Varina, Lich Queen - C18 Deck Tech l The Command Zone 228 l Magic: the Gathering EDH

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Show Notes:
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Jimmy is back! And he’s breaking down an Esper Zombie build focused around Varina, Lich Queen. How does having access to white change/update this strategy for this popular tribe? Watch and find out!
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@daisukeniwa402645 6 жыл бұрын

i didn't know you were cast in the live-action movie of Mulan. CONGRAT MAN

@captainstash8645 6 жыл бұрын

But that's a long way off I don't want Jimmie to be gone for that long

@ryanyuhr2087 6 жыл бұрын

JIMMY YOU MUST BE SWIFT AS THE COURSING RIVER!!!!

@Shadowdrives 6 жыл бұрын

when hes gets back hes going to sing "i'll make a man out of you" in the next game knights lol

@TheAnden04 3 жыл бұрын

Bone miser would also work very nice with Varina and the discard!

@AffinityForCommander 6 жыл бұрын

Esper zombies looks sweet! Nice to see Jimmy back again!

@agent00puffball 6 жыл бұрын

Already had a Esper zombie deck, with Ertai, The Corrupted as commander. Rolled him into the 99 as soon as I could get a copy of Varina.

@slapmallow69 6 жыл бұрын

Seeing Jimmy in the thumbnail was enough of clickbait to get me

@jesseperez2808 6 жыл бұрын

Affinity For Commander Jimmy is back

@wadinatorthevile2805 6 жыл бұрын

But what about our lord and savior The Scarab God?

@genericperson8354 6 жыл бұрын

Wadinator, The Vile A fellow man of class.

@kadynmarkus2030 6 жыл бұрын

Nice to see Jimmy back on the channel even if it's just a vid chat

@thehermitdruid 6 жыл бұрын

Oh I have been waiting for this one! Jimmy, so good to see you. Congratulations on your big role! I used to run Ertai the Corrupted as my Esper zombie commander. Sacking tokens for counter-spells. I may have a new general.

@BuckysKnifeFlip 6 жыл бұрын

Nathan Jones i really like that ertai idea!

@Strakneus 6 жыл бұрын

Nathan Jones Nice man. I habe tried Ertai zombies but the problem was that my playgroup did not really like the idea of their stuff getting countered constantly so they killed him om sight. Aaaaand after a few tries to improve it I didn't like it anymore so I scrapped it. I do hope that you have fun with it!

@chriscounoupas9998 6 жыл бұрын

Best advice I got in the video “2/2s are better than 1/1s” this is why we love jimmy

@iisaka_station 6 жыл бұрын

Love the ideas for this deck! There's so much bromance going on between you two it was making me tear up at the end lol. May Jimmy and Josh be reunited sooon!!!

@KingTaltia 6 жыл бұрын

I love how reconnaissance's flavor text is a subtle nod at how to use it. "War favors the informed" is literally "combat (step) favors those who understand it"

@moosegrease21 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you got at least 1 episode with Jimmy on before he returns, hope he does a fantastic job on his gig out there.

@jimpachi98 6 жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize that when I got my Last Stand playmat, it was gonna be signed by a movie star!

@emdub9679 6 жыл бұрын

It just went up in value ;)

@Sheriff_K 6 жыл бұрын

VGHS > any Blockbuster movie

@poppa6259 6 жыл бұрын

Sheriff K Yes

@ivandragovic5958 6 жыл бұрын

Cryptbreaker was the engine behind WB standard zombies, a deck that did well all season.

@fuckyougoogle5915 6 жыл бұрын

Great way to include Jimmy in the Commander goodness that we all get to enjoy this time of year. Deck looks sweet, I hope to see someone in my LGS play something similar. Looking forward to the next episode as always.

@williamallen1721 6 жыл бұрын

Got my Last Stand play in the mail today, was super excited!! And glad to see you back on the show Jimmy

@manuelserrano3726 6 жыл бұрын

This new esper commander just changed my life!! I’ve been stuck on what to do for a zombie deck! I started with UBLKR but now I’m going this route all the way!!! Great to see you back jimmy and congrats brother!

