To me there is always a reason to find whom to attack an opponent, if you have the creatures to spare for it. Using a dice to decide which way to swing is just a weak reason in my opinion, but I suppose it is one. I just don't accept the argument that it's random; you might have opted to roll the di...

Been enjoying Zombie Master a fair bit in my list, always nice when Urborg ruins people's plans. So far I've not been running Expedition Map but might have to start considering it, can see the upside of Binding Mummy as well but with the recent changes I made its tough to decide on my next cuts with...

I've personally not been fond of Corpse Augur , the mana cost is certainly something to consider but it also depends on a dies trigger for you to net the cards. Furthermore, you don't have a guaranteed amount of cards you draw either, I prefer a regular draw spell over it which also has the added be...

It had mixed results for me so far, as there have been times I ended up just discarding it because I did need colored mana. However, this was before the recent changes with the Map and Land Tax being added. Once it sticks it has been performing decently, but again my previous mana issues were part t...

Phyrexian Altar + Gravecrawler too. I know you're not up on that infinite combo, but it's just one combo that you could unintentionally not look for yet in a pinch use. Yeah, I've tossed up Ashnod's Altar purely because it's not as busted. I'm not averse to combo entirely, you always have the optio...

For me the ramp aspect has been a bit of a limiting factor in Varina, now my local meta isn't super competitive so that has aided in my decisions to not invest in certain cards but right now I feel like I might have to make some switches. With Archaeomancer's Map and Sword of the Animist added thing...

Yeah, I've been considering mitigating the life loss, mostly because the other cards first need to be able to do some work to build up those life points. Generally if Varina isn't doing that then you are likely in a rough spot already in that regard. My idea behind the life gain/mitigating is to be ...

It's why I am swapping out Kindred Discovery for Grimgrin, since they have an equal mana value (still feels weird to call it that way). So for the moment its not affecting the curve and takes a double blue pip costed card out of the equation at the same time. I don't have a Jitte in my collection, s...

Managed to get a game in with Varina as well this weekend, sadly also got mana screwed on blue during it. Which was disappointing since one of my opponents was running a mill subtheme with Syr Konrad, the Grim , but instead of putting zombies into the yard a lot of blue sources ended up going there....

I face aristocrats regularly but not to a point that they are troublesome, I've played that kind of style enough to know how to assess their board. It's usually the landfall and big green decks that trample a lot over the zombies or manage to go as wide. I can hang in there and still eek out wins, b...

You could always run some stuff like Tainted Sigil? Platinum Emperion feels WAY niche to me and I think you'll struggle to cast it when you want it. Otherwise you could look at things like Authority of the Consuls, Blind Obedience or Ajani's Welcome. I've run a couple of these in the deck before, a...

With the cards having come in today, I ended up spending some time going back and forth on where to make cuts and adjustments. I ended up with the list posted below for now, which I hopefully will get to play again next weekend, providing that the pandemic restrictions here will finally end up being...

In the one game I managed to play since Kaldheim, I personally didn't end up being too happy with Search for Glory . Mostly because I'm also prefer not to run too many tutors in order to offer variety to the game. Search seems initially like an option to fix but the moment you play it, you end up go...

I've been running into the same issue with Varina, that getting the initial ramp going is a problem. I've always felt like I'm behind in that regard compared to my opponents. I've recently added Sword of the Animist and Goldvein Pick to my list, as well as been working on dealing with the curve and ...

I didn't really expect to see much in Strixhaven for the deck either, it's just not the theme that goes well with Zombies. There is a few maybe's out there but I don't see myself adding any. It's been tough to get in games lately and haven't gotten to try out the changes made with Kaldheim, so just ...

What do you mean "can't stack triggers"? Each of their triggered abilities uses the stack, after triggering for every time the trigger event took place. With not stacking triggers, I was looking at the situation as if Elderfang Venom was a triggered ability in giving creatures deathtouch....

Hello, I was being curious towards the interaction between Elderfang Venom and Hooded Blightfang , as in does Hooded Blightfang trigger when I attack with elves while Elderfang Venom is on the battlefield? I'm inclined to believe it does due to Elderfang Venom's wording, as it states that elves have...

The thing I've ran into is that cards like Pact of the Serpent can be nice, the life loss is certainly something not to ignore. With some form of board presence I find myself not wanting to cast something like this at all, I have even died to Graveborn Muse because people made sure it remained on th...

If they wipe the board then generally the board state isn't important enough to worry about dying triggers right away, they are not going to wipe if the damage kills them. I can see it being questionable though on whether its worth it, but I feel that the upside might be there enough to at least tes...

I'll add the aforementioned Cosmic Intervention as a card I'm going to be trying. Which is a new addition released in the Kaldheim Commander decks, which lets you bring back your board after a wipe. Port of Karfell seems nice but I just don't like adding tapped lands to the deck. Search for Glory I ...

With all the cards being spoiled now, I'm pretty much looking at three cards from Kaldheim to (test) run in Varina. - Rise of the Dread Marn - Cosmic Intervention - Haunting Voyage Most of it is helping to protect the deck and prevent it from suffering too much in the face of boardwipes. Rise and Co...

Finding slots for new cards will definitely be somewhat challenging, but that is usually the case with most decks. Foretell looks definitely like an interesting ability, but might part depend on how many cards with Foretell you run. Or it might become a meme like Willbender being the most likely mor...

I have to say the leaked card Haunting Voyage looks interesting to me. Haunting Voyage 4BB Sorcery Choose a creature type. Return up to two creature cards of that type from your graveyard to the battlefield. If this spell was foretold, return all creature cards of that type from your graveyard to th...

Well, yeah, but there's a couple of ways to get Nev into play at instant speed that I currently run. Firstly, Apprentice Necromancer can be activated at instant speed. It'll grab him from the yard for a turn, and that'll give you tokens if needed. He will die EOT, but his 'disk' ability is a may, s...

Yeah, looked at my decklist again and with the casting clause Phyrexian Reclamation isn't that great unless it's to drop Gray Merchant of Asphodel every turn. Like said, the deck mostly looks for mass reanimation over incidental reanimation and this pretty much confirms that for me. That said, I do ...