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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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Sinister Gnarlbark
22%inclusion5 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Twilight Diviner
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
10%synergy
Oft-Nabbed Goat
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
7%synergy
Grave Venerations
4.3%inclusion1 decks23 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Viscera Seer
81%inclusion86 decks106 decks
64%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
86%inclusion91 decks106 decks
63%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
57%inclusion60 decks106 decks
54%synergy
Cadaver Imp
56%inclusion59 decks106 decks
54%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
56%inclusion59 decks106 decks
53%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
72%inclusion76 decks106 decks
52%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
65%inclusion69 decks106 decks
52%synergy
Bone Shredder
54%inclusion57 decks106 decks
52%synergy
Grave Pact
69%inclusion73 decks106 decks
50%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
68%inclusion72 decks106 decks
49%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
78%inclusion83 decks106 decks
47%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
69%inclusion73 decks106 decks
43%synergy
Dark Ritual
61%inclusion65 decks106 decks
-5%synergy
Lightning Greaves
59%inclusion63 decks106 decks
26%synergy
Carrion Feeder
58%inclusion62 decks106 decks
47%synergy
Diabolic Intent
58%inclusion61 decks106 decks
43%synergy
Feed the Swarm
57%inclusion60 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
55%inclusion58 decks106 decks
38%synergy
Jet Medallion
53%inclusion56 decks106 decks
-8%synergy
Skullclamp
52%inclusion55 decks106 decks
31%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
51%inclusion54 decks106 decks
23%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
42%inclusion44 decks106 decks
20%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
37%inclusion39 decks106 decks
8%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
34%inclusion36 decks106 decks
20%synergy
Ancient Tomb
30%inclusion32 decks106 decks
18%synergy
Necropotence
22%inclusion23 decks106 decks
7%synergy
The One Ring
14%inclusion15 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Imperial Seal
13%inclusion14 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Mana Vault
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Chrome Mox
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Creatures
Greedy Freebooter
52%inclusion55 decks106 decks
46%synergy
Blood Pet
52%inclusion55 decks106 decks
44%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
51%inclusion54 decks106 decks
42%synergy
Grim Haruspex
50%inclusion53 decks106 decks
41%synergy
Big Game Hunter
50%inclusion53 decks106 decks
48%synergy
Shambling Ghast
50%inclusion53 decks106 decks
45%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
48%inclusion51 decks106 decks
37%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
47%inclusion50 decks106 decks
45%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
46%inclusion49 decks106 decks
26%synergy
Skullport Merchant
46%inclusion49 decks106 decks
44%synergy
Burglar Rat
43%inclusion46 decks106 decks
32%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
42%inclusion44 decks106 decks
19%synergy
Skyscanner
41%inclusion43 decks106 decks
39%synergy
Clattering Augur
41%inclusion43 decks106 decks
39%synergy
Virus Beetle
35%inclusion37 decks106 decks
28%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
34%inclusion36 decks106 decks
-18%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
34%inclusion36 decks106 decks
33%synergy
Yarok's Fenlurker
33%inclusion35 decks106 decks
32%synergy
Novice Occultist
33%inclusion35 decks106 decks
31%synergy
Mindless Automaton
33%inclusion35 decks106 decks
32%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
32%inclusion34 decks106 decks
22%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
31%inclusion33 decks106 decks
22%synergy
Warren Soultrader
31%inclusion33 decks106 decks
18%synergy
Fume Spitter
30%inclusion32 decks106 decks
29%synergy
Crypt Ghast
29%inclusion31 decks106 decks
-19%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
27%inclusion29 decks106 decks
26%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
27%inclusion29 decks106 decks
20%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
27%inclusion29 decks106 decks
27%synergy
Thoughtpicker Witch
25%inclusion26 decks106 decks
24%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
24%inclusion25 decks106 decks
23%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
24%inclusion25 decks106 decks
20%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
24%inclusion25 decks106 decks
23%synergy
Tattered Mummy
23%inclusion24 decks106 decks
22%synergy
Elvish Doomsayer
23%inclusion24 decks106 decks
21%synergy
Nezumi Informant
23%inclusion24 decks106 decks
16%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
22%inclusion23 decks106 decks
16%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
22%inclusion23 decks106 decks
20%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
21%inclusion22 decks106 decks
20%synergy
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
20%inclusion21 decks106 decks
19%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
19%inclusion20 decks106 decks
18%synergy
