Squid by Mr.M1scellaneous

Format: Commander

Commander: Queza, Augur of Agonies

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 61

Deck overview

Queza, Augur of Agonies helms an Esper combo-control deck centered on weaponizing card velocity into life-draining pressure. The game plan focuses on early ramp and incremental card advantage engines such as Rhystic Study, Esper Sentinel, and Loran of the Third Path to pull ahead in resources while establishing mana fixing. Once Queza enters the battlefield on Turn 4, the deck transitions from value generation to lethal threat development. The primary win condition revolves around resolving massive draw spells such as Peer into the Abyss or Necrologia on Turn 5, or assembling deterministic infinite draw-drain loops with Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. A single burst draw triggers dozens of Queza pings while drawing into secondary multipliers like Psychosis Crawler and Marauding Blight-Priest to eliminate all three opponents in a single turn. Backed by elite free interaction, board sweepers, and versatile protection, the deck reliably defends its combos while maintaining formidable board resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archivist of Oghma
• 1 Batwing Brume
• 1 Benthic Biomancer
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consecrated Sphinx
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Echo of Eons
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Fblthp, Impossibly Lost
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Flare of Fortitude
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Gleaming Bastion
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Harbinger of the Seas
• 1 Hidden Lair
• 1 Insatiable Avarice
• 7 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1 Ledger Shredder
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Loran of the Third Path
• 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Necrologia
• 1 Nexus of Fate
• 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
• 1 Painful Truths
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Peer into the Abyss
• 4 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Psychosis Crawler
• 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Sanguine Bond
• 1 Shipwreck Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Starscape Cleric
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 1 Suppressor Skyguard
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1 The Council of Four
• 1 The Queen of Dale
• 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Triskaidekaphile
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1 Vnwxt, Verbose Host
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Wishclaw Talisman
• 1 Wizard Class