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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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Bile-Vial Boggart
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Sinister Gnarlbark
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Serrated Scorpion
87%inclusion97 decks111 decks
85%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
78%inclusion87 decks111 decks
76%synergy
Skullport Merchant
77%inclusion86 decks111 decks
76%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
77%inclusion85 decks111 decks
75%synergy
Bone Shredder
77%inclusion85 decks111 decks
75%synergy
Novice Occultist
74%inclusion82 decks111 decks
72%synergy
Tattered Mummy
73%inclusion81 decks111 decks
72%synergy
Skyscanner
72%inclusion80 decks111 decks
71%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
68%inclusion76 decks111 decks
67%synergy
Cadaver Imp
68%inclusion76 decks111 decks
67%synergy
Top Cards
Viscera Seer
77%inclusion85 decks111 decks
60%synergy
Village Rites
71%inclusion79 decks111 decks
46%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
71%inclusion79 decks111 decks
65%synergy
Blood Pet
69%inclusion77 decks111 decks
61%synergy
Shambling Ghast
68%inclusion75 decks111 decks
62%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
67%inclusion74 decks111 decks
66%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
66%inclusion73 decks111 decks
64%synergy
Fume Spitter
64%inclusion71 decks111 decks
62%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
61%inclusion68 decks111 decks
59%synergy
Clattering Augur
61%inclusion68 decks111 decks
59%synergy
Creatures
Burglar Rat
59%inclusion66 decks111 decks
48%synergy
Big Game Hunter
59%inclusion66 decks111 decks
57%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
59%inclusion65 decks111 decks
58%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
58%inclusion64 decks111 decks
57%synergy
Virus Beetle
56%inclusion62 decks111 decks
49%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
54%inclusion60 decks111 decks
53%synergy
Dockside Chef
54%inclusion60 decks111 decks
52%synergy
Perilous Myr
50%inclusion56 decks111 decks
50%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
49%inclusion54 decks111 decks
48%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
48%inclusion53 decks111 decks
42%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
48%inclusion53 decks111 decks
41%synergy
Leaden Myr
48%inclusion53 decks111 decks
41%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
46%inclusion51 decks111 decks
44%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
45%inclusion50 decks111 decks
22%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
44%inclusion49 decks111 decks
43%synergy
Mindless Automaton
43%inclusion48 decks111 decks
42%synergy
Nezumi Informant
38%inclusion42 decks111 decks
31%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
36%inclusion40 decks111 decks
16%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
36%inclusion40 decks111 decks
13%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
35%inclusion39 decks111 decks
34%synergy
Scorn-Blade Berserker
34%inclusion38 decks111 decks
34%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
32%inclusion35 decks111 decks
31%synergy
Orzhov Enforcer
31%inclusion34 decks111 decks
30%synergy
Basal Thrull
30%inclusion33 decks111 decks
29%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
30%inclusion33 decks111 decks
27%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
29%inclusion32 decks111 decks
-23%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
29%inclusion32 decks111 decks
22%synergy
Midnight Reaper
29%inclusion32 decks111 decks
20%synergy
Infestation Sage
28%inclusion16 decks57 decks
24%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
28%inclusion31 decks111 decks
27%synergy
Plagued Rusalka
28%inclusion31 decks111 decks
28%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
27%inclusion30 decks111 decks
26%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
27%inclusion30 decks111 decks
26%synergy
Skittering Surveyor
26%inclusion29 decks111 decks
26%synergy
Hecteyes
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
23%synergy
Corpse Blockade
25%inclusion28 decks111 decks
25%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
25%inclusion28 decks111 decks
21%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
25%inclusion17 decks69 decks
19%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
23%inclusion26 decks111 decks
20%synergy
Fear of Lost Teeth
21%inclusion14 decks67 decks
20%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
21%inclusion21 decks101 decks
10%synergy
Thorn of the Black Rose
20%inclusion22 decks111 decks
19%synergy
Carrion Feeder
18%inclusion20 decks111 decks
7%synergy
Death Cultist
17%inclusion19 decks111 decks
17%synergy
Grim Haruspex
16%inclusion18 decks111 decks
7%synergy
Unscrupulous Agent
16%inclusion18 decks111 decks
16%synergy
Nantuko Husk
15%inclusion17 decks111 decks
15%synergy
Blood Artist
15%inclusion17 decks111 decks
-16%synergy
Smothering Abomination
15%inclusion17 decks111 decks
13%synergy
Woe Strider
14%inclusion16 decks111 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Tragic Slip
61%inclusion68 decks111 decks
41%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
51%inclusion57 decks111 decks
39%synergy
Altar's Reap
46%inclusion51 decks111 decks
43%synergy
Costly Plunder
44%inclusion49 decks111 decks
42%synergy
Armor of Shadows
43%inclusion48 decks111 decks
41%synergy
Defile
33%inclusion37 decks111 decks
-4%synergy
Professor's Warning
30%inclusion33 decks111 decks
28%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
25%inclusion24 decks97 decks
22%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
24%inclusion27 decks111 decks
21%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
23%inclusion26 decks111 decks
16%synergy
Consuming Corruption
21%inclusion20 decks97 decks
5%synergy
Undying Malice
20%inclusion22 decks111 decks
10%synergy
Deadly Dispute
18%inclusion20 decks111 decks
-7%synergy
Dark Ritual
17%inclusion19 decks111 decks
-49%synergy
Nasty End
16%inclusion18 decks111 decks
13%synergy
Without Weakness
15%inclusion17 decks111 decks
15%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
14%inclusion16 decks111 decks
8%synergy
Alesha's Legacy
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Breathe Your Last
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Murder
13%inclusion14 decks111 decks
2%synergy
Offer Immortality
13%inclusion14 decks111 decks
10%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
11%inclusion12 decks111 decks
7%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
11%inclusion12 decks111 decks
10%synergy
Feign Death
11%inclusion12 decks111 decks
3%synergy
Unlikely Aid
10%inclusion11 decks111 decks
9%synergy
Maximum Overdrive
10%inclusion4 decks41 decks
9%synergy
Doom Blade
9.0%inclusion10 decks111 decks
1%synergy
Not Dead After All
8.1%inclusion9 decks111 decks
-3%synergy
Wake the Dead
8.1%inclusion9 decks111 decks
7%synergy
Wail of the Nim
8.1%inclusion9 decks111 decks
8%synergy
Rush of Vitality
7.2%inclusion8 decks111 decks
6%synergy
Fanatical Offering
6.3%inclusion7 decks111 decks
5%synergy
Body Count
6.3%inclusion7 decks111 decks
5%synergy
Dark Dabbling
6.3%inclusion7 decks111 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.3%inclusion7 decks111 decks
-19%synergy
Dig Up the Body
5.4%inclusion6 decks111 decks
5%synergy
Go for the Throat
5.4%inclusion6 decks111 decks
-18%synergy
Undying Evil
5.4%inclusion6 decks111 decks
2%synergy
Cast Down
5.4%inclusion6 decks111 decks
4%synergy
Death Denied
5.4%inclusion6 decks111 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Eaten Alive
59%inclusion66 decks111 decks
56%synergy
Bone Shards
54%inclusion60 decks111 decks
50%synergy
Feed the Swarm
47%inclusion52 decks111 decks
-4%synergy
Spark Harvest
45%inclusion50 decks111 decks
44%synergy
Bone Splinters
34%inclusion38 decks111 decks
32%synergy
Victimize
30%inclusion33 decks111 decks
4%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
24%inclusion27 decks111 decks
24%synergy
Dread Return
23%inclusion26 decks111 decks
11%synergy
Sign in Blood
23%inclusion26 decks111 decks
-13%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
23%inclusion25 decks111 decks
22%synergy
Final Vengeance
22%inclusion15 decks67 decks
21%synergy
Annihilating Glare
16%inclusion18 decks111 decks
15%synergy
Lash of the Balrog
14%inclusion16 decks111 decks
14%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
14%inclusion14 decks103 decks
13%synergy
Read the Bones
14%inclusion15 decks111 decks
-4%synergy
Unearth
11%inclusion12 decks111 decks
2%synergy
Deadly Precision
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Innocent Blood
8.1%inclusion9 decks111 decks
3%synergy
Night's Whisper
7.2%inclusion8 decks111 decks
-17%synergy
Worthy Cost
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
5.4%inclusion6 decks111 decks
-9%synergy
Severed Strands
5.4%inclusion6 decks111 decks
5%synergy
Risky Research
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Desecrated Tomb
34%inclusion38 decks111 decks
32%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
27%inclusion30 decks111 decks
26%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
24%inclusion27 decks111 decks
8%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
21%inclusion23 decks111 decks
17%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
19%inclusion21 decks111 decks
18%synergy
Phantom Train
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Lightning Coils
14%inclusion16 decks111 decks
14%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
14%inclusion16 decks111 decks
14%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
14%inclusion8 decks57 decks
13%synergy
Mirror Shield
14%inclusion15 decks111 decks
13%synergy
Bubbling Cauldron
13%inclusion14 decks111 decks
12%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
12%inclusion13 decks111 decks
-20%synergy
Culling Dais
11%inclusion12 decks111 decks
11%synergy
Entropic Battlecruiser
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
2%synergy
Enchantments
Dark Privilege
59%inclusion66 decks111 decks
58%synergy
Vampiric Rites
53%inclusion59 decks111 decks
47%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
43%inclusion48 decks111 decks
40%synergy
Soul Enervation
39%inclusion43 decks111 decks
38%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
28%inclusion31 decks111 decks
11%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
23%inclusion26 decks111 decks
22%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Open the Graves
21%inclusion23 decks111 decks
17%synergy
Fallen Ideal
19%inclusion21 decks111 decks
18%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
15%inclusion17 decks111 decks
14%synergy
Soul Channeling
14%inclusion16 decks111 decks
14%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
11%inclusion12 decks111 decks
1%synergy
Skeletal Grimace
7.2%inclusion8 decks111 decks
7%synergy
Mind Slash
6.3%inclusion7 decks111 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Mortuary Mire
34%inclusion38 decks111 decks
21%synergy
Witch's Cottage
30%inclusion33 decks111 decks
5%synergy
Barren Moor
21%inclusion23 decks111 decks
11%synergy
Bojuka Bog
18%inclusion20 decks111 decks
-29%synergy
Polluted Mire
18%inclusion20 decks111 decks
14%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
11%inclusion12 decks111 decks
8%synergy
Memorial to Folly
10%inclusion11 decks111 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.1%inclusion9 decks111 decks
0%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
8.1%inclusion9 decks111 decks
6%synergy
The Dross Pits
6.3%inclusion7 decks111 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Charcoal Diamond
61%inclusion68 decks111 decks
38%synergy
Mind Stone
45%inclusion50 decks111 decks
15%synergy
Arcane Signet
41%inclusion45 decks111 decks
-22%synergy
Sol Ring
39%inclusion43 decks111 decks
-47%synergy
Commander's Sphere
26%inclusion29 decks111 decks
17%synergy
Prismatic Lens
7.2%inclusion8 decks111 decks
5%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.4%inclusion6 decks111 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion111 decks111 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
34%inclusion38 decks111 decks
8%synergy
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