Field Notes by TheAceWheelie

Format: Commander

Commander: Quintorius, History Chaser

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a Boros Graveyard and Token Swarm strategy led by Quintorius, History Chaser. The game plan focuses on filling the graveyard with rummaging spells, then triggering leave-the-graveyard effects to build an army of 3/2 Spirit creature tokens. Early turns establish mana and load the graveyard via cards like Faithless Looting and Thrill of Possibility. On turn 4, Quintorius enters to generate continuous card advantage and Spirit tokens through escape, unearth, and flashback mechanics. In the midgame, recursion engines like Sun Titan and Sevinne's Reclamation sustain token generation while triggering burn from Warleader's Call and Molten Gatekeeper. The deck reaches a lethal threat around turn 6 by pairing wide Spirit armies with damage multipliers like Shared Animosity or Quintorius's -4 double strike ability. While highly synergistic with strong recovery through the graveyard, the deck remains vulnerable to mass exile sweepers and dedicated graveyard hate.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Antiquities on the Loose
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Battle Screech
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bitter Reunion
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Call a Surprise Witness
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Charging Strifeknight
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conspiracy Theorist
  • 1 Containment Construct
  • 1 Deification
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Excava, the Risen Past
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fallaji Antiquarian
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fields of Strife
  • 1 Fuming Effigy
  • 1 Furious Forebear
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Gate to the Citadel
  • 1 Group Project
  • 1 Hardened Academic
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Ivora, Insatiable Heir
  • 1 Keening Apparition
  • 1 Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch
  • 1 Late to Dinner
  • 1 Lay Down Arms
  • 1 Lightning Helix
  • 1 Lorehold Charm
  • 1 Lorehold Excavation
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Practiced Scrollsmith
  • 1 Quintorius, History Chaser
  • 1 Rip Apart
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scrapwork Mutt
  • 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Sentinel's Eyes
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Spirit Mascot
  • 1 Squee, the Immortal
  • 1 Stonebound Mentor
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tersa Lightshatter
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thrilling Discovery
  • 1 Tocasia's Dig Site
  • 1 Venerable Warsinger
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag