Zimone, Mystery Unraveler is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, manifest dread if this is the first time this ability has resolved this turn. Otherwise, you may turn a permanent you control face up. (To manifest dread, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
How it works : Zimone, Mystery Unraveler
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Unlike a face-down creature that was cast using a disguise or morph ability, a manifested creature may still be turned face up after it loses its abilities if it's a creature card.
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- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If a double-faced card is manifested, it will be put onto the battlefield face down. While face down, it can't transform. If the front face of the card is a creature card, you can turn it face up by paying its mana cost. If you do, its front face will be up.
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- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If your library contains only one card when you manifest dread, you'll look at that card and put it onto the battlefield face down. You won't have the option to put it into your graveyard instead. If your library contains no cards when you manifest dread, you won't do anything.
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- #7· Wizards of the Coast
Some cards in the Duskmourn release have abilities that trigger "whenever you manifest dread." In circumstances where you are instructed to manifest dread but can't perform some or all of the steps of manifesting dread (probably because your library has one or fewer cards in it), these abilities will still trigger.
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- #8· Wizards of the Coast
At any time, you can look at a face-down spell or permanent you control. You can't look at face-down permanents or spells you don't control unless an effect instructs or allows you to do so.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
If a face-down creature loses its abilities, it can't be turned face up with a disguise or morph ability because it will no longer have that ability (or the associated cost) once face up.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #10· Wizards of the Coast
To manifest dread, look at the top two cards of your library. Manifest one (by putting it onto the battlefield face down) and put the other into your graveyard. The card you put onto the battlefield becomes a 2/2 face-down creature with no name, mana cost, creature types, or abilities. It's colorless and has a mana value of 0. Other effects that apply to the permanent can still grant it any characteristics it doesn't have or change the characteristics it does have.
Card named in this ruling
- #11· Wizards of the Coast
Because face-down creatures don't have a name, they can't have the same name as any other creature, even another face-down creature.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #12· Wizards of the Coast
A permanent that turns face up or face down changes characteristics but is otherwise the same permanent. Spells and abilities that were targeting that permanent and Auras and Equipment that were attached to that permanent aren't affected unless the new characteristics of the object change the legality of those targets or attachments.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #13· Wizards of the Coast
Turning a permanent face up or face down doesn't change whether that permanent is tapped or untapped.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #14· Wizards of the Coast
If a face-down spell leaves the stack and goes to any zone other than the battlefield (if it was countered, for example), you must reveal it. Similarly, if a face-down permanent leaves the battlefield, you must reveal it. You must also reveal all face-down spells and permanents you control if you leave the game or the game ends.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #15· Wizards of the Coast
You must ensure that your face-down spells and permanents can be easily differentiated from each other. You're not allowed to mix up the cards that represent them on the battlefield to confuse other players. The order in which they entered should remain clear, as well as what ability caused them to be face down. (This includes manifest, disguise, cloak, morph, and a few older effects that turn cards face down.) Common methods for doing this include using markers or dice, or simply placing them in order on the battlefield.
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- #16· Wizards of the Coast
If something tries to turn a face-down instant or sorcery card on the battlefield face up, reveal that card to show all players it's an instant or sorcery card. The permanent remains on the battlefield face down. Abilities that trigger when a permanent turns face up won't trigger, because even though you revealed the card, it never turned face up.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #17· Wizards of the Coast
Because the permanent is on the battlefield both before and after it's turned face up, turning a permanent face up doesn't cause any enters-the-battlefield abilities to trigger.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #18· Wizards of the Coast
Any time you have priority, you can turn a manifested permanent you control face up by revealing that it's a creature card (ignoring any copy effects or type-changing effects that might be applying to it) and paying its mana cost. This is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
Card named in this ruling
- #19· Wizards of the Coast
If a manifested creature would have disguise or morph if it were face up, you may also turn it face up by paying its disguise or morph cost, as appropriate.
Card named in this ruling
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Whisperwood Elemental
- 1Activate Whisperwood Elemental by sacrificing it.
- 2When Whisperwood Elemental dies, Yedora triggers, returning Whisperwood Elemental from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
- 3When Whisperwood Elemental enters the battlefield, Zimone triggers.
- 4Holding priority, activate Whisperwood Elemental by tapping it, adding
. - 5Resolve the Zimone trigger, turning Whisperwood Elemental face-up.
- 6Resolve the Whisperwood Elemental ability from step 1.
- 7Repeat.
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Sakura-Tribe Elder
- 1Activate Sakura-Tribe Elder by sacrificing it.
- 2When Sakura-Tribe Elder dies, Yedora triggers, returning Sakura-Tribe Elder from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
- 3When Sakura-Tribe Elder enters the battlefield as a Forest land, Zimone triggers.
- 4Holding priority, activate Sakura-Tribe Elder by tapping it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Zimone trigger, turning Sakura-Tribe Elder face-up if its not the first time the ability has resolved this turn, or causing you to manifest dread otherwise.
- 6Resolve the Sakura-Tribe Elder ability from step 1, allowing you to search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 7When the land enters the battlefield, Zimone triggers, turning Sakura-Tribe Elder face-up if it is still face-down.
- 8Repeat.
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Yavimaya Elder + Retreat to Coralhelm
- 1Activate a creature by tapping it, adding at least
. - 2Activate Yavimaya Elder by paying
and sacrificing it. - 3When Yavimaya Elder dies, it and Yedora trigger.
- 4Resolve the Yavimaya Elder trigger, allowing you to search your library for up to two basic land cards and put them into your hand.
- 5Resolve the Yedora trigger, returning Yavimaya Elder from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
- 6When Yavimaya Elder enters, Retreat to Coralhelm and Zimone trigger.
- 7Holding priority, activate Yavimaya Elder by tapping it, adding .
- 8Resolve the Retreat to Coralhelm trigger, untapping the mana-producing creature.
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Altar of Dementia
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing another nontoken creature you control.
- 2When the creature dies, Yedora triggers, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
- 3When the creature enters the battlefield as a Forest land, Zimone triggers.
- 4Holding priority, activate the land by tapping it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Zimone trigger, turning the creature face-up.
- 6Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability from step 1, causing target player to mill cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
- 7Repeat.
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Yavimaya Elder + Lotus Cobra
- 1Activate Yavimaya Elder by paying and sacrificing it.
- 2When Yavimaya Elder dies, it and Yedora trigger.
- 3Resolve the Yavimaya Elder trigger, allowing you to search your library for up to two basic land cards and put them into your hand.
- 4Resolve the Yedora trigger, returning Yavimaya Elder from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
- 5When Yavimaya Elder enters, Lotus Cobra and Zimone trigger.
- 6Holding priority, activate Yavimaya Elder by tapping it, adding .
- 7Resolve the Lotus Cobra trigger, adding .
- 8Resolve the Zimone trigger, turning Yavimaya Elder face-up.
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing another nontoken creature you control, adding
. - 2When the creature dies, Yedora triggers, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
- 3When the creature enters the battlefield as a Forest land, Zimone triggers.
- 4Holding priority, activate the land by tapping it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Zimone trigger, turning the creature face-up.
- 6Repeat.
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Yavimaya Elder + Tireless Provisioner
- 1Activate Yavimaya Elder by paying and sacrificing it.
- 2When Yavimaya Elder dies, it and Yedora trigger.
- 3Resolve the Yavimaya Elder trigger, allowing you to search your library for up to two basic land cards and put them into your hand.
- 4Resolve the Yedora trigger, returning Yavimaya Elder from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
- 5When Yavimaya Elder enters, Tireless Provisioner and Zimone trigger.
- 6Holding priority, activate Yavimaya Elder by tapping it, adding .
- 7Resolve the Tireless Provisioner trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 8Resolve the Zimone trigger, turning Yavimaya Elder face-up.
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing another nontoken creature you control, adding one mana of any color.
- 2When the creature dies, Yedora triggers, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
- 3When the creature enters the battlefield as a Forest land, Zimone triggers.
- 4Holding priority, activate the land by tapping it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Zimone trigger, turning the creature face-up.
- 6Repeat.
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