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Zimone and Dina

Legendary Creature — Human Dryad

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
{T}, Sacrifice another creature: Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped. If you control eight or more lands, repeat this process once.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{B}{G}{U}
Color identity
BGU
Rarity
mythic
Set
March of the Machine
Price
$0.46
EDHREC rank
#9455
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Zimone and Dina card art
Zimone and Dina drains every opponent for the number of cards you draw, turning any draw-heavy engine into a win condition stapled to a 4/4 body. The cost is four mana and the slot you'd otherwise give a dedicated finisher — a trade worth making in any deck that already draws five or more cards per turn cycle.

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

Commander is where Zimone and Dina does its best work — four opponents means the drain doubles or triples in total life impact, and the format's abundance of card-draw payoffs gives the ability a consistent trigger rate. In Modern and Pioneer, a four-mana legendary creature with no immediate board impact is a tough sell against the format's speed; the drain ability needs several turns to close a game, and neither format is generous about that time. Legacy is the same story with even less patience — the power bar is simply set too high for a value engine that doesn't win on the spot. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if your signature spell is a draw effect, since the combination creates a self-contained loop, but the format sees limited play.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Zimone and DinaBloodghastIntruder AlarmSimic Growth Chamber

Zimone and DinaBloodghastIntruder AlarmSimic Growth Chamber

Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite landfall triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite untap of all creatures; Put all lands from your hand and library onto the battlefield

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Price Context

Current price

$0.46 bulk tier

At $0.46, Zimone and Dina is bulk — a price that makes it an easy pickup but also signals the market hasn't identified it as a breakout staple. It holds that floor comfortably as long as no high-profile combo deck breaks it out, but don't expect appreciation; buy it because you're running it, not because you're anticipating demand.

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