---
name: "Zimone's Hypothesis"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "206"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Crystal Fae"
oracle_id: "ae27fa09-ab73-44b4-8e86-44d626ec221d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/zimones-hypothesis-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Zimone's Hypothesis
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
You may put a +1/+1 counter on a creature. Then choose odd or even. Return each creature with power of the chosen quality to its owner's hand. (Zero is even.)

> *„Zwischen den diskreten Atomen der Wirklichkeit liegt eine theoretische Unendlichkeit. Ich nutze diese Unendlichkeit lediglich als Aufbewahrungsort."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ashling's Prerogative](/printing/ashlings-prerogative-lrw.md) — Enchantment
2. [Zimone, Paradox Sculptor](/printing/zimone-paradox-sculptor-fdn.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Extinction Event](/printing/extinction-event-piko.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ineffable Blessing](/printing/ineffable-blessing-ust.md) — Enchantment
5. [Oddly Uneven](/printing/oddly-uneven-ust.md) — Sorcery
6. [Get Out](/printing/get-out-dsk.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #206
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Crystal Fae
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`