Simone (manifest dread) upgraded precon by AZSnowman

Format: Commander

Commander: Zimone, Mystery Unraveler

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Simic manifest-dread deck helmed by Zimone, Mystery Unraveler combines landfall triggers with face-down creature synergies to generate value, ramp, and a wide board of large threats. The primary game plan is to chain multiple land drops each turn, triggering Zimone's first landfall to manifest dread (creating a 2/2 face-down creature and milling a card), then use subsequent landfalls to flip key permanents face up for free. Cards like Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait and Tatyova, Benthic Druid turn each land drop into card advantage, while Scute Swarm and Overwhelming Stampede provide explosive combat finishes. Secondary win conditions include Hydra Omnivore spreading damage, Worldspine Wurm trampling over, and Ezuri's Predation clearing boards while creating tokens. The deck relies on a high land count, multiple extra-land-drop effects, and a robust manifest engine to out-value opponents before closing via combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Aether Gale
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Biomass Mutation
  • 1 Body of Knowledge
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conductive Machete
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptid Inspector
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curator Beastie
  • 1 Deathmist Raptor
  • 1 Drownyard Temple
  • 1 Eureka Moment
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Experimental Lab // Staff Room
  • 1 Explosive Vegetation
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Glitch Interpreter
  • 1 Greater Tanuki
  • 1 Growing Dread
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hydra Omnivore
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Kheru Spellsnatcher
  • 1 Kianne, Corrupted Memory
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 One with the Multiverse
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overgrown Zealot
  • 1 Oversimplify
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Paranormal Analyst
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Primordial Mist
  • 1 Quandrix Campus
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scroll of Fate
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
  • 1 Shriekwood Devourer
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Summer Bloom
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Temur War Shaman
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 They Came from the Pipes
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Threats Around Every Corner
  • 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
  • 1 Trail of Mystery
  • 1 Trygon Predator
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
  • 1 Whisperwood Elemental
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Worldspine Wurm
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya Elder
  • 1 Yedora, Grave Gardener
  • 1 Zimone's Hypothesis
  • 1 Zimone, Mystery Unraveler