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Jonathan Zucchetti
Nov 20, 2025
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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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Bitterbloom Bearer
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Smallpox
93%inclusion442 decks473 decks
88%synergy
Innocent Blood
78%inclusion371 decks473 decks
73%synergy
Rankle, Master of Pranks
85%inclusion400 decks473 decks
71%synergy
Dark Deal
83%inclusion391 decks473 decks
71%synergy
Plaguecrafter
91%inclusion430 decks473 decks
71%synergy
Waste Not
81%inclusion385 decks473 decks
70%synergy
Death Cloud
72%inclusion340 decks473 decks
70%synergy
Demon's Disciple
75%inclusion354 decks473 decks
67%synergy
Liliana's Triumph
72%inclusion341 decks473 decks
66%synergy
Mire in Misery
68%inclusion324 decks473 decks
65%synergy
Top Cards
Dark Ritual
85%inclusion401 decks473 decks
19%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
76%inclusion358 decks473 decks
60%synergy
Soul Shatter
74%inclusion350 decks473 decks
62%synergy
Syphon Mind
72%inclusion340 decks473 decks
59%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
71%inclusion338 decks473 decks
64%synergy
Burglar Rat
70%inclusion331 decks473 decks
59%synergy
Jet Medallion
68%inclusion321 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Accursed Marauder
67%inclusion231 decks345 decks
46%synergy
Geth's Grimoire
66%inclusion310 decks473 decks
58%synergy
Rankle's Prank
65%inclusion307 decks473 decks
60%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
35%inclusion166 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
28%inclusion132 decks473 decks
6%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
25%inclusion117 decks473 decks
-5%synergy
Opposition Agent
20%inclusion96 decks473 decks
10%synergy
Necropotence
19%inclusion90 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Ancient Tomb
18%inclusion84 decks473 decks
6%synergy
Mana Vault
15%inclusion72 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Chrome Mox
12%inclusion57 decks473 decks
6%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
8.5%inclusion40 decks473 decks
-5%synergy
The One Ring
8.2%inclusion39 decks473 decks
-1%synergy
Creatures
Crypt Ghast
60%inclusion283 decks473 decks
11%synergy
Virus Beetle
56%inclusion264 decks473 decks
49%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
56%inclusion263 decks473 decks
37%synergy
Mindslicer
52%inclusion244 decks473 decks
47%synergy
Merciless Executioner
48%inclusion227 decks473 decks
41%synergy
Nezumi Informant
47%inclusion220 decks473 decks
39%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
46%inclusion219 decks473 decks
34%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
46%inclusion218 decks473 decks
-6%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
46%inclusion216 decks473 decks
39%synergy
The Raven Man
45%inclusion212 decks473 decks
39%synergy
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
43%inclusion204 decks473 decks
36%synergy
Sangromancer
39%inclusion183 decks473 decks
27%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
37%inclusion174 decks473 decks
26%synergy
Tourach, Dread Cantor
32%inclusion151 decks473 decks
27%synergy
Necrogoyf
29%inclusion135 decks473 decks
24%synergy
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
28%inclusion132 decks473 decks
24%synergy
Sheoldred
23%inclusion110 decks473 decks
17%synergy
Rotting Rats
23%inclusion108 decks473 decks
19%synergy
Rottenmouth Viper
23%inclusion67 decks296 decks
19%synergy
Gravelighter
23%inclusion107 decks473 decks
19%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
21%inclusion101 decks473 decks
1%synergy
Liliana, Heretical Healer
21%inclusion98 decks473 decks
17%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
20%inclusion96 decks473 decks
-3%synergy
Cunning Lethemancer
20%inclusion94 decks473 decks
16%synergy
Stronghold Rats
20%inclusion93 decks473 decks
16%synergy
Fell Specter
19%inclusion89 decks473 decks
15%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
18%inclusion87 decks473 decks
11%synergy
Liliana's Specter
16%inclusion76 decks473 decks
14%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
16%inclusion76 decks473 decks
14%synergy
Leaden Myr
15%inclusion70 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Hypnotic Specter
