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Challenge the Stats – Varina, Lich Queen - Prepare to be Lich-Slapped
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Varina, Lich Queen

Whenever you attack with one or more Zombies, draw that many cards, then discard that many cards. You gain that much life. {2}, Exile two cards from your graveyard: Create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Creature
Varina, Lich Queen (2x2) 291

Commander

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Artifacts

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (moc) 348
Azorius Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Artifact
Azorius Signet (scd) 259
Bolas's Citadel

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost. {T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

Artifact
Bolas's Citadel (war) 79
Desecrated Tomb

Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.

Artifact
Desecrated Tomb (m19) 230
Dimir Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Artifact
Dimir Signet (scd) 263
Expedition Map

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Expedition Map (j22) 765
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (moc) 356
Heraldic Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+0. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Artifact
Heraldic Banner (scd) 267
Library of Leng

You have no maximum hand size. If an effect causes you to discard a card, discard it, but you may put it on top of your library instead of into your graveyard.

Artifact
Library of Leng (5ed) 387
Orzhov Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (moc) 369
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (moc) 381
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (moc) 389

Artifacts

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Creatures

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Archfiend of Ifnir

Flying Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Archfiend of Ifnir (akh) 78
Aven Wind Guide

Flying, vigilance Creature tokens you control have flying and vigilance. Embalm {4}{W}{U} ({4}{W}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Bird Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Aven Wind Guide (akh) 195
Bog Witch

{B}, {T}, Discard a card: Add {B}{B}{B}.

Creature
Bog Witch (arc) 11
Bone Miser

Whenever you discard a creature card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Whenever you discard a land card, add {B}{B}. Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.

Creature
Bone Miser (plst) C19-15
Crypt Ghast

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}.

Creature
Crypt Ghast (c14) 139
Cryptbreaker

{1}{B}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Tap three untapped Zombies you control: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Cryptbreaker (emn) 86
Doom Whisperer

Flying, trample Pay 2 life: Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Creature
Doom Whisperer (grn) 69
Dreamscape Artist

{2}{U}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice a land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Dreamscape Artist (tsr) 64
Forgotten Creation

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) At the beginning of your upkeep, you may discard all the cards in your hand. If you do, draw that many cards.

Creature
Forgotten Creation (clb) 721
Ghost of Ramirez DePietro

Ghost of Ramirez DePietro can't be blocked by creatures with toughness 3 or greater. Whenever Ghost of Ramirez DePietro deals combat damage to a player, choose up to one target card in a graveyard that was discarded or put there from a library this turn. Put that card into its owner's hand. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Ghost of Ramirez DePietro (cmr) 71
Ghostly Pilferer

Whenever Ghostly Pilferer becomes untapped, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card. Discard a card: Ghostly Pilferer can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Ghostly Pilferer (ncc) 223
Gleaming Overseer

When Gleaming Overseer enters, amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) Zombie tokens you control have hexproof and menace.

Creature
Gleaming Overseer (scd) 229
Graveborn Muse

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of Zombies you control.

Creature
Graveborn Muse (plst) 10E-145
Jace's Archivist

{U}, {T}: Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Creature
Jace's Archivist (c15) 95
Nezahal, Primal Tide

This spell can't be countered. You have no maximum hand size. Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, draw a card. Discard three cards: Exile Nezahal, Primal Tide. Return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Nezahal, Primal Tide (cmr) 401
Overseer of the Damned

Flying When Overseer of the Damned enters, you may destroy target creature. Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls dies, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Creature
Overseer of the Damned (scd) 98
Psychosis Crawler

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Psychosis Crawler (moc) 371
Sage of the Falls

Whenever Sage of the Falls or another non-Human creature you control enters, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Creature
Sage of the Falls (j22) 340
Skirk Ridge Exhumer

{B}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 black Zombie Goblin creature token named Festering Goblin. It has "When Festering Goblin dies, target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn."

Creature
Skirk Ridge Exhumer (fut) 77
Stitcher's Supplier

When Stitcher's Supplier enters or dies, mill three cards. (Put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Creature
Stitcher's Supplier (j22) 73
Syr Konrad, the Grim

Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad, the Grim deals 1 damage to each opponent. {1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Syr Konrad, the Grim (moc) 269
The Scarab God

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses X life and you scry X, where X is the number of Zombies you control. {2}{U}{B}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie. When The Scarab God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
The Scarab God (2xm) 216
Tormod, the Desecrator

Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Tormod, the Desecrator (cmr) 155
Vizier of the Scorpion

When Vizier of the Scorpion enters, amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) Zombie tokens you control have deathtouch.

Creature
Vizier of the Scorpion (scd) 119
Wonder

Flying As long as Wonder is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.

Creature
Wonder (mh2) 271

Creatures

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Enchantments

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Anointed Procession

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.

Enchantment
Anointed Procession (plst) AKH-2
Endless Ranks of the Dead

At the beginning of your upkeep, create X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens, where X is half the number of Zombies you control, rounded down.

