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Precons
Dina, Essence Brewer · Deck list

100 cards.

The stock Witherbloom Pestilence list as printed in Secrets of Strixhaven, with card images and Scryfall links. Click any card to zoom.

// Face commanders

This precon ships with two face commanders. Lead the deck with either one.

Dina, Essence Brewer
Dina, Essence BrewerPrimary commander
Gorma, the Gullet
Gorma, the GulletAlternate commander
01 // Decklist

The 100, as printed.

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Bracket 2·0 Game Changers·100 Cards
Dina, Essence Brewer
SOC ·{1}{B}{G} ·Legendary Creature
Draws when you sacrifice a creature (once per turn) and converts a creature's power into life gain plus +1/+1 counters.
RoleCommander
Elvish Mystic
SOC ·{G} ·Creature
One-drop mana dork tapping for G to accelerate into the deck's midrange engines.
RoleRamp
Gilded Goose
SOC ·{G} ·Creature
Makes Food and turns it into any color of mana; Food also fuels sacrifice and life-gain triggers.
RoleRamp
Haywire Mite
SOC ·{1} ·Artifact Creature
Sacrifices itself to exile a noncreature artifact or enchantment, and gains 2 life when it dies.
RoleRemoval
Viscera Seer
SOC ·{B} ·Creature
Free sacrifice outlet that scrys 1 per creature, enabling drain and sac triggers at instant speed.
RoleOutlet
Blood Artist
SOC ·{1}{B} ·Creature
Drains 1 and gains 1 whenever any creature dies, the core aristocrats payoff for all the sacrificing.
RolePayoff
Bloodghast
SOC ·{B}{B} ·Creature
Recurs itself on landfall, giving an endlessly resaccable body to feed sacrifice outlets and death triggers.
RoleOutlet
Dina, Soul Steeper
SOC ·{B}{G} ·Legendary Creature
Turns every life-gain trigger into 1 life loss per opponent, weaponizing the deck's lifegain into drain.
RolePayoff
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
SOC ·{1}{B} ·Legendary Creature
Makes a fresh 2/2 decayed Zombie each end step, a steady stream of fodder for sacrifice and attrition.
RoleEngine
Nether Traitor
SOC ·{B}{B} ·Creature
Returns from the graveyard for B whenever a creature dies, a recurring sac fodder body and death trigger.
RoleOutlet
Priest of Forgotten Gods
SOC ·{1}{B} ·Creature
Sacrifices two creatures to force opponents to lose life and sacrifice, while you get BB and a card.
RoleEngine
Sakura-Tribe Elder
SOC ·{1}{G} ·Creature
Sacrifices for a basic land onto the battlefield, ramping while triggering death and sacrifice payoffs.
RoleRamp
Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
SOC ·{1}{B} // {X}{B}{B} ·Creature
Grants deathtouch on attack to prepare its Exsanguinate, draining each opponent for X and gaining that life.
RoleFinisher
Teacher's Pest
SOS ·{B}{G} ·Creature
Menace attacker that gains life on attack and recurs itself from the graveyard for BG as repeatable fodder.
RoleValue
Umbral Collar Zealot
SOC ·{1}{B} ·Creature
Sacrifice outlet for creatures or artifacts that surveils 1, filtering and filling the graveyard.
RoleOutlet
Wight of the Reliquary
SOC ·{B}{G} ·Creature
Sacrifices a creature to fetch any land tapped and grows with creatures in your graveyard.
RoleRamp
Zulaport Cutthroat
SOC ·{1}{B} ·Creature
Each opponent loses 1 and you gain 1 whenever your creatures die, a second Blood Artist drain anchor.
RolePayoff
Gorma, the Gullet
SOC ·{1}{B}{G} ·Legendary Creature
Lifelink legend that grows on creature deaths and gives your nontokens +1/+1 counters per death this turn.
RoleCommander
Morbid Opportunist
SOC ·{2}{B} ·Creature
Draws a card the first time other creatures die each turn, steady card advantage from attrition.
RoleDraw
Ophiomancer
SOC ·{2}{B} ·Creature
Makes a 1/1 deathtouch Snake each upkeep when you have none, a renewable blocker and sac fodder.
RoleEngine
Pawn of Ulamog
SOC ·{1}{B}{B} ·Creature
Spawns a sacrificeable mana token whenever a nontoken creature dies, generating fodder and ramp.
RoleEngine
Pest Rescuer
SOC ·{2}{G} ·Creature
Refills a Pest token each upkeep and adds +1 to every life-gain instance, amplifying drain payoffs.
RoleEngine
Springbloom Druid
SOC ·{2}{G} ·Creature
Sacrifices a land to fetch two basics tapped, ramping and triggering land-sac and graveyard synergies.
RoleRamp
Veinwitch Coven
SOC ·{2}{B} ·Creature
On any life gain, pay B to return a creature card from your graveyard, looping sacrifice fodder.
