Zimone's Face-down Surprise

Commander / EDH GU (Simic)

GrandAlchemistX

Creature (35)

• 1x Ainok Survivalist
• 1x Brine Elemental
• 1x Budoka Gardener  ^Flip
• 1x Chromeshell Crab
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Deathmist Raptor
• 1x Den Protector
• 1x Echo Tracer
• 1x Fathom Seer
• 1x Flourishing Bloom-Kin
• 1x Icefeather Aven
• 1x Ixidron
• 1x Kadena's Silencer
• 1x Kheru Spellsnatcher
• 1x Llanowar Scout
• 1x Master of the Veil
• 1x Mistfire Weaver
• 1x Nantuko Vigilante
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Scaled Herbalist
• 1x Seedborn MuseGC
• 1x Shaper Parasite
• 1x Silumgar Spell-Eater
• 1x Skyshroud Ranger
• 1x Stratus Dancer
• 1x Temur War Shaman
• 1x Vannifar, Evolved Enigma
• 1x Vedalken Mastermind
• 1x Vengeful Creeper
• 1x Vesuvan Shapeshifter
• 1x Voidmage Apprentice
• 1x Walking Atlas
• 1x Willbender
• 1x Wormfang Manta
• 1x Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy

Land (40)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 14x Forest
• 1x Guildless Commons
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 13x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Tangled Islet
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Mirror Room / Fractured Realm
• 1x Primordial Mist
• 1x Retreat to Coralhelm
• 1x Sandwurm Convergence
• 1x They Came from the Pipes
• 1x Threats Around Every Corner
• 1x Trail of Mystery
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Hedge Shredder
• 1x Panoptic Projektor
• 1x Pendant of Prosperity
• 1x Portal of Sanctuary
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Scroll of Fate
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Thought Vessel

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Gaea's Blessing
• 1x Life from the Loam

Instant (1)

• 1x Long-Term Plans

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Target cards to cheat in: Pendant of Prosperity, Dark Depths, Sandwurm Convergence, Wormfang Manta (if you turn it face up, bounce it, and put it in play face-down every turn, it's infinite turns).

Hedge Shredder snags lands that get thrown away from Manifesting Dread. Gaea's Blessing is there to shuffle the graveyard in off Manifest Dread. The shuffle titans would be great in this deck instead, but I don't have either.

Deadeye Navigator or bounce cards can reset Zimone for additional opportunities to manifest dread.

Brine Elemental can shut down untap steps indefinitely with bounce or Vesuvan Shapeshifter.

Ixidron can turn off problem creatures and reset morphs. With all the bounce effects in this deck it's easy to get Zimone back in hand and recast.

Temur War Shaman and Deathmist Raptor put in mad work.

Retreat to Coralhelm, any bounceland, and any creature that taps to put a land from your hand into play can generate infinite landfall triggers.

Scroll of Fate and Vannifar help cheat the big stuff into play. Scroll Rack can get those cards on top of your library from your hand so Zimone can cheat them in.

This list mainly wins through attrition and control, frustrating other players to death. Usually the Brine Elemental lock, repeated use of Chromeshell Crab, and/or counterspell morphs is enough for draw concessions. There are legitimate wincons via Dark Depths, Ixidron, and Sandwurm Convergence.

This deck used to run Frozen Aether, Confusing Conundrum, and Storm Cauldron, which I highly recommend. My playgroup and people at the LGS got frustrated by them too easily.

Date added	2 days
Last updated	2 days
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.37
Tokens	A Mysterious Creature, Copy Clone, Elemental X/X G, Manifest 2/2 C, Marit Lage, Morph 2/2 C, Wurm 5/5 G