<p>Looking to give your <em>Quandrix Unlimited</em> Commander precon an exponential upgrade? We're here to give you some ideas for both budget and non-budget upgrades, as well as recommendations for cards you should cut from the precon.</p>
<p>If you're looking for an analysis on what's in the deck and how to play it, check out <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/quandrix-unlimited-secrets-of-strixhaven-precon-guide-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Precon Guide here</a>.</p>


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<p>Here's what's in the <em>Quandrix Unlimited</em> precon:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Quandrix" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Zimone, Infinite Analyst
[/Commander]
[Instants]
*1 Beast Within
*1 Biomass Mutation
*1 Commander&#039;s Insight
*1 Decisive Denial
*1 Eureka Moment
*1 Nexus Mentality
*1 Perplexing Test
*1 Pull from Tomorrow
*1 Quandrix Charm
*1 Quandrix Command
*1 Rapid Hybridization
*1 Silkguard
*1 Stroke of Genius
*1 Tyvar&#039;s Stand
*1 Zimone&#039;s Hypothesis
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
*1 Animist&#039;s Awakening
*1 Curse of the Swine
*1 Entrancing Melody
*1 Expansion Algorithm
*1 Nature&#039;s Lore
*1 Open the Way
*1 Oversimplify
*1 Primal Might
*1 Three Visits
[/Sorceries]
[Creatures]
*1 Altered Ego
*1 Benevolent Hydra
*1 Deekah, Fractal Theorist
*1 Elusive Otter // Grove&#039;s Bounty
*1 Forgotten Ancient
*1 Goldvein Hydra
*1 Guardian Augmenter
*1 Hangarback Walker
*1 Hydroid Krasis
*1 Ingenious Prodigy
*1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
*1 Kinetic Ooze
*1 Lifeblood Hydra
*1 Nev, the Practical Dean
*1 Owlin Spiralmancer
*1 Primo, the Unbounded
*1 Primordial Hydra
*1 Quandrix Apprentice
*1 Steelbane Hydra
*1 Stonecoil Serpent
*1 Striding Shotcaller // Run the Play
*1 Tanazir Quandrix
*1 The Goose Mother
*1 Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
*1 Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel
*1 Zimone, All-Questioning
*1 Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy
[/Creatures]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Astral Cornucopia
*1 Brass Infiniscope
*1 Elementalist&#039;s Palette
*1 Fractal Harness
*1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
*1 Sol Ring
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Hardened Scales
*1 Lattice Library
*1 Mana Bloom
*1 Unbound Flourishing
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Alchemist&#039;s Refuge
*1 Command Tower
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Fabled Passage
*1 Flooded Grove
*6 Forest
*1 Hinterland Harbor
*7 Island
*1 Opal Palace
*1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
*1 Overflowing Basin
*1 Paradox Gardens
*1 Path of Ancestry
*1 Quandrix Campus
*1 Rain-Slicked Copse
*1 Reliquary Tower
*1 Rogue&#039;s Passage
*1 Sodden Verdure
*1 Study Hall
*1 Tangled Islet
*1 Temple of Mystery
*1 Temple of the False God
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Turbulent Wilderness
*1 Vineglimmer Snarl
*1 Yavimaya Coast
[/Lands]"></span></div>


<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Doppelgang" href="#" target="_blank">Doppelgang</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Doppelgang"></div></div>
<p>It's mana intensive, but it's <em>so</em> good as a late-game play to completely turn the tables.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Finale of Revelation" href="#" target="_blank">Finale of Revelation</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thassa&#039;s Intervention" href="#" target="_blank">Thassa&#039;s Intervention</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Finale of Revelation"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thassa&#039;s Intervention"></div></div>
<p>More X spell card draw is what we need. Intervention doubling as a counterspell is really nice, too.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ripples of Potential" href="#" target="_blank">Ripples of Potential</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Evolution Sage" href="#" target="_blank">Evolution Sage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ripples of Potential"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Evolution Sage"></div></div>
<p>I thought the deck could use a bit more proliferation for the +1/+1 counters. We don't do any other landfall stuff, but we should expect to at least play one every turn, so Evolution Sage works. Ripples of Potential doubling as a protection spell is great.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Unnatural Restoration" href="#" target="_blank">Unnatural Restoration</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Evolution Witness" href="#" target="_blank">Evolution Witness</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Unnatural Restoration"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Evolution Witness"></div></div>
<p>The precon didn't have any graveyard recursion. These both fit perfectly with our strategy.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Swiftfoot Boots" href="#" target="_blank">Swiftfoot Boots</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Swiftfoot Boots"></div></div>
<p>Zimone is a value engine, and likely to get targeted. I want her to have a more permanent means of protection.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wave Goodbye" href="#" target="_blank">Wave Goodbye</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Wave Goodbye"></div></div>
<p><em>This</em> is the kind of board wipe we should be playing in this deck. Not "Choose odd or even, blah blah blah."</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wilderness Reclamation" href="#" target="_blank">Wilderness Reclamation</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Wilderness Reclamation"></div></div>
<p>There are enough X spell instants in the deck that Wilderness Reclamation is a worthy inclusion.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kalonian Hydra" href="#" target="_blank">Kalonian Hydra</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zimone, Paradox Sculptor" href="#" target="_blank">Zimone, Paradox Sculptor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Kalonian Hydra"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Zimone, Paradox Sculptor"></div></div>
<p>More counters!</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Champion of Lambholt" href="#" target="_blank">Champion of Lambholt</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Emil, Vastlands Roamer" href="#" target="_blank">Emil, Vastlands Roamer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Champion of Lambholt"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Emil, Vastlands Roamer"></div></div>
<p>With these two creatures we're looking to make combat much more deadly. Champion is basically a win condition. Speaking of...</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Simic Ascendancy" href="#" target="_blank">Simic Ascendancy</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Simic Ascendancy"></div></div>
<p>How could they not include this in the precon? Probably because it's a bit too easy. But hey, games gotta end.</p>


<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nexos" href="#" target="_blank">Nexos</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nyxbloom Ancient" href="#" target="_blank">Nyxbloom Ancient</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Nexos"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Nyxbloom Ancient"></div></div>
<p>More mana from our lands for bigger X spells.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kodama of the West Tree" href="#" target="_blank">Kodama of the West Tree</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sporocyst" href="#" target="_blank">Sporocyst</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Kodama of the West Tree"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sporocyst"></div></div>
<p>More lands so we can get more mana from our lands for bigger X spells.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mathemagics" href="#" target="_blank">Mathemagics</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Geometer&#039;s Arthropod" href="#" target="_blank">Geometer&#039;s Arthropod</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Terrasymbiosis" href="#" target="_blank">Terrasymbiosis</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mathemagics"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Geometer&#039;s Arthropod"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Terrasymbiosis"></div></div>
<p>More card draw.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Branching Evolution" href="#" target="_blank">Branching Evolution</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Earth Crystal" href="#" target="_blank">The Earth Crystal</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider" href="#" target="_blank">Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Branching Evolution"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Earth Crystal"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider"></div></div>
<p>More counters.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Great Henge" href="#" target="_blank">The Great Henge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Great Henge"></div></div>
<p>More card draw, more mana, more counters, and, what the heck, throw in some lifegain too. The Great Henge does it all.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Ozolith" href="#" target="_blank">The Ozolith</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Ozolith"></div></div>
<p>We worked so hard to get all those counters. Would be a shame if they went away. Enter: The Ozolith.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mutational Advantage" href="#" target="_blank">Mutational Advantage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mutational Advantage"></div></div>
<p>Mutational Advantage is a really nice protection spell for counters decks. It also proliferates!</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Walking Ballista" href="#" target="_blank">Walking Ballista</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Herald of Secret Streams" href="#" target="_blank">Herald of Secret Streams</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Walking Ballista"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Herald of Secret Streams"></div></div>
<p>More ways to win! We're not gonna be <a href="https://commanderspellbook.com/search/?q=walking%20ballista" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comboing out with Walking Ballista</a> like other decks might, but it'll sure be nice to deal lots of damage with it. And Herald removes the math from combat.</p>
<p>The deck has enough math already, am I right?</p>


<p>This precon was pretty difficult to make cuts for. To get to my self-imposed 15 cuts, I had to make some difficult choices. But still, cut we must.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Goldvein Hydra" href="#" target="_blank">Goldvein Hydra</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Goldvein Hydra"></div></div>
<p>Tapped Treasure tokens when it dies....yay? This Hydra is underwhelming, even with all its keyword abilities.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mana Bloom" href="#" target="_blank">Mana Bloom</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mana Bloom"></div></div>
<p>As far as ramp goes, this is kind of awful. Even if it does synergize with the deck.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Primo, the Unbounded" href="#" target="_blank">Primo, the Unbounded</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lattice Library" href="#" target="_blank">Lattice Library</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Deekah, Fractal Theorist" href="#" target="_blank">Deekah, Fractal Theorist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Primo, the Unbounded"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lattice Library"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Deekah, Fractal Theorist"></div></div>
<p>We already got X spells and +1/+1 counters going on, and plenty of creature cards to play. I think we can forgo the whole Fractal token subtheme.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hangarback Walker" href="#" target="_blank">Hangarback Walker</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Hangarback Walker"></div></div>
<p>We'll skip Thopter tokens too.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy" href="#" target="_blank">Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zimone, All-Questioning" href="#" target="_blank">Zimone, All-Questioning</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Zimone, All-Questioning"></div></div>
<p>All five of the <em>Secrets of Strixhaven</em> precons shoehorned older Strixhaven legends into them. If you've checked out the other upgrade guides, you'll see we ended up cutting most of them, since they just don't fit. Same applies here to these younger Zimones.</p>
<p>What's really annoying is that the one Zimone that does fit our strategy, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zimone, Paradox Sculptor" href="#" target="_blank">Zimone, Paradox Sculptor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, wasn't included.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Oversimplify" href="#" target="_blank">Oversimplify</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Perplexing Test" href="#" target="_blank">Perplexing Test</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zimone&#039;s Hypothesis" href="#" target="_blank">Zimone&#039;s Hypothesis</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Oversimplify"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Perplexing Test"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Zimone&#039;s Hypothesis"></div></div>
<p>These are all either really bad (Oversimplify) or really situational (the other two). None of them really work here. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wave Goodbye" href="#" target="_blank">Wave Goodbye</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is so much better.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Beast Within" href="#" target="_blank">Beast Within</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Beast Within"></div></div>
<p>The deck was too heavy on removal, and we just don't need this. Nothing against the card; it's a classic.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fractal Harness" href="#" target="_blank">Fractal Harness</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Fractal Harness"></div></div>
<p>We ditched the Fractal subtheme, and we're really not doing Equipment. Doubling the counters on the equipped creature is nice, but it also puts a target on that creature. I'd rather not have to spend the <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> equip cost over and over.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Quandrix Apprentice" href="#" target="_blank">Quandrix Apprentice</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Quandrix Apprentice"></div></div>
<p>We're replacing this with the much better - for this deck, anyway - <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Geometer&#039;s Arthropod" href="#" target="_blank">Geometer&#039;s Arthropod</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Guardian Augmenter" href="#" target="_blank">Guardian Augmenter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Guardian Augmenter"></div></div>
<p>I wanted a more permanent solution for Zimone, so we replaced this with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Swiftfoot Boots" href="#" target="_blank">Swiftfoot Boots</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>


zimone precon

Quandrix Unlimited Precon Upgrade Guide