varina combo/token zombies by SHUCKLE337

Format: Commander

Commander: Varina, Lich Queen

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Zombie Tribal and Aristocrats strategy led by Varina, Lich Queen. It seeks to deploy cheap Zombies in the opening turns, establish Varina on turn 4, and begin attacking on turn 5 to fuel the graveyard and sculpt the hand through massive looting triggers. By turn 6, the deck expands its board with token generators like Diregraf Colossus and lords like Undead Warchief, establishing an aggressive clock backed by life drain from Corpse Knight and Wayward Servant. Evasion from Wonder and Zombie Master ensures attacks connect over opposing defenses, closing out the table around turn 8. A robust removal suite featuring Void Rend, Anguished Unmaking, and Cyclonic Rift keeps opposing threats in check, while Living Death provides game-turning recovery against board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Archghoul of Thraben
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Champion of the Perished
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Dissolve
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dread Summons
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Empty the Laboratory
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Geralf, the Fleshwright
  • 1 Gisa and Geralf
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Graveborn Muse
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
  • 1 Havengul Lich
  • 1 Headless Rider
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Liliana, Untouched by Death
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lost Monarch of Ifnir
  • 1 Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Priest of the Crossing
  • 1 Relentless Dead
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Rot Hulk
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temmet, Naktamun's Will
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Warchief
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Varina, Lich Queen
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wayward Servant
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord