Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
Color Identity
Details
Mana Value
3
Popularity
#979
of 3,381 commanders · via EDHREC
Card Text
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Whenever Varchild deals combat damage to a player, that player creates that many 1/1 red Survivor creature tokens.
Survivors your opponents control can't block, and they can't attack you or planeswalkers you control.
When Varchild leaves the battlefield, gain control of all Survivors.
3/3
Playstyle
Aggro · Late-game · Group influence · Wins by combat
- Aggression
- 4 of 5
- Speed
- 3 of 5
- Interaction
- 4 of 5
- Combat
- 4 of 5
- Engine
- 3 of 5
- Complexity
- 4 of 5
Card Price
Strategy Guides
Equipment Strategy Guide
Equipment decks are for players who want the gear itself to be the engine, turning ordinary creatures into credible attackers. This strategy wants to assemble weapons, tutors, and equip-cost shortcuts, using equipment commanders that find or attach gear, to win through upgraded combat, commander damage, or a team carrying shared tools. Unlike Voltron, Equipment does not have to put every card on one creature, and unlike Artifacts it focuses on weapons rather than every artifact type. The best equipment decks EDH players build recover well after creature sweepers because the gear usually stays on the battlefield.
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Tokens Strategy Guide
Token decks are for players who want one card to become many bodies and then decide whether those bodies attack, block, draw cards, or fuel another engine. This strategy wants to flood the battlefield with creatures, using token commanders, repeatable generators, and anthem effects, to win through a go wide attack or by converting the swarm into damage, drain, or mana. Tokens is different from Aristocrats because making bodies comes first, from Counters because it grows wide instead of tall, and from Voltron because it spreads pressure across many creatures. The best token decks EDH players build reward patience against sweepers and careful timing on the finishing turn.
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Aggro Strategy Guide
Aggro decks are for players who want to commit threats early, attack often, and make combat math matter every turn. This strategy wants to pressure all opponents with efficient attackers, using anthems, haste, attack triggers, extra combats, and aggro commanders, to win through repeated combat damage before slower engines stabilize. In Commander that still means pushing through 120 total damage, so go-wide aggro EDH decks need refueling and scaling damage rather than only fast starts. Aggro differs from Tokens because it focuses on attacking with the bodies, from Voltron because it spreads pressure across many creatures, and from Infect because it deals life-total damage instead of poison.
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Voltron Strategy Guide
Voltron decks are for players who want the game to revolve around one protected attacker and the timing of each combat step. This strategy wants to build one creature, usually a commander, using equipment and auras for power, evasion, and protection, to win through 21 commander damage on each opponent. Unlike Tokens or Aggro, Voltron does not spread pressure across many bodies, and unlike broad Equipment decks the gear is focused on one threat rather than a wider artifact engine. The best Voltron commanders make commander damage decks feel like a resource puzzle: suit up, connect, protect the threat, then rebuild if the table answers it.
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