Zimone by BenyX

Format: Commander

Commander: Zimone, Infinite Analyst

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 19

Deck overview

Zimone, Infinite Analyst leads a Simic X-spell engine that turns each first X spell into more counters and progressively cheaper future X spells. The deck combines this commander with Hardened Scales, Branching Evolution, Doubling Season, Unbound Flourishing, and several Hydras. Its best value spells are Hydroid Krasis, Animist's Awakening, Finale of Revelation, and Finale of Devastation. The main route is to ramp, cast Zimone, Infinite Analyst, build counters with X spells, and turn a wide counter board into pressure through Herald of Secret Streams or a large Finale of Devastation. The deck has solid creature, artifact, enchantment, and spell interaction, plus several protection effects. Its main weakness is that the value engine does not become a compact win. Combat requires multiple attacks or an unusually large board, while Simic Ascendancy is slow and exposed. It is a capable casual-to-high-power engine deck, but not a cEDH construction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Astral Cornucopia
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benevolent Hydra
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Brass Infiniscope
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Condescend
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Doppelgang
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Elementalist's Palette
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expansion Algorithm
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Ingenious Prodigy
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Lattice Library
  • 1 Lifeblood Hydra
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Necklace of Girion
  • 1 Nev, the Practical Dean
  • 1 Nexos
  • 1 Nexus Mentality
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Primo, the Unbounded
  • 1 Primordial Hydra
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repulsive Mutation
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Sporocyst
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Stonecoil Serpent
  • 1 Strength of Will
  • 1 Striding Shotcaller // Run the Play
  • 1 Stroke of Genius
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syncopate
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Goose Mother
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unbound Flourishing
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zimone, Infinite Analyst
  • 1 Zimone, Paradox Sculptor