witherbloom by Jrod31089

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Golgari deck leverages Witherbloom, the Balancer to bridge go-wide creature swarm strategies with high-impact spellslinging. By developing early mana dorks and token generators such as Chief Warg's Company, Essenceknit Scholar, and Creakwood Liege, the deck quickly reduces the casting cost of its commander. Once assembled on Turn 5, the commander grants affinity for creatures to all instant and sorcery spells. This allows expensive, game-altering spells like Hunting Pack, Pest Infestation, Windgrace's Judgment, and Through the Forest Gate to be cast for negligible mana. The deck converts this massive mana velocity into overwhelming board pressure, finishing opponents through combat with evasive pump effects like Root Manipulation or direct drain via Exsanguinate. A dense reanimation suite ensures resilience against targeted removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Andúril, Flame of the West
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Back for More
  • 1 Badlands Revival
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Beorn the Fierce
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Cast Away Doubt
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chelonian Tackle
  • 1 Chief Warg's Company
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creakwood Liege
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deathbloom Gardener
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Diamond Weapon
  • 1 Efflorescence
  • 1 Emergency Weld
  • 1 Essenceknit Scholar
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Extended Absence
  • 1 Fertilid's Favor
  • 1 Fierce Empath
  • 1 Fog of War
  • 17 Forest
  • 1 Fully Grown
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gardenize
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hunting Pack
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loot, the Nexus
  • 1 Multiply by Zero
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Noxious Newt
  • 1 Nyxborn Hydra
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pest Mascot
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pull from the Grave
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Restorative Technique
  • 1 Reverent Howl
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Root Manipulation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Szat's Will
  • 1 Tend the Pests
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Notary Hobbits
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Tom, Bert, and William
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Urborg Uprising
  • 1 Walk with the Ancestors
  • 1 Windgrace's Judgment
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Witherbloom Pledgemage
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Zimone's