Quick Draw Precon Upgrade Guide: Stella Lee, Wild Card
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Quick Draw
- Commander
- Stella Lee, Wild Card
- Colors
- Blue, Red
- Released
- 19 April 2024
- Card value
- ≈ $126.74
- Key cards
- Mizzix’s Mastery, Winged Boots, Windfall
Quick Draw is an Izzet spellslinger deck that rewards casting two or more spells per turn. Stella Lee exiles your top card to play whenever you cast your second spell each turn and can copy an instant or sorcery once you’ve cast three, so these upgrades focus on cheap cantrips, efficient interaction and cost reduction.
Below you’ll find the full interactive decklist, what the deck does well, where it struggles and our recommended upgrades, split into budget ($3.01), mid-range ($11.60), premium ($29.52). Start with the cheapest swaps and work your way up.
The decklist
Commander (1)
- 1Stella Lee, Wild Card$4.69
Creatures (19)
- 1Archmage Emeritus$2.46
- 1Bloodthirsty Adversary$0.36
- 1Crackling Spellslinger$1.16
- 1Electrostatic Field$2.44
- 1Eris, Roar of the Storm
- 1Goblin Electromancer$0.39
- 1Guttersnipe$2.21
- 1Haughty Djinn$0.36
- 1Kaza, Roil Chaser$0.23
- 1Murmuring Mystic$1.83
- 1Niv-Mizzet, Parun$5.51
- 1Octavia, Living Thesis$0.91
- 1Pteramander$0.22
- 1Storm-Kiln Artist$3.34
- 1Talrand, Sky Summoner$1.88
- 1Third Path Iconoclast$1.00
- 1Thunderclap Drake$3.31
- 1Veyran, Voice of Duality$4.71
- 1Young Pyromancer$0.31
Instants (9)
- 1Arcane Denial$2.33
- 1Big Score$1.13
- 1Chaos Warp$0.58
- 1Dig Through Time$0.37
- 1Galvanic Iteration$0.39
- 1Opt$0.35
- 1Pongify$2.93
- 1Radical Idea$0.23
- 1Think Twice$0.24
Sorceries (21)
- 1Baral’s Expertise$0.24
- 1Curse of the Swine$0.31
- 1Deep Analysis$0.19
- 1Elemental Eruption$3.68
- 1Epic Experiment$0.26
- 1Expressive Iteration$0.80
- 1Faithless Looting$1.16
- 1Finale of Promise$1.35
- 1Finale of Revelation$0.58
- 1Lock and Load$1.12
- 1Mizzix’s Mastery$8.31
- 1Ponder$3.53
- 1Preordain$0.92
- 1Pyretic Charge$0.75
- 1Rousing Refrain$1.49
- 1Serum Visions$2.79
- 1Tezzeret’s Gambit$0.36
- 1Treasure Cruise$0.29
- 1Vandalblast$3.16
- 1Volcanic Torrent$0.26
- 1Windfall$6.12
Artifacts (9)
- 1Arcane Signet$0.87
- 1Cursed Mirror$1.46
- 1Forger’s Foundry$0.33
- 1Izzet Signet$0.99
- 1Leyline Dowser$0.27
- 1Midnight Clock$0.50
- 1Smoldering Stagecoach$0.33
- 1Sol Ring$2.41
- 1Winged Boots$7.72
Enchantments (3)
- 1Arcane Bombardment$5.55
- 1Propaganda$3.76
- 1Shark Typhoon$2.29
Lands (38)
- 1Cascade Bluffs$2.19
- 1Command Tower$0.34
- 1Exotic Orchard$0.30
- 1Ferrous Lake$0.69
- 1Frostboil Snarl$0.32
- 7Island$0.19
- 7Island$0.14
- 1Izzet Boilerworks$0.34
- 7Mountain$0.19
- 6Mountain$0.26
- 1Reliquary Tower$4.55
- 1Shivan Reef$0.39
- 1Sulfur Falls$1.82
- 1Temple of Epiphany$0.34
- 1Temple of the False God$0.24
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What the deck does well
- Stella Lee exiles your top card to play until the end of your next turn whenever you cast your second spell, so cheap spells snowball quickly.
