Witherbloom by Tahyer

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari token spellslinger strategy commanded by Witherbloom, the Balancer. The game plan revolves around rapidly developing a wide board of creature tokens and mana dorks during the first three turns using pieces like Awaken the Woods, Pest Infestation, and Springleaf Parade. Once a critical mass of 4 to 6 creatures is established, Witherbloom, the Balancer enters for just {B}{G} thanks to its creature affinity. On the battlefield, the commander grants affinity for creatures to all instant and sorcery spells, effectively reducing high-cost sorceries and X-spells to their base colored pips. This allows the deck to chain massive draw engines like Stinging Study and Shamanic Revelation into game-ending payoffs such as Finale of Devastation, Torment of Hailfire, or an infinite token loop with Sprout Swarm. The deck features explosive burst velocity and high resilience to targeted removal, though it remains vulnerable to early board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Awakening Zone
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Behold the Beyond
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Boundless Realms
  • 1 Collective Unconscious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creeping Renaissance
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Diabolic Revelation
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Finale of Eternity
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Gelatinous Genesis
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Khalni Garden
  • 1 Lab Rats
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Necrotic Hex
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Forces
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Plague Wind
  • 1 Preposterous Proportions
  • 1 Profane Transfusion
  • 1 Regal Force
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skull Storm
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 1 Strength of the Tajuru
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Offering
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Traverse the Outlands
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Verdant Embrace
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Vitalizing Wind
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Windswift Slice
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Wolverine Riders
  • 1 Worst Fears
  • 1 Yavimaya Hollow
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth