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Izoni, Thousand-Eyed

Legendary Creature — Elf Shaman

Undergrowth — When Izoni enters, create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token for each creature card in your graveyard.
{B}{G}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{2}{B}{B}{G}{G}
Color identity
BG
Rarity
rare
Set
GRN Guild Kit
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#4716
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Izoni, Thousand-Eyed card art
Izoni, Thousand-Eyed enters and immediately floods the board with Insect tokens scaled to the number of creatures in your graveyard, then doubles as a sacrifice outlet that converts those tokens into card draw and life gain. The six-mana cost is real, but the enters-the-battlefield trigger is so front-loaded that even a single bounce or flicker justifies the investment — and with Nim Deathmantle in play, the engine becomes nearly self-sustaining. Aatchik, Emerald Radian decks treat Izoni, Thousand-Eyed as a primary payoff for exactly this reason.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Aatchik, Emerald Radian

Aatchik, Emerald Radian

55.8% of decks · synergy 0.50

Aatchik, Emerald Radian rewards filling the graveyard with creatures, and Izoni, Thousand-Eyed converts that pile directly into a token army plus card draw on entry — the two cards share the same setup requirements and compound each other's payoffs.

02
Grist, the Hunger Tide

Grist, the Hunger Tide

49.4% of decks · synergy 0.44

Grist, the Hunger Tide mills creatures and generates Insects as a matter of course, so Izoni, Thousand-Eyed enters with a packed graveyard and immediately swells the board even further — both halves of Izoni's ability slot cleanly into what Grist is already doing.

03
Savra, Queen of the Golgari

Savra, Queen of the Golgari

45.4% of decks · synergy 0.40

Savra, Queen of the Golgari needs a steady supply of creatures to sacrifice, and Izoni, Thousand-Eyed provides exactly that: a large token flood on entry and a built-in sac outlet to trigger Savra's drain effects repeatedly in the same turn.

04
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

44.2% of decks · synergy 0.39

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord already wants as many Insects on the battlefield as possible, and Izoni, Thousand-Eyed can produce a wave of them in a single enter-the-battlefield trigger — the more creatures in the yard, the bigger the swing.

05

Grist, Voracious Larva

42.3% of decks · synergy 0.37

Grist, Voracious Larva builds around graveyard density and Insect synergies, making Izoni, Thousand-Eyed a natural inclusion that pays off the self-mill work and immediately refuels the board state with tokens.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Izoni, Thousand-Eyed is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed play has never shown much interest — six mana for a value creature without immediate protection is too slow for Legacy or Vintage, and Modern and Pioneer have faster, more reliable graveyard payoffs. Commander is the clear home: the format's slower pace gives you time to fill the graveyard, and the political buffer of a multiplayer table means Izoni, Thousand-Eyed often survives long enough to recur. Oathbreaker can leverage it in a focused shell, but the six-mana cost limits how often you can recast from the command zone.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

121 decks
Izoni, Thousand-EyedNim DeathmantlePhyrexian Altar

Izoni, Thousand-EyedNim DeathmantlePhyrexian Altar

Infinite card draw; Infinite colored mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Izoni, Thousand-Eyed isn't confirmed at time of writing, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. It has seen multiple printings, which generally keeps the price accessible — it's rarely a budget obstacle for the Commander decks that want it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.