witherbloom b3 v45 (duplicated from jonnyreco) by Jonnyreco26

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari swarm and spell-discount engine helmed by Witherbloom, the Balancer. The core strategy deploys a dense array of low-cost mana dorks and token producers during the early turns to flood the board with creatures. This wide creature presence rapidly reduces the casting cost of Witherbloom, the Balancer to as little as two mana via affinity. Once on the battlefield, the commander grants affinity for creatures to all instant and sorcery spells. This allows massive, high-impact spells—such as Stinging Study, Collective Unconscious, Cabal Conditioning, and In Garruk's Wake—to be cast for minimal colored pips. The deck converts its explosive card advantage and mana generation into immediate game-ending finishers like Finale of Devastation into Craterhoof Behemoth or an overwhelming Torment of Hailfire. Built-in protection and anti-countermagic pieces safeguard the board state during critical combo turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Biorhythm
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Conditioning
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chittering Dispatcher
  • 1 Collective Unconscious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dosan the Falling Leaf
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Majestic Genesis
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Forces
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Counsel
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Season of Gathering
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Wail of the Nim
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Wrap in Vigor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth