Brew - Zimone and Dina by nickypbuckets

Format: Commander

Commander: Zimone and Dina

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Landfall Aristocrats strategy helmed by Zimone and Dina. The game plan fuses lands-matter ramp and card draw with creature sacrifice synergies. In the early game, cheap ramp spells and self-replenishing fodder creatures establish the mana and sacrifice base needed to cast and activate the commander. Once online, Zimone and Dina provide steady card flow, life drain, and additional land drops. Mid-game turns escalate this value into explosive board states through landfall multipliers such as Scute Swarm, Field of the Dead, and Avenger of Zendikar. Rather than relying on infinite combos, the deck finishes games through an overwhelming swarm of tokens combined with widespread life drain from Mirkwood Bats, Bastion of Remembrance, and Retreat to Hagra, closing out the table around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundance
  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Emrakul's Messenger
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Foreboding Landscape
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Gixian Puppeteer
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 1 Iridescent Vinelasher
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Quirion Ranger
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scryb Ranger
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Zimone and Dina