I've Got a Hunch by irisible

Format: Commander

Commander: Lonis, Cryptozoologist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Simic Clue engine led by Lonis, Cryptozoologist. It focuses on casting cheap creatures to investigate, rapidly accumulating a large stockpile of Clue, Food, and Treasure tokens. Cards like Academy Manufactor, Erdwal Illuminator, and Tireless Tracker accelerate token production, while Inspiring Statuary and Five Hundred Year Diary convert those tokens into massive mana velocity. The deck draws deep through Shimmer Dragon, Universal Surveillance, and cracking Clues to locate its win conditions. It establishes dominant board control on turn 6 using Junk Winder to freeze opposing permanents, then closes the game by animating its Clues into 6/6 creatures with Tangletrove Kelp, overloading Rise and Shine, or casting Rampage of the Clans on an opponent's end step to create an overwhelming wave of Centaurs.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 A Realm Reborn
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Briarbridge Patrol
  • 1 Briarbridge Tracker
  • 1 Case the Joint
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confront the Unknown
  • 1 Daring Sleuth // Bearer of Overwhelming Truths
  • 1 Deduce
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Displace
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Erdwal Illuminator
  • 1 Esoteric Duplicator
  • 1 Ethereal Investigator
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Expel from Orazca
  • 1 Five Hundred Year Diary
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Graf Mole
  • 1 Hard Evidence
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 In Too Deep
  • 1 Inspiring Statuary
  • 1 Investigator's Journal
  • 1 Ironheart, Clever Champion
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect
  • 1 Kitchen
  • 1 Lonis, Cryptozoologist
  • 1 Lonis, Genetics Expert
  • 1 Martha Jones
  • 1 Memory Lapse
  • 1 Mirrormind Crown
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Ongoing Investigation
  • 1 Osgood, Operation Double
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Parcel Myr
  • 1 Piper Wright, Publick Reporter
  • 1 Press for Answers
  • 1 Rampage of the Clans
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise and Shine
  • 1 Root Out
  • 1 Sarinth Steelseeker
  • 1 Scene of the Crime
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Senator Peacock
  • 1 Sharp-Eyed Rookie
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shrieking Drake
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Tamiyo's Journal
  • 1 Tanglepool Bridge
  • 1 Tangletrove Kelp
  • 1 Teething Wurmlet
  • 1 Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan
  • 1 The Third Doctor
  • 1 They Went This Way
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Trail of Evidence
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Ulvenwald Mysteries
  • 1 Universal Surveillance
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Wand of Denial
  • 1 Wavesifter
  • 1 Wildwood Mentor
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast