Varina, Lich Queen

Global Commander Stats

All Esper commanders

969 Wins

1870 Losses

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Summary

Varina, Lich Queen is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,839 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (969–1870) at an Elo of 1,675, ranking #114 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 231956 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Varina, Lich Queen's win rate?

Varina, Lich Queen has a 34% win rate across 2839 recorded Playgroup games (969 wins, 1870 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?

901 decks list Varina, Lich Queen as their commander on Playgroup, of which 499 have played at least one recorded game.

Varina, Lich Queen Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

114

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1675

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 231956

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 901

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 499

No. games played with this commander 2839

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, 57.71% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

57.71%

Non Combat Damage

24.96%

Combo

8.59%

Alternative

4.61%

Commander Damage

2.38%

Mill

1.75%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 985 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Varina, Lich Queen wins 41.47% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.47% n=803

Seat 2

33.25% n=800

Seat 3

27.11% n=653

Seat 4

27.16% n=405

Seat 5

22.81% n=57

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Varina, Lich Queen wins 31.75% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.75% n=1266

1 mulligan

30.81% n=370

2 mulligans

40.28% n=144

3 mulligans

17.14% n=35

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 3.6/5 on average, across 1964 self-reports.

3.6 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Varina, Lich Queen wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.5% of the time across 985 tracked wins.

64.5 \%

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.