New Untitled Deck by user1455436

Format: Commander

Commander: Varina, Lich Queen

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Esper Zombie Tribal and Aristocrats build led by Varina, Lich Queen. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost Zombie creatures, accelerating into Varina on Turn 4, and attacking to trigger aggressive card filtering and life gain. Discarded creature cards fuel Varina's token-generating engine, creating a wide board presence that compounds with tribal lords and aristocrat drain effects. The deck wins on Turns 6 to 7 through explosive overrun spells like Akroma's Will, mass reanimation with Living Death, devotion life loss from Gray Merchant of Asphodel, or infinite loops with Gravecrawler and Phyrexian Altar. A robust defensive suite featuring Force of Will, Dovin's Veto, and Akroma's Will shields key pieces from opposing interaction, while alternative engines such as The Scarab God and Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver provide excellent resilience if the commander is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Cryptcaller Chariot
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eldrazi Monument
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
  • 1 Havengul Lich
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lazotep Chancellor
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Temmet, Naktamun's Will
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Varina, Lich Queen
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Waxen Shapethief
  • 1 Wayward Servant
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Zombie Infestation
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord