EDH Optimizer
Q, Stacking the Deck
Legendary Creature — Q · 2RR
Color identity: Red
Q, Stacking the Deck is red: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
When Q enters, shuffle your library, then exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. That nonland card gains "Exile a card from your hand: Create a copy of this card. You may cast the copy. Activate only during your turn and only if this card is exiled."
Reference price of the card: €18.40
Average lands in decks for Q, Stacking the Deck: 80
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Build your Q, Stacking the Deck deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Q, Stacking the Deck 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Q, Stacking the Deck deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: B+ (75/100)
- Consistency71
- Speed76
- Interaction19
- Resilience68
- Closing99
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 42 lands (5 nonbasic, 37 Mountain)
Delayed Blast Fireball · Cursed Mirror · Sol Ring · Molten Duplication · Twinflame · Ruby Medallion · Electroduplicate · Maximum Carnage · Heat Shimmer · Ensnared by the Mara · Jeska's Will · Conjurer's Closet · Mana Geyser · Seething Song · Wheel of Fortune · Blasphemous Act · Memory Worm · Arcane Signet · Chaos Warp · Scrawling Crawler · Voyager Staff · Lightning Bolt · Share the Spoils · Terror of the Peaks · Glaring Fleshraker · Nalfeshnee · Spider-Verse · Wheel of Misfortune · Wild-Magic Sorcerer · Devastating Onslaught · Prisoner's Dilemma · Splinter Twin · The One Ring · Big Score · Desperate Ritual · Keeper of Secrets · Mind Stone · Passionate Archaeologist · Pyretic Ritual · Runaway Steam-Kin · Seven Dwarves · Unstable Amulet · Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge · Charred Foyer // Warped Space · Flaming Tyrannosaurus · Party Thrasher · Seize the Spotlight · Snort · The Fire Crystal · Agate Instigator · Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune · Price of Progress · Unexpected Windfall · Will of the Jeskai · Advanced Reconstruction · Descent into Avernus · Jaxis, the Troublemaker · Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle · War Room · Myriad Landscape · Ancient Tomb · Bonders' Enclave
🃏 Recommended cards for Q, Stacking the Deck
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Q, Stacking the Deck, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Delayed Blast Fireball | 30% | +25% |
| Molten Duplication | 23% | +19% |
| Maximum Carnage | 20% | +17% |
| Twinflame | 23% | +17% |
| Ensnared by the Mara | 18% | +16% |
| Terrain Generator | 19% | +16% |
| Heat Shimmer | 19% | +16% |
| Bonders' Enclave | 21% | +16% |
| Electroduplicate | 20% | +15% |
| Mikokoro, Center of the Sea | 17% | +15% |
| Thespian's Stage | 16% | +14% |
| Memory Worm | 15% | +14% |
| Vesuva | 14% | +13% |
| Voyager Staff | 14% | +13% |
| Urza's Cave | 16% | +13% |
| Sandstone Needle | 16% | +13% |
| Conjurer's Closet | 17% | +13% |
| High Market | 14% | +12% |
| Scrawling Crawler | 14% | +12% |
| Sanctum of Eternity | 13% | +12% |
| Fountainport | 15% | +12% |
| Dwarven Ruins | 14% | +12% |
| Share the Spoils | 13% | +12% |
| Arid Archway | 13% | +12% |
💰 The best cards for your Q, Stacking the Deck deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Maximum Carnage
- Twinflame
- Terrain Generator
- Bonders' Enclave
- Electroduplicate
- Thespian's Stage
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Molten Duplication
- Ensnared by the Mara
- Heat Shimmer
- Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
- Vesuva
- Sandstone Needle
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Delayed Blast Fireball
- Talon Gates of Madara
- Gemstone Caverns
- Ancient Tomb
- Passionate Archaeologist
- Field of the Dead
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Q, Stacking the Deck
- Underworld Breach + Wheel of Fortune + Jeska's Will → Infinite draw triggers for all players, Infinite looting for all players, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite storm count
- Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite magecraft triggers
- Dualcaster Mage + Molten Duplication → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite magecraft triggers
- Reiterate + Jeska's Will → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count, Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn
- Reiterate + Mana Geyser → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count
- Storm-Kiln Artist + Seething Song + Reiterate → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite colored mana, Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack, Infinite power for any creature, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count, Infinite Treasure tokens
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Frequently asked questions
What is Q, Stacking the Deck's color identity?
Q, Stacking the Deck is red: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Q, Stacking the Deck come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Q, Stacking the Deck deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 42 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.6 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 24 % of the time and floods 21 %. Deck health: B+ (75/100).
How many lands should a Q, Stacking the Deck deck run?
Real Q, Stacking the Deck decks run 80 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Q, Stacking the Deck?
The three highest-synergy cards are Delayed Blast Fireball, Molten Duplication, Maximum Carnage. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Q, Stacking the Deck decks.
What combos does Q, Stacking the Deck have?
Q, Stacking the Deck has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Underworld Breach + Wheel of Fortune + Jeska's Will. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Q, Stacking the Deck deck cost?
You can start cheap: Maximum Carnage, Twinflame, Terrain Generator are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.