Witherbloom by user2488831

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Golgari token-swarm deck is helmed by Witherbloom, the Balancer, whose affinity-for-creatures ability drastically reduces the cost of both itself and every instant/sorcery you cast. The strategy is to flood the battlefield with mana dorks and token generators, then leverage that wide board to deploy massive spells like Plague Wind, Ezuri's Predation, Rise of the Dark Realms, or Finale of Devastation for a fraction of their mana value. The deck lacks compact infinite combos; it wins through overwhelming board presence, one-sided wipes, and explosive value plays. The commander is a powerful enabler but not strictly required-the deck can still execute its plan by simply out-valuing opponents with token engines and recursion.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Awakening Zone
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Defend the Rider
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Genesis Wave
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Khalni Garden
  • 1 Life // Death
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nightshade Dryad
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Overwhelming Forces
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plague Wind
  • 1 Preposterous Proportions
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Saproling Symbiosis
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Sinkhole Surveyor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Majesty
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 2 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Offering
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tender Wildguide
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Weaponcraft Enthusiast
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery