Thanks for the clarification.

Recently a discussion happened at one of our tables where a player of a vehicle deck proceeded to crew all his vehicles and then cast Mirrorweave with the intention of turning all creatures into a copy of his biggest vehicle. This turns all creatures into artifact copies of the vehicle chosen, they ...

I think Reconnaissance is a key card for Soundwave, allowing us to manipulate how much damage we do before combat damage resolves.

During our last game night we had a brief discussion about Emberwilde Captain and whether or not it triggers when a myriad creature makes a token attacking the owner of the Emberwilde Captain. I know myriad tokens avoid the tax of Ghostly Prison because they enter already attacking and thus are not ...

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2 years ago

I think Archghoul of Thraben is still a may ability on non zombies aswell you just leave it on top then?

You're right, I missed out on the may in the last part.

Random un-Varina related question. What are your favorite card sleeves? I've been using Katana sleeves, but I'm curious what folks think of them versus the Dragon Shields, which I've never used but my LGS has a ton of supply. When I started playing Commander was around the time the Katanas had just...

Necroduality is definitely a card which can feel like win more or do little, I've opted to give it a go in my Varina list for the very reason that graveyard removal has become more prevalent in my meta. There are times where a mass reanimation feels not good enough because too little is in the yard...

Wulfgar is going to be my next little deckbuilding project, so definitely will take some of your card choices and opinions under consideration. So thanks for sharing it

Empty the Laboratory is always going to be a gamble when you can't manipulate the top of your deck, so using it like a Birthing Pod is generally going to feel disappointing. It's not a card you always are happy to see, but I don't mind pitching it to Varina, Lich Queen either, especially now we hav...

I enjoy the inspiration that I get with certain new Commanders, but I'm more so at a point where I have several decks that I barely play. So for the moment I've been giving those some final chances before taking them apart if I feel it's not going to be something I play regularly enough. Knowing mys...

Apparently re-reading the card helps as well, because Konrad doesn't check other player's graveyards for creatures leaving so if it's my opponents Commander then it wouldn't trigger at that point either way.

Looking to get some clarification or rather confirmation on this matter, as I am currently building a Syr Konrad, the Grim deck and this situation is bound to occur at some point with it certainly becoming a point of discussion on the table. Situation Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge i...

When it comes to that, I might personally prefer Necropotence over Citadel. Spend life to fill the yard and dig for mass reanimation, you're likely to get more for less through that. It's risky with graveyard hate for sure, but being on a reanimation strategy always makes those hurt.

Doesn't really feel like a coherent deck to me either, sure it can do stuff but enough cards just feel out of place. I mean, I do like Inkshield but the tokens simply don't synergize here, maybe if it had been more an aristocrat style of build, but even then it does little with Varina.

I haven't seen a few cards mentioned in this forum. Unburial rites combos amazing with intuition. Can be discarded with Varina. Wake the Dead is amazing at instant speed. Combo with rot hulk for extra value. Razaketh also seems great in this deck. Can grab combo zombies with all the tokens that are...

Empty the Laboratory contributed to a nice victory last night. Faced off with Kenrith, Esika and Karametra. The initial start was nice as t1 Changeling Outcast into t2 Sword of the Animist , making for nice rampy stabs the next turn, but other then that it was a slow start. Esika just had a bad nig...

Undead Warchief definitely is more leaning towards being a lord than cost reducer, which makes evaluating the card depend on how you intend to swing to do damage. It's a nice target to have hit the board after a mass reanimation, but this is where the deck has a big weakness with the lack of haste....

For an Innistrad set things have been a bit disappointing, but I do agree that perhaps that what we have come to desire for our decks is more specific nowadays. Even in the discussions here you can see the various directions people are going and the different cards they are looking for in that regar...

The only one I consider playing is Hordewing Skaab: finaly a lord giving flying to our board. It could take the place of Archfiend of Ifnir, no board wipe our opponent but you can swing easier. I'd consider Wonder over Hordewing Skaab, it's not that hard to get Wonder into the graveyard and its fai...

Empty the Laboratory will be fun with Tombstone Stairwell and I feel that Cleaver Skaab could be a nice addition as well.

Haven't had much time to play lately but looking at the spoilers of Midnight Hunt so far, things have been a bit disappointing for my Varina deck. Rotten Reunion is something I'm going to be trying out and maybe Vanquish the Horde . I've been light on boardwipes for a while, as building a board enco...

I feel that it will be primarily vampires and humans, with some zombies and werewolves. While I do wish that the latter got some more support the fact that there will be no werewolf Commander precon makes me feel the tribe isn't going to be supported as much as those interested want it to be. It wil...

Also, Lazotep Chancellor has a triggered ability not an activated ability, which makes it get no discount either

Consider is a decent card, but don't feel it fits here. I don't run any of the other cantrips, the deck isn't that fast paced so the need for those cards are just less in my opinion. Champion of the Perished or perhaps more Champion of the Perished Chump Blocker, looks great but gets chump blocked ...

Search for azcanta How is this for you? I never really thought about including this but to me it seems like a pseudo-ramp spell with card advantage upside. It looks like it would be very strong in the deck and could replace a signet for those looking to avoid artifacts. Or in addition to. It has be...