Commander

Dina, Essence Brewer

Global commander stats

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857 Wins

2308 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Dina, Essence Brewer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,199 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (857–2308) at an Elo of 1,600, ranking #546 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 143698 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 15 Aug 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 3199 recorded Playgroup games (857 wins, 2308 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: about 1 month.

How many decks use Dina, Essence Brewer?

1,359 decks list Dina, Essence Brewer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 977 have played at least one recorded game.

Dina, Essence Brewer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

546

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1600

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 143698

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.53

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1359

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 977

No. games played with this commander 3199

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1591	Envinyatar	7	6	86 %
2	1571	mataS	4	2	50 %
3	1558	Teberion	3	2	67 %
4	1557	Lordivo12	2	2	100 %
5	1547	Aleandro	3	3	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Dina, Essence Brewer wins, 50.56% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

50.56%

Non Combat Damage

34.5%

Alternative

6.04%

Combo

5.25%

Commander Damage

2.38%

Mill

0.79%

Poison

0.48%

Avg win turn 9.9 based on 887 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: Pitiless Plunderer

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Pitiless Plunderer 100 games	+9.3 pp	100
2	Sanguine Bond 68 games	+7.4 pp	68
3	Bastion of Remembrance 80 games	+6.2 pp	80
4	Skullclamp 78 games	+6.1 pp	78
5	Phyrexian Tower 36 games	+2.3 pp	36
6	Victimize 85 games	+2.3 pp	85
7	Deathcap Glade 79 games	+1.6 pp	79
8	Savra, Queen of the Golgari 64 games	+1.4 pp	64
9	Deadly Dispute Signature build 48 games · Signature build	+1.3 pp	48
10	Rise of the Witch-king Signature build 45 games · Signature build	+1.2 pp	45

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Cauldron of Essence 168 games	+0.5 pp	168
12	Ghalta, Primal Hunger 73 games	+0.4 pp	73
13	Jenova, Ancient Calamity 100 games	+0.4 pp	100
14	Yargle and Multani 67 games	+0.4 pp	67
15	Professor Dellian Fel 45 games	+0.0 pp	45

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 33.69% of games from position 1 and 11.11% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.69% n=944

Seat 2

28.57% n=952

Seat 3

23.32% n=729

Seat 4

18.78% n=394

Seat 5

14.06% n=64

Seat 6

11.11% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Dina, Essence Brewer wins 27.46% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.46% n=1098

1 mulligan

25.73% n=548

2 mulligans

22.16% n=194

3 mulligans

28.21% n=39

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Dina, Essence Brewer 3.69/5 on average, across 2288 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Dina, Essence Brewer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.1% of the time across 878 tracked wins.

71.1 \%

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.