zombies... by Faros

Format: Commander

Commander: Varina, Lich Queen

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Zombie tribal and midrange reanimation strategy piloted by Varina, Lich Queen. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost Zombie enablers in the early turns, then transitioning into Varina to generate card flow and fill the graveyard through repeated combat looting. As the graveyard expands, the deck leverages mass recursion effects such as Living Death, Zombie Apocalypse, and Rot Hulk alongside powerful token doublers and creature engines like God-Eternal Oketra, Necroduality, and The Scarab God. Victory is achieved by overwhelming opponents through a critical mass of buffed, evasive Zombie tokens, complemented by potent life-drain triggers from Diregraf Captain, Wayward Servant, Plague Belcher, and Gray Merchant of Asphodel. Supported by efficient interaction including Dovin's Veto, Counterspell, Swords to Plowshares, and Lazotep Plating, the deck maintains board control while steadily compounding resource advantages across both the battlefield and graveyard zones.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Binding Mummy
  • 1 Bladestitched Skaab
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Compelling Deterrence
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Crawl from the Cellar
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Curse of Disturbance
  • 1 Cursecloth Wrappings
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
  • 1 Eternal Skylord
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Forgotten Creation
  • 1 Gempalm Polluter
  • 1 Geralf, the Fleshwright
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 God-Eternal Oketra
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grimoire of the Dead
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lost Monarch of Ifnir
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 On Wings of Gold
  • 1 Open the Graves
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prophet of the Scarab
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Rot Hulk
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Flesh
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temmet, Naktamun's Will
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Varina, Lich Queen
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vizier of the Scorpion
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Wayward Servant
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord