Re: Varina, Lich Queen - Esper Zombie Midrange
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:09 am
The deck ran really well tonight. I got eliminated first but I held off two other players winning turns then managed to grab the lead before I got Merciless Evictioned (which I managed to sac my board to Carrion Feeder), I then got Mindslicered taking both Living Death and Patriarch's Bidding
I got Aether Gale cast against me (targeting me with everything!?/sadface) after I managed to rebuild the following turn and hit for lethal by Akiri, Line-Slinger that I had been picked with for a few turns but that was now equip with Cranial Plating and died to Commander damage. They died the next turn to Ghave, Guru of Spores infinite combo shenanigans.
Overall, I'm happy with how the deck ran. I'm unsure of starting hands and what to mulligan into but that will come with more experience with the deck. The deck was slow to take off that game but that didn't hurt as it allowed me to capitalise on securing myself for a take over and it came online right when I needed it to - I still lost but given what happened I didn't stand a chance at that point lol. I guess an issue with Varina is that the deck is very "out in the open" - unlike some decks (Ghave, etc. lol) which look fairly harmless until they drop 1 card and just pop into the lead, Varina seemingly looks relatively threatening even when it's just holding on to a truce. I enjoyed the deck though. Looking forward to testing it again tomorrow.
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Overall, I'm happy with how the deck ran. I'm unsure of starting hands and what to mulligan into but that will come with more experience with the deck. The deck was slow to take off that game but that didn't hurt as it allowed me to capitalise on securing myself for a take over and it came online right when I needed it to - I still lost but given what happened I didn't stand a chance at that point lol. I guess an issue with Varina is that the deck is very "out in the open" - unlike some decks (Ghave, etc. lol) which look fairly harmless until they drop 1 card and just pop into the lead, Varina seemingly looks relatively threatening even when it's just holding on to a truce. I enjoyed the deck though. Looking forward to testing it again tomorrow.