witherbloom by Fredrikie

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

Witherbloom, the Balancer headlines a Golgari swarm strategy that turns a dense board of low-cost mana dorks and token generators into massive cost reductions. By granting instant and sorcery spells affinity for creatures, the commander allows high-impact sorceries like Tooth and Nail, Shamanic Revelation, and Plague of Vermin to be cast for as little as one or two colored mana. The early game establishes a wide foundation with one-drop mana creatures and recurring token producers like Bitterblossom and Lord Skitter, Sewer King. Once the commander resolves, the deck pivots into explosive card draw through Stinging Study and Plumb the Forbidden, quickly finding decisive finishers. The primary win condition resolves Craterhoof Behemoth to overwhelm the table in combat or pairs Plague of Vermin with Mirkwood Bats and drain effects for immediate lethal life loss. Robust permanent removal and big-mana alternatives ensure reliable performance even under pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arboreal Grazer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chittering Dispatcher
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Revelation
  • 1 Dread Summons
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Green Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 1 Khalni Garden
  • 1 Life // Death
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Mutable Explorer
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Plague of Vermin
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Preposterous Proportions
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Scour from Existence
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 Tooth and Nail
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat