Zimone, Dreaded Flip by Guiglade

Format: Commander

Commander: Zimone, Mystery Unraveler

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck leverages Zimone, Mystery Unraveler to turn the manifest dread mechanic into a potent resource engine and win condition. By pairing efficient Simic mana acceleration with double-landfall triggers, the deck cheats high-mana threats into play face down and flips them without paying their mana costs. Dominant Praetors such as Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger and Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant combine with Koma, Cosmos Serpent and the infamous Pickles untap lock (Brine Elemental plus Vesuvan Shapeshifter) to suffocate opposing mana and spellcasting. Utility morph creatures provide interaction that bypasses conventional counterspells because turning a face-down creature face up is a special action. While slightly reliant on Zimone to achieve maximum velocity, redundant morph enablers and explosive Simic card draw ensure resilience and steady pressure from Turn 5 onward.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abhorrent Oculus
• 1 Ainok Survivalist
• 1 Aphetto Runecaster
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archdruid's Charm
• 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Brine Elemental
• 1 Chromeshell Crab
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Crop Rotation
• 1 Den Protector
• 1 Drownyard Temple
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Elvish Reclaimer
• 1 Entish Restoration
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Experiment Twelve
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Flooded Grove
• 16 Forest
• 1 Fyndhorn Elves
• 1 Ghost Town
• 1 Glitch Interpreter
• 1 Growth Spiral
• 1 Harrow
• 1 Hauntwoods Shrieker
• 1 Hedge Shredder
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 12 Island
• 1 Ixidor, Reality Sculptor
• 1 Ixidron
• 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
• 1 Kheru Spellsnatcher
• 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
• 1 Life from the Loam
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Llanowar Scout
• 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1 Oblivious Bookworm
• 1 Paranormal Analyst
• 1 Planar Engineering
• 1 Planar Genesis
• 1 Primordial Mist
• 1 Riptide Entrancer
• 1 Roiling Regrowth
• 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1 Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1 Scroll Rack
• 1 Scroll of Fate
• 1 Secret Plans
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stratus Dancer
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 They Came from the Pipes
• 1 Threats Around Every Corner
• 1 Tireless Provisioner
• 1 Trail of Mystery
• 1 Uncage the Menagerie
• 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 1 Vannifar, Evolved Enigma
• 1 Vesuvan Shapeshifter
• 1 Vibrant Cityscape
• 1 Voidmage Apprentice
• 1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1 Whisperwood Elemental
• 1 Willbender
• 1 Worldly Tutor
• 1 Yavimaya Coast
• 1 Yedora, Grave Gardener
• 1 Zimone, Mystery Unraveler