Overwhelming zombies by user3160990

Format: Commander

Commander: Varina, Lich Queen

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Esper deck helmed by Varina, Lich Queen leverages Zombie tribal synergies, massive token multiplication, and aristocrat drain to overwhelm multiplayer tables. The primary game plan curves low-cost Zombies into Varina on Turn 4, using her combat trigger to dig aggressively through the library, stock the graveyard, and gain life. Mid-game turns deploy powerful token doublers and triplers such as Anointed Procession, Mondrak, Glory Dominus, and Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation alongside prolific token creators like God-Eternal Oketra, Grave Titan, and Army of the Damned. As the horde multiplies, the deck converts raw board presence into victory through evasive attacks from Hordewing Skaab and steady drain from Wayward Servant, Plague Belcher, The Scarab God, and Throne of the God-Pharaoh. While vulnerable to mass exile wipes, deep redundancy and instant-speed protection in Duty Beyond Death keep the engine resilient.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Bontu the Glorified
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Call to the Grave
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Dark Salvation
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Festering Mummy
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Geralf, the Fleshwright
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 God-Eternal Oketra
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Guardian
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 1 Infectious Horror
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Noxious Ghoul
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Replication Technique
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temmet, Naktamun's Will
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Varina, Lich Queen
  • 1 Vindictive Triumph
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayward Servant
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver