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Garza Zol, Plague Queen

Garza Zol, Plague Queen

Legendary Creature — Vampire Noble · {4}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander

Flying, haste Whenever a creature dealt damage by Garza Zol this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Garza Zol. Whenever Garza Zol deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
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What Garza Zol, Plague Queen actually does

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What a Garza Zol, Plague Queen deck wants

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Best cards for Garza Zol, Plague Queen

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

  1. Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
  2. Archetype of Aggression3 mana
  3. Frostcliff Siege3 mana
  4. Gleaming Overseer3 mana
  5. Galerider Sliver1 mana
  6. Herald of Secret Streams4 mana
  7. Favorable Winds2 mana
  8. Rogue Class2 mana

Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch

  1. Secret Tunnel0 mana
  2. Crash Through1 mana
  3. Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
  4. Irenicus's Vile Duplication4 mana
  5. Archetype of Aggression3 mana
  6. Frostcliff Siege3 mana
  7. Rhonas's Monument3 mana
  8. Thassa, God of the Sea3 mana

Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably

  1. Phyrexian Tower0 mana
  2. High Market0 mana
  3. Lazotep Quarry0 mana
  4. Susur Secundi, Void Altar0 mana
  5. Scavenger's Talent1 mana
  6. Hostile Hostel // Creeping Inn0 mana
  7. Miren, the Moaning Well0 mana
  8. Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs3 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Ripples of Potential2 mana
  3. Thrummingbird2 mana
  4. Blightbelly Rat2 mana
  5. Contagion Clasp2 mana
  6. Contentious Plan2 mana
  7. Drown in Ichor2 mana
  8. Experimental Augury2 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  3. Pongify1 mana
  4. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  5. Resculpt2 mana
  6. Defile1 mana
  7. Tragic Slip1 mana
  8. Suspend1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Displacement Wave2 mana
  5. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  6. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  7. Innocent Blood1 mana
  8. Breaking Point3 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Imperial Seal1 mana
  5. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  6. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  7. Grim Tutor3 mana
  8. Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  4. Curiosity1 mana
  5. Wizard Class1 mana
  6. Black Market Connections3 mana
  7. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  8. Morbid Opportunist3 mana

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