Dina, Essence Brewer (Commander) - Expensive +1/+1 Counters

Benjamin Levin
Apr 28, 2026
How Fun Are the Secrets of Strixhaven Commanders?
Our resident fun expert is here to break down the commanders in Secrets of Strixhaven to see where they land on the fun scale.
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Defiling Daemogoth
63%inclusion17 decks27 decks
54%synergy
Turbulent Fen
59%inclusion16 decks27 decks
42%synergy
Pest Rescuer
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
34%synergy
Ribtruss Roaster
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
31%synergy
Cauldron of Essence
44%inclusion11 decks25 decks
19%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Jenova, Ancient Calamity
70%inclusion21 decks30 decks
67%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
56%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
51%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
50%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
48%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
45%synergy
Daemogoth Titan
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
43%synergy
Wight of the Reliquary
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
42%synergy
Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
42%synergy
The Ozolith
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
42%synergy
Top Cards
Assassin's Trophy
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Toxic Deluge
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
25%synergy
Beledros Witherbloom
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Birds of Paradise
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
29%synergy
Ophiomancer
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
41%synergy
Skullclamp
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Haywire Mite
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
28%synergy
Kami of Whispered Hopes
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
41%synergy
Terrasymbiosis
47%inclusion14 decks30 decks
42%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Seedborn Muse
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Gaea's Cradle
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Ancient Tomb
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
3%synergy
The One Ring
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Natural Order
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Necropotence
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Creatures
Disciple of Freyalise
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
45%synergy
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
38%synergy
Gyre Sage
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
40%synergy
Daemogoth Woe-Eater
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
38%synergy
Llanowar Elves
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Blood Artist
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Elvish Mystic
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Tendershoot Dryad
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
30%synergy
Jumbo Cactuar
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
35%synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Yargle and Multani
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
30%synergy
Eccentric Pestfinder
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
20%synergy
Dina, Soul Steeper
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
24%synergy
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
21%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
27%synergy
Grave Researcher
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Stensian Sanguinist
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Warden of the Grove
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
25%synergy
Creakwood Liege
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Blossoming Bogbeast
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
24%synergy
Host of the Hereafter
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
24%synergy
Honest Rutstein
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Mycoloth
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
21%synergy
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Gorma, the Gullet
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Moseo, Vein's New Dean
24%inclusion6 decks25 decks
12%synergy
Savra, Queen of the Golgari
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Boggart Trawler
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Warren Soultrader
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Soulgorger
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Fyndhorn Elves
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Bygone Colossus
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Ouroboroid
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
21%synergy
Merchant of Venom
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Mosswood Dreadknight
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Witch of the Moors
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
17%synergy
The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Dreadnought
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Wall of Blood
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Bloodghast
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Slumbering Trudge
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
18%synergy
Emeritus of Woe
20%inclusion5 decks25 decks
13%synergy
Teacher's Pest
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Instants
Fell the Profane
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
34%synergy
Heroic Intervention
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
27%synergy
Witherbloom Charm
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Mortality Spear
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Deadly Rollick
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Village Rites
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Legolas's Quick Reflexes
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Abrupt Decay
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Dark Ritual
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
-1%synergy
Beast Within
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
-18%synergy
Infernal Grasp
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Tend the Pests
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Dina's Guidance
16%inclusion4 decks25 decks
6%synergy
Culling the Weak
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Force of Vigor
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Golgari Charm
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-6%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Snuff Out
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Tyvar's Stand
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Deadly Dispute
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-14%synergy
Smuggler's Surprise
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Nature's Claim
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-3%synergy
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-1%synergy
Lifestream's Blessing
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Victimize
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
24%synergy
Immoral Bargain
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
28%synergy
Reanimate
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
21%synergy
Culling Ritual
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
16%synergy
Nature's Lore
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Three Visits
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Pest Infestation
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Deadly Brew
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Cultivate
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
-19%synergy
Rampant Growth
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
-16%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Rise of the Witch-king
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Farseek
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-5%synergy
Eldritch Evolution
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Final Act
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Turntimber Symbiosis
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Witherbloom Command
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Decorum Dissertation
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
