Varolz, the Scar-Striped
Each creature card in your graveyard has scavenge. The scavenge cost is equal to its mana cost. (Exile a creature card from your graveyard and pay its mana cost: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to that card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.) Sacrifice another creature: Regenerate Varolz.
How Varolz decks play in EDH
Varolz, the Scar-Striped is a Golgari commander in black and green costing 1BG, and its legendary creature - troll warrior line shapes the whole deck around it. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. It cares about +1/+1 counters, so counter-doubling effects and creatures that grow on their own carry the deck. The cards below are the ones Varolz, the Scar-Striped decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $287Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Creatures (16)
Synergy & payoffs (4)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Varolz, the Scar-Striped decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Varolz, the Scar-Striped deck?
Varolz, the Scar-Striped has a Golgari colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Varolz, the Scar-Striped?
The cards played most often in Varolz, the Scar-Striped decks include Tom, Bert, and William, Primal Witchstalker, Pia, Aether Ascetic. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Varolz, the Scar-Striped deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $287 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Varolz, the Scar-Striped deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.