Commander

Dina, Essence Brewer

Global commander stats

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905 Wins

2422 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Dina, Essence Brewer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,373 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (905–2422) at an Elo of 1,597, ranking #565 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 136129 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 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 3373 recorded Playgroup games (905 wins, 2422 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?

1,436 decks list Dina, Essence Brewer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,005 have played at least one recorded game.

Dina, Essence Brewer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

565

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1597

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 136129

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 1436

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1005

No. games played with this commander 3373

Total hours played about 1 month

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, 50.3% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

50.3%

Non Combat Damage

35.18%

Alternative

5.84%

Combo

5.24%

Commander Damage

2.25%

Mill

0.75%

Poison

0.45%

Avg win turn 9.9 based on 935 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.

+7.7 pp

Top card: Pitiless Plunderer

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Pitiless Plunderer 107 games	+7.7 pp	107
2	Sanguine Bond 71 games	+7.3 pp	71
3	Skullclamp 85 games	+3.9 pp	85
4	Bastion of Remembrance 88 games	+3.4 pp	88
5	Victimize 94 games	+2.6 pp	94
6	Carrion Feeder Signature build 30 games · Signature build	+2.6 pp	30
7	Jenova, Ancient Calamity 105 games	+2.4 pp	105
8	Phyrexian Tower 40 games	+0.7 pp	40
9	Cauldron of Essence 175 games	+0.6 pp	175
10	Moseo, Vein's New Dean 85 games	+0.6 pp	85

Show 4 more (ranks 11-14)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Deadly Dispute 52 games	+0.4 pp	52
12	Rise of the Witch-king Signature build 46 games · Signature build	+0.4 pp	46
13	Ghalta, Primal Hunger 77 games	+0.3 pp	77
14	Daemogoth Woe-Eater 71 games	+0.2 pp	71

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 33.98% of games from position 1 and 11.11% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.98% n=983

Seat 2

28.27% n=987

Seat 3

24.04% n=757

Seat 4

18.58% n=409

Seat 5

15.15% n=66

Seat 6

11.11% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Dina, Essence Brewer wins 27.52% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.52% n=1170

1 mulligan

26.12% n=580

2 mulligans

22.61% n=199

3 mulligans

29.27% n=41

4 mulligans

16.67% n=6

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 3.69/5 on average, across 2402 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Dina, Essence Brewer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.6% of the time across 933 tracked wins.

71.6 \%

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.