RoleRecursion
Woe Strider
SOC ·{2}{B} ·Creature
Free repeatable sacrifice outlet with scry that brings a Goat token and escapes from the graveyard.
RoleOutlet
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
SOC ·{2}{B} ·Legendary Creature
Sac outlet that grants itself indestructible and grows when opponents' creatures die.
RoleOutlet
Creakwood Liege
SOC ·{1}{B/G}{B/G}{B/G} ·Creature
Pumps your black and green creatures +1/+1 and makes a Worm token each upkeep for fodder.
RoleAnthem
Eccentric Pestfinder // Turn Stones
SOC ·{2}{B}{G} // {B}{G} ·Creature
Prepares after a lifegain turn to cast Turn Stones, making a Pest token per opponent for tokens and drain.
RoleEngine
Gyome, Master Chef
SOC ·{2}{B}{G} ·Legendary Creature
Makes Food per nontoken creature that entered this turn and saccs Food to protect a creature.
RoleEngine
Merchant of Venom
SOC ·{3}{B} ·Creature
Forces every player to sacrifice a creature on ETB and grows whenever any player sacrifices a permanent.
RoleRemoval
Smothering Abomination
SOC ·{2}{B}{B} ·Creature
Mandatory upkeep sacrifice that draws on every sacrifice, a powerful but hungry card-draw engine.
RoleEngine
Blossoming Bogbeast
SOC ·{4}{G} ·Creature
Gains 2 life on attack then pumps your team +X/+X by life gained this turn, a lifegain-fueled alpha strike.
RoleFinisher
Defiling Daemogoth
SOC ·{3}{B}{B} ·Creature
Gains life on combat damage, then drains each opponent for the life gained this turn at end step.
RoleFinisher
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
SOC ·{3}{B}{G} ·Legendary Creature
Puts a +1/+1 counter on every creature you control whenever any permanent is sacrificed, a go-wide payoff.
RolePayoff
Mycoloth
SOC ·{3}{G}{G} ·Creature
Devours creatures for counters then makes a Saproling per counter each upkeep, a snowballing token engine.
RoleEngine
Ohran Frostfang
SOC ·{3}{G}{G} ·Snow Creature
Gives attackers deathtouch and draws a card whenever a creature deals combat damage to a player.
RoleDraw
Ribtruss Roaster
SOC ·{4}{G} ·Creature
Devours fodder for counters, then makes that many lifegain Pest tokens each end step.
RoleEngine
Tendershoot Dryad
SOC ·{4}{G} ·Creature
Makes a Saproling each upkeep and anthems them +2/+2 with the city's blessing, a wide token swarm.
RoleEngine
Witch of the Moors
SOC ·{3}{B}{B} ·Creature
After a lifegain turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature and you reanimate one, an edict-plus-recursion engine.
RolePayoff
Beledros Witherbloom
SOC ·{5}{B}{G} ·Legendary Creature
Makes a lifegain Pest each upkeep and pays 10 life to untap all lands for explosive double-spell turns.
RoleEngine
Assassin's Trophy
SOC ·{B}{G} ·Instant
Destroys any target permanent an opponent controls at instant speed, the deck's catch-all answer.
RoleRemoval
Infernal Grasp
SOC ·{1}{B} ·Instant
Destroys any creature for two mana at the cost of 2 life, efficient spot removal.
RoleRemoval
Plumb the Forbidden
SOC ·{1}{B} ·Instant
Sacrifice any number of creatures to copy this and draw that many cards, a burst draw sac outlet.
RoleDraw
Witherbloom Charm
SOS ·{B}{G} ·Instant
Modal instant: sac for two cards, gain 5 life, or destroy a cheap nonland permanent.
RoleInteraction
Mortality Spear
SOC ·{2}{B}{G} ·Instant
Destroys any nonland permanent, costing 2 less after a lifegain turn, flexible removal.
RoleRemoval
Pest Infestation
SOC ·{X}{X}{G} ·Sorcery
Destroys X artifacts/enchantments and makes twice X lifegain Pest tokens, scalable removal plus tokens.
RoleEngine
Deadly Brew
SOC ·{B}{G} ·Sorcery
Symmetric edict that lets you recur a permanent if you sacrificed one, removal plus value.
RoleRemoval
Night's Whisper
SOC ·{1}{B} ·Sorcery
Draws two cards for two mana and 2 life, cheap raw card advantage.
RoleDraw
Witherbloom Command
SOC ·{B}{G} ·Sorcery
Modal sorcery picking two: land recursion, cheap removal, a -3/-1 shrink, or a 2-point drain.
RoleInteraction
Cultivate
SOC ·{2}{G} ·Sorcery
Fetches two basics, one to the battlefield and one to hand, smoothing mana and fixing colors.
RoleRamp
Immoral Bargain
SOC ·{1}{B}{G} ·Sorcery
Sacrifice X creatures to destroy X nonland permanents, converting fodder into a removal wave.
RoleRemoval
Ominous Harvest
SOC ·{2}{B} ·Sorcery
Gravestorm draw-and-drain that copies for each permanent that died this turn, big card and life swings.
RoleDraw
Toxic Deluge
SOC ·{2}{B} ·Sorcery
Pay X life to give all creatures -X/-X, a scalable board wipe that dodges indestructible.
RoleRemoval
Culling Ritual
SOC ·{2}{B}{G} ·Sorcery
Destroys all cheap nonland permanents and ramps you B or G per permanent destroyed, a wipe plus mana burst.
RoleRemoval
Casualties of War
SOC ·{2}{B}{B}{G}{G} ·Sorcery
Modal destroy spell hitting an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, and planeswalker at once.
RoleRemoval
Final Act
SOC ·{4}{B}{B} ·Sorcery
Modal mass removal: wipe creatures, planeswalkers, battles, exile graveyards, and strip opponents' counters.
RoleRemoval
Sol Ring
SOC ·{1} ·Artifact
One-mana rock tapping for two colorless, premier acceleration into the deck's engines.
RoleRamp
Arcane Signet
SOC ·{2} ·Artifact
Two-mana rock that taps for any color in your identity, reliable fixing and ramp.
RoleRamp
Awakening Zone
SOC ·{2}{G} ·Enchantment
Makes a sacrificeable mana Spawn each upkeep, a steady source of fodder and ramp.
RoleEngine
Blight Mound
SOC ·{2}{B} ·Enchantment
Anthems attacking Pests and makes a lifegain Pest whenever a nontoken creature dies, fodder plus payoff.
RoleEngine
Feral Appetite
SOC ·{2}{G} ·Enchantment
Gives attacking Pests deathtouch and exiles graveyard cards to make lifegain Pest tokens.
RoleEngine
Trudge Garden
SOC ·{2}{G} ·Enchantment
On any life gain, pay 2 to make a 4/4 trample Fungus Beast, turning lifegain into big bodies.
RolePayoff
Moldervine Reclamation
SOC ·{3}{B}{G} ·Enchantment
Gain 1 life and draw a card whenever a creature you control dies, a core sacrifice value engine.
RoleEngine
Bojuka Bog
SOC ·Land ·Land
Taps for B and exiles a graveyard on entry, incidental graveyard hate on a land.
RoleLand
Command Tower
SOC ·Land ·Land
Taps for any color in your commander's identity, perfect dual-color fixing.
RoleLand
Exotic Orchard
SOC ·Land ·Land
Taps for any color an opponent's land can make, usually flexible fixing in multiplayer.
RoleLand
Fabled Passage
SOC ·Land ·Land
Fetches a basic, untapping it with four-plus lands, fixing that also triggers landfall.
RoleLand
Festering Thicket
SOC ·Land ·Land
Tapped BG dual with cycling 2 so it can be drawn into a card late game.
RoleLand
Forest x8
SOS ·Land ·Basic Land
Basic land tapping for G.
RoleLand
Grim Backwoods
SOC ·Land ·Land
Colorless land that doubles as a sacrifice outlet, saccing a creature to draw a card.
RoleOutlet
Haunted Mire
SOC ·Land ·Land
Tapped BG dual land for color fixing.
RoleLand
High Market
SOC ·Land ·Land
Colorless land sac outlet that gains 1 life per creature, protecting key creatures and feeding drain.
RoleOutlet
Llanowar Wastes
SOC ·Land ·Land
Painland adding C freely or B/G for 1 damage, fast untapped fixing.
RoleLand
Necroblossom Snarl
SOC ·Land ·Land
BG reveal land entering untapped if you show a Swamp or Forest from hand.
RoleLand
Path of Ancestry
SOC ·Land ·Land
Tapped identity land that scrys 1 when its mana casts a creature sharing a type with your commander.
RoleLand
Study Hall
SOC ·Land ·Land
Adds C, or any color that scrys when spent on your commander from the command zone.
RoleLand
Swamp x8
SOS ·Land ·Basic Land
Basic land tapping for B.
RoleLand
Temple of Malady
SOC ·Land ·Land
Tapped BG scryland that smooths draws on entry.
RoleLand
Terramorphic Expanse
SOS ·Land ·Land
Fetches a basic land tapped, color fixing that also enables landfall and graveyard recursion.
RoleLand
Titan's Grave
SOS ·Land ·Land
Tapped BG land with a surveil ability to filter and fill the graveyard late game.
RoleLand
Turbulent Fen
SOC ·Land ·Land
BG dual that enters untapped when opponents control eight or more lands.
RoleLand
Twilight Mire
SOC ·Land ·Land
Filter land turning a B or G hybrid into two BG mana, strong fixing once you have a colored source.
RoleLand
Vernal Fen
SOC ·Land ·Land
BG dual entering untapped if you control two or more basics.
RoleLand
Viridescent Bog
SOC ·Land ·Land
Land that taps with 1 to make BG, dependable two-color fixing.
RoleLand
Witherbloom Campus
SOC ·Land ·Land
Tapped BG land with a late-game scry ability for selection.
RoleLand
Woodland Cemetery
SOC ·Land ·Land
BG dual entering untapped if you control a Swamp or Forest.
RoleLand