synergy
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Strip Mine
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion16 decks16 decks
14%synergy
Arcane Signet
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
-25%synergy
Basalt Monolith
31%inclusion5 decks16 decks
29%synergy
Lotus Petal
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
8%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
-2%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
7%synergy
Chrome Mox
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-17%synergy
Grim Monolith
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Liquimetal Torque
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Mind Stone
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-25%synergy
Lands
Swamp
81%inclusion13 decks16 decks
-14%synergy
Boggart Trawler
44%inclusion7 decks16 decks
35%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
38%inclusion6 decks16 decks
15%synergy
Urza's Cave
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
16%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
18%synergy
Fell the Profane
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
0%synergy
Myriad Landscape
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
-8%synergy
Cavern of Souls
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
19%inclusion3 decks16 decks
14%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
5%synergy
Conduit Pylons
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Demolition Field
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
1%synergy
Polluted Delta
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
3%synergy
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