She'll get revenge or die trying!

Commander / EDH Jank Lifegain Tokens WUB (Esper) Zombie

DrSnipy

Creature (29)

• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Champion of the Perished
• 1x Cleaver Skaab
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Eternal Skylord
• 1x Gleaming Overseer
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Hordewing Skaab
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Patchwork Crawler
• 1x Ratadrabik of Urborg
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Tainted Adversary
• 1x Tomb Tyrant
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Undead Alchemist
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Wayward Servant
• 1x Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Etchings of the Chosen
• 1x Graf Harvest
• 1x Liliana's Mastery
• 1x Necroduality
• 1x Necromancer's Covenant

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 5x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 3x Plains
• 1x Raffine's Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Dark Salvation
• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Empty the Laboratory
• 1x Necrotic Hex
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Zombie Apocalypse

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crowded Crypt
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wand of Orcus

Instant (7)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Lazotep Plating
• 1x Obscura Charm
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Void Rend

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Sideboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Empty the Pits

Creature (1)

• 1x Master of Death

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Rooftop Storm

Artifact (1)

• 1x Icon of Ancestry

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Maybeboard

Land (13)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Labyrinth of Skophos
• 1x Malakir Mire  ^Flip
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Midnight Ritual
• 1x Necromantic Selection

Artifact (10)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grimoire of the Dead
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Haunted One
• 1x Reflections of Littjara
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight

Creature (8)

• 1x Bladestitched Skaab
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Overcharged Amalgam
• 1x Shepherd of Rot
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Vizier of the Scorpion

Instant (4)

• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Fracture
• 1x Gravepurge
• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn

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What is it?

Zombie tribal in my most favorite colors of Esper! {B}{U}{W}

The Sideboard contains the Cards I once played and took out. The reasons for that can be that they didn't work or I didn't enjoy playing with them, since my play group only plays medium power.

The Accordions below are still a Work in Progress.

Restrictions

Building this Deck, I set the following restrictions for myself:

• only Zombie Creatures
• a lot of the Big Zombie Spells
• flavor before function (still some function, if there is none it isnt fun)
• build the deck for long-term play (I wanna play this deck alot, so there needs to be some kind of diversity)

Gameplan

1. Collect a few Zombies.
2. Get Varina, Lich Queen out.
3. Turn sideways (Deck is really aggressiv actually)
4. Draw Cards, Gain Life, play more Zombies.
5. Buff the Zombies and interact with the other Players
6. Profit (win and/or a fun game)

Winconditions

• Gray Merchant of Asphodel

• Rogue's Passage + anyone of these Champion of the Perished, Diregraf Colossus or Unbreathing Horde

• Rise of the Dark Realms

Main Synergies

Here you can find two card combinations that have a high synergie in the deck.

The Amulet:

• Amulet of Vigor + Varina, Lich Queen
• Amulet of Vigor + Diregraf Colossus
• Amulet of Vigor + Army of the Damned
• Amulet of Vigor + Dread Summons

Etchings:

• Etchings of the Chosen + Relentless Dead
• Etchings of the Chosen + Gravecrawler

When I discover more things that work really well together Ill add them here.

Deck Content

- Some key components of the deck are:

• Ramp: Arcane Signet, Crowded Crypt, Herald's Horn, Sol Ring, Undead Warchief, Chromatic Lantern and Thought Vessel

• Card draw: Midnight Reaper, Alhammarret's Archive, Cryptbreaker, Graveborn Muse, Undead Augur, Castle Locthwain, Icon of Ancestry, Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver, Raffine's Tower and Varina, Lich Queen

• Boardwipes: Toxic Deluge, Necrotic Hex, Zombie Apocalypse(against Human Tribal) and Liliana, Death's Majesty

• Targeted Removal: Anguished Unmaking, Path to Exile, Swords to Plowshares, Void Rend, Dark Salvation, Murderous Rider and Obscura Charm

• Lifegain: Alhammarret's Archive, Varina, Lich Queen, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Murderous Rider, Wayward Servant and Necromancer's Covenant

• Copy Zombies: Cleaver Skaab, Ratadrabik of Urborg, Necroduality

• Tokencreation: (1-3) Cemetery Reaper, Cryptbreaker, Diregraf Colossus, Gleaming Overseer, Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver, Graf Harvest, Liliana's Mastery, Varina, Lich Queen, Lazotep Plating and Liliana, Death's Majesty

• Mass Tokencreation: (potential for 3+) Tainted Adversary, Endless Ranks of the Dead, Dark Salvation, Crowded Crypt, Necromancer's Covenant, Army of the Damned, Dread Summons, Wand of Orcus, Undead Alchemist and Necrotic Hex

• Buffing Tokens: Undead Warchief, Cemetery Reaper, Death Baron, Diregraf Captain, Gleaming Overseer, Lord of the Accursed, Lord of the Undead, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Ratadrabik of Urborg, Tomb Tyrant, Liliana's Mastery, Necromancer's Covenant, Etchings of the Chosen, Vault of the Archangel, Eternal Skylord and Hordewing Skaab

• They keep on coming back! Gravecrawler, Havengul Lich, Lord of the Undead, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Relentless Dead, Patchwork Crawler,Obscura Charm and Tomb Tyrant

Afterword

The Maybeboard is for changes I'm planing, or you could take into consideration if you're building a Varina, Lich Queen Deck.

Feel free to leave any suggestions in the comments!

Top Ranked	Achieved #44 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #35 position in Commander / EDH 1 year ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH WUB (Esper) 1 year ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	9 months
Key combos	Etchings of the Chosen + Relentless Dead Amulet of Vigor + Varina, Lich Queen Amulet of Vigor + Diregraf Colossus Amulet of Vigor + Army of the Damned Amulet of Vigor + Dread Summons Etchings of the Chosen + Gravecrawler
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 1 Mythic Rares 45 - 3 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.27
Tokens	Copy Clone, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	Three Colored EDH Decks, All EDH Decks, EDH Decks, Tribal