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Surprise can be a powerful thing both inMagic: The Gatheringand in horror films.
That’s the plan with Jump Scare!,Duskmourn: House of Horror’s surprise-themed Commander deck.
Jump Scare!
Commander Deck List
Here’s thefull deck listfor the Jump Scare!
Jump Scare!
Commander Deck Themes
The biggest theme of Jump Scare!
Citanul Hierophants art by Zezhou Chen
is leveraging the full power of ‘manifest dread,‘the new keyword ability from Duskmourn: House of Horror.
This allows manifest dread to also take advantage of graveyard recursion strategies, butJump Scare!
doesn’t deal with the graveyard all that much.
Citanul Hierophants art by Zezhou Chen
We’ll fix that later.
That’s incredible value that can be enabled through something as simple as a Rampant Growth.
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle likewise needs Zimone to sneak into play, otherwise you’re waiting for five turns.
And Tatyova, Benthic Druid is just as disappointing in the commander slot as Aesi.
works best with Zimone, sostick with Zimone as your commander.
Keep ‘em guessing with these best Jump Scare!
Jump Scare!
Commander Deck Analysis
With Zimone taking center stage,Jump Scare!
wants to have lots of creatures to manifest and lots of land to trigger manifest dread.
Thankfully, Jump Scare!
has plenty, with 32 creatures (besides Zimone herself) and 38 lands.
Removal is typically difficult to accomplish for blue/green decks, but Jump Scare!
is somewhat limited in terms of card draw.
could also use more ramping spells that search out more lands.
We’ll be looking to enhance Jump Scare!
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’s land-planting abilities in the next section.
Beanstalk GiantandGreater Tanukido some land-fetching, butthere are better land-fetchers that also offer greater power.
Cackling Counterpart,Retreat to Coralhelm,and Giggling Skitterspikedon’t really fit the overall themeof Jump Scare!
now that we’re focusing on Zimone.
Kiannt, Corrupted Memory is also a card that just doesn’t really fit.
Rashmi, Eternities Crafter is likewise a convoluted source of card draw that could be replaced by something superior.
Jump Scare!
Commander Deck Budget Upgrades
Let’s kick up Jump Scare!
Den Protector allows you to retrieve at least one of those cards.
It’ll even work if it enters as a face-down 2/2 courtesy of Zimone.
Akroma or an Eldrazi got you down?
Just flip ‘em over with Ixidron!
Kodama’s Reach
It’s another Cultivate, but that’s great.
Cultivate guarantees a manifest dread gets flipped with Zimone, and you get two lands out of the deal.
Omenpath Journey
Omenpath Journey gaurantees Zimone triggers every turn for five turns.
Paranormal Analyst
The downside to manifest dread is putting cards in your graveyard.
It’d be better if those cards were in your hand, right?
Your 2/2 manifested cards get a little tougher, and whenever they flip up, you draw a card.
For a deck that’s likely to have a bunch of face-down critters, it’s a win-win.
Threats Around Every Corner
Threats Around Every Corner can really enable some Zimone shenanigans.
You then get to repeat this process every turn.
Either way, Uro is a winner.
Other Budget Upgrades To Consider
Frighteningly powerful cards.
