Witherbloom by Tmeassick

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Golgari swarm and big-mana strategy helmed by Witherbloom, the Balancer. The primary game plan focuses on rapidly establishing a wide battlefield of creature tokens using low-cost generators like Bitterblossom, Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia, and Weaponcraft Enthusiast. By Turn 4, this wide token presence reduces the casting cost of Witherbloom, the Balancer to just {B}{G}, immediately granting all instant and sorcery spells affinity for creatures. With spell costs reduced to their colored pips, the deck chains massive draw spells like Shamanic Revelation and Minions' Murmurs to see deep into the library. On Turn 6, the deck converts this overwhelming board and mana advantage into a same-turn table victory through Craterhoof Behemoth, Finale of Devastation for X >= 10, or an unanswerable Torment of Hailfire. While vulnerable to mass creature sweepers due to light protection, its redundant token producers and explosive mana engines provide consistent, resilient recovery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Convert to Slime
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Death Mutation
  • 1 Deep Forest Hermit
  • 1 Deranged Hermit
  • 1 Diabolic Revelation
  • 1 Drag to the Roots
  • 1 Dregs of Sorrow
  • 1 Earthcraft
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Hour of Promise
  • 1 Howl of the Night Pack
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lab Rats
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Minions' Murmurs
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necrotic Hex
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Encounter
  • 1 Overwhelming Forces
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Sengir Autocrat
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 4 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 4 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Szat's Will
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Weaponcraft Enthusiast
  • 1 Windgrace's Judgment
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth