---
name: "Dina, Soul Steeper"
mana_cost: "{B}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Dryad Druid"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "305"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Chris Rahn"
oracle_id: "2121bcb4-f5fe-447f-9112-c7e5b5c45baf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dina-soul-steeper-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dina, Soul Steeper
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Dryad Druid

## Oracle Text
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
{1}, Sacrifice another creature: Dina gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dina, Essence Brewer](/printing/dina-essence-brewer-soc.md) — Legendary Creature — Dryad Druid
2. [Zimone and Dina](/printing/zimone-and-dina-mom.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Dryad
3. [Marauding Blight-Priest](/printing/marauding-blight-priest-fdn.md) — Creature — Vampire Cleric
4. [Willowdusk, Essence Seer](/printing/willowdusk-essence-seer-c21.md) — Legendary Creature — Dryad Druid
5. [Death Cultist](/printing/death-cultist-roe.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Savra, Queen of the Golgari](/printing/savra-queen-of-the-golgari-rvr.md) — Legendary Creature — Elf Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #305
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Chris Rahn

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2021-04-16)* Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life gain event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, a "whenever you gain life" ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
- *(2021-04-16)* Dina's first ability triggers only once for each life gain event, no matter how much life was gained.
- *(2021-04-16)* When Dina's first ability resolves, each opponent loses only 1 life, no matter how much life was gained.
- *(2021-04-16)* X is the power the creature had when it was on the battlefield, not the power it has in the graveyard.