Dina by Wroughtcar

Format: Commander

Commander: Dina, Essence Brewer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Golgari Aristocrats deck leverages Dina, Essence Brewer as a low-cost value engine in the command zone to turn expendable creature tokens into steady card advantage and life gain. The strategy focuses on establishing early recurring token generators like Bitterbloom Bearer, Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia, and Ophiomancer, paired with free sacrifice outlets and aristocrat drain engines like Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat. In the mid-game, the deck applies severe asymmetric pressure using grave-pact effects such as Dictate of Erebos and Savra, Queen of the Golgari to keep opposing creature boards clear. High-impact finishers such as Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest, Beledros Witherbloom, and Bolas's Citadel compound this board control into decisive turn-8 victories through life drain and wide combat strikes. While resilient against targeted creature removal thanks to instant sacrifice outlets, the deck relies heavily on natural card draw rather than fast mana or dedicated tutors.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Bitter Ordeal
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creakwood Liege
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Evolutionary Leap
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Gardenize
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Great Unclean One
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jenova, Ancient Calamity
  • 1 Khalni Garden
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Mortality Spear
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Omnipresence
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Professor Dellian Fel
  • 1 Savra, Queen of the Golgari
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sothera, the Supervoid
  • 1 Study Hall
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tippy-Toe, Terrific Partner
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Veinwitch Coven
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat