Varina, Conjure the Undead?

Commander / EDH* UB (Dimir) WUB (Esper)

Aleph-Null

Land (33)

• 4x Island
• 4x Plains
• 3x Swamp
• 2x Snow-Covered Island
• 2x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bad River
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Removal (7)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Curse of the Swine

Copy Enchantments (3)

• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Estrid's Invocation
• 1x Mirrormade

Recursion (3)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Dance of the Manse
• 1x Stitch Together

Draw Discard (20)

• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Bone Miser
• 1x Confessor
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Fell Specter
• 1x Ruthless Sniper
• 1x Liliana's Caress
• 1x Megrim
• 1x Raiders' Wake
• 1x Waste Not
• 1x Words of Waste
• 1x Ancient Excavation
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Arterial Flow
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Tasigur's Cruelty
• 1x Urza's Guilt
• 1x Whispering Madness

Zombies! (8)

• 1x Binding Mummy
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Tymaret Calls the Dead
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x From Under the Floorboards

Ramp (4)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Skittering Surveyor
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Dreamscape Artist

Commander (1)

Good Stuff (15)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Dire Fleet Ravager
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Ashiok's Erasure
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Learn from the Past
• 1x Summary Dismissal
• 1x Dralnu, Lich Lord
• 1x Lich's Mastery
• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Serum Visions

Death (6)

• 1x Tainted Sigil
• 1x Gempalm Polluter
• 1x Wayward Servant
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Harsh Sustenance

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VARINA, LICH QUEEN

Setting up

First thing you want to do is get some discard things going, such as Megrim, Liliana's Caress. Also Discard benefits for yourself, such as Bone Miser. Once this is done it’s time to get a few disposable zombie bois on the field.

Conjuring the dead.

Most fun part of this deck is the hordes of zombies. If possible have Annointed Procession, and Swarm Intelligence to get the most zombies. However, if you only have one of these out it’ll suffice. Casting Army of the Damned is my favorite, creating 26 or if you’re lucky-54 with the 2 enchantments out.

Now what the heck do you do with a ton of zombies? Well there are options. 1.Wayward Servant will drain the whole table and net you tons of life with ideal conditions of conjuring the dead. 2.Gempalm Polluter is another way to take out a player 3.Harsh Sustenance is similar to the latter, however you will also gain life. 4. Just straight up swinging with a butt ton of zombies-pretty straight forward.

Recycle

I found the deck would mill itself out. So I put in a couple of “shuffle graveyard into library” cards such as Echo of Eons-Which is playable and cheaper from graveyard-Emergency Powers, which also allows you to play something for free.

Strategies

First get some zombies, than cast Varina, Lich Queen and swing to start drawing and discarding. The idea is to just wheel until you get the good pieces to kill opponents.

Go the Megrim, Liliana's Caress route-and force opponents to discard and lose tons of life. Then finish off with some old fashion beat down.

Or wait it out, manufacture hordes of the undead, and drain/inflict damage to players for how many undead you control.

The choice is yours, and it’s very fun and dynamic to pick, more than likely you will be utilizing multiple ways of killing people to get the job done. I’ve found this deck to be a delight, and now I’m in love with making zombies. So hope you enjoy it as well.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	97
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Knight 2/2 B
Folders	Esper