Leaden Myr
19%inclusion20 decks106 decks
13%synergy
Midnight Reaper
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
9%synergy
Dockside Chef
17%inclusion18 decks106 decks
15%synergy
Apprentice Necromancer
17%inclusion18 decks106 decks
15%synergy
Smothering Abomination
17%inclusion18 decks106 decks
15%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
16%inclusion10 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Basal Thrull
16%inclusion17 decks106 decks
15%synergy
Deathgreeter
16%inclusion17 decks106 decks
12%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
16%inclusion17 decks106 decks
-1%synergy
Hecteyes
14%inclusion10 decks69 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Deadly Dispute
44%inclusion47 decks106 decks
20%synergy
Village Rites
43%inclusion46 decks106 decks
19%synergy
Imp's Mischief
35%inclusion37 decks106 decks
11%synergy
Culling the Weak
33%inclusion35 decks106 decks
18%synergy
Tragic Slip
33%inclusion35 decks106 decks
13%synergy
Withering Torment
33%inclusion35 decks106 decks
1%synergy
Deadly Rollick
28%inclusion30 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
26%inclusion28 decks106 decks
22%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
25%inclusion27 decks106 decks
13%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25%inclusion26 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Defile
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
-19%synergy
Flare of Malice
16%inclusion17 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion16 decks106 decks
-4%synergy
Cabal Ritual
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
-7%synergy
Snuff Out
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
-1%synergy
Body Count
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
10%synergy
Infernal Grasp
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
-16%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Wake the Dead
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
-16%synergy
Darkness
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
-3%synergy
Baleful Mastery
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
-3%synergy
Songs of the Damned
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
1%synergy
Consuming Corruption
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
-9%synergy
Costly Plunder
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Saw in Half
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-2%synergy
Dismember
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-5%synergy
Not Dead After All
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-6%synergy
Armor of Shadows
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Nasty End
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Sorceries
Toxic Deluge
35%inclusion37 decks106 decks
-2%synergy
Reanimate
27%inclusion29 decks106 decks
-12%synergy
Victimize
25%inclusion26 decks106 decks
-2%synergy
Sign in Blood
22%inclusion23 decks106 decks
-14%synergy
Living Death
17%inclusion18 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Eaten Alive
16%inclusion17 decks106 decks
13%synergy
Bubbling Muck
14%inclusion15 decks106 decks
-1%synergy
Damnation
14%inclusion15 decks106 decks
-7%synergy
Grim Tutor
14%inclusion15 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Night's Whisper
13%inclusion14 decks106 decks
-11%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion13 decks102 decks
-4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Bone Shards
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
8%synergy
Dread Return
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
-2%synergy
Unearth
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
-6%synergy
Exsanguinate
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
-15%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
-6%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
-4%synergy
Beseech the Queen
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Read the Bones
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
-10%synergy
Killing Wave
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Mutilate
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
-11%synergy
Echoing Return
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Worthy Cost
5.8%inclusion5 decks86 decks
4%synergy
Season of Loss
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
47%inclusion50 decks106 decks
16%synergy
Mithril Coat
30%inclusion32 decks106 decks
25%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
27%inclusion29 decks106 decks
25%synergy
Meekstone
25%inclusion26 decks106 decks
24%synergy
Bontu's Monument
23%inclusion24 decks106 decks
-5%synergy
Darksteel Plate
16%inclusion17 decks106 decks
14%synergy
Altar of Dementia
16%inclusion17 decks106 decks
11%synergy
Spawning Pit
15%inclusion16 decks106 decks
14%synergy
Magistrate's Scepter
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
11%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Genesis Chamber
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
8%synergy
Thrumming Stone
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Expedition Map
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
-3%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
-8%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
6.7%inclusion5 decks75 decks
-13%synergy
Winter Moon
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
5%synergy
The Golden Throne
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Commander's Plate
