SimicLegendary Creature — Human WizardZimone, Infinite Analyst
Mana value3Rank#10,088
The Commander
The first spell you cast with 
in its mana cost each turn costs 
less to cast for each +1/+1 counter on Zimone.
Whenever you cast your first spell with in its mana cost each turn, put two +1/+1 counters on Zimone.
Guide
Gameplan
Zimone snowballs by casting X-spells: each one adds two +1/+1 counters to her, which then discounts your next X-spell, letting you cast bigger and bigger ones each turn. You ramp early, deploy a few X-spells to grow Zimone, then chain a massive X-payoff or untap loop to bury the table. The deck wins by leveraging the cost reduction to cast huge finishers or generate runaway value/mana.
Strengths
- Built-in cost reduction makes expensive X-spells cheap, enabling explosive turns
- Free +1/+1 counters give synergy with counter and proliferate themes
- GU has the best ramp and card draw to fuel and refill X-spells
- Snowballs hard if left unanswered, turning Zimone into both engine and threat
Weaknesses
- Commander-dependent: removing Zimone resets your cost reduction entirely
- Only the first X-spell each turn triggers, so untapping for extra casts requires setup
- Slow without ramp; the engine needs a few turns to come online
- No built-in protection or evasion for Zimone herself
Key Cards
- Doubling Season — Doubles the +1/+1 counters Zimone gets, accelerating her cost reduction dramatically.
- Hydroid Krasis — A flexible X-spell that draws and gains life on cast, refueling while triggering Zimone.
- Finale of Devastation — A scalable X-finisher that fetches a creature and can pump your board for lethal once discounted.
- Walking Ballista — An X-spell that doubles as removal and a win condition with proliferate or counter doublers.
- Seedborn Muse — Untaps your lands each turn, letting you cast more X-spells across turns and reset the per-turn trigger.
Upgrade Path
Add proliferate and counter-doubling effects (Hardened Scales, Branching Evolution, Inexorable Tide) to accelerate Zimone's discount, and untappers like Seedborn Muse, Kamahl's Druidic Vow effects, or Mana Reflection to cast multiple big spells per turn. Prioritize fast mana (Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, mana dorks) and protection like Heroic Intervention and Lightning Greaves to keep Zimone alive. For the highest power, build toward infinite mana combos that dump into an X-spell like Banefire or Walking Ballista.
Core Cards
- Tangled Islet
- Owlin Spiralmancer
- Eureka Moment
- Lattice Library
- Altered Ego
- Zimone's Hypothesis
- Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
- Yavimaya Coast
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
- Paradox Gardens
- Ingenious Prodigy
- Animist's Awakening
Seeded from a single deck — rates appear once more public decks exist.
Win Conditions
- ▸Cast a massive X-finisher like Finale of Devastation or Comet Storm for lethal
- ▸Walking Ballista with counter doublers or infinite mana to ping the table
- ▸Beat down with an enlarged Zimone alongside hydra and X-creature threats
- ▸Infinite mana via untap loops feeding an unbounded X-spell
Archetypes
- X-Spells Big Mana — Zimone directly rewards and discounts X-cost spells, making them cheaper each turn.
- +1/+1 Counters — Her free counters synergize with proliferate and counter-matters payoffs.
- Ramp Control — GU ramp and card advantage support casting back-breaking X-spells while controlling the board.
- Combo — Untap effects and infinite mana let you cast arbitrarily large X-spells for the win.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GU), by popularity.
