Dina Test Build by BumpHump

Format: Commander

Commander: Dina, Essence Brewer

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a low-to-the-ground Golgari aristocrats combo deck that plans to assemble a compact infinite loop and kill the table in one turn. The primary line is the Chain of Smog + Witherbloom Apprentice combo, which drains all opponents with repeated Magecraft triggers; backup lines use Protean Hulk or Gravecrawler/Pitiless Plunderer loops. Dina, Essence Brewer serves as a card-advantage engine on sacrifice and a secondary sacrifice outlet/lifegain, but every combo line functions without her. Fast mana, a dense tutor package, and efficient interaction make the deck fast and consistent, while its low creature count and lack of mass protection leave it reliant on speed and specific protection spells like Veil of Summer.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Body Snatcher
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Protean Hulk
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat