dueba wrote: ↑2 years ago
Hello all
, i got a wilhelt precon a while back as my second commander deck and decided to build it into varina which sounded like more fun to run, so finding this super extensive thread really helped me understand her much more than anywhere else could.
Unfortunately i am unable to afford more of the expensive cards mentioned that do a lot of work in games (tombstone stairwell, kindred discovery, land tax (maybe can buy weathered wayfarer but there isnt too many viable targets in my manabase)) but my playgroup is not super competitive so it shouldnt matter too much.
Just wondering of your opinions on what i have right now and if there are any relatively budget changes/additions i could make.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/DcGhwts0WEWtMjcW3B662Q
Welcome, and thanks for posting! Varina is a lot of fun, I hope you manage to come up with something you like.
Looking at your list I can definitely second
@ChocoDude,
Living Death is a straight up auto add here. Very powerful board control that just happens to work in favor of us bleeding the table out.
As far as further budget adds go, there's a few options. Unfortunately the tribe really spiked on returning to Innistrad, so some of the really solid stuff like
Gravecrawler and
Noxious Ghoul might well be out of reach. Nonetheless you've got some options. With
Bone Miser and
Archfiend of Ifnir in your list you could totally do a pseudo wheels build; Archfiend is a shredder of board states so leaning into that is really nice, and Miser can help to fuel mass reanimation,
Gray Merchant of Asphodel and such obviously being really great to lean into that. If you wanted to go down that route I think Varina could support it potentially. Ideally you'd probably want
Smothering Tithe, but that ones up in price too. You could always get a little mean and add
Narset, Parter of Veils to break the symmetry of your wheels and make sure you come out on top. Its a little miserable but I think as long as you're ok with it being targeted you'll still benefit and not get hated off the table. Its just a speed bump, not tire spikes. Other than that
Zombie Infestation looks terrible but actually performs really well. Instant speed untapped zombies are worth it from time to time.
If you were gonna do that you could probably add stuff like
Whispering Madness and
Dark Deal too. Other than that I'd look at
Twilight's Call,
Pyrrhic Revival and such. You probably want 3 good reanimation spells to get you there.
The only other thing I'd suggest as valuable for play and semi budget is good sacrifice outlets. If you can get yourself an Ashnods or Dementia altar it'll add a lot of acceleration to your plans and really make the deck hum. They're not like cheap cheap, but they're well worth the investment anyway.