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This MTG Strixhaven Commander has an utterly broken combo with a Final Fantasy card
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This MTG Strixhaven Commander has an utterly broken combo with a Final Fantasy card

Polygon.com·Lloyd Coombes·about 1 month ago
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Published Apr 30, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT How much damage is enough? One of Magic's best new Commanders has an utterly broken combo with this overpowered Final Fantasy card Image: Wizards of the Coast Sign in to your Polygon.com account One of the best parts of Magic: The Gathering is that it’s been around so long that there are unexpected interactions between cards printed in 2026 and those that that shipped in the '90s (at least in formats that don’t rotate, like Commander). Still, I wasn’t quite expecting one of the Commander cards in Magic's the latest set, Secrets of Strixhaven , would be essentially broken with a card from last year’s Final Fantasy set. Dina, Essence Brewer , helms the Witherbloom Pestilence precon, the Golgari (green-black) offering in the quintet of boxed decks. She’s a 2/3 druid that lets you draw a card whenever you sacrifice a creature, but also has an activated ability that requires two generic mana and triggers that card draw.…

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