4%synergy
Vicious Rivalry
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Germination Practicum
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Ominous Harvest
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Diabolic Intent
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-3%synergy
Unearth
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Awaken the Woods
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Triumph of the Hordes
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Season of Gathering
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Casualties of War
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-4%synergy
Finale of Devastation
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-1%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Exsanguinate
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Life's Legacy
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Great Henge
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
30%synergy
The Skullspore Nexus
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
29%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Lightning Greaves
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
11%synergy
The Earth Crystal
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
-7%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Whip of Erebos
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Thornbite Staff
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Mithril Coat
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Monster Manual
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Grave Pact
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
25%synergy
Blight Mound
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
29%synergy
Sanguine Bond
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
26%synergy
Black Market Connections
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
21%synergy
Feral Appetite
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Branching Evolution
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Sylvan Library
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Awakening Zone
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Doubling Season
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
0%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Exquisite Blood
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Trudge Garden
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
15%synergy
Greater Good
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Grave Venerations
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Exploration
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-14%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Hardened Scales
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-4%synergy
Bitterblossom
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Puca's Covenant
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Comforting Counsel
8.0%inclusion2 decks25 decks
3%synergy
Garruk's Uprising
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Tribute to the World Tree
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Parallel Lives
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-6%synergy
Innkeeper's Talent
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Animate Dead
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-1%synergy
Insidious Roots
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-4%synergy
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Sphere Grid
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Professor Dellian Fel
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Grist, the Hunger Tide
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
22%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
29%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
34%synergy
High Market
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
33%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
33%synergy
Reliquary Tower
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
30%inclusion9 decks30 decks
26%synergy
Shifting Woodland
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
10%synergy
Rogue's Passage
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
-3%synergy
Grim Backwoods
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Urza's Saga
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Cabal Coffers
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
13%synergy
Mosswort Bridge
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Command Beacon
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Evendo, Waking Haven
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Miren, the Moaning Well
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Westvale Abbey
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Dryad Arbor
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-3%synergy
Three Tree City
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-4%synergy
Castle Garenbrig
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
80%inclusion24 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion20 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
-8%synergy
Golgari Signet
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-19%synergy
The Soul Stone
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion30 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Forest
100%inclusion30 decks30 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
97%inclusion29 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
90%inclusion27 decks30 decks
51%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
83%inclusion25 decks30 decks
54%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
80%inclusion24 decks30 decks
33%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
67%inclusion20 decks30 decks
14%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
63%inclusion19 decks30 decks
0%synergy
Underground Mortuary
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
39%synergy
Wastewood Verge
60%inclusion18 decks30 decks
41%synergy
Twilight Mire
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Deathcap Glade
57%inclusion17 decks30 decks
25%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
45%synergy
Bayou
53%inclusion16 decks30 decks
41%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
50%inclusion15 decks30 decks
31%synergy
Fell the Profane
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
34%synergy
Vernal Fen
43%inclusion13 decks30 decks
23%synergy
Exotic Orchard
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
40%inclusion12 decks30 decks
3%synergy
Windswept Heath
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
29%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
27%synergy
Tainted Wood
37%inclusion11 decks30 decks
-7%synergy
Misty Rainforest
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
26%synergy
Fabled Passage
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
19%synergy
Wooded Foothills
33%inclusion10 decks30 decks
27%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
-13%synergy
Polluted Delta
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
27%inclusion8 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Viridescent Bog
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Boggart Trawler
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
20%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Marsh Flats
23%inclusion7 decks30 decks
17%synergy
Urza's Cave
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
18%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Festering Thicket
20%inclusion6 decks30 decks
11%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
17%inclusion5 decks30 decks
12%synergy
Prismatic Vista
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Haunted Mire
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-2%synergy
Path of Ancestry
13%inclusion4 decks30 decks
-10%synergy
Titan's Grave
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Hidden Hideout
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Turntimber Symbiosis
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Blooming Marsh
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
-4%synergy
Reflecting Pool
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
8%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
10%inclusion3 decks30 decks
9%synergy
Hagra Mauling
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
5%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
-14%synergy