Queza Card Toolbox (copy) by user3017697

Format: Commander

Commander: Queza, Augur of Agonies

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper control deck commanded by Queza, Augur of Agonies that leverages card-draw triggers into life drain and life gain. The primary game plan focuses on establishing early defense through pillowfort enchantments such as Ghostly Prison and Propaganda, paired with dense interactive spells to keep opposing threats in check. Mid-game turns focus on deploying Queza alongside passive draw engines like Phyrexian Arena and Dictate of Kruphix to continuously whittle down opposing life totals while stabilizing your own. The deck seeks to close the game on Turn 8 by landing a high-end payoff such as Drogskol Reaver or Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, which chains repeated draw and drain triggers through Queza and allows a clean finish via Laboratory Maniac. While the deck excels at grinding out card advantage and controlling the board, its high-cost win conditions and reliance on surviving creature removal require careful timing and resource management.

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 Command Tower
  • 1 Consign to Memory
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drogskol Reaver
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Esper Charm
  • 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 Mastermind's Acquisition
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Nullpriest of Oblivion
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
  • 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 Sunken Hollow
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Creation of Avacyn
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vindictive Triumph
  • 1 Vnwxt, Verbose Host