Introduction

I have loved playing Varina, Lich Queen for some time now. I began with a $100 budget deck based around discarding synergies but quickly realized that I enjoyed playing her as a commander enough to invest more into a more competitive/ tuned deck.

I built this deck to have an engine-style commander for zombie tribal. Varina, Lich Queen allows me to fill my hand with effects like Teferi's Ageless Insight & Alhammarret's Archive. Coupled with tutors (i.e. Demonic Tutor, Enlightened Tutor, etc.) I can get my game-winning combos and use my ragtag team of zombois to defend or deal with opponent threats.

Win-Cons

The main win-con generator here is Gravecrawler. You can pair it with Rooftop Storm to do some pretty necromantic shenanigans. Pair it with Carrion Feeder or Nantuko Husk as sac outlets to get zombie ETB triggers and make those creatures insanely big. Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar + Rooftop Storm allows for infinite mana for a game-ending Exsanguinate. Pair with Corpse Knight, Diregraf Captain, Plague Belcher, or Wayward Servant to drain your opponents to death. Other than that you can always win the old-fashioned way with big zombies swinging for face.

Comments and Feedback Welcome!

I am always looking for great suggestions and feedback. I especially appreciate suggested cuts along with adds, but will consider any card that seems like it would improve this build. Thanks for reading!

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Casual

92% Competitive

Revision 2 See all

(3 years ago)

+1 Archfiend of Ifnir main
+1 Carrion Feeder main
-1 Counterspell main
-1 Dark Ritual main
-1 Dreadmalkin main
-1 Island main
-1 Kindred Dominance main
+1 Lazotep Chancellor main
+1 Mana Drain main
+1 Phyrexian Reclamation main
+1 Reliquary Tower main
-1 Silent Clearing main
+1 Swamp main
+1 Teferi's Ageless Insight main
-1 Tormod, the Desecrator main
-1 Waste Not main
Date added 3 years
Last updated 3 years
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Legality

This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

13 - 0 Mythic Rares

50 - 0 Rares

22 - 0 Uncommons

6 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.51
Tokens Bird 2/2 U, Elephant 3-3 G, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
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