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Quistis Trepe
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · 2U
Color identity: Blue
Quistis Trepe is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Blue Magic — When Quistis Trepe enters, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
Reference price of the card: €0.08
Average lands in decks for Quistis Trepe: 35
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Build your Quistis Trepe deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Quistis Trepe 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Quistis Trepe 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: C+ (57/100)
- Consistency67
- Speed39
- Interaction82
- Resilience95
- Closing41
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (8 nonbasic, 27 Island)
Sol Ring · Essence Flux · Arcane Signet · Ghostly Flicker · Counterspell · Sapphire Medallion · Blur · The Water Crystal · Displacer Kitten · High Tide · Archmage Emeritus · Planar Incision · Deadeye Navigator · Snap · Dour Port-Mage · Thought Vessel · Windfall · Pongify · Maddening Cacophony · Frantic Search · Archaeomancer · Archmage of Runes · Ruin Crab · Fractured Sanity · Conjurer's Closet · Aetherize · Negate · Baral, Chief of Compliance · Thassa, Deep-Dwelling · Y'shtola Rhul · Talrand, Sky Summoner · Displace · Siren's Ruse · Mind Stone · Solemn Simulacrum · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Rapid Hybridization · Exhibition Tidecaller · Peregrine Drake · Splash Portal · Brainstorm · Arcane Denial · Evacuation · Riverchurn Monument · Propaganda · Fact or Fiction · Ponder · Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs · Psychic Corrosion · Mindsplice Apparatus · The Mindskinner · Mana Drain · Narset's Reversal · Cut Your Losses · Candlekeep Sage · Cyclonic Rift · Snapcaster Mage · Teferi's Time Twist · Relm's Sketching · Reality Shift · Preordain · Fellwar Stone · Thunderclap Drake · Naban, Dean of Iteration · Riptide Laboratory · Mystic Sanctuary · Reliquary Tower · Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture · Otawara, Soaring City · Myriad Landscape · War Room · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
🃏 Recommended cards for Quistis Trepe
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Quistis Trepe, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Essence Flux | 74% | +65% |
| Ghostly Flicker | 68% | +56% |
| Blur | 60% | +55% |
| Riptide Laboratory | 61% | +52% |
| Planar Incision | 53% | +48% |
| Displacer Kitten | 57% | +47% |
| The Water Crystal | 57% | +46% |
| Deadeye Navigator | 48% | +44% |
| Dour Port-Mage | 47% | +43% |
| Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital | 43% | +39% |
| Maddening Cacophony | 43% | +37% |
| Conjurer's Closet | 41% | +36% |
| Archmage Emeritus | 56% | +36% |
| Fractured Sanity | 41% | +35% |
| Ruin Crab | 42% | +34% |
| Y'shtola Rhul | 36% | +34% |
| Siren's Ruse | 35% | +34% |
| Thassa, Deep-Dwelling | 36% | +32% |
| Archmage of Runes | 42% | +31% |
| Displace | 35% | +31% |
| Exhibition Tidecaller | 32% | +30% |
| Splash Portal | 31% | +28% |
| Archaeomancer | 42% | +27% |
| Snap | 47% | +27% |
💰 The best cards for your Quistis Trepe 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.
- Essence Flux
- Ghostly Flicker
- Blur
- Riptide Laboratory
- Planar Incision
- Deadeye Navigator
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- The Water Crystal
- Dour Port-Mage
- Maddening Cacophony
- Conjurer's Closet
- Y'shtola Rhul
- Archmage of Runes
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Displacer Kitten
- Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
- Snapcaster Mage
- Mesmeric Orb
- Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Quistis Trepe
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mana Vault → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Bruvac the Grandiloquent + Maddening Cacophony → Infinite mill
- Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake + Archaeomancer → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of lands you control
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Frequently asked questions
What is Quistis Trepe's color identity?
Quistis Trepe is blue: 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 Quistis Trepe come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Quistis Trepe deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.0 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 30 % of the time and floods 30 %. Deck health: C+ (57/100).
How many lands should a Quistis Trepe deck run?
Real Quistis Trepe decks run 35 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 Quistis Trepe?
The three highest-synergy cards are Essence Flux, Ghostly Flicker, Blur. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Quistis Trepe decks.
What combos does Quistis Trepe have?
Quistis Trepe has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. 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 Quistis Trepe deck cost?
You can start cheap: Essence Flux, Ghostly Flicker, Blur 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.