Dina and pests by Lucii

Format: Commander

Commander: Dina, Essence Brewer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This Golgari Aristocrats deck leverages Dina, Essence Brewer as a low-cost card engine and life-gain amplifier. The deck accelerates through early mana dorks and artifacts to deploy recurring token generators like Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia and Ophiomancer. It converts these disposable bodies into steady card advantage, mana via Warren Soultrader, and asymmetric attrition through Braids, Cabal Minion and Savra, Queen of the Golgari. The deck wins by tutoring into compact infinite life-drain combos, primarily Bloodthirsty Conqueror paired with Dina, Soul Steeper, Marauding Blight-Priest, or Sanguine Bond. Alternatively, it loops Gravecrawler with Warren Soultrader and a Blood Artist effect to drain all opponents in a single turn. With strong recursion tools like Victimize, Chthonian Nightmare, and Meren of Clan Nel Toth, the deck recovers quickly from removal while maintaining a relentless, multi-angle assault on opposing life totals.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Brew
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Emperor of Bones
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Immoral Bargain
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Nine-Lives Familiar
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Savra, Queen of the Golgari
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sméagol, Helpful Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sothera, the Supervoid
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vicious Rivalry
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wall of Blood
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Witherbloom Campus
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Withering Curse
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat