Draw, Drain & Gain by user3788515

Format: Commander

Commander: Queza, Augur of Agonies

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper draw-drain control deck commanded by Queza, Augur of Agonies. It weaponizes massive card draw into lethal life loss for opponents while buffering your own life total. Rather than relying on fast mana or direct tutors, the list utilizes symmetrical draw effects, continuous draw engines, and wheel spells like Windfall and Whispering Madness to churn through the library rapidly. Payoffs like Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Psychosis Crawler, and Teferi's Ageless Insight amplify every draw step into severe damage swings. Defensive staples like Propaganda, Ghostly Prison, and Inkshield deter aggressive decks, while free and low-cost interaction defends key turns. The deck can close games through sustained wheel damage, an unblockable Approach of the Second Sun clock, or the classic infinite life-drain loop between Exquisite Blood and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Body of Knowledge
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Drogskol Reaver
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Echo of Eons
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Feldon's Cane
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Folio of Fancies
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lich's Mastery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Minn, Wily Illusionist
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Shabraz, the Skyshark
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Second Doctor
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unflinching Hortimancer
  • 1 Union of the Third Path
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whispering Madness
  • 1 Windfall