Enchantment
Endless Ranks of the Dead (j22) 410
Ominous Seas

Whenever you draw a card, put a foreshadow counter on Ominous Seas. Remove eight foreshadow counters from Ominous Seas: Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Ominous Seas (plst) IKO-61
Teferi's Ageless Insight

If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Enchantment
Teferi's Ageless Insight (m21) 76
Zombie Infestation

Discard two cards: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Enchantment
Zombie Infestation (dmr) 111

Enchantments

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Instants

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Ancient Excavation

Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand, then discard a card for each card drawn this way. Basic landcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Instant
Ancient Excavation (cm2) 150
Despark

Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.

Instant
Despark (moc) 322
Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Esper Charm

Choose one — • Destroy target enchantment. • Draw two cards. • Target player discards two cards.

Instant
Esper Charm (plst) C18-179
Fact or Fiction

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Instant
Fact or Fiction (dmr) 48
Hagra Mauling

Instant
Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit (znr) 106Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit (znr) 106
Heliod's Intervention

Choose one — • Destroy X target artifacts and/or enchantments. • Target player gains twice X life.

Instant
Heliod's Intervention (thb) 19
Kabira Takedown

Instant
Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau (znr) 19Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau (znr) 19
Malakir Rebirth

Instant
Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111
Sejiri Shelter

Instant
Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (moc) 211

Instants

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Lands

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Arcane Sanctum

Arcane Sanctum enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}, {U}, or {B}.

Land
Arcane Sanctum (moc) 390
Azorius Chancery

Azorius Chancery enters tapped. When Azorius Chancery enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (brc) 175
Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog enters tapped. When Bojuka Bog enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (moc) 391
Brightclimb Pathway

Land
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway (znr) 259Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway (znr) 259
Cabal Coffers

{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each Swamp you control.

Land
Cabal Coffers (mh2) 301
Caves of Koilos

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. Caves of Koilos deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Caves of Koilos (dmu) 244
Clearwater Pathway

Land
Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (znr) 260Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (znr) 260
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
Dimir Aqueduct

Dimir Aqueduct enters tapped. When Dimir Aqueduct enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Dimir Aqueduct (brc) 182
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (moc) 398
Fetid Pools

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Fetid Pools enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Fetid Pools (akh) 243
Field of the Dead

Field of the Dead enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. Whenever Field of the Dead or another land you control enters, if you control seven or more lands with different names, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Land
Field of the Dead (m20) 247
Geier Reach Sanitarium

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Land
Geier Reach Sanitarium (dmc) 213
Godless Shrine

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) As Godless Shrine enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Godless Shrine (rna) 248
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As Hallowed Fountain enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rna) 251
Hengegate Pathway

Land
Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 260Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 260
Irrigated Farmland

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Irrigated Farmland enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Irrigated Farmland (c20) 282
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mom) 278
Mortuary Mire

Mortuary Mire enters tapped. When Mortuary Mire enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Mortuary Mire (j22) 817
Orzhov Basilica

Orzhov Basilica enters tapped. When Orzhov Basilica enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Land
Orzhov Basilica (brc) 191
Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (moc) 418
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (mom) 277
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Prairie Stream enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (moc) 420
Scavenger Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

Land
Scavenger Grounds (c21) 314
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Sunken Hollow enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (moc) 428
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mom) 279
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As Watery Grave enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Watery Grave (grn) 259

Lands

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Planeswalkers

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Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. −4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice. −9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.

Planeswalker
Liliana, Dreadhorde General (war) 97
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted

Whenever an opponent draws a card, Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted deals 1 damage to that player. −2: Destroy target creature. Its controller draws two cards.

Planeswalker
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted (j22) 450
The Wanderer

Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to you and other permanents you control. −2: Exile target creature with power 4 or greater.

Planeswalker
The Wanderer (plst) WAR-37

Planeswalkers

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Sorceries

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Agadeem's Awakening

Sorcery
Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 90Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 90
Awaken the Erstwhile

Each player discards all the cards in their hand, then creates that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

Sorcery
Awaken the Erstwhile (rna) 61
Command the Dreadhorde

Choose any number of target creature and/or planeswalker cards in graveyards. Command the Dreadhorde deals damage to you equal to the total mana value of those cards. Put them onto the battlefield under your control.

Sorcery
Command the Dreadhorde (war) 82
Damnable Pact

Target player draws X cards and loses X life.

Sorcery
Damnable Pact (ncc) 245
Ill-Gotten Gains

Exile Ill-Gotten Gains. Each player discards their hand, then returns up to three cards from their graveyard to their hand.

Sorcery
Ill-Gotten Gains (cns) 114
Makindi Stampede

Sorcery
Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas (znr) 26Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas (znr) 26
Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Read the Bones (moc) 267
Sea Gate Restoration

Sorcery
Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn (znr) 76Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn (znr) 76
Whispering Madness

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way. Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Sorcery
Whispering Madness (c16) 229
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (khc) 46

Sorceries

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Deck Info

Deck stats

14 pips - 12 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
26 pips - 21 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
50 pips - 33 cards
33 mana - 30 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 5 cards
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