Commander

Varina, Lich Queen

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

976 Wins

1899 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Varina, Lich Queen is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,877 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (976–1899) at an Elo of 1,516, ranking #1679 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 229543 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 2877 recorded Playgroup games (976 wins, 1899 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?

914 decks list Varina, Lich Queen as their commander on Playgroup, of which 498 have played at least one recorded game.

Varina, Lich Queen Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1679

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1516

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 229543

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 914

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 498

No. games played with this commander 2877

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1665	Rapsten	7	7	100 %
2	1656	Preg4ntAKSHAN	13	9	69 %
3	1578	Arak	18	7	39 %
4	1568	Guinngar	19	7	37 %
5	1565	Feenan	13	5	38 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Varina, Lich Queen wins, 58.41% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

58.41%

Non Combat Damage

24.13%

Combo

8.73%

Alternative

4.6%

Commander Damage

2.38%

Mill

1.75%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 991 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Varina, Lich Queen

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Varina, Lich Queen decks that leave them out.

+7.6 pp

Top card: Reliquary Tower

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Reliquary Tower Signature build 108 games · Signature build	+7.6 pp	108
2	Carrion Feeder 127 games	+6.9 pp	127
3	Undead Augur 243 games	+5.8 pp	243
4	Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Signature build 89 games · Signature build	+5.0 pp	89
5	Teferi's Ageless Insight 152 games	+3.6 pp	152
6	Ashnod's Altar Signature build 100 games · Signature build	+3.1 pp	100
7	Damn 135 games	+2.5 pp	135
8	Fetid Heath 115 games	+1.6 pp	115
9	Reanimate 146 games	+1.6 pp	146
10	Plague Belcher 77 games	+1.2 pp	77

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Varina, Lich Queen wins 41.6% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.6% n=810

Seat 2

33.09% n=807

Seat 3

26.88% n=666

Seat 4

26.52% n=411

Seat 5

22.41% n=58

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Opening hands

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=1271

1 mulligan

30.21% n=384

2 mulligans

39.16% n=143

3 mulligans

17.14% n=35

4 mulligans

42.86% n=7

5 mulligans

66.67% n=3

Player reports

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 1986 self-reports.

3.59 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Varina, Lich Queen wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.4% of the time across 991 tracked wins.

64.4 \%

Head to head

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.