- The deck already has strong spellslinger payoffs like Archmage Emeritus, Storm-Kiln Artist, Veyran and Volcanic Torrent.
- Plenty of cantrips like Ponder, Preordain and Opt keep your hand full of things to chain.
Where it struggles
- Deep Analysis, Tezzeret’s Gambit and Finale of Revelation are slow, expensive draw spells that stall your spell chains.
- Pteramander, Kaza and Octavia are underwhelming creatures that do little for Stella’s two-spell plan.
- Cursed Mirror, Midnight Clock, Propaganda and Smoldering Stagecoach are clunky permanents that rarely matter.
Recommended upgrades
Pick a budget tab. Every row tells you which card to take out and what to put in.
Cheap swaps (under $2 each) that fix the biggest problems first.
| Cut | Add | From | Why | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tezzeret’s Gambit | Consider | $0.35 €0.61 | A one-mana instant cantrip that fills your graveyard and makes two-spell turns easy. | TCGplayer · Cardmarket |
| Midnight Clock | Talisman of Creativity | $0.49 €0.85 | A two-mana rock that makes blue or red right away. | TCGplayer · Cardmarket |
| Deep Analysis | Brainstorm | $0.67 €1.14 | A one-mana instant that helps trigger Stella and sets up your next draws. | TCGplayer · Cardmarket |
| Electrostatic Field | Lightning Bolt | $0.74 €1.10 | Cheap instant removal that counts toward your two-spell turns. | TCGplayer · Cardmarket |
| Rousing Refrain | Blasphemous Act | $0.76 €1.14 | Usually costs one red mana and resets the board when you fall behind. | TCGplayer · Cardmarket |
| Total | $3.01 | |||
Stronger synergy pieces and better interaction ($2–$8 each).
| Cut | Add | From | Why | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cursed Mirror | Counterspell | $2.26 €1.21 | A clean two-mana answer to any spell, cheap enough to cast alongside another spell. | TCGplayer · Cardmarket |
| Finale of Revelation | Past in Flames | $2.53 €1.41 | Lets you recast every instant and sorcery in your graveyard for a huge finishing turn. | TCGplayer · Cardmarket |
| Curse of the Swine | An Offer You Can’t Refuse | $2.80 €3.08 | A one-mana counter for noncreature spells, cheap enough to pair with another spell in one turn. | TCGplayer · Cardmarket |
| Kaza, Roil Chaser | Baral, Chief of Compliance | $4.01 €1.70 | Makes every instant and sorcery cost one less and loots when your counterspells resolve. | TCGplayer · Cardmarket |
| Total | $11.60 | |||
Premium upgrades. None of these are on the official Game Changers list, so the deck stays friendly for most casual tables.
| Cut | Add | From | Why | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octavia, Living Thesis | Ledger Shredder | $9.09 €7.50 | Connives whenever any player casts their second spell each turn, filtering your hand and growing. | TCGplayer · Cardmarket |
| Temple of the False God | Steam Vents | $9.60 €9.87 | An untapped dual land that makes both colors from turn one. | TCGplayer · Cardmarket |
| Smoldering Stagecoach | Swan Song | $10.83 €9.95 | A one-mana counter that protects your key spells from instants, sorceries and enchantments. | TCGplayer · Cardmarket |
| Total | $29.52 | |||
Where to buy the precon
Don’t own the deck yet? Find Quick Draw on TCGplayer or on Cardmarket.
Verdict
Quick Draw has the right engine but too many expensive spells to trigger Stella reliably. Lower the curve with one- and two-mana spells and efficient answers and the deck chains spells every turn.