14%inclusion65 decks473 decks
11%synergy
Miasmic Mummy
13%inclusion63 decks473 decks
12%synergy
Zodiark, Umbral God
13%inclusion4 decks31 decks
4%synergy
Chain Devil
13%inclusion61 decks473 decks
12%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
13%inclusion21 decks165 decks
8%synergy
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
13%inclusion22 decks174 decks
9%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
12%inclusion55 decks473 decks
-7%synergy
Refurbished Familiar
12%inclusion40 decks345 decks
9%synergy
Dread Presence
11%inclusion53 decks473 decks
-4%synergy
Dark Confidant
11%inclusion53 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
11%inclusion53 decks473 decks
-4%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
11%inclusion51 decks473 decks
3%synergy
Hecteyes
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Burnished Hart
10%inclusion46 decks473 decks
1%synergy
Asylum Visitor
8.9%inclusion42 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
8.7%inclusion41 decks473 decks
3%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
8.2%inclusion39 decks473 decks
-14%synergy
Wasteland Raider
7.7%inclusion32 decks413 decks
7%synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
7.4%inclusion35 decks473 decks
2%synergy
Grief
6.6%inclusion31 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Instants
Sheoldred's Edict
62%inclusion292 decks473 decks
47%synergy
Vona's Hunger
56%inclusion267 decks473 decks
52%synergy
Flare of Malice
38%inclusion132 decks348 decks
25%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
31%inclusion145 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Imp's Mischief
29%inclusion135 decks473 decks
5%synergy
Withering Torment
27%inclusion64 decks241 decks
-5%synergy
Cabal Ritual
24%inclusion112 decks473 decks
6%synergy
Sudden Edict
23%inclusion111 decks473 decks
21%synergy
Tergrid's Shadow
22%inclusion106 decks473 decks
22%synergy
Defile
16%inclusion77 decks473 decks
-22%synergy
Deadly Rollick
16%inclusion75 decks473 decks
-7%synergy
Village Rites
14%inclusion68 decks473 decks
-10%synergy
Vraska's Fall
13%inclusion63 decks473 decks
10%synergy
Pharika's Libation
13%inclusion62 decks473 decks
12%synergy
Culling the Weak
13%inclusion62 decks473 decks
-2%synergy
Hellish Rebuke
12%inclusion57 decks473 decks
10%synergy
Undying Malice
11%inclusion50 decks473 decks
1%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
10%inclusion45 decks473 decks
2%synergy
Not Dead After All
9.3%inclusion44 decks473 decks
-2%synergy
Feign Death
9.1%inclusion43 decks473 decks
1%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.9%inclusion31 decks347 decks
-10%synergy
Szat's Will
8.0%inclusion38 decks473 decks
5%synergy
Diabolic Edict
7.8%inclusion37 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Infernal Grasp
7.6%inclusion36 decks473 decks
-18%synergy
Consumed by Greed
6.0%inclusion18 decks299 decks
5%synergy
Deadly Dispute
5.9%inclusion28 decks473 decks
-18%synergy
Tragic Slip
5.5%inclusion26 decks473 decks
-15%synergy
Go for the Throat
5.3%inclusion25 decks473 decks
-18%synergy
Sorceries
Pox
64%inclusion304 decks473 decks
62%synergy
Fraying Omnipotence
57%inclusion268 decks473 decks
55%synergy
Vicious Rumors
56%inclusion263 decks473 decks
49%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
52%inclusion244 decks473 decks
36%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
51%inclusion85 decks166 decks
34%synergy
Sign in Blood
44%inclusion207 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Feed the Swarm
42%inclusion198 decks473 decks
-10%synergy
Delirium Skeins
37%inclusion177 decks473 decks
34%synergy
Rush of Dread
31%inclusion120 decks386 decks
27%synergy
Awaken the Erstwhile
31%inclusion146 decks473 decks
29%synergy
Reanimate
26%inclusion121 decks473 decks
-13%synergy
Mind Rake
24%inclusion112 decks473 decks
20%synergy
Night's Whisper
23%inclusion110 decks473 decks
-1%synergy
Arterial Flow
23%inclusion109 decks473 decks
20%synergy
Toxic Deluge
23%inclusion108 decks473 decks
-14%synergy
Thoughtseize
21%inclusion99 decks473 decks
16%synergy
Bubbling Muck
20%inclusion94 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Read the Bones
19%inclusion91 decks473 decks
1%synergy
Make an Example
18%inclusion84 decks473 decks
16%synergy
