Zimone 2 by nicolaslessard1

Format: Commander

Commander: Zimone, Infinite Analyst

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 14

Deck overview

The deck uses Zimone, Infinite Analyst to discount X spells after building +1/+1 counters, then uses Unbound Flourishing to copy X spells and double X values on permanent spells. The strongest ordinary line is a turn-3-or-4 commander, a turn-5 Unbound Flourishing, and a turn-6 copied X spell that produces cards, lands, or large creatures. Cards such as Hydroid Krasis, Blue Sun's Zenith, Finale of Revelation, and the many Hydras turn excess mana into a growing board. Terrasymbiosis, Inspiring Call, Pensive Professor, and Garruk's Uprising can convert counters into further cards and pressure. The main weakness is access: Unbound Flourishing is a singleton with no direct tutor. The deck also lacks a compact deterministic win. Its likely victory comes from a large countered creature board, evasion from Herald of Secret Streams, and repeated combat attacks, rather than a fast combo or hard lock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benevolent Hydra
  • 1 Berta, Wise Extrapolator
  • 1 Blue Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Decisive Denial
  • 1 Deekah, Fractal Theorist
  • 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Elementalist's Palette
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expansion Algorithm
  • 1 Extraordinary Journey
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Geometer's Arthropod
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Kinetic Ooze
  • 1 Lattice Library
  • 1 Lifeblood Hydra
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mind into Matter
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Nev, the Practical Dean
  • 1 Nylea's Intervention
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Owlin Spiralmancer
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 1 Primo, the Unbounded
  • 1 Primordial Hydra
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repulsive Mutation
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solidarity of Heroes
  • 1 Spectral Denial
  • 1 Sporocyst
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Stocking the Pantry
  • 1 Stonecoil Serpent
  • 1 Striding Shotcaller // Run the Play
  • 1 Syncopate
  • 1 Tanazir Quandrix
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Thassa's Intervention
  • 1 The Goose Mother
  • 1 Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
  • 1 Unbound Flourishing
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Vastwood Hydra
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zimone, Infinite Analyst
  • 1 Zimone, Paradox Sculptor