Dina, Essence Brewer

Dina, Essence Brewer

Legendary Creature — Dryad Druid

Mana cost: {1}{B}{G}

How we read this card

Whenever you sacrifice a creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

triggered — draws you 1 card

You gain X life and put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

activated {2}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature —

activated {2}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature — gains you X life

activated {2}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature — puts the sacrificed creature's power counters on it

What we read on this card

Causes: draw a card, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, gain life, put a counter on a creature.

Cares about: a creature is sacrificed, a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in Dina's colors can cause this (Dina is one).

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, it exiles a Nightmare

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 900 cards in Dina's colors can cause this (Dina is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 902 cards in Dina's colors can cause this.

  1. Smothering Abomination — When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer, Smothering Abomination draws you 1 card
  2. Plumb the Forbidden — When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer, Plumb the Forbidden copies a spell
  3. Zodiark, Umbral God — When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer, Zodiark, Umbral God puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer, Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist makes a token
  5. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk — When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer, Kingpin, Wilson Fisk makes 2 tokens
  6. Mortician Beetle — When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer, Mortician Beetle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ravenous Squirrel — When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer, Ravenous Squirrel puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Swarmborn Giant — When you sacrifice Swarmborn Giant, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  9. Ayara, First of Locthwain — When you sacrifice another black creature to Ayara, First of Locthwain, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  10. Foot Chopper — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Foot Chopper, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  11. Blasting Station — When you sacrifice a creature to Blasting Station, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  12. Tainted Aether — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Tainted Aether, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  13. Saw — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Saw, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  14. Sporogenic Infection — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Sporogenic Infection, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  15. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — When you sacrifice Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  16. Summon: Fenrir — When you sacrifice Summon: Fenrir, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  17. Skittering Horror — When you sacrifice Skittering Horror, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  18. Grist, the Hunger Tide — When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer, Grist, the Hunger Tide kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  19. Cabal Therapist — When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer, Cabal Therapist triggers
  20. Prowling Geistcatcher — When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer, Prowling Geistcatcher exiles it

697 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is gained — 999 cards in Dina's colors can cause this (Dina is one).

When Dina, Essence Brewer gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  4. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  5. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Gourmand's Talent — makes a token
  7. MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel — surveils
  8. Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Enduring Tenacity — makes each opponent lose life equal to that much
  10. Leech Collector // Bloodletting — becomes prepared

30 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature gets a counter — 1,278 cards in Dina's colors can cause this (Dina is one).

  1. Scurry Oak — When Scurry Oak gets a counter thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, it makes a token
  2. Hollowmurk Siege — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, Hollowmurk Siege draws you 1 card
  3. Earth Kingdom General — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, Earth Kingdom General gains you that much life
  4. Knight of Wundagore — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, Knight of Wundagore puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate puts a counter on a permanent
  6. Moss-Pit Skeleton — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, Moss-Pit Skeleton returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Wildwood Scourge — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, Wildwood Scourge puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Stocking the Pantry — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, Stocking the Pantry puts a supply counter on itself
  9. Terrasymbiosis — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, Terrasymbiosis draws you that many cards

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 1,547 cards in Dina's colors can cause this (Dina is one).

Dina, Essence Brewer puts cards into the:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  2. Paleoloth — graveyard that Paleoloth can bring back
  3. Sword of Light and Shadow — graveyard that Sword of Light and Shadow can bring back
  4. Necromantic Thirst — graveyard that Necromantic Thirst can bring back
  5. Ruthless Technomancer — graveyard that Ruthless Technomancer can bring back
  6. Forum Necroscribe — graveyard that Forum Necroscribe can bring back
  7. The Deck of Many Things — graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  8. Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette — graveyard that Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette can bring back
  9. Sibsig Muckdraggers — graveyard that Sibsig Muckdraggers can bring back
  10. The Cauldron of Eternity — graveyard, and The Cauldron of Eternity gets bigger

538 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 1,547 cards in Dina's colors can cause this (Dina is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer:

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  2. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  3. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  4. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  5. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  6. Gate to the Afterlife — gains you 1 life
  7. Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner — makes a token
  8. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  9. Body Launderer — draws and discards
  10. Nightmare Shepherd — exiles it

33 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 1,567 cards in Dina's colors can cause this (Dina is one).

  1. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  2. Quirion Beastcaller — When Quirion Beastcaller dies thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, it puts +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, it triggers
  4. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Dina, Essence Brewer, it makes you lose life

276 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,787 cards in Dina's colors can cause this (Dina is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice another creature to Dina, Essence Brewer, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 3,505 cards in Dina's colors can cause this (Dina is one).

  1. Repentant Vampire — Dina, Essence Brewer fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs

243 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 6,618 cards in Dina's colors can cause this (Dina is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Dina, Essence Brewer attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

84 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 6,618 cards in Dina's colors can cause this (Dina is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When Dina, Essence Brewer attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

36 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.