Varina, Lich Queen
Varina, Lich Queen: Legendary Creature - Zombie Wizard, Double Masters 2022. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{U}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Zombie Wizard
- Colour identity
- White, blue and black (WUB)
- Power / toughness
- 4/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Double Masters 2022 (2X2)
- Released
- 2022-07-08
- Collector number
- 291
- Artist
- Igor Kieryluk
- Commander rank
- 5,879 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Varina, Lich Queen
Varina, Lich Queen is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white, blue and black legendary creature from Double Masters 2022 (2X2), a Masters set released in July 2022. It is collector number 291 in that set, with art by Igor Kieryluk. It costs {1}{W}{U}{B} (one generic, one white, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is white, blue and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Treasure Chest (2016) to Double Masters 2022 (2022). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.65 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Whenever you attack with one or more Zombies, draw that many cards, then discard that many cards. You gain that much life.
{2}, Exile two cards from your graveyard: Create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.65 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Varina, Lich Queen by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Varina, Lich Queen
Varina, Lich Queen has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2594 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #861 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1355 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #549 | Rare | 2022 |
| Treasure Chest (PZ2) #70741 | Mythic | 2018 |
| Commander 2018 (C18) #48 | Mythic | 2018 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Varina, Lich Queen, newest first.
- The number of cards you discard and the amount of life you gain are both equal to the number of Zombies you attack with, even if you draw a different number of cards somehow.
- Varina's first ability counts the number of Zombies you attacked with, even if some of those Zombies leave combat before the triggered ability resolves.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white, blue and black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.