Varina cycling/delve/zombie aggro

Commander / EDH WUB (Esper)

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Creature (34)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Binding Mummy
• 1x Black Cat
• 1x Carnophage
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Cunning Survivor
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Diregraf Ghoul
• 1x Dread Wanderer
• 1x Gisa and Geralf
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Graveyard Marshal
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Highborn Ghoul
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Mummy Paramount
• 1x Putrid Warrior
• 1x Rancid Rats
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Scrapskin Drake
• 1x Shadowstorm Vizier
• 1x Shambling Ghoul
• 1x Siren of the Silent Song
• 1x Skinthinner
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vedalken Ghoul
• 1x Wayward Servant
• 1x Wonder

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Mystic Remora

Land (35)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sleight of Hand

Commander (1)

Instant (15)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Delay
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Empty the Pits
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Shadow of the Grave
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Unified Will
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (7)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh

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Zombie tribal aggro build, focusing on cycling/delve synergies, lots of cheap creatures, cheap on-the-stack interaction and card-draw/selection.

The following cards interact particularly well with Varina:

Archfiend of Ifnir - on attack step, the Archfiend puts a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control for each attacking zombie you control - repeatable one-sided board wipes that even remove indestructible creatures are pretty cool

Shadowstorm Vizier and Cunning Survivor - cheap, hard to block creatures that get a big power boost whenever you attack

Chasm Skulker - gets big pretty quickly, leaves a bunch of 1/1 tokens if someone board-wipes

Shadow of the Grave - return all the cards cycled with Varina to hand

Alhammaret's Archive - loot with Varina, then draw that many cards again, and you don't have to discard them

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.26
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 C, Squid 1/1 U, Zombie 2/2 B