Dina, Essence Brewer
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.
How Dina decks play in EDH
Dina, Essence Brewer is a Golgari commander in black and green costing 1BG, and its legendary creature - dryad druid line shapes the whole deck around it. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. It cares about +1/+1 counters, so counter-doubling effects and creatures that grow on their own carry the deck. The cards below are the ones Dina, Essence Brewer decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $84.65Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (3)
Removal (2)
Creatures (13)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Dina, Essence Brewer decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Dina, Essence Brewer deck?
Dina, Essence Brewer has a Golgari colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Dina, Essence Brewer?
The cards played most often in Dina, Essence Brewer decks include Gardenize, Tom, Bert, and William, Avacyn, Angel of Horror. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Dina, Essence Brewer deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $84.65 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Dina, Essence Brewer deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.