Varina, Lich Queen

Global Commander Stats

All Esper commanders

950 Wins

1847 Losses

Summary

Varina, Lich Queen is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,797 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (950–1847) at an Elo of 1,625, ranking #323 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 235793 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Varina, Lich Queen's win rate?

Varina, Lich Queen has a 33% win rate across 2797 recorded Playgroup games (950 wins, 1847 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?

880 decks list Varina, Lich Queen as their commander on Playgroup, of which 483 have played at least one recorded game.

Varina, Lich Queen Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

323

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1625

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 235793

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 880

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 483

No. games played with this commander 2797

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1665	Rapsten	7	7	100 %
2	1656	Preg4ntAKSHAN	13	9	69 %
3	1583	Guinngar	18	7	39 %
4	1580	Chase East	19	6	35 %
5	1577	Arak	18	7	39 %

How does this commander win?

When Varina, Lich Queen wins, 57.87% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

57.87%

Non Combat Damage

24.75%

Combo

8.36%

Alternative

4.75%

Commander Damage

2.46%

Mill

1.8%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 965 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Varina, Lich Queen wins 41.44% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.44% n=789

Seat 2

33.17% n=793

Seat 3

26.88% n=640

Seat 4

26.38% n=398

Seat 5

22.81% n=57

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Varina, Lich Queen wins 31.55% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.55% n=1252

1 mulligan

30.28% n=360

2 mulligans

39.57% n=139

3 mulligans

14.71% n=34

4 mulligans

42.86% n=7

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 3.59/5 on average, across 1928 self-reports.

3.59 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Varina, Lich Queen wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.0% of the time across 965 tracked wins.

64.0 \%

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.