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Queza, Augur of Agonies
Legendary Creature — Octopus Advisor · {1}{W}{U}{B} · Black/Blue/White commander
Whenever you draw a card, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
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What Queza, Augur of Agonies actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · drawWhenever you draw a card, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
What a Queza, Augur of Agonies deck needs
Plays as draw engine. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- card draw, wheels and cantrips (each card drawn triggers it)
- drain and life-loss payoffs (the damage is not combat damage)
The Queza, Augur of Agonies deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 16× Life loss that is not combat damage — each opponent loses life, repeatably
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Queza, Augur of Agonies
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.
Life loss that is not combat damage — each opponent loses life, repeatably
- Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
- Leechridden Swamp0 mana
- Blind Obedience2 mana
- Cruel Celebrant2 mana
- Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim2 mana
- Marionette Apprentice2 mana
- The Meathook Massacre2 mana
- Mirkwood Bats4 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Damn2 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Supreme Verdict4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Gold-Forged Thopteryx2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Azorius Signet2 mana
- Dimir Signet2 mana
- Orzhov Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
Combos with Queza, Augur of Agonies
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Queza, Augur of Agonies is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Queza, Augur of Agonies + Drogskol Reaver11,107 decks
- Queza, Augur of Agonies + Lich's Mastery4,034 decks
- Queza, Augur of Agonies + Marina Vendrell's Grimoire3,954 decks
- Queza, Augur of Agonies + Sensei's Divining Top + Bolas's Citadel1,706 decks
- Queza, Augur of Agonies + Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel598 decks
- Queza, Augur of Agonies + Ketramose, The New Dawn + Toluz, Clever Conductor318 decks