Zimone GU - X-spells, +1/+1 counters by Baalinor

Format: Commander

Commander: Zimone, Infinite Analyst

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Simic deck focuses on Zimone, Infinite Analyst, converting every cast of an X-spell into permanent growth and progressive mana discounts. Supported by efficient 1-2 CMC ramp and dedicated scaling engines like Elementalist's Palette and Kami of Whispered Hopes, the deck quickly generates massive pools of mana. Mid-game turns leverage explosive draw spells like Mathemagics and Mind into Matter to maintain full hand size while deploying overwhelming threats such as Goldvein Hydra, Primordial Hydra, and Kalonian Hydra. The deck closes games through wide, evasive combat assaults granted by Herald of Secret Streams, Garruk's Uprising, or a lethal Finale of Devastation. Defensively, the list features strong reactive interaction and efficient protection spells like Ripples of Potential and Heroic Intervention to safeguard its counter-laden creatures against board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benevolent Hydra
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Broodguard Elite
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Condescend
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Doppelgang
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drown in Dreams
  • 1 Elementalist's Palette
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fractal Harness
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Geometer's Arthropod
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kinetic Ooze
  • 1 Mana Bloom
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Mathemagics
  • 1 Mind into Matter
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nev, the Practical Dean
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Owlin Spiralmancer
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Primo, the Unbounded
  • 1 Primordial Hydra
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Repulsive Mutation
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Stonecoil Serpent
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syncopate
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Thassa's Intervention
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Goose Mother
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unbound Flourishing
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zimone, Infinite Analyst
  • 1 Zimone, Paradox Sculptor