Witherbloom, the Balancer by Br4inFrost

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 62

Deck overview

This deck executes a go-wide Golgari swarm strategy engineered to leverage Witherbloom, the Balancer. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost mana dorks and token producers to flood the battlefield rapidly. By Turn 3, this creature density powers up mana engines like Cryptolith Rite, Earthcraft, and Gaea's Cradle. On Turn 4, the commander enters the battlefield for as little as {B}{G} thanks to its affinity for creatures. Once in play, Witherbloom grants affinity for creatures to all instant and sorcery spells. This allows massive X-spells such as Torment of Hailfire, Exsanguinate, and Finale of Devastation to be cast for huge X values while spending only their colored pips. The deck protects its combo turn with Veil of Summer, Allosaurus Shepherd, and Heroic Intervention. If the commander is answered, the deck easily pivots to an overrun combat win via Craterhoof Behemoth or Triumph of the Hordes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Biorhythm
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blisterpod
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Dwynen's Elite
  • 1 Earthcraft
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Lazotep Reaver
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Nest Invader
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Quirion Ranger
  • 1 Saproling Symbiosis
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wall of Roots
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth