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Dina, Essence Brewer

Legendary Creature — Dryad Druid · from $2.09

Whenever you sacrifice a creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain X life and put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

54 of 100 at $5 or less · 34 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
10	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
11	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
12	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
13	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
14	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
15	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
16	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
17	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
18	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
19	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
20	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
21	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
22	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
23	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
24	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
25	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
26	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
27	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
28	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
29	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
30	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
31	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
32	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
33	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
34	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
35	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
36	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
37	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
38	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
39	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
40	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
41	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
42	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
43	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
44	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
45	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
46	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
47	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
48	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
49	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
50	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
51	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
52	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
53	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
54	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
55	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
56	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
57	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
58	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
59	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
60	Woodland Cemetery	Land	0	$0.62
61	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
62	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
63	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
64	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
65	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
66	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
67	Assassin's Trophy	Instant	2	$1.01
68	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
69	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
70	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
71	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
72	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
73	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
74	Llanowar Wastes	Land	0	$0.59
75	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
76	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
77	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
78	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
79	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
80	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
81	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
82	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
83	Worldly Tutor	Instant	1	$26.58
84	Undergrowth Stadium	Land	0	$5.20
85	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
86	Return of the Wildspeaker	Instant	5	$1.51
87	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
88	Night's Whisper	Sorcery	2	$0.23
89	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
90	Hardened Scales	Enchantment	1	$1.85
91	Tireless Provisioner	Creature	3	$2.33
92	Doubling Season	Enchantment	5	$29.62
93	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
94	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
95	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
96	Phyrexian Tower	Land	0	$29.06
97	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
98	Mosswort Bridge	Land	0	$0.21
99	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire	Instant	4	$5.80
100	Cabal Coffers	Land	0	$20.77

Curve of these staples

Most played with Dina, Essence Brewer

The 25 most-played cards in 28 settled top-16 lists running Dina, Essence Brewer at 16+ player events since Apr 20, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Command Tower	100% · 28 of 28	6
2	Forest	100% · 28 of 28	6
3	Llanowar Wastes	100% · 28 of 28	6
4	Necroblossom Snarl	100% · 28 of 28	6
5	Sol Ring	100% · 28 of 28	6
6	Swamp	100% · 28 of 28	6
7	Vernal Fen	100% · 28 of 28	6
8	Woodland Cemetery	100% · 28 of 28	6
9	Arcane Signet	96% · 27 of 28	6
10	Assassin's Trophy	96% · 27 of 28	6
11	Blood Artist	96% · 27 of 28	6
12	Viscera Seer	96% · 27 of 28	6
13	Bojuka Bog	93% · 26 of 28	6
14	Culling Ritual	93% · 26 of 28	6
15	Exotic Orchard	93% · 26 of 28	6
16	High Market	93% · 26 of 28	6
17	Morbid Opportunist	93% · 26 of 28	6
18	Ophiomancer	93% · 26 of 28	6
19	Tendershoot Dryad	89% · 25 of 28	6
20	Toxic Deluge	89% · 25 of 28	6
21	Twilight Mire	89% · 25 of 28	5
22	Viridescent Bog	89% · 25 of 28	5
23	Witherbloom Charm	89% · 25 of 28	6
24	Zulaport Cutthroat	89% · 25 of 28	5
25	Defiling Daemogoth	86% · 24 of 28	5

Combos with Dina, Essence Brewer

One combo using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Dina, Essence Brewer + Jumbo Cactuar
Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Near-infinite lifegain
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 29 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

16th of 32 — I PreconWars on Topdeck.ggOct 9, 2026 · 0–1–2 · by Álvaro Jimenez
14th of 22 — Unaltered Precon Tournament on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 0–2–1 · by Merz
9th of 24 — September TGL Bracket 3 Commander Tournament on Topdeck.ggSep 12, 2026 · 0–0–0 · by Joshua Sucilla
7th of 24 — Liga Mesão Presencial S3-E06 on Topdeck.ggAug 14, 2026 · 1–1–0 · by David Carvalho
8th of 20 — COMMANDER BUDGET 250 LALUNA on Topdeck.ggJul 25, 2026 · 1–2–0 · by Oscar
15th of 16 — 2° Season Lega Casual EDH - 6° tappa - Mulligans APS on Topdeck.ggJul 16, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Andrea Mellone
16th of 28 — Liga Mesão Presencial S3-E02 on Topdeck.ggJul 10, 2026 · 0–1–1 · by Gustavo Alexandre
9th of 43 — Liga Mesão Presencial S3-E01 on Topdeck.ggJul 3, 2026 · 1–1–0 · by Nathalia Tamura

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Precons led by Dina, Essence Brewer

Official preconstructed decks with Dina, Essence Brewer at the helm.

Witherbloom Pestilence
PreconCommander· Released Apr 2026

Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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