Varina's Hordes

Commander / EDH* WUB (Esper)

ObsidianBunny

Creature (20)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x God-Eternal Oketra
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Lich Lord of Unx
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Shepherd of Rot
• 1x The Scarab God
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Undead Alchemist
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Wayward Servant

Artifact (7)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sol Ring

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Ghoulcaller's Chant
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Zombie Apocalypse

Instant (9)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Utter End

Land (35)

• 35x Swamp

Commander (1)

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Etchings of the Chosen
• 1x Graf Harvest
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Necromancer's Covenant
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Radiant Destiny
• 1x Rooftop Storm

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope
• 1x Liliana, Untouched By Death

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A version of my commander deck without the lands at this time. I'm working on the main deck first before I work at adding the mana base. I'm open to suggestions, but the main thought process of this is generating a disposable army that can regrow if it's wiped out. Varina is going to be used more for her color identity,life gain, and draw ability, than her second ability. I can see using both, but I'm not focusing too much on her second ability in this deck.

I had considered adding some counter magic to the deck, and still might. I don't have every zombie lord in the deck, only because I feel that the ones I do have in the deck have the most value and upside. For example, why have Zombie Master when most of my zombies are disposable anyway? The army only needs one or two buffs to be a terrifying Swarm of undead.

There are a few infinite combos in this, because I believe in having an instant kill button should it be needed. Through the use of Phyrexian Altar/Rooftop Storm + Gravecrawler + any other zombie in play + Bitter Ordeal we can exile every single card in everyone's library. We can also substitute Bitter Ordeal for Wayward Servant, Diregraf Captain, Blood Artist, etc.

We can even just cast Bitter Ordeal after a board wipe or such, if we have Flash of course.

Not everything in the deck is a perfect fit, so I'm open to suggestions!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.78
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Warrior 4/4 B, Zombie Wizard 1/1 UB