@ericwilliamson5548 6 жыл бұрын

Jimmy! Glad to see you, good sir! Great episode, have already built Varina, but love the extra ideas! Keep up the awesome, gentlemen!

@CBSmrclean18 6 жыл бұрын

Congrats on Mulan Jimmy!!!!

@graysonchristian2668 6 жыл бұрын

CBSmrclean18 wait is that what he s doing? Working on the new Mulan movie

@CBSmrclean18 6 жыл бұрын

Grayson Christian yup! It was announced the other day. I forgot what character he is playing though

@graysonchristian2668 6 жыл бұрын

CBSmrclean18 oh wow that’s awesome!

@KingRarecrazy 3 жыл бұрын

That one didn’t age quite well

@seayoung4593 6 жыл бұрын

i'm so happy about varina because I've been wanting to make an esper zombie commander since the scarab god

@hcgneophyte 6 жыл бұрын

@Depth175 5 жыл бұрын

I literally rebuilt my zombie deck (which was previously red black blue) as soon as I got this commander! I did see some new combos in this video so thank you guys! I will be paying a visit to card kingdom!

@sarahhierl7114 6 жыл бұрын

JIMMY! So glad to see you, honestly you and this show are part of what got me into magic recently. I cant wait to do some shenanigans with some white blink spells and my grey merchant of asphodel 👹

@nolanmartin4813 6 жыл бұрын

Sarah Hierl Gary is the best zombo !

@Aliani 6 жыл бұрын

I have a Sidisi, Brood Tyrant deck with a strong zombie theme. The zombies were getting pushed out though in favor of stronger interactions. I am so glad the zombies are getting a new home! Awesome breakdown guys!

@jacksunflare 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! How did the Command Zone get a Mulan actor on the show? crazy to see how far yall have come! ;)

@robertcotrell9810 6 жыл бұрын

Very excited! I want to try something with handsize matters. The aristocrats route is great, and obviously her primary role, but something less obvious is calling to me. I am really happy you mentioned Necromancer's Covenant; I've been dreaming of that card in a zombie commander deck forever! I'm also excited to use madness to some degree.

@duncancrowley3171 6 жыл бұрын

Hey guys! Good to see you're both doing well. I hope you do a deck tech for Aminatou next. Top deck manipulation is weird and new to me, so I would be interested to see what kind of older treasures you seasoned veterans would find to improve the deck.

@MinimalxEffort 6 жыл бұрын

Aristocrats backup is what I do with Edgar Markov, its a great backup and has gotten me through a lot of times where I couldn't win through combat.

@medieval4516 6 жыл бұрын

Bad Wolves did a Hard Rock cover of Zombie as a memorial to the original singer. It's pretty good you guys should check it out

@kaijuknight9109 6 жыл бұрын

They also did a acoustic cover which is amazing so listen to that as well

@stevoyah 6 жыл бұрын

both the cover and acoustic of this song by them is amazing.

@StaticCat1369 2 жыл бұрын

Just bought all the cards that I needed including the Commander - can't wait to get it and yes I used your affiliate :) I do that all the time - thanks for that great deck idea.

@derricknewton8124 5 жыл бұрын

Just built my own Varina Tribal/combo. Undead Alchemist, Altar of brood, Anointed Procession, So much mill!

@lucamauri4651 6 жыл бұрын

Archfiend of ifnir can be a fun addition even thou it's not a zombie, because when it's on the battlefield and you draw and discard with Varina you also wipe all the enemy board And white gives you access to some interesting embalm cards like Angel of sanction or Aven wind guide, which gives flying and vigilance to all your zombie token Also, welcome back Jimmy! 🎉

@Akla1601 6 жыл бұрын

In my version I decided to do embalm and eternalize tribal. Really hit hard on the token theme

@SystemLost 6 жыл бұрын

I played my version last night, I'll be putting more cards in it for the discarding

@EricHughes124 6 жыл бұрын

You said in the video that Necromancer's Covenant has been around since Commander 2015, but it was actually first printed in Alara Reborn. Super excited to build Varina!

