Jump Scare by afxwinter

Format: Commander

Commander: Zimone, Mystery Unraveler

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is commanded by Zimone, Mystery Unraveler and focuses on turning the manifest dread mechanic into a formidable mana-cheating engine. By leveraging Simic landfall synergies, the deck triggers Zimone's first landfall ability to look at the top cards of the library and manifest high-cost creatures face down as 2/2s. Subsequent landfalls in the same turn flip these cards face up for free, bypassing the steep mana costs of format behemoths like Worldspine Wurm, Ulamog's Crusher, and Hydra Omnivore. Dense low-mana ramp ensures that Zimone enters early and achieves multiple land drops per turn using fetchlands, spells like Growth Spiral, and enchantments like Threats Around Every Corner. The strategy finishes games through massive combat steps bolstered by Overwhelming Stampede and Thunderfoot Baloth. Board wipes are mitigated by recursive engines such as Yedora, Grave Gardener and Whisperwood Elemental.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Biomass Mutation
  • 1 Cackling Counterpart
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curator Beastie
  • 1 Deathmist Raptor
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Disorienting Choice
  • 1 Drownyard Temple
  • 1 Eureka Moment
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Experimental Lab // Staff Room
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Flourishing Bloom-Kin
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Giggling Skitterspike
  • 1 Glitch Interpreter
  • 1 Growing Dread
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hydra Omnivore
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Kadena's Silencer
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nervous Gardener
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overgrown Zealot
  • 1 Oversimplify
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Primordial Mist
  • 1 Quandrix Campus
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scroll of Fate
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Secret Plans
  • 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
  • 1 Shriekwood Devourer
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Skaab Ruinator
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Temur War Shaman
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 They Came from the Pipes
  • 1 Threats Around Every Corner
  • 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
  • 1 Trail of Mystery
  • 1 Trygon Predator
  • 1 Ulamog's Crusher
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Voidmage Apprentice
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Whisperwood Elemental
  • 1 Worldspine Wurm
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yedora, Grave Gardener
  • 1 Zimone's Hypothesis
  • 1 Zimone, Mystery Unraveler
  • 1 Zoetic Cavern