Varina, Lich Queen

Global Commander Stats {W} {U} {B} All Esper commanders
Win Rate 34%
973 Wins
1883 Losses
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Summary

Varina, Lich Queen is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,856 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (9731883) at an Elo of 1,605, ranking #498 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 230975 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Varina, Lich Queen's win rate?
Varina, Lich Queen has a 34% win rate across 2856 recorded Playgroup games (973 wins, 1883 losses).
How long do winning games with Varina, Lich Queen take?
Wins with Varina, Lich Queen take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.
How many decks use Varina, Lich Queen?
900 decks list Varina, Lich Queen as their commander on Playgroup, of which 496 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
498
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1605

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 230975
Average commander damage per game 5
Average poison counters given per game 7
Average kills per game 0.74
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 900
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 496
No. games played with this commander 2856
Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1665 Rapsten 7 7
2 1656 Preg4ntAKSHAN 13 9
3 1583 Guinngar 18 7
4 1580 Chase East 19 6
5 1577 Arak 18 7

How does this commander win?

When Varina, Lich Queen wins, 57.75% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
57.75%
Non Combat Damage
24.84%
Combo
8.7%
Alternative
4.59%
Commander Damage
2.37%
Mill
1.74%
Avg win turn 9.0 based on 988 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Varina, Lich Queen wins 41.49% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
41.49% n=805
2
Seat 2
33.21% n=804
3
Seat 3
27.01% n=659
4
Seat 4
26.96% n=408
5
Seat 5
22.81% n=57
6
Seat 6
20.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Varina, Lich Queen wins 31.73% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
31.73% n=1270
1
1 mulligan
30.75% n=374
2
2 mulligans
39.73% n=146
3
3 mulligans
17.14% n=35
4
4 mulligans
42.86% n=7
5
5 mulligans
66.67% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Varina, Lich Queen 3.6/5 on average, across 1978 self-reports.

3.6 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Varina, Lich Queen wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.6% of the time across 988 tracked wins.

64.6 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Varina, Lich Queen. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Zellix, Sanity Flayer commander art
90.0%
Fynn, the Fangbearer commander art
80.0%
Flubs, the Fool commander art
Flubs, the Fool 12 games
75.0%
Sauron, Lord of the Rings commander art
64.29%
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald commander art
63.64%

Top 5 worst matchups

Disa the Restless commander art
6.25%
Kykar, Wind's Fury commander art
7.14%
The Necrobloom commander art
The Necrobloom 23 games
8.7%
Alania, Divergent Storm commander art
9.09%