Witherbloom 3.0 by FaithfulFailure

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

The deck's clearest primary plan is the Witherbloom Apprentice and Chain of Smog infinite loop. Witherbloom Apprentice is accessible through several creature tutors, while general tutors and Splinter's Technique can find Chain of Smog. Once the Apprentice is in play and two black mana remain, casting Chain of Smog targeting yourself creates an unlimited sequence of spell and copy triggers. Each trigger drains every opponent, so the deck can win immediately without combat. Strong acceleration from Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Dark Ritual, Ancient Tomb, and mana creatures supports a turn-5 ordinary assembly estimate. The deck also has a substantial backup plan: make creatures with Bitterblossom, Scute Swarm, Pest Infestation, and Sprout Swarm, then convert the board into lethal damage with Craterhoof Behemoth or into mana and life loss with Exsanguinate. Its main limitations are exposure to removal and countermagic, uneven protection access, and limited proactive denial.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Cabal Conditioning
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Revelation
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Increasing Ambition
  • 1 Khalni Garden
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat