Queza Card Toolbox by user3017697

Format: Commander

Commander: Queza, Augur of Agonies

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper draw-drain control build commanded by Queza, Augur of Agonies. Its central strategy leverages Queza's triggered ability—draining opponents whenever you draw cards—into an engine of life total pressure and defensive buffer. The deck controls the game with an extensive 25-card interaction suite of efficient spot removal, versatile sweepers, and cheap countermagic, keeping aggressive opponents at bay with Ghostly Prison and Authority of the Consuls. Meanwhile, persistent draw engines like Phyrexian Arena and The Theorist, Jace Beleren steadily whittle down opposing life totals while replenishing hand resources. The primary win condition is an infinite two-card loop between Queza and Drogskol Reaver, which converts a single card draw into an automatic chain of life gain and card draws that drains the entire table in one turn. Supported by redundant drain pieces like Psychosis Crawler and resilient mass reanimation like Storm of Souls, the deck sustains momentum from the early turns through the endgame.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aether Syphon
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cliffhaven Vampire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consign to Memory
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Drogskol Reaver
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Esper Charm
  • 1 Essence Reliquary
  • 1 Exorcise
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fblthp, Impossibly Lost
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Get Out
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gix's Command
  • 1 Gixian Puppeteer
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Icy Reception
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Mastermind's Acquisition
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Nullpriest of Oblivion
  • 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Sanguine Indulgence
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Sinister Sabotage
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Storm of Souls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Creation of Avacyn
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vindictive Triumph
  • 1 Vnwxt, Verbose Host