Evil Witherbloom- cocept by meepthegathering

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

Witherbloom, the Balancer leads a synergistic Golgari token and aristocrats spellslinger deck designed to weaponize wide creature boards into crushing mana advantage. The deck ramps aggressively on turns 1 and 2, establishing token engines through cards like Sedgemoor Witch, Chatterfang, Squirrel General, and Awaken the Woods. Once a dense board of creatures is assembled, casting the commander for as little as two mana grants affinity for creatures to all subsequent instant and sorcery spells. This allows massive finishers such as Torment of Hailfire, Exsanguinate, and Collective Unconscious to be cast for negligible mana investment, frequently ending games on Turn 5. The list also includes the compact infinite combo of Chain of Smog targeting oneself alongside Witherbloom Apprentice to drain all opponents in a single turn. Supported by strong permanent removal like Assassin's Trophy and Culling Ritual, the deck combines swarm resilience with explosive combo and big-mana finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Biorhythm
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bogwater Lumaret
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Collective Unconscious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Diabolic Revelation
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Gelatinous Genesis
  • 1 Gorma, the Gullet
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Lab Rats
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plague Wind
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Saproling Symbiosis
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Szat's Will
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat