Dina, Soul Steeper Deck Tech | Commander Tune-Ups #60

We're upgrading our Patron Roswellien's Dina Commander deck, packing it full of life gain aristocrats payoffs! This is one of Strixhaven's coolest commanders and we're excited to upgrade this deck! Check out the very end of the description for the full list of adds and cuts.
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In case you were wondering, here's the full list of adds and cuts:
ADDS:
Living Death
Essence Warden
Blight Mound
Dross Harvester
Nether Traitor
Deathgreeter
Marauding Blight-Priest
Veinwitch Coven
Prosperous Innkeeper
Scavenging Ooze
Witch of the Moors
Bolas’s Citadel
Aetherflux Reservoir
Pawn of Ulamog
Dictate of Erebos
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
Turntimber Symbiosis
Zof Consumption
Snow-Covered Forest
Snow-Covered Forest
Snow-Covered Swamp
Snow-Covered Swamp
CUTS:
Slaughter Pact
Gutterbones
Plagued Rusulka
Scheming Symmetry
Heartless Act
Fecundity
Timeless Witness
Arcane Signet
Plumb the Forbidden
Rushed Rebirth
Tendershoot Dryad
Priest of Titania
Village Rites
Crypt Ghast
Massacre Girl
Wood Elves
Forest
Forest
Forest
Swamp
Swamp
Swamp

[@TheRoswellien]

Thanks Breezy and Joe for the tuneup! I'll be making these changes very soon and letting y'all know how it goes. Have most of the cards already (including agadeems awakening).

[@NitpickingNerds]

Hope you have a top lol 😂

[@TheRoswellien]

@@NitpickingNerds that I don't have .. yet lol

[@NitpickingNerds]

@@TheRoswellien get it tiger 🐅

[@pauldyson8098]

@@NitpickingNerds What do you take out for Top and Awakening?

[@BIGNEILCOUSINS]

That awakening card makes everyone happy

[@PhiladelphiaCoIlins]

This is the commander my wife loves, thank you for this

[@TheUltimateRey]

Lol mine too! Her name is Gina 😂

[@PhiladelphiaCoIlins]

@@TheUltimateRey I got her the foil Dina and the art cards, including the ones that depict Dina in the art

[@SpiceWeazel]

Damn, I wish my girlfriend were into mtg. Lucky bastard!

[@NitpickingNerds]

That's super cool!

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

I thought Gyome would be my favorite or Dina but Willowdusk has become my favorite Witherbloom commander. I love how higher risk spells that cost life become a boon to her, sure I'll pay 20 life and tap her and put 20 counters on this lifelink creature; oh Puppet Strings don't mind me untapping her and doing it again, oh Seeker of Skybreak, get over here! I heard you want to untap Willowdusk this time. The sorcery speed clause on her ability is the only issue, I have not seen a card that lets you get around that and play her ability as a instant instead :P

[@EJsGameplay]

Can't wait for the articles! I think that's such a great idea. The $50 upgrade vids are perfect for newer players or people trying out a precon that's a new strategy for them to see if they like it, but these articles sound like the best place for them to go if they wanna dedicate to a deck they really love! I still play my Anowon Ruin Thief and Prosper Tome-Bound decks, upgrading them way beyond the $50 budget following advice from you guys as best as I can already!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Hey that's awesome, glad to hear you still are upgrading!

[@colinh5299]

I absolutely love your guys' deck techs! They should totally be made more often 🙏🏻🌶♥️

[@NitpickingNerds]

Well, with our Kickstarter benefits, we actually have NINE more that will all be coming soon, we're planning on releasing 2 per week

[@elipetrou9308]

Damn that’s a ton guys, you getting sleep

[@starchaser6024]

I’m a simple man. I see a nitpicking nerds video, i thumbs up.

[@NitpickingNerds]

We appreciate your thumbs!

[@kevinholmes3587]

was waiting for this one since Beezy expressed his affection for BG uncommon legends

[@charliepeterson8171]

Raised his mana curve and pulled his ramp! Got him!!

[@DangerousOne326]

Guys I love these videos. A FEW WORDS OF ADVICE REGARDING IMPROVING SOUND QUALITY >>> :) I would recommend turning your mics towards your mouth. They already have a windscreen and you're picking up a lot of room noise / echo. I would also look into acoustically treating your room. The easiest, best, and cheapest method is to get a bunch of old towels from goodwill, pack them in a 2x4 wooden frame, and wrap them in cheap covering material. Hang them wherever you think is best but I would recommend wherever your mouths are facing when you're recording the videos. That will make the biggest impact. There is a KZbin video showing this and will drastically reduce room echo and improve video sound quality. Now get to more great commander content! Also give me a shout out if it helps ;P

[@ashleygray17]

Awesome video and looking forward to the Undead Unleashed article you guys are working on.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Sweet!

[@mfitkin]

Consider this content absorbed

[@NitpickingNerds]

Will do

[@viruse388]

My decklist: Dina 49 swamps 49 forests 1 Grave Titan

[@NitpickingNerds]

Damn it!

[@emerson685]

I also just told a friend to take out Plumb the Forbidden and Village Rites from his aristocrats deck. Always use the cards that create an engine, not the cards that are one-of effects.

[@austinblankenship7631]

i can see a pretty good argument for plumb in a few decks because it has such a crazy high upside, but village rites falls into that nights whisper category of "tire spinning" where you arent really using your mana to further your game plan enough for the big swingy plays you have to make to win in edh

[@tandorgamash]

@@highlander7462 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician and it is also a removal

[@miguelmora7564]

I built my wife a Dina deck, but it's mostly combo and she said she doesn't love it as much, so she's been wanting to try a different version. So this was awesome! Thanks guys!

[@lovcraftian]

Time to upgrade my Dina deck ! Can't wait 💚💚💚

[@PopFlip]

Hey guys, found your channel a couple weeks ago and I'm hooked! Have you guys ever thought of making videos on what certain archetypes lack? For example, what does lifegain (yeah, I'm an angel fan and it's probably the best way to build them) need to reach that power 7-8 consistently? Keep on being awesome!

[@willlinville7850]

Thank y’all for the amazing deck list! I’ve made a dina deck myself and inspired it off of yours. It’s easily my best deck and most fun

[@macces82]

Would you mind sharing your decklist? I am curious to see which newer cards you might have included.

[@jollygreenjackson5787]

Probably the first commander tune up I don’t agree with. I think it’s a personality thing for me where I cannot stand sacrificing non token creatures for any reason, I love cards like Tendershoot dryad and Wolverine Riders in my Dina Deck so I get lots of tokens to sac with my Yawgmoth and I never feel like I’m losing anything real

[@SlayzerEx]

That's the only thing bothering me about this list. Do you perhaps have list circumventing this?

[@1chillshroom101]

I'm really looking forward to the EDHREC articles

[@NitpickingNerds]

:D

[@tylermoore6774]

Deathgreeter and Dross Harvester are amazing in decks like these.

[@adamcappella8088]

My first commander Love this

[@charliepeterson8171]

Deathgreeter my old friend! We've found you a new home!

[@zackkelley2940]

Might I suggest Vampiric Rites? Sac outlet with card draw and lifegain.

[@Hashbrown1682]

OH MY GLOB!!! *IT'S HAPPENING*

[@Urd-Vidan]

Always love to see content, especially with my favorite card in it even if they aren't the main card(Yawgmoth). Also, I'm shocked since you have a ton of Life gain, but no K'rrik or Insaguinate.

[@elipetrou9308]

Exsanguinate is okay, but there are better options and it only triggers Dina once. Not great in this deck

[@danmorgan7775]

I don't have a Dina deck but I do play a decent amount of lifegain and graveyard so I still got some good ideas (and who knows at some point I may give in and build her too)...

[@Dayyyjoey26]

Nitpicking Nerds Precon Primers on EDHREC! I'm hype

[@Rancidtunip]

I have a similar deck in brawl in arena, with the exquisite blood infinite combo

[@mateocossani8231]

Fav series

[@NitpickingNerds]

Well, we have a LOT to do from our Kickstarter rewards, so expect nine more of these in the coming weeks lol

[@mateocossani8231]

@@NitpickingNerds very nice

[@joeycrack1213]

Just pointing out rushed rebirth can target any creature on the battlefield . I have it In my prossh deck and it’s won me the game a few times

[@Kaybee3104]

I love the shirt Joe!

[@jeanmarais337]

I always run into the problem that low cmc decks need so much draw cause you're always dumping your hand. I think this list will stall if you don't have draw in your opening hand. Recommend 15 draw sources.

[@BlueFox571]

Time to sit back, sip tea and drain our opponents!

[@mercerchandler8160]

Can you please make a commander deck list with grave titan as the commander?!

[@craigslattery1901]

Hi guys, love the channel, enjoy all the advise. I'm a Sliver deck owner without a budget, pretty much no friends. Could you do a video for me to improve my deck, Overlord is my commander, without a budget.

[@avatarofpapermagic]

Hey legends, Vegemite being sent tomorrow. But could you also do upgrades beyond $50? Say a $50 and $500 upgrade?

[@NitpickingNerds]

What do you mean?

[@avatarofpapermagic]

@@NitpickingNerds instead of doing just a budget upgrade to $50. Can you also do one to $500? Or give suggestions that if this wasn't a budget upgrade you would rather this card for instance. Just an idea for those of us with more of a budget

[@dee-wreck]

The Moxfield deck is broken. Link send mes to "mmm somthings wrong" and I can't access it thru your moxfield page either.

[@EnemyToad]

Opened Dina in a March of the Machine pack today and this was recommended to me I don’t like the algorithm anymore I wanna get off

[@pauldyson8098]

Joe Cherries, Esq., where'd you get that shirt?!

[@stormybaker4135]

Sun Droplet is a good budget upgrade

[@obadijahparks]

I am making a vampire centered deck. But I keep adding these nonvampire creatures for the life triggers. XD I need to stop playing.

[@BornFromEmbers]

In the Wilhelt the Rotcleaver budget upgrade video you said you have a non-budget list for him. Is there anywhere I can see that?

[@NitpickingNerds]

Not quite yet, once our articles go live we'll let you know

[@gabry5405]

can u pls tell me the combo whit sensei's divining top cuz i have one and i wanted to create dina comm deck...ps u tw r really funny and talk very understandable for a forainge like me THX

[@villnoir]

Top+aetherflux reservoir+bolas of citadel :)

[@RecoveringSpartan]

Would y'all recommend Dina or Willowdusk for a Golgari Lifegain deck?

[@mleet3125]

I'd love to see a list where the budget was $50 per card.

[@faperito2389]

Only hard disagree I've got to say is village rites. Card's just bonkers in these kinds of decks.

[@sofiaholiday5344]

ik im probably missing something but what is the tainted pact for?

[@esperragnarok1709]

This is now a ham sammich

[@TheUltimateRey]

Dictate of erbos is annoying to play against lol be sure to have some enchantment removal in your decks

[@gohan1300]

i want to see beezy do a karador deck tech unless im dumb n they already did one XD

[@kelvintay1803]

i wonder how much there a difference between golgari and orzhov aristocrats. i have a teysa deck and it hard to make dina without using similar cards.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Yeah aristocrats in general overlap a lot with each other

[@kelvintay1803]

@@NitpickingNerds unfortunately I kept my orzhov decks cause the few orzhov cards like anguished unmaking looks amazing

[@jeffreycollier30]

I just made dina last sunday but did aristocrat token style

[@NitpickingNerds]

Ooo nice

[@nicolechansawang4054]

jank landfall Dina is fun

[@mrconchapelua]

reservoir is op here

[@44Midfield]

How does one get their deck in this series?

[@NitpickingNerds]

It's a Patron reward that we offer! :)

[@44Midfield]

@@NitpickingNerds Thank you. I just got back into magic this year and found your channel a couple months ago. Love the content!

[@Oedwai_Gang]

!Sensei’s diving top is not 60 bucks! More like 20 - 30 trend

[@NitpickingNerds]

On Tcgplayer the market price is $51 and listed median is $60 we were going off that

[@discipleofbolas9302]

Hmm would lolith be a good add in this deck?

[@Breviparopus]

Oh only 100

[@Goodthrust69]

Love my dina deck. I dont have any infinite combos but it's just so strong. I have actually killed someone with her commander damage once. Just because I could. Lol sometimes I win out of nowhere because I dont even understand the math until the dominoes start falling.