Duress
17%inclusion81 decks473 decks
10%synergy
Extract a Confession
17%inclusion74 decks446 decks
16%synergy
Chain of Smog
16%inclusion76 decks473 decks
11%synergy
Doomsday Confluence
15%inclusion69 decks473 decks
14%synergy
Living Death
13%inclusion63 decks473 decks
3%synergy
Damnation
13%inclusion62 decks473 decks
-8%synergy
Killing Wave
12%inclusion58 decks473 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion51 decks473 decks
-4%synergy
Ill-Gotten Gains
11%inclusion51 decks473 decks
10%synergy
Unnerve
10%inclusion47 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Grim Tutor
10%inclusion47 decks473 decks
-2%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
10%inclusion38 decks387 decks
-2%synergy
Invoke Despair
10%inclusion46 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Let's Play a Game
9.3%inclusion22 decks237 decks
7%synergy
Divest
9.1%inclusion43 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Bad Deal
8.9%inclusion42 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Mutilate
8.9%inclusion42 decks473 decks
-10%synergy
Hymn to Tourach
8.2%inclusion39 decks473 decks
6%synergy
Pelakka Predation
8.2%inclusion39 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Season of Loss
8.0%inclusion24 decks299 decks
6%synergy
All Is Dust
7.6%inclusion36 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Imperial Seal
7.4%inclusion35 decks473 decks
0%synergy
Barter in Blood
7.4%inclusion35 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Capital Punishment
7.2%inclusion34 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Necrotic Hex
7.0%inclusion33 decks473 decks
6%synergy
Virtus's Maneuver
6.6%inclusion31 decks473 decks
6%synergy
Diabolic Intent
5.9%inclusion28 decks473 decks
-9%synergy
Extract the Truth
5.7%inclusion27 decks473 decks
5%synergy
Inquisition of Kozilek
5.7%inclusion27 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Will of the Abzan
5.4%inclusion2 decks37 decks
1%synergy
Tasigur's Cruelty
5.3%inclusion25 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
60%inclusion285 decks473 decks
27%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
50%inclusion235 decks473 decks
18%synergy
Smokestack
45%inclusion215 decks473 decks
44%synergy
Tithing Blade
28%inclusion134 decks473 decks
25%synergy
Memory Jar
22%inclusion102 decks473 decks
20%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion72 decks473 decks
-1%synergy
Anvil of Bogardan
14%inclusion67 decks473 decks
12%synergy
Expedition Map
14%inclusion64 decks473 decks
1%synergy
Entropic Battlecruiser
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
9%synergy
Mithril Coat
7.6%inclusion36 decks473 decks
2%synergy
Bontu's Monument
6.1%inclusion29 decks473 decks
-22%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
5.9%inclusion28 decks473 decks
-14%synergy
Library of Leng
5.3%inclusion25 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Oppression
64%inclusion301 decks473 decks
56%synergy
Bottomless Pit
54%inclusion255 decks473 decks
48%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
48%inclusion229 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Painful Quandary
41%inclusion195 decks473 decks
31%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
35%inclusion166 decks473 decks
31%synergy
Bandit's Talent
34%inclusion103 decks299 decks
29%synergy
Desolation
33%inclusion156 decks473 decks
32%synergy
Necrogen Mists
33%inclusion155 decks473 decks
28%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
30%inclusion72 decks244 decks
23%synergy
Grave Pact
29%inclusion137 decks473 decks
10%synergy
Court of Ambition
26%inclusion121 decks473 decks
21%synergy
Megrim
20%inclusion96 decks473 decks
15%synergy
Tinybones Joins Up
19%inclusion73 decks389 decks
14%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
18%inclusion87 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Hopeless Nightmare
18%inclusion85 decks473 decks
14%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
17%inclusion79 decks473 decks
6%synergy
Black Market Connections
16%inclusion76 decks473 decks
-7%synergy
Liliana's Caress
16%inclusion74 decks473 decks
10%synergy
Black Market
15%inclusion73 decks473 decks
-6%synergy
Animate Dead
14%inclusion65 decks473 decks
-4%synergy
Tainted Aether
11%inclusion54 decks473 decks
11%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
10%inclusion47 decks473 decks
0%synergy
The Long Reach of Night
10%inclusion45 decks473 decks
9%synergy
Bitterblossom
10%inclusion45 decks473 decks
-3%synergy
Cracked Skull
8.9%inclusion21 decks236 decks
8%synergy
Contamination
8.9%inclusion42 decks473 decks
5%synergy
Chains of Mephistopheles
8.0%inclusion38 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Words of Waste
7.8%inclusion37 decks473 decks
6%synergy
Raiders' Wake
7.4%inclusion35 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Greed
5.1%inclusion24 decks473 decks
-2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Veil
62%inclusion295 decks473 decks
55%synergy
Liliana, Waker of the Dead
45%inclusion211 decks473 decks
40%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
22%inclusion106 decks473 decks
9%synergy
Professor Onyx
15%inclusion73 decks473 decks
9%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
10%inclusion46 decks473 decks
-4%synergy
Liliana Vess
7.8%inclusion37 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
5.9%inclusion28 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Geier Reach Sanitarium
67%inclusion315 decks473 decks
55%synergy
Cabal Coffers
62%inclusion293 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
48%inclusion228 decks473 decks
12%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
45%inclusion211 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Bojuka Bog
39%inclusion185 decks473 decks
-8%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
37%inclusion175 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
27%inclusion127 decks473 decks
9%synergy
Witch's Cottage
21%inclusion97 decks473 decks
-4%synergy
War Room
20%inclusion94 decks473 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
17%inclusion80 decks473 decks
-7%synergy
Reliquary Tower
15%inclusion69 decks473 decks
-17%synergy
Command Beacon
11%inclusion52 decks473 decks
3%synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
11%inclusion50 decks473 decks
9%synergy
Urza's Saga
10%inclusion48 decks473 decks
2%synergy
Barren Moor
8.9%inclusion42 decks473 decks
-2%synergy
Deserted Temple
8.5%inclusion40 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Lake of the Dead
7.8%inclusion37 decks473 decks
3%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.6%inclusion36 decks473 decks
0%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.2%inclusion34 decks473 decks
-6%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
6.6%inclusion31 decks473 decks
-9%synergy
Thespian's Stage
6.3%inclusion30 decks473 decks
1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
94%inclusion445 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Signet
75%inclusion357 decks473 decks
13%synergy
Mind Stone
49%inclusion231 decks473 decks
18%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
40%inclusion191 decks473 decks
17%synergy
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion155 decks473 decks
5%synergy
The Soul Stone
31%inclusion8 decks26 decks
19%synergy
Fellwar Stone
26%inclusion123 decks473 decks
11%synergy
Commander's Sphere
15%inclusion69 decks473 decks
5%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
14%inclusion68 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Jeweled Lotus
11%inclusion51 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Mana Crypt
10%inclusion47 decks473 decks
7%synergy
Lotus Petal
8.7%inclusion41 decks473 decks
1%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
8.0%inclusion38 decks473 decks
-3%synergy
Worn Powerstone
7.0%inclusion33 decks473 decks
3%synergy
Mox Diamond
5.7%inclusion27 decks473 decks
2%synergy
Prismatic Lens
5.5%inclusion26 decks473 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
90%inclusion426 decks473 decks
-5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
31%inclusion145 decks473 decks
8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion96 decks473 decks
-7%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
11%inclusion53 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Cavern of Souls
9.1%inclusion43 decks473 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.9%inclusion31 decks347 decks
-10%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
8.5%inclusion40 decks473 decks
4%synergy
Pelakka Predation
8.2%inclusion39 decks473 decks
7%synergy