Draw & Gain by Atomickong

Format: Commander

Commander: Queza, Augur of Agonies

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper combo-control list built around Queza, Augur of Agonies. It leverages the synergy between drawing cards and gaining life to trigger compounding resource engines and finish the game through lethal loops. The primary win condition pairs Queza with Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel to draw through the library while draining opponents, closing the game immediately with Laboratory Maniac or burst damage. Supported by efficient reanimation spells like Reanimate and Animate Dead, the deck cheats high-impact payoffs into play ahead of schedule. A strong interaction package of cheap counterspells and exile removal keeps opposing threats in check, while proactive tax pieces such as Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and Smothering Tithe punish opponents for taking standard game actions. If Queza is unavailable, redundant lines like Famished Paladin with Resplendent Mentor or Bolas's Citadel provide resilient backup routes to victory.

Decklist (101 cards)

• 1 Aberrant Return
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Animate Dead
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 1 Bubbling Muck
• 1 Cabal Coffers
• 1 Cabal Ritual
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Displacer Kitten
• 1 Dread Return
• 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Entomb
• 1 Ephemerate
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Exhume
• 1 Expedition Map
• 1 Famished Paladin
• 1 Fblthp, Impossibly Lost
• 1 Felidar Guardian
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
• 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Idyllic Tutor
• 1 Inkshield
• 1 Inside Information
• 4 Island
• 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1 Laboratory Maniac
• 1 Liliana the Faultless
• 1 Living Death
• 1 Luminous Broodmoth
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Mesmeric Orb
• 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
• 1 Parting Gust
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 4 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Psychosis Crawler
• 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Resplendent Mentor
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Serra Ascendant
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Enervation
• 1 Soul Warden
• 1 Soul's Attendant
• 1 Suture Priest
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1 The Master of Lake-town
• 1 The Soul Stone
• 1 Thespian's Stage
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Vesuva
• 1 Victimize
• 1 War Room
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Well of Lost Dreams
• 1 Whip of Erebos
• 1 Windfall