Commander

Dina, Essence Brewer

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders Featured in Secrets of Strixhaven

953 Wins

2544 Losses

Overview

Summary

Dina, Essence Brewer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,563 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (953–2544) at an Elo of 1,534, ranking #1387 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 128341 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 4 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Dina, Essence Brewer's win rate?

Dina, Essence Brewer has a 26% win rate across 3563 recorded Playgroup games (953 wins, 2544 losses).

How long do winning games with Dina, Essence Brewer take?

Wins with Dina, Essence Brewer take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 months.

How many decks use Dina, Essence Brewer?

1,525 decks list Dina, Essence Brewer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,049 have played at least one recorded game.

Dina, Essence Brewer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1387

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1534

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 128341

Average commander damage per game 14

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.53

Average turn length 4 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1525

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1049

No. games played with this commander 3563

Total hours played 3 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1591	Envinyatar	7	6	86 %
2	1575	Soulsounds	2	2	100 %
3	1571	mataS	4	2	50 %
4	1568	Christopher Le	2	2	100 %
5	1558	Teberion	3	2	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Dina, Essence Brewer wins, 50.5% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

50.5%

Non Combat Damage

35.01%

Alternative

5.6%

Combo

5.31%

Commander Damage

2.44%

Mill

0.72%

Poison

0.43%

Avg win turn 10.0 based on 992 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Dina, Essence Brewer

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Dina, Essence Brewer decks that leave them out.

+9.3 pp

Top card: Sanguine Bond

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Sanguine Bond 79 games	+9.3 pp	79
2	Tend the Pests Signature build 36 games · Signature build	+8.4 pp	36
3	Pitiless Plunderer 124 games	+6.3 pp	124
4	Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose 66 games	+5.5 pp	66
5	Dina's Guidance 65 games	+3.4 pp	65
6	Victimize 100 games	+3.3 pp	100
7	Carrion Feeder 46 games	+3.2 pp	46
8	Skullclamp 99 games	+2.8 pp	99
9	Deadly Dispute 54 games	+2.8 pp	54
10	Professor Dellian Fel 50 games	+2.6 pp	50

Show 4 more (ranks 11-14)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Jenova, Ancient Calamity 139 games	+2.6 pp	139
12	Cauldron of Essence 213 games	+2.4 pp	213
13	Bastion of Remembrance 103 games	+1.9 pp	103
14	Phyrexian Tower 43 games	+0.4 pp	43

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Dina, Essence Brewer wins 33.39% of games from position 1 and 14.08% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.39% n=1126

Seat 2

28.05% n=1132

Seat 3

24.12% n=825

Seat 4

18.4% n=451

Seat 5

14.08% n=71

Seat 6

18.18% n=11

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Dina, Essence Brewer wins 27.38% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.38% n=1229

1 mulligan

25.29% n=611

2 mulligans

23.47% n=213

3 mulligans

28.57% n=42

4 mulligans

14.29% n=7

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Dina, Essence Brewer 3.67/5 on average, across 2527 self-reports.

3.67 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Dina, Essence Brewer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.8% of the time across 997 tracked wins.

70.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Dina, Essence Brewer. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.