Lonis, Cryptozoologist by user1795998

Format: Commander

Commander: Lonis, Cryptozoologist

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Simic Clue/combo deck built around Lonis, Cryptozoologist. Every nontoken creature entering under Lonis produces a Clue, and the deck packs a dense package of token multipliers - led by Academy Manufactor and Peregrin Took - to turn one investigation into a storm of Clue, Food, and Treasure tokens. The primary path to victory is an infinite creature-ETB loop using Shrieking Drake: each recast creates enough Treasure to pay for the next recast, and the resulting Clues let Lonis dig out Laboratory Maniac for the win. A secondary infinite-mana route uses Basalt Monolith with Forensic Gadgeteer. The deck is heavily tutor-backed, low-curve, and plays like a focused combo list that can also generate enormous mid-game value if the combo is disrupted.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Curse of Verbosity
  • 1 Deadeye Navigator
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Eagle Vision
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Ethereal Usher
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Frog Butler
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Gyre Engineer
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Insight
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Joraga Treespeaker
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
  • 1 Lonis, Cryptozoologist
  • 1 Lyla, Holographic Assistant
  • 1 Maraleaf Pixie
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Naga Vitalist
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Neoform
  • 1 Nightshade Dryad
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overgrowth
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Profaner of the Dead
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Reverse Engineer
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Shimmerwilds Growth
  • 1 Shrieking Drake
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Snare
  • 1 Spider-Sense
  • 1 Starfield Vocalist
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Vana'diel Adventurers
  • 1 Verity Circle
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast