Dina by ovelhaeletrica

Format: Commander

Commander: Dina, Essence Brewer

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This Golgari Aristocrats Midrange deck is commanded by Dina, Essence Brewer, blending sacrifice synergies, lifegain triggers, and traditional Golgari reanimation with a powerful stompy top end. Early turns focus on mana ramp via Golgari Signet and Talisman of Resilience alongside disposable creature fodder like Mire Triton and Beamsaw Prospector. Dina acts as a reliable value engine in the command zone, turning creature deaths into steady card draw, lifegain, and +1/+1 counters. As the game transitions to the mid and late turns, the deck uses resilient planeswalkers like Garruk, Veiled Butcher and board wipes such as Massacre Girl to control the table before deploying game-closing threats like Decimator of the Provinces, Ghalta the Unstoppable, and Artisan of Kozilek. Recurring threats with Victimize and Strands of Night ensures consistent pressure to overwhelm opponents in combat across Turns 7 through 9.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acidic Slime
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Artisan of Kozilek
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beamsaw Prospector
  • 1 Bonds of Mortality
  • 1 Break Under Pressure
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Decimator of the Provinces
  • 1 Diabolic Servitude
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Disciple of Bolas
  • 1 Dreaded Bat-Cloud
  • 1 Eviscerator's Insight
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Ferocity of the Hunt
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Commons
  • 1 Garruk, Curse Breaker
  • 1 Garruk, Veiled Butcher
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Haunted Mire
  • 1 Hornet Queen
  • 1 Hymn of the Faller
  • 1 Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
  • 1 Leaden Myr
  • 1 Leyline Prowler
  • 1 Macabre Reconstruction
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Minion's Return
  • 1 Mire Triton
  • 1 Moss Diamond
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Noosegraf Mob
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Plaguemaw Beast
  • 1 Poison the Cup
  • 1 Profane Command
  • 1 Rakshasa Debaser
  • 1 Rhonas's Monument
  • 1 Scrounge for Eternity
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Strands of Night
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Temur Sabertooth
  • 1 The Cauldron of Eternity
  • 1 The Chief Warg
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Timeless Witness
  • 1 Titan Hunter
  • 1 Titanbones, Towering Heart
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Ulvenwald Hydra
  • 1 Venom Connoisseur
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vindictive Lich
  • 1 Vraska, Regal Gorgon
  • 1 Vraska, Relic Seeker
  • 1 Vraska, the Cutting Glare
  • 1 Vraska, the Silencer
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Witherbloom Campus
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery