Ranking The Best Commanders Released in 2025
2025 was a massive year for MTG’s most popular format. We sorted through the data to find out who the strongest, most popular commanders released this year.
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All 11 Lizard Commanders in Magic Ranked
Bloomburrow brought us many lizards that share a theme in red and black, and they thrive when your opponents lose life. Naturally, that leads to wondering about lizards in Commander, and which legends can lead a deck full of them.
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The 17 Best Cascade Commanders in Magic Ranked
What if I told you that you could overpay for a spell, but in return you’d get a random free spell from the top of your deck? Theoretically, that’s the idea behind cascade, although there are ways to break that purity, as there always are with...
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All 10 Hydra Commanders in Magic Ranked
Hydras in Magic may not have much legendary representation, but they’re still an iconic creature type. If you’re up against a hydra deck, you know you’re facing some X spells and some +1/+1 counter strategies.
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The 19 Best Bird Commanders in Magic Ranked
Birds are always here and there in Magic, as MTG sets need their flying creatures and planes usually have birds as a common creature type. Legendary birds are another matter entirely, and fewer sets have treated birds with the respect they...
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All 15 Common Legendary Creatures and Commanders in Magic Ranked
Common legends use to be a bit of an oddity, and the ones we’ve had floating around were never all that good. But Universes Beyond is changing the game for common commanders.
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The 40 Best Burn Commanders in Magic Ranked
Some people want to watch the world burn. Others are content with setting their Magic: The Gathering opponents ablaze. It’s a strategy that’s been quite literally burned into the framework of the game since the day Lightning Bolt was printed.
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The 33 Best Food Commanders in Magic Ranked
Food tokens have become a fun and strategic way to gain an edge in your games across many Magic formats, and some commanders shine exceptionally bright when it comes to making the most out of these tasty little treats.
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All 9 Snow Commanders in Magic Ranked
Snow commanders are legendary creatures and other eligible commanders that can serve in the command zone of a deck with snow cards and other snow theming.
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The 35 Worst and Overrated Commanders in Magic Ranked
In the ever-evolving landscape of Magic: The Gathering, players are always on the lookout for the most powerful and synergistic commanders to lead their decks. However, not all commanders rise to the occasion, and some fall significantly short of...
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The 18 Best Sea Creature Commanders in Magic Ranked
Today, we go deep. Sea creature commanders are usually legends that care about what I’ll call Magic’s sea-dwelling Big Four, or KLOS creatures: kraken, leviathans, octopuses, and serpents. These Big Four have been batched on multiple cards...
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The 23 Best Saga Commanders in Magic Ranked
Whenever a Magic set gives us a new mechanic or a new card type, there’s always the question of whether that new element can be its own theme in Commander. Sagas now have enough history in MTG that they have their own dedicated commanders.
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