Commander

Varina, Lich Queen

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

994 Wins

1955 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Varina, Lich Queen is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,959 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (994–1955) at an Elo of 1,426, ranking #4358 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 224700 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 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 2959 recorded Playgroup games (994 wins, 1955 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?

959 decks list Varina, Lich Queen as their commander on Playgroup, of which 512 have played at least one recorded game.

Varina, Lich Queen Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4358

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1426

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 224700

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.73

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 959

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 512

No. games played with this commander 2959

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	1575	Anthony G	22	8	36 %
4	1568	Guinngar	19	7	37 %
5	1566	Arak	19	7	37 %

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

24.14%

Combo

8.57%

Alternative

4.67%

Commander Damage

2.49%

Mill

1.71%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 1009 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.

+10.6 pp

Top card: Toxic Deluge

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Toxic Deluge Signature build 66 games · Signature build	+10.6 pp	66
2	Reliquary Tower 129 games	+7.1 pp	129
3	Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Signature build 92 games · Signature build	+4.4 pp	92
4	Undead Augur 272 games	+4.2 pp	272
5	Carrion Feeder 138 games	+3.6 pp	138
6	Ashnod's Altar Signature build 102 games · Signature build	+3.4 pp	102
7	Damn 154 games	+2.6 pp	154
8	Reanimate 164 games	+2.4 pp	164
9	Teferi's Ageless Insight 176 games	+1.4 pp	176

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 41.7% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.7% n=825

Seat 2

33.41% n=817

Seat 3

26.63% n=676

Seat 4

26.13% n=421

Seat 5

22.03% n=59

Seat 6

16.67% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Varina, Lich Queen wins 31.42% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.42% n=1300

1 mulligan

29.78% n=403

2 mulligans

37.83% n=152

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 2034 self-reports.

3.59 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Varina, Lich Queen wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.3% of the time across 1009 tracked wins.

64.3 \%

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.