Soul Steeper by FartinSpartin

Format: Commander

Creator: FartinSpartin

Commander: Dina, Soul Steeper

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Golgari aristocrats combo strategy commanded by Dina, Soul Steeper. The primary win condition centers on pairing Dina (or redundant drain triggers such as Marauding Blight-Priest and Starscape Cleric) with Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror. Once assembled, any instance of life gain or opponent life loss initiates an infinite loop of alternating triggers that drains all three opponents to zero life instantly. The deck accelerates into this setup using dense 1- to 2-mana ramp and an expansive tutor suite consisting of Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Invasion of Ikoria, and Eldritch Evolution. In the mid-game, it grinds value through resilient lifegain engines like Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Bastion of Remembrance, and Black Market Connections, backed by efficient spot removal to clear opposing threats. While vulnerable to well-timed instant-speed disruption during its combo turn, its high redundancy and recursion provide steady inevitability.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Brew
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathgreeter
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sapseep Forest
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sinister Monolith
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor