Esper currently by Skulker

Format: Commander

Commander: Varina, Lich Queen

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Varina, Lich Queen leads a graveyard-centric Zombie tribal deck that turns attacks into card advantage and life, then converts that fuel into endless tokens and mass recursion. The primary plan is to flood the board with Zombies, use Varina's attack trigger to loot through the library, and finish by combat or by drain triggers. A compact infinite loop using Gravecrawler, Warren Soultrader, and Wayward Servant provides a repeatable game-ending engine, while Living Death and Zombie Apocalypse act as reset buttons. Rooftop Storm and Necroduality amplify the swarm. The commander is a value engine rather than the sole win condition, so the deck still functions without her.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Bone Shards
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Butcher Ghoul
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Eaten Alive
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Ghoulcaller's Chant
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Levitation
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lolth, Spider Queen
  • 1 Lost Monarch of Ifnir
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mirrorpool
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Overcharged Amalgam
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Psychic Frog
  • 1 Psychic Rebuttal
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Scourge of Nel Toth
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Secrets of the Dead
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Snowfield Sinkhole
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Triskelion
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Varina, Lich Queen
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wand of Orcus
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wayward Servant
  • 1 Yggdrasil, Rebirth Engine
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat