Queza Grand Smotherer - On a Budget

Commander / EDH Card Draw Matters Combo Wheels WUB (Esper)

Cerebrosus

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Glacial Floodplain
• 6x Island
• 1x Obscura Storefront
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 2x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Skybridge Towers
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Ingenious Mastery
• 1x Minds Aglow
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Tasigur's Cruelty
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall

Instant (21)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Ancient Excavation
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Baleful Mastery
• 1x Boon of Safety
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Despark
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Make a Stand
• 1x Murderous Cut
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip
• 1x Slip Out the Back
• 1x Supreme Will
• 1x Valorous Stance

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Commander (1)

Creature (17)

• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Epicure of Blood
• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1x Merfolk Looter
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1x Spell Queller
• 1x Typhoid Rats
• 1x Vantress Gargoyle
• 1x Varina, Lich Queen
• 1x Witch of the Moors

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Lich's Mastery
• 1x Witness Protection

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Creature (1)

• 1x Toluz, Clever Conductor

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Draw, Drain, Win Simple as that

The goal from the start was to have a fun silly little esper deck that just draws cards, gains some life, plays some neat threats every noe and then and maybe does some spot board adjustments if needed without being all too opressive. Unsure if that's how it's actually turning out but at least it's still fun so far.

For feedback my main conundrum is the mana base. I am most used to monocoloured commanders so unsure how to properly tackle a tricolour manabase on a budget. Any manabase feedback is greatly appreciated, like, is it okay to have slow taplands? Are some taplands more egregrious than others? Are more basics better? That kinda stuff.

Second conundrum is to try to make the deck less "oh I drew my one combo piece, guess you all die" and more of a steady "you know what you get thing" even if that thing isn't usually the same.

Third conundrum is around what draw spells are worth running. Is draw 3 for 3 mana ideal? Is slower draw sources okay? Are wheels too explosive? I dunno.

Fourthly, how much removal and protection is reasonable in a deck that just tries to do its own little thing and draw cards?

Any feedback or discussion is warmly welcome.

Date added	3 weeks
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 34 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Copy Clone, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B