Test Varina 1 (Moxfield like) by RobMencey

Format: Commander

Commander: Varina, Lich Queen

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Zombie tribal midrange strategy commanded by Varina, Lich Queen. The primary plan develops early Zombie creatures, casts Varina on curve, and attacks to generate card filtering and life buffer while stocking the graveyard with creature fuel. It transitions into the midgame by compounding board presence with token generators like Diregraf Colossus and God-Eternal Oketra, pumping the army with lords like Undead Warchief and Death Baron, and draining opponents using Corpse Knight, Wayward Servant, and Gray Merchant of Asphodel. High-synergy engines such as Rooftop Storm, Ashnod's Altar, and Gravecrawler provide explosive late-game velocity and combo potential. The deck protects its engine with efficient Esper spot removal and countermagic while utilizing mass graveyard recursion like Zombie Apocalypse to rebuild after sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Binding Mummy
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Cryptcaller Chariot
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 God-Eternal Oketra
  • 1 Graveborn Muse
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
  • 1 Havengul Lich
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Overcharged Amalgam
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Delver
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temmet, Naktamun's Will
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Varina, Lich Queen
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vile Entomber
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wayward Servant
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord