witherbloom by ochitopanda

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari combo and token-swarm build centered on executing a fast, compact win condition while maintaining a resilient midrange backup plan. The primary strategy revolves around assembling the two-card infinite combo of Witherbloom Apprentice and Chain of Smog. By casting Chain of Smog targeting oneself and continually choosing to copy it, the player generates infinite Magecraft triggers to drain all opponents from 40 to 0 life in a single turn. Dense black tutoring and low-mana ramp allow the deck to assemble and attempt this win reliably by Turn 4. If the primary combo is disrupted, the deck pivots into go-wide token generation using cards like Sedgemoor Witch, Tendershoot Dryad, and Beledros Witherbloom, finishing games through overwhelming combat damage with Craterhoof Behemoth or explosive value from Bolas's Citadel. While the deck features robust permanent removal and targeted protection like Sylvan Safekeeper, it lacks stack-based countermagic and remains vulnerable to well-timed instant-speed creature removal during combo execution.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Biorhythm
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cruel Tutor
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Suffer the Past
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 Tooth and Nail
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery