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Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
Legendary Creature — Elf Shaman · {2}{B}{B}{G}{G} · Black/Green commander
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.
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What Izoni, Thousand-Eyed actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · etbWhen Izoni enters, create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token for each creature card in your graveyard.
- Activated ability{B}{G}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.
- Keyword · undergrowthundergrowth
What an Izoni, Thousand-Eyed deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 16× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 6× Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
- 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
Best cards for Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Eldrazi Confluence4 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Kraul Harpooner2 mana
- Golgari Raiders4 mana
- Moodmark Painter4 mana
- Rhizome Lurcher4 mana
- Izoni, Thousand-Eyed6 mana
- Kraul Foragers5 mana
- Hatchery Spider7 mana
- Lotleth Giant7 mana
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Old One Eye6 mana
- Skeleton Crew4 mana
- Sosuke's Summons3 mana
- Pest Infestation1 mana
- "Lifetime" Pass Holder1 mana
- Death Tyrant5 mana
- Reach of Branches5 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Bojuka Bog0 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
- Golgari Rot Farm0 mana
- Jungle Hollow0 mana
- Lotus Field0 mana
- Mortuary Mire0 mana
- Riveteers Overlook0 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Mosswort Bridge0 mana
- Nesting Grounds0 mana
- Heroic Intervention2 mana
- Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
- Sylvan Safekeeper1 mana
- Tamiyo's Safekeeping1 mana
- Tyvar's Stand1 mana
- Veil of Summer1 mana
Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
- Takenuma, Abandoned Mire0 mana
- Stitcher's Supplier1 mana
- Aftermath Analyst2 mana
- Altar of Dementia2 mana
- Mindcrank2 mana
- Ripples of Undeath2 mana
- Codex Shredder1 mana
- Smuggler's Surprise1 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Hornet Nest3 mana
- Endless Ranks of the Dead4 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Lathril, Blade of the Elves4 mana
- Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
- Myr Battlesphere7 mana
- Broodhatch Nantuko2 mana
- Tervigon2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Do or Die2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Innocent Blood1 mana
- Coils of the Medusa2 mana
- Forced March3 mana
- Nature's Ruin3 mana