Vraska, Golgari Queen
Legendary Planeswalker — Vraska
+2: You may sacrifice another permanent. If you do, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
−3: Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less.
−9: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3904
Vraska, Golgari Queen enters with immediate board impact — she kills any nonland permanent for the cost of sacrificing a creature or losing 1 life, then ticks up to threaten her emblem within a few turns. Six mana is a real ask, but the flexibility of her removal and her built-in life-for-card ability make her earn that slot in any Golgari shell. Carth the Lion makes her obscenely efficient, entering with an extra loyalty counter and finding her when she dies.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Carth the Lion
Carth the Lion is the definitive home for Vraska, Golgari Queen — his passive adds an extra loyalty counter on entry, pushing her closer to her game-ending emblem immediately, and he tutors her back from the graveyard whenever another planeswalker you control dies.
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer generates a steady stream of expendable tokens that feed Vraska, Golgari Queen's minus ability, turning sacrifice fodder into targeted removal on demand.
Vraska, the Silencer
Vraska, the Silencer decks run Vraska, Golgari Queen as a thematic planeswalker package, and the two share enough strategic overlap — punishing opponents for keeping permanents in play — that they reinforce each other's game plan.
Savra, Queen of the Golgari
Savra, Queen of the Golgari turns every sacrifice Vraska, Golgari Queen demands into a drain trigger, so the life loss from her plus ability is more than offset and the board control synergy compounds quickly.
Beledros Witherbloom
Beledros Witherbloom decks are built around life-payment loops and generating value from creatures entering and leaving the battlefield, both of which Vraska, Golgari Queen feeds into naturally.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Vraska, Golgari Queen does her best work — the multiplayer environment gives her time to tick up, opponents provide no shortage of problem permanents to hit with her minus, and the emblem's instant-kill trigger is genuinely threatening in a pod. In Pioneer and Modern she sees fringe play in midrange Golgari shells that want flexible removal stapled to a threat, but six mana is a steep rate when faster formats demand more immediate impact. Legacy and Vintage are too hostile for a six-drop planeswalker with no built-in protection. Oathbreaker is a natural fit if you want to build around her emblem as the win condition.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.