WIP B3 Zombo Combo by nucleus

Format: Commander

Commander: Varina, Lich Queen

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Zombie tribal strategy led by Varina, Lich Queen that bridges aggressive combat with an Aristocrats combo finish. Early turns focus on deploying cheap Zombies like Carrion Feeder and Corpse Knight. Once Varina enters play, combat attacks trigger large loot effects that sculpt the hand and fill the graveyard with recursive threats. The primary win condition executes an infinite loop using Gravecrawler, Phyrexian Altar, and an Aristocrats drain payoff to eliminate all three opponents in a single turn. Free spells like Fierce Guardianship and Deadly Rollick protect the combo turn while keeping mana open. If the combo pieces are removed, the deck easily pivots to an overwhelming creature board powered by lords, token generators, and unblockable swampwalk attacks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Binding Mummy
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Butcher Ghoul
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Diregraf Captain
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 God-Eternal Oketra
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lazotep Chancellor
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Noxious Ghoul
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Temmet, Naktamun's Will
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Varina, Lich Queen
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayward Servant
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord