Dina, Soul Steeper by user2124304

Format: Commander

Commander: Dina, Soul Steeper

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This Golgari deck helmed by Dina, Soul Steeper blends aristocrats token generation, lifegain attrition, and compact infinite combo finishes. Its primary strategy focuses on assembling Dina alongside Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror. Once both pieces enter the battlefield, any life gain or opponent life loss triggers a deterministic infinite damage loop that eliminates all three opponents in a single turn. The deck supports this game plan with dense 1-to-2 CMC ramp, efficient black and green creature tutors, and low-cost protection spells like Tamiyo's Safekeeping and Heroic Intervention. Meanwhile, cards such as Sedgemoor Witch, Ophiomancer, and Beledros Witherbloom create pest and creature tokens to fuel sacrifice outlets, sustain life totals, and stabilize the board against aggressive pressure. Broad, flexible removal spells ensure the deck can disrupt critical opposing engines while steering the game toward a sudden, decisive combo victory around Turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Demon's Horn
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fog
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Leyline Prowler
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mortality Spear
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Spiral
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nightshade Dryad
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Professor Dellian Fel
  • 1 Royal Treatment
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 The Frightful Four
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Wurm's Tooth