@FlashLeopard22 6 жыл бұрын

Fanatical Devotion is a neat way to have a sac outlet and protect your commander and other important zombies at the same time.

@SamuelOliveira-bk3wb 6 жыл бұрын

Hey another great deck tech and video some nice aditions would be call to the grave and paradoxical haze for extra upkeeps

@Manoloelgomo 6 жыл бұрын

It's great to see Jimmy back! Congrats on Mulan!!

@TheWizno 6 жыл бұрын

Elesh Norn and Radiant Destiny seems like fine includes too. I love Varina and she got me to 2nd place at the latest FNM. Glad this is how Jimmy comes back!

@Kelnurok 6 жыл бұрын

Bad Wolves has an absolutley amazing cover of Zombie.

@Cha0sRising90 6 жыл бұрын

May I ask why no Grimgrin? It's another sac outlet, and destruction on attack.

@Enterblathnir 6 жыл бұрын

I think my favorite card form the new set is Kestia the Cultivator. Hope to see a deck tech on her in the future! I already have a list for her, but there are probably some less well-known cards I missed.

@steveelegant803 6 жыл бұрын

I love the deck tech. It’s also great to have Jimmy back. I will say that I find it strange that Debt to the Deathless made the cut, but Vindicate didn’t.

@kadams5113 6 жыл бұрын

New play mat is amazing can’t wait to use it tonight

@knightfromlordran 6 жыл бұрын

Yay! Jimmy's back! I built a Varina deck. Its fun as hell to play. Not surprised he likes Varina because he likes the interactions between cards. I built Varina because its very fun.

@professorb623 6 жыл бұрын

Yessssss! Super excited to see what you brewed up as my bank account empties!!!

@Viewsk8 6 жыл бұрын

What an awesome deck tech. This deck gets me super excited.

@emdub9679 6 жыл бұрын

Well, there was a recent cover of the song by Bad Wolves, the Cranberries lead singer was supposed to record some lines but she passed away before they could record.

@wildman274 6 жыл бұрын

she passed on the DAY they were to record, to make it sadder T^T

@jaarlask 6 жыл бұрын

the cover is awesome as well.

@SomeJustice19k 6 жыл бұрын

'Cover'.... Pfft.

@wildman274 6 жыл бұрын

Mike Justice well.... it is a cover

@mosthatedlivestream8120 6 жыл бұрын

cover is trash :(

@jeremymills1165 6 жыл бұрын

I've never been a huge fan of zombies but this deck looks sweet AF!!!! And yay for Jimmy pop-ins!

@cheshirect 6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of adding a Gempalm Polluter, Graveborn Muse, and Greymerchant of Asphodel. plus an Unholy Grotto

@dungeonrancher 6 жыл бұрын

Missed you Jimmy! And you brought Zombies back for your visit! Noice.

@aaronr.k.9707 5 жыл бұрын

I definitely want to see this decklist played in an episode of Game Knights. It looks super spicy.

@jacobburgin826 6 жыл бұрын

Warm weather in NZ?! You are lucky. It usually rains for weeks on end haha. Enjoy, it's beautiful and the South island is breath taking

@mingus1284 6 жыл бұрын

5:23

@mikestrouse 6 жыл бұрын

Lol upvote this.

@willtactix 6 жыл бұрын

There goes my hero

@tdank12 6 жыл бұрын

Thx

@katscratch_newt 6 жыл бұрын

Saviour

@Rakiell 6 жыл бұрын

Seriously, 5 minutes of just straight advertising and off topic stuff. I'll have to pass on these guys.

@rdirizarry1 6 жыл бұрын

Cemetery reaper Is a good option here too. Cheap cost at 1 and 2 black. Gives all your zombies +1/+1 and it has a similar type of effect Scarab God has where you can exile a creature card from any graveyard and you make a 2/2 zombie token.

@paulseronie-vivien9739 6 жыл бұрын

Archfiend of Ifnir could be insane with the discard part!!! Not a zombie but still interesting as a board wipe 🤗

@andreasludwig5722 6 жыл бұрын

I really wanna see this deck in a gameplay vid of yours! Im pumped for this Zombies!

