ThatGuyWithTheBeard's Varina Build-Around Cards
 
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Tarkir: Dragonstorm
releases on April 11, 2025!

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Tarkir: Dragonstorm
releases on April 11, 2025!

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Main Deck - 65 cards, 65 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (26)
1 Blood Artist
$1.19 Creature - Vampire
1 Body Snatcher
$0.30 Creature - Phyrexian Minion
1 Cemetery Reaper
$0.27 Creature - Zombie
1 Chasm Skulker
$0.78 Creature - Squid Horror
1 Cryptbreaker
$1.65 Creature - Zombie
1 Diregraf Captain
$0.34 Creature - Zombie Soldier
1 Diregraf Colossus
$5.69 Creature - Zombie Giant
1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
$2.59 Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1 Grave Titan
$0.94 Creature - Giant
1 Graveyard Marshal
$0.17 Creature - Zombie Soldier
1 Josu Vess, Lich Knight
$0.23 Legendary Creature - Zombie Knight
1 Laboratory Maniac
$0.75 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Lich Lord of Unx
$4.63 Creature - Zombie Wizard
1 Liliana's Reaver
$0.56 Creature - Zombie
1 Lord of the Accursed
$0.32 Creature - Zombie
1 Noosegraf Mob
$0.26 Creature - Zombie
1 Noxious Ghoul
$2.47 Creature - Zombie
1 Plague Belcher
$0.25 Creature - Zombie Beast
1 The Scarab God
$8.22 Legendary Creature - God
1 Toothy, Imaginary Friend
$9.29 Legendary Creature - Illusion
1 Undead Alchemist
$0.84 Creature - Zombie
1 Varina, Lich Queen
$9.28 Legendary Creature - Zombie Wizard
1 Vengeful Dead
$1.23 Creature - Zombie
1 Vizier of Many Faces
$0.22 Creature - Shapeshifter Cleric
1 Wayward Servant
$0.24 Creature - Zombie
1 Zulaport Cutthroat
$0.98 Creature - Human Rogue Ally
Instant (5)
1 Abolish
$0.54 Instant
1 Ancient Excavation
$0.53 Instant
1 Empty the Pits
$0.39 Instant
1 Shadow of the Grave
$0.66 Instant
1 Sphinx's Revelation
$0.58 Instant
Sorcery (8)
1 Army of the Damned
$0.97 Sorcery
1 Buried Alive
$0.69 Sorcery
1 Dread Summons
$0.41 Sorcery
1 From Under the Floorboards
$0.22 Sorcery
1 Living Death
$1.34 Sorcery
1 Notion Rain
$0.06 Sorcery
1 Read the Bones
$0.21 Sorcery
1 Syphon Flesh
$0.18 Sorcery
Artifact (11)
1 Aetherflux Reservoir
$12.76 Artifact
1 Alhammarret's Archive
$14.63 Legendary Artifact
1 Altar of Dementia
$12.70 Artifact
1 Altar of the Brood
$11.78 Artifact
1 Ashnod's Altar
$6.65 Artifact
1 God-Pharaoh's Gift
$0.38 Artifact
1 Mirage Mirror
$0.55 Artifact
1 Mirror of the Forebears
$2.37 Artifact
1 Stoneforge Masterwork
$2.26 Artifact - Equipment
1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
$6.67 Legendary Artifact
1 Vanquisher's Banner
$4.81 Artifact
Enchantment (13)
1 Angelic Chorus
$4.49 Enchantment
1 Anointed Procession
$63.92 Enchantment
1 Attunement
$6.48 Enchantment
1 Endless Ranks of the Dead
$5.69 Enchantment
1 Graf Harvest
$0.32 Enchantment
1 Intangible Virtue
$0.14 Enchantment
1 Lich's Mastery
$0.73 Legendary Enchantment
1 Liliana's Mastery
$0.49 Enchantment
1 Necromancer's Covenant
$0.89 Enchantment
1 Open the Graves
$0.65 Enchantment
1 Psychic Corrosion
$5.25 Enchantment
1 Sphinx's Tutelage
$1.01 Enchantment
1 Zombie Infestation
$0.19 Enchantment
Planeswalker (1)
1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
$0.26 Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Land (1)
1 Mirrorpool
$1.89 Land
Sideboard - 4 cards, 4 distinct
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (2)
1 Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
$5.57 Legendary Creature - Human Cleric // Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
1 Notion Thief
$0.63 Creature - Human Rogue
Sorcery (2)
1 Lingering Souls
$0.25 Sorcery
1 Rise from the Tides
$0.13 Sorcery

Notes
 
Newest cards to consider:

- Awaken the Erstwhile (not in Deckbox yet)

What Varina wants:

- Lots of zombies attacking (for drawing and discard)
- Cards in the graveyard to make zombie tokens (instant speed)

What gives lots of zombies:

- Token generators / multipliers
- Zombie recursion

Token value:

- Token buffers

Draw value:

- Mill through draw
- Lab Maniac
- Alhammarret's Archive

Discard value:

- Cycling/discard matters (for example - Shadow of the Grave)
- Graveyard gets filled

Graveyard value:

- (Mass) Reanimation
- Delve
- Zombie value
- Flashback / Jump-Start
- Wonder

Lifegain value:

- Aetherflux Reservoir
- Lich's Mastery (which combo's well with Varina, and like crazy with Varina + Alhammarret's Archive)

Value from a huge board of zombies:

- Value from them entering the battlefield
- Value from them dying
- Value from sacrificing them
- Value from lords and anthems

Non-Varina combos:

- Xathrid Necromancer + Arcane Adaptation (human) + sac outlet = infinite sac value
- Rotlung Reanimator + Arcane Adaptation (cleric) + sac outlet = infinite sac value

Gravecrawler combos:

- Gravecrawler + zombie + Arcane Adaptation (sliver) / Hivestone + Basal Sliver = Infinite black mana
- Gravecrawler + Diregraf Colossus + Arcane Adaptation (sliver) / Hivestone + Basal Sliver = Infinite black mana + infinite tokens
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