Upgrading Commander Precon: Quandrix Unlimited (Zimone, Infinite Analyst)

Who doesn't like giant creatures and elaborate spells? Zimone, Infinite Analyst's Quandrix Unlimited precon will give you all of that and more!

In this article, we'll show you how to upgrade this deck with Zimone, Infinite Analyst as the commander. We'll also show you an alternative list with Primo, the Unbounded that can create a lot of tokens in the final paragraphs.

Let's start with our main commander, Zimone!

Zimone is a beloved postgraduate Quandrix student living at Strixhaven. She is a brilliant prodigy who has had a really successful career as an academic.

Zimone's mind is her most precious weapon.

This Zimone is still Simic , but now she interacts with "X-cost" spells.

The first X-cost spell you cast each turn will cost one mana less for each counter on Zimone when she is in play. In practice, this means that, when she has 3 +1/+1 counters, you may cast Stonecoil Serpent, for instance, for free as a 3/3.

As for her second ability, it states that when you cast the first X-cost spell each turn, you must put a pair of +1/+1 counters on her.

This deck's alternative commander is Primo, the Unbounded, a Fractal Wolf that has trample and is a 0/0 in paper.

When you cast Primo, you must pay X. Then, it enters play with twice as many +1/+1 counters.

When one or more creatures you control with base power 0 deal damage to a player, Primo creates a Fractal token with +1/+1 counters equal to the damage that was caused.

While Zimone turns something big into something even bigger, Primo will take advantage of Hydras and other 0/0 creatures to fill your board.

This is what you get straight out of the box:

Creating Mana

Zimone will make each X-cost spell you cast cheaper, but you'll still need ramp to make this deck work.

These are the ramp cards you'll find in the original precon:

You won't struggle to prepare Yavimaya Bloomsage with this list. When you use channel, you'll be able to, until the end of the turn, pay 1 life when you create mana to create an extra colorless mana.

Open the Way is also back. You usually have to spend 5 mana on this sorcery to reveal 3 lands in your deck and put them in play.

If you often play Commander with 4 players at a time or more, you'll really like this.

As usual, this list also plays mana rocks. Brass Infiniscope stands out, as it draws cards and gives you life while you cast X-cost spells.

Another interesting rock is Elementalist's Palette, which uses charge counters to create colorless mana for your X-cost spells.

What We Added

Each spell you cast will grow Zimone, and, in turn, she will make your next creatures even more powerful. So, we added:

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds is one of the best mana dorks for decks with big creatures and also draws cards.

Not every powerful creature tramples (and evasion will only hurt opponents), so we added Kodama of the West Tree. This card will give your modified creatures trample and let you put basic lands in play directly from your deck.

We also added Nexos, a Warhammer creature that turns your basic lands into a Temple of the False God so that you can cast your X-cost spells.

What We Removed

Card Draw

Some of the spells in the original precon that will fill your hand with cards are:

Our beloved Ingenious Prodigy enters play with +1/+1 counters that you can remove at the beginning of each of your upkeep steps to draw a card.

Nexus Mentality is an instant that both lets you move counters from one permanent to another and draw cards according to how many counters you remove from your permanents.

Striding Shotcaller's artwork is incredible, but her Run the Play effect is even more!

This sorcery lets you put +1/+1 counters on up to X target creatures. They gain flying until the end of the turn, and you'll also draw a card.

What We Added

X-cost spells are perfect in this deck, and luckily we can play a few very powerful ones, like Finale of Revelation and Drown in Dreams. Meanwhile, Inspiring Call is both protection and a pretty great way to draw cards in this list.

What We Removed

As fun as Entrancing Melody is, this is not the best place for it.

That goes for Zimone, All-Questioning as well. This version of our commander doesn't do great in this list, though it creates a legendary token.

Buffs

We'll be greedy with our buffs. The original list already plays a few spells that buff creatures through +1/+1 counters, but we want more!

What We Added

Germination Practicum is from this latest set and interacts with Paradigm (if you'd like to see more about Strixhaven, click here).

If it resolves, at the beginning of each of your upkeep steps, you may put a pair of +1/+1 counters on each of your creatures.

Repulsive Mutation is a counterspell and a buff, and, as you'll usually want to counter something the opponent plays, it works with Zimone's effect.

What We Removed

Other Changes

Let's go over some spells that aren't card draw, buffs, or ramp.

Here are a few we added:

In decks that interact a lot with counters, The Ozolith is an essential piece. With it, you'll be able to keep up even if you lose a few creatures.

As for Doppelgang, it is a sorcery that only a few decks can use, and this is one of them. With Zimone, which will let you cast your X-cost spells for cheaper, this card will give you more copies and targets for less mana.

One of the most fearsome X-cost creatures in the game is Walking Ballista because it is a very powerful burn. This creature is also essential in many popular Commander combos.

To clear the board, we added Wave Goodbye. It will return to each player's hand each creature they control that doesn't have a +1/+1 counter.

Herald of Secret Streams is one of the best evasion tools in this list and can be a problem from the moment it enters play.

And, to add these cards, we removed:

Deekah, Fractal Theorist creates more value when your alternative commander is in the command zone and doesn't interact that much with Zimone.

Decisive Denial does two things, but it lost space in this list.

Unlike Zimone, Primo, the Unbounded uses X-cost spells to create tokens, as their base power is usually 0.

Afterward, these tokens will progress your main game plan. After all, they'll also be 0/0 creatures with +1/+1 counters.

Considering how these effects are different, some cards we removed to upgrade the Zimone version will get to stay this time. We also added more cards.

Berta, Wise Extrapolator is from the latest set, Strixhaven, and was designed to see play with Primo. To use its ability and create a Fractal token with X +1/+1 counters, all you need to do is tap it and pay X.

That also goes for Doubling Season, which doubles the number of tokens and counters in play. Parallel Lives also gives you tokens, and Mana Reflection will double how much mana you create. Like so, you'll be able to use your X-cost spells stress-free.

This precon is simple but very powerful. It is a great option for anyone who just started out playing Commander and should give you very fun matches. You'll trample your opponents to death with it.

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Thank you for reading, and see you next time!