Delectable Tea or Deadly Poison? (Dina)

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BG (Golgari) Bracket 3 Druid Group Slug Lifegain Midrange Primer Sacrifice Tokens

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Lifegain / Tokens / Sacrifice (28)

• 1x Deathgreeter
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Marionette Apprentice
• 1x Orcish BowmastersGC
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Vengeful Bloodwitch
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Al Bhed Salvagers
• 1x Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Blight Mound
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pest Rescuer
• 1x Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER  ^Flip
• 1x Susurian Voidborn
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x South Wind Avatar
• 1x Tendershoot Dryad
• 1x Wolverine Riders
• 1x Beledros Witherbloom
• 1x Funeral Room / Awakening Hall

Redundancy (4)

• 1x Starscape Cleric
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1x Living Death

Other (1)

• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Lands (39)

• 1x Agadeem, the Undercrypt  ^Flip
• 1x Bala Ged Sanctuary  ^Flip
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fell Mire  ^Flip
• 5x Forest
• 1x High Market
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Necroblossom Snarl
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Underground Mortuary
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Viridescent Bog
• 1x War Room
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Removal (6)

• 1x Haywire Mite
• 1x Pest Infestation
• 1x Accursed Marauder
• 1x Tithing Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Foundation Breaker

Commander (1)

Card Draw (11)

• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Agent Venom
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Spinner of Souls
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Ramp (10)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sporocyst
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Clifftop Lookout
• 1x Elvish Rejuvenator
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Rootweaver Druid
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Sutina, Speaker of the Tajuru
• 1x Wood Elves

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Other (23)

• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Wastewood Verge
• 1x Corrupted Conviction
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Bitterbloom Bearer
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Umbral Collar Zealot
• 1x Callous Bloodmage
• 1x Demon's Disciple
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gravelighter
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mutable Explorer
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Warren Soultrader
• 1x Beifong's Bounty Hunters
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Savra, Queen of the Golgari
• 1x Dictate of Erebos

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Deck Goal

This is an aristocrats lifegain synergy deck. Try and mulligan for a 3 mana ramp creature, enough lands, and possibly a card draw engine. Your free sac outlets like Viscera Seer and Ashnod's Altar are vulnerable to removal and I find it best to hold them back for when you can threaten to go off with sac value (like loads of card draw) or to deal lethal to your opponents; though lategame, Dina can usually sac enough creatures herself to end games on a well setup board as insurance.

Notable Exclusion(s)

Not including Exquisite Blood nor Bloodthirsty Conqueror because of how they would makes games end quite lamely with Dina. Not including Dictate of Erebos, Grave Pact, Butcher of Malakir, nor Savra, Queen of the Golgari right now.

Please let me know what you think! What would you swap in? Currently considering adding more lands and card draw for consistency. What would you cut?

Top Ranked	Achieved #27 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #22 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Emblem Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Goat 0/1 W, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, Orc Army, Pest 1/1 BG, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Servo 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 B, 2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Starscape Cleric 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed
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