Poisonous with ups and downs by Scottbeard87

Format: Commander

Commander: Dina, Soul Steeper

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Dina, Soul Steeper leads a Golgari aristocrats and lifegain combo strategy that drains the table through incremental life swings. The primary win condition is assembling an infinite life-drain loop pairing Dina or similar drain triggers like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Marauding Blight-Priest, or Enduring Tenacity with Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror. A single point of life gain or opponent life loss immediately ends the game. Secondary win paths include token swarms via Chatterfang, Squirrel General, alternative poison pressure using Fynn, the Fangbearer, or big-mana attrition powered by Cabal Coffers and Gaea's Cradle.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
• 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Bayou
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Bloated Contaminator
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Bloodchief Ascension
• 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
• 1 Blooming Marsh
• 1 Cabal Coffers
• 1 Cauldron of Essence
• 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Culling Ritual
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Deathcap Glade
• 1 Deathrite Shaman
• 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
• 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
• 1 Dismember
• 1 Doubling Season
• 1 Enduring Tenacity
• 1 Entomb
• 1 Exquisite Blood
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 10 Forest
• 1 Fynn, the Fangbearer
• 1 Gaea's Cradle
• 1 Gifted Aetherborn
• 1 Golgari Signet
• 1 Gorma, the Gullet
• 1 Henrika Domnathi // Henrika, Infernal Seer
• 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Leyline Prowler
• 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1 Murder
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
• 1 Nowhere to Run
• 1 Nurturing Peatland
• 1 Ohran Frostfang
• 1 Ophiomancer
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Pestilent Spirit
• 1 Professor Dellian Fel
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Sol Ring
• 11 Swamp
• 1 The Meathook Massacre
• 1 The Serpent Society
• 1 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
• 1 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
• 1 Underground Mortuary
• 1 Undergrowth Stadium
• 1 Unnatural Restoration
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
• 1 Vampire Nighthawk
• 1 Vampiric Rites
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
• 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
• 1 Walking Ballista
• 1 Withering Torment
• 1 Woodland Cemetery
• 1 Zulaport Cutthroat