Varina's Art Class

Commander / EDH* Lifegain Mill Tribal WUB (Esper) Zombie

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Creature (19)

• 1x Ammit Eternal
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Diregraf Ghoul
• 1x Dread Wanderer
• 1x Drunau Corpse Trawler
• 1x Fleet Swallower
• 1x Gisa and Geralf
• 1x Gravedigger
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Karlov of the Ghost Council
• 1x Khenra Eternal
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Laboratory Brute
• 1x Lamplighter of Selhoff
• 1x Null Caller
• 1x Regna, the Redeemer
• 1x Skittering Surveyor
• 1x Thraben Foulbloods

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Cemetery Recruitment
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Game Plan
• 1x Gild
• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Macabre Waltz
• 1x March of the Drowned
• 1x Raise Dead
• 1x Rise from the Grave
• 1x River's Rebuke
• 1x Soul Salvage

Land (33)

• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Cradle of the Accursed
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Desert of the True
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Dunes of the Dead
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 6x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 3x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Survivors' Encampment
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Curse of Disturbance
• 1x Graf Harvest
• 1x Necromancer's Covenant
• 1x Patient Rebuilding
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Psychic Corrosion
• 1x Radiant Destiny

Commander (1)

Instant (17)

• 1x Annul
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Cast Down
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cruel Revival
• 1x Dark Bargain
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Succumb to Temptation
• 1x Syncopate
• 1x Unwind
• 1x Void Shatter

Artifact (5)

• 1x God-Pharaoh's Gift
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Traveler's Amulet

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After picking up the Esper deck from Commander 2018 I decided that I wanted to build a Varina, Lich Queen deck! Her design was so intriguing to me and I knew I had to do my best to put her together. This is also the first Commander deck I've built myself so I'm very proud of it!

The main ways this deck wins are via Approach of the Second Sun (easily drawable with Varina's draw ability) and milling my opponents out via Fleet Swallower and Psychic Corrosion.

I haven't had a lot of time to test it out since I put the deck together but from the games I've played so far it seems very strong! I thought I'd share it in case anyone else was thinking of building her and was looking for some ideas on where to start.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 37 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.32
Tokens	Champion of Wits 4/4 B, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Gold, Warrior 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Knight 2/2 B