Dina V2 by Billyonaire

Format: Commander

Commander: Dina, Soul Steeper

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This Golgari Aristocrats deck leverages Dina, Soul Steeper at the helm to convert life gain and creature sacrifice into steady opponent attrition and explosive combo finishes. Supported by rapid green ramp and efficient black draw engines like Skullclamp and Plumb the Forbidden, the deck consistently floods the board with Pest tokens. It controls opposing battlefields through asymmetric edicts from Braids, Arisen Nightmare, Savra, Queen of the Golgari, and Sothera, the Supervoid. The primary win condition is a compact two-card infinite combo pairing Dina with Exquisite Blood, which drains all opponents to zero in a single turn cycle as soon as any life changes occur. In backup lines, the deck overwhelms the table through massive life drains powered by Bolas's Citadel, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Marauding Blight-Priest, and Wound Reflection, offering high resilience and consistent performance across diverse multiplayer matchups.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blech, Loafing Pest
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathgreeter
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Dredger's Insight
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lluwen, Exchange Student // Pest Friend
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 1 Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Savra, Queen of the Golgari
  • 1 Send in the Pest
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sothera, the Supervoid
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Strangled Cemetery
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Teacher's Pest
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Warlock Class
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Witch of the Moors
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Wound Reflection
  • 1 Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat