Witherbloom, the Balancer - Creature Affinity by user4183321

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Golgari combo and big-mana engine built around Witherbloom, the Balancer. The strategy curves low-cost mana dorks and persistent token generators during the opening turns to build a high creature count. Once 4 to 6 creatures are in play, the commander can be cast for as little as {B}{G}, immediately granting affinity for creatures to all subsequent instant and sorcery spells. This massive cost reduction transforms high-impact spells like Peer into the Abyss, Breach the Multiverse, and Torment of Hailfire into cheap, pip-only power plays. From a resolved Peer into the Abyss, the deck chains dark rituals, convoke spells, and mana engines like Cryptolith Rite into a same-turn table elimination via Craterhoof Behemoth or an overwhelming Finale of Devastation. Protected by efficient green stack-defense spells, the deck executes a resilient, highly redundant Turn 4 goldfish clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Autumn's Veil
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Life // Death
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nightshade Dryad
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Poison Dart Frog
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skull Prophet
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Unbound Flourishing
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Withering Boon
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth