Control from the Darkness (Devourer/Steal/Drain Life Unupped)

[theelkspeaks]

Here's a kind of fun darkness deck I've been running on and off in AI3, PVP1, and Bronze Arena.  As a player farming for rares, I'm concerned more with win rate than TTW, so I decided to pack a LOT of control, a mix of QC with the Devourers, CC with Drain Life, and PC with Steal (optionally stealing Pillars for QC if it's a good opportunity).  This deck might be a little large in terms of cards, but almost every card I draw I'm happy to see in my hand, so I'm not sure how much I should trim it.  Plus, having more than 35 cards, I occasionally get into prolonged control struggles and deck out Arena decks, so having at least 36 cards is nice (unless this is just me being a noob, which is quite possible too).

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4sa 4sa 4sa 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5un 5up 5up 5up 5up 5up 5up 5uq 5us 5us 5us 5us 5us 5us 8pt

The QP's are so that I can use actives on whatever cards I steal (Owl's Eye being a personal favorite).

[Odii Odsen]

This deck reminds me of the first mono darkness deck I've ever build.
I think QP + Parasite is still useless. And 6 steals are also a bit too much.

[theelkspeaks]

This deck reminds me of the first mono darkness deck I've ever build.
I think QP + Parasite is still useless. And 6 steals are also a bit too much.

The QP is more for Stolen permanents like Owl's Eye, Eternity, Trident, Mindgate, Hourglass, and so on than for Parasite.  Do you think I should take both them and the parasite out or just the parasite?  So maybe -1 parasite -1 steal?

[Odii Odsen]

3 QP looks useless/too slow for me.
Rather steal one of his pillars/pends.

Remove QP and Parasite. Let me know if it works better.
How about your dmg? Are 4 Dragons enough or do you lack on dmg?