Varina, Zombie Queen

Varina, Lich Queen was included in the subjective reality 2018 commander deck. She really doesn’t fit there so I decided to take my The Scarab God zombie tribal deck and add some white along the way. The deck was a tribal zombie deck that focused on swarming the board and draining my opponents. The lords in the deck are a large part of why this deck is as good as it is, but some are pure lords and others have more interactions with creatures. Pure lords include:

• Death Baron
• Lord of the Undead
• Cemetery Reaper
• Diregraf Captain
• Lord of the Accursed
• Risen Executioner
• Undead Warchief
• Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Other creatures and other spell types that care about zombies or make zombies:

• Cryptbreaker
• Graveyard Marshal
• Relentless Dead
• Diregraf Colossus
• Endless Ranks of the Dead
• Liliana’s Mastery

With Varina we get white to work with and this brings some new versatility.

• Wayward Servant
• Unraveling Mummy
• Anguished Unmaking
• Fractured Identity
• Swords to Plowshares
• Anointed Procession
• Teferi’s Protection
• Fumigate
• Cleansing Nova

My main goal with this deck to get to the point where I end up milling my self out, while beating my opponents in the face, because I like to do fun things sometimes. A quick peek at what I built for GP Los Angeles.

Zombie Queen

Designer: Andy Bentley Make zombies, swing, draw, discard, gain life, repeat

Commander (1) 1 Varina, Lich Queen Lands (36) 6 Plains 7 Island 8 Swamp 1 Drowned Catacomb 1 Reliquary Tower 1 Sunken Hollow 1 Terramorphic Expanse 1 Evolving Wilds 1 Cabal Coffers 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1 Underground River 1 Windswept Heath 1 Unclaimed Territory 1 Bojuka Bog 1 Tainted Isle 1 Command Tower 1 Westvale Abbey 1 Deserted Temple

Creatures (36) 1 Wayward Servant 1 Unraveling Mummy 1 Custodi Lich 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier 1 The Scarab God 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel 1 Death Baron 1 Lord of the Accursed 1 Lord of the Undead 1 Cemetery Reaper 1 Diregraf Captain 1 Risen Executioner 1 Undead Warchief 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed 1 Josu Vess, Lich Knight 1 Prized Amalgam 1 Ghoulraiser 1 Gravedigger 1 Phyrexian Crusader 1 Dread Wanderer 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet 1 Tattered Mummy 1 Havengul Lich 1 Loyal Subordinate 1 Sticher’s Supplier 1 Fleshbag Marauder 1 Shambling Ghoul 1 Diregraf Ghoul 1 Gravecrawler 1 Cryptbreaker 1 Graveyard Marshal 1 Relentless Dead 1 Plague Belcher 1 Diregraf Colossus 1 Vengeful Dead 1 Nested Ghoul Instants and Sorceries (10) 1 Swords to Plowshares 1 Teferi’s Protection 1 Anguished Unmaking 1 Evacuation 1 Cyclonic Rift 1 Zombie Apocalypse 1 Fumigate 1 Cleansing Nova 1 Fractured Identity 1 Dark Salvation Other Spells (17) 1 Liliana, Death’s Majesty 1 Liliana, Untouched by Death 1 Swiftfoot Boots 1 Orzvov Signet 1 Dimir Signet 1 Sol Ring 1 Thran Dynamo 1 Azorious Signet 1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh 1 Liliana’s Mastery 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead 1 Anointed Procession 1 Rooftop Storm 1 Phyrexian Arena 1 Dictate of Erebos 1 Graf Harvest 1 Curse of Disturbance

There are a few changes I could make to this list if I wanted to be a little more combo reliant, but, I’m happy with this list overall. We just want to swarm the board with creatures and attack so we can draw all the cards. Let me know what you think about the deck and how you would build it differently. Until next time, Peace Y’all