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
1%synergy
Smokestack
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Lifeline
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Dictate of Erebos
42%inclusion45 decks106 decks
32%synergy
Contamination
41%inclusion43 decks106 decks
37%synergy
Dark Privilege
39%inclusion41 decks106 decks
37%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
31%inclusion33 decks106 decks
14%synergy
Black Market
25%inclusion27 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Attrition
25%inclusion27 decks106 decks
23%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
20%inclusion21 decks106 decks
10%synergy
Vampiric Rites
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion18 decks106 decks
-23%synergy
Dark Prophecy
15%inclusion16 decks106 decks
11%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
13%inclusion14 decks106 decks
12%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
13%inclusion14 decks106 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
13%inclusion14 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Into the Pit
12%inclusion13 decks105 decks
11%synergy
Teval's Judgment
12%inclusion11 decks89 decks
10%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
-14%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Exquisite Blood
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
-5%synergy
Animate Dead
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
-9%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
7.9%inclusion7 decks89 decks
6%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Blight Mound
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Soul Enervation
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Gift of Doom
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Sanguine Bond
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
-5%synergy
Open the Graves
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Oubliette
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Mind Slash
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Necromancy
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
0%synergy
Gate to Phyrexia
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
65%inclusion69 decks106 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
60%inclusion64 decks106 decks
36%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
53%inclusion56 decks106 decks
15%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
48%inclusion51 decks106 decks
18%synergy
Bojuka Bog
46%inclusion49 decks106 decks
-1%synergy
High Market
39%inclusion41 decks106 decks
32%synergy
Reliquary Tower
37%inclusion39 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
36%inclusion38 decks106 decks
1%synergy
Witch's Cottage
32%inclusion34 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Westvale Abbey
27%inclusion29 decks106 decks
21%synergy
Command Beacon
19%inclusion20 decks106 decks
11%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Mortuary Mire
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
7%synergy
Barren Moor
14%inclusion15 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
14%inclusion15 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Castle Locthwain
13%inclusion14 decks106 decks
-4%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
9%synergy
Strip Mine
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
9%synergy
Buried Ruin
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Urza's Saga
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Wasteland
10%inclusion11 decks106 decks
9%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
10%inclusion7 decks69 decks
-2%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
9.4%inclusion10 decks106 decks
-1%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
8.9%inclusion9 decks101 decks
7%synergy
Polluted Mire
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Ghost Quarter
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
5%synergy
Deserted Temple
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
3%synergy
War Room
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
-9%synergy
Thespian's Stage
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
5.7%inclusion6 decks106 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
92%inclusion98 decks106 decks
6%synergy
Arcane Signet
47%inclusion50 decks106 decks
-15%synergy
Thought Vessel
23%inclusion24 decks106 decks
-4%synergy
The Soul Stone
13%inclusion8 decks60 decks
0%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
13%inclusion14 decks106 decks
-10%synergy
Mind Stone
12%inclusion13 decks106 decks
-18%synergy
Crowded Crypt
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
-6%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
7.5%inclusion8 decks106 decks
-3%synergy
Séance Board
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
96%inclusion102 decks106 decks
1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
25%inclusion26 decks106 decks
2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
18%inclusion19 decks106 decks
-8%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion16 decks106 decks
-4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
11%inclusion12 decks106 decks
4%synergy
Urza's Cave
8.5%inclusion9 decks106 decks
0%synergy
Polluted Delta
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
3%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.6%inclusion7 decks106 decks
0%synergy
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