@sonicdueler 6 жыл бұрын

glad to know Jimmy is still alive

@AresVishnu 6 жыл бұрын

Yes I think Varina is a good card. I once made a Thraximundar zombie tribal deck, but the red felt lacking as a supporting third color. Having white opens up a lot more doors that you two talked about. I may rebuild zombie tribal with Varina in the future. Thanks for the video. Go defeat the Huns Jimmy.

@Vishous1072 6 жыл бұрын

I love you guys (+DJ)..and yes maybe you guys do some more features with the Jumbo Commander Chanel..

@unimaginative_artist 6 жыл бұрын

Grave Titan, Ghoulcaller Gisa, Cemetery Reaper, and Havengul Runebinder all seem like great additions

@pocalemgames7497 6 жыл бұрын

JIMMY! I honestly wasnt going to watch this til I saw the screencap with Jimmy. Again, congrats Jimmy.

@ryanduffy45 5 жыл бұрын

Archfiend of Ifnir works so well in this deck. I love my Varina deck. One of my favorites. Just the flavor, she looks like shes from Amonkhet.

@sunlocked5838 6 жыл бұрын

I'm hyped about using Eternal Servitude and Rally the Ancestors in a zombie deck.

@Ophiel61 6 жыл бұрын

Glad to see jimmy back!

@corvidcognition 6 жыл бұрын

Great to see Jimmy!!!! Enjoy Kiwiland mate! Hope you can visit the lovely beaches in the North Island. Tree ferns eeeeeveeeerywheeeeereeeee! Every season every day (cold, blue skies, sunny and then some rain) such a wonderful country. Go visit Keas in the South Island if you can (but don't allow them to eat your ice-cream), maybe try a possum pie (if you can get your hands on one! lol). Great epiosde, I had no confidence in Varina prior to your episode. Good work!

@Shvdow77 6 жыл бұрын

12:08 when you forgot about ghostly prison being a thing

@ClexYoshi 6 жыл бұрын

I still think when Jimmy gets back, you guys should make Command Zone a 3 person show with Josh, Jimmy, and DJ.

@CodenameJD 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe just from time to time? I'm sure it's a lot of extra work for DJ with his own channel.

@thesilvershroud4710 6 жыл бұрын

That would make me so happy, as long as it’s not too hard on DJ

@omgitzducki 6 жыл бұрын

Dj has done a few joint podcasts with them and they're by far my favorite videos on both of their channels. The synergy between them is just amazing as hosts.

@iisaka_station 6 жыл бұрын

DJ is great but I like it with two people because I think three might be too hard on everyone

@sang21nguyen 6 жыл бұрын

and cassius the nfl player as the special guest but football season is in a month

@toddakam6131 5 жыл бұрын

Archfiend of Ifnir Allows for a very strong board wipe that only hits opponents field and it a 5/4 flyer which is super strong for zombies

@jcholland6316 5 жыл бұрын

shes the only reason i even bought that precon

@kinjalli4058 6 жыл бұрын

Good to see Jimmy again :)

@d9_1056 6 жыл бұрын

Vrv's dope. Cool that they support the show.

@bobafett4889 6 жыл бұрын

Lich Lord of Unx is one of my win conditions for my Sidisi zombo army deck.

@angelsepulveda9211 6 жыл бұрын

Great to see love to see all three together: DJ, Josh and Jimmy. Would you use Call to the grave?

@dougpopson5734 6 жыл бұрын

YEA Jimmy is alive..... Great deck tech.

@hennaikimono 6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad a lot of decks have graveyard hate in them as default. Mainly one of the people I play with has an annoying Meren deck.

@Headshotz931 6 жыл бұрын

JIMMY!!!!!!!! Good to see yeah, also loving all the extra content guys 🙌

@sabxdarktimes2224 6 жыл бұрын

Awsome to see jimmy again

@seisner6655 6 жыл бұрын

Nice to see jimmy again. Good job with the deck tech. It seems fun. Well of lost dreams seems like a fit to this deck. Also thought reflection for the same effect as alhameret's archive. A nice card would be vizier of many faces, since it's a copy that's a zombie. Urza's incubator is always great for tribals, and archfiend of ifnir just mass removals every turn. Noxious ghoul is a powerful card. You can't really play it in sidisi or gisa&geralf since your commander is not a zombie so it'll just die, but here it's a perfect fit. Oh, and zombie apocalipes.

