Zimone and Dina by DerStefo

Format: Commander

Commander: Zimone and Dina

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 16

Deck overview

Zimone and Dina turns expendable creatures into cards and additional land drops. The deck supports that ability with ramp, landfall draw from Tatyova, Benthic Druid, and token makers such as Avenger of Zendikar, Rampaging Baloths, and Zendikar's Roil. Sacrifice fodder comes from Ophiomancer, Awakening Zone, Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia, Reassembling Skeleton, and several creatures that replace themselves with lands or tokens when they die. The plan is a value-oriented midrange engine, not a compact combo deck. Its main problems are the high mana curve, limited access to specific engine pieces, many tapped lands, and a lack of a reliable closing mechanism. Witch of the Moors, Zulaport Cutthroat, and the commander provide attrition, but they do not create a total lock. The deck can produce a threatening board in the late game, yet it usually gives opponents several turns to interact or rebuild.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Gale
  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Awakening Zone
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Blossoming Bogbeast
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deadly Brew
  • 1 Deathsprout
  • 1 Decisive Denial
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Faces of the Past
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Foreboding Landscape
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fungal Rebirth
  • 1 Ghoulish Procession
  • 1 Gixian Puppeteer
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Minn, Wily Illusionist
  • 1 Mitotic Slime
  • 1 Mortality Spear
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Octomancer
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Primal Druid
  • 1 Promising Vein
  • 1 Quirion Ranger
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 River's Rebuke
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Scryb Ranger
  • 1 Shire Terrace
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Sporemound
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vat of Rebirth
  • 1 Viridian Emissary
  • 1 Witch of the Moors
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated
  • 1 Yavimaya Elder
  • 1 Zendikar's Roil
  • 1 Zimone and Dina
  • 1 Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat