Dina, Essence Brewer
SOC · mythic · Released 2026-04-24
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
minor value alone
needs a shell
can take over a game
multiple modes
broadly useful
easily answered
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Rationale
Dina is a Golgari sacrifice outlet that rewards you with card draw (once per turn) on any creature sacrifice, and an activated ability that converts a sacrificed creature's power into life gain and +1/+1 counters distributed to a target creature. She's a signature commander/engine piece in aristocrats, lifegain, and counters-voltron shells, but requires a steady creature supply and is too slow and build-around for pure aggro or go-wide token strategies that don't sacrifice.
Learnings (3)
Dina's triggered draw ability fires on ANY creature sacrifice — including to costs and other outlets — not just her own activated ability, so she pairs particularly well with free/zero-cost sacrifice outlets like Viscera Seer.
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The activated ability's X equals the sacrificed creature's power, making it dramatically better with large power creatures; sacrificing a 10-power creature yields 10 life and 10 counters, enabling one-shot voltron kills.
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Dina's draw trigger is once per turn total, not once per activation — a second sacrifice in one turn (e.g. from another outlet) will not draw again, which is easy to misread as a repeatable draw engine.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #7,704