@kennethgrose7828 6 жыл бұрын

I got mine! Thanks!

@MehrGills 6 жыл бұрын

even better than stayin' alive is another one bites the dust

@MinimalxEffort 6 жыл бұрын

I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH I MISSED THE SINGING INTROS UNTIL NOW AGHHHH

@AkaiEdgarMTG 6 жыл бұрын

I sing zombie by the cranberris whenever I play hour of promise with at least one desert out

@gavinscott6872 6 жыл бұрын

Zombie by the cranberries what a classic, and then an excellent cover by bad wolves

@sp4sp48 6 жыл бұрын

Approach of the second sun needs to resolve the second time you cast it. the text that says "you win the game" is not a triggered on-cast ability, it is part of the effect

@p1k4nurxp13sr 6 жыл бұрын

The aristocrats deck you guys were thinking of was the one that won Pro Tour Gatecrash piloted by Tom Martell. Blood Artist, Cartel Aristocrat, Lingering Souls, Doomed Traveler, Falkenrath Aristocrat, etc.

@kero1640 6 жыл бұрын

Varina was literally the only card I bought from the entire c18 set. I considered going aristocrat style but decided I would try a control strategy with board clears and use powerful enchants and sorceries like rise of the dark realms and grave betrayal first.

@joekid67 6 жыл бұрын

You are always GREAT! Both of you!

@Depth175 5 жыл бұрын

The only thing about Shepherd Of Rot is that it will also deal damage to you. I'd have to look at that a little more and see if I could get some sort of balance out of it.

@saintdeyma6563 6 жыл бұрын

It’s actually Genie who says the line, and it’s PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER

@herbalt 6 жыл бұрын

IIRC, they both do. Genie says it first early on in the movie; then in the climax scene, Jafar says it after he becomes a Djinn. To which Genie replies with the second part of his earlier line "Itty-bitty living space" and sucks him into the lamp. It's a classic "call-back."

@adiennika24 6 жыл бұрын

Finally a fun esper tribal iama rebuild an edh now ty.

@bryanbontrup 6 жыл бұрын

Zombie by bad wolves is a cover of if . The lead singer of the cranberries (Niall Quinn) was going to sing with them but past away before they did it . They made the song at a tribute to her.

@Duranous1 6 жыл бұрын

Congrats on getting cast in Mulan Jimmy! Ling is a hilarious character.

@CyberBuster93 4 жыл бұрын

The Office reference dude lmfao xD Good to know the guys watch that great show!

@Theorak 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, high power possibilties for this Commander. Did you please have link to a list for that?

@FeastOfFiction 6 жыл бұрын

It's always in the more info box below the video! - jimmy

@pedroriosbustamante6311 6 жыл бұрын

Just a little comment about approach of the second sun. I think you guys missunderstod it, the second cast can be countered so that the effect don't resolves. The effect does not trigger as you cast it, just if you cast it from your hand. You only win the game if the seccond cast resolves, the first one does not matter if it got countered or not tho (except for the fact that it goes in you graveyard if it does get countered, and it's harder then to cast it for the second time). But it's still an awesome card that this deck should definitely run.

@ShadowMiner2358 4 жыл бұрын

Not sure if it still exist but I still really want to see Jimmy play this deck

@aaronhooker7588 6 жыл бұрын

36:25 itty bitty living space.

@matturso2224 6 жыл бұрын

Approach of the Second Sun is great in Narset.

@DenverEight 6 жыл бұрын

Would freak out if Jimmy opens an episode of The Command Zone with chopsticks in his nose.

@johnathanhoopes4842 6 жыл бұрын

Curse you, Jimmy! Now I need to build my third Esper deck, which will be my first Aristocrats deck. I have historically been opposed to sacrificing my creatures for gain, but y'all have convinced me.