Queza, Augur of Agonies

Queza, Augur of Agonies turns your card draw into a slow burn engine while gaining you life—a perfect setup for a control deck that outlasts aggressive opponents. Every card you draw chips away at life totals while stabilizing your own, so you want to focus on cantrips, draw engines, and effects that trigger repeatedly. You're not trying to win fast; instead, you're grinding out advantages turn after turn until opponents can't keep up.

Build around consistent card advantage: wheels, repeated draw effects, and passive draw engines like Bolas's Citadel or Syphon Mind. The life gain matters too—it protects you while you assemble control elements and eventually close out the game with commander damage or an army of tokens. Include removal and counterspells to stay alive long enough for your draw engine to take over. Cards that draw multiple cards at once (like Dark Deal or Windfall) are especially punishing, turning a single spell into multiple life swings.

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