Zoombies by Squirtis27

Format: Commander

Commander: Varina, Lich Queen

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Zombie tribal and aristocrats strategy commanded by Varina, Lich Queen. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost Zombies in the opening turns, casting Varina on Turn 4, and declaring attacks to aggressively loot through the library while gaining life and filling the graveyard. The sculpted graveyard fuels Varina's token creation ability and sets up powerful mass reanimation spells like Bloodline Bidding, Victimize, and Rot Hulk. As the Zombie swarm widens, tribal lords like Death Baron, Cemetery Reaper, and Lord of the Accursed grant formidable combat buffs and evasion, while aristocrat payoffs such as Wayward Servant, Corpse Knight, and Diregraf Captain drain opposing life totals on every entry and death trigger. Secondary win conditions like The Scarab God, God-Eternal Oketra, and Rooftop Storm provide resilient angles of attack, making the deck capable of sustaining pressure through board wipes and closing games decisively around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Cryptcaller Chariot
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Forgotten Creation
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 God-Eternal Oketra
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Liliana, Untouched by Death
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lost Monarch of Ifnir
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 On Wings of Gold
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Overcharged Amalgam
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prophet of the Scarab
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Rot Hulk
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temmet, Naktamun's Will
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Thran Vigil
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Varina, Lich Queen
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayward Servant
  • 1 Winnowing
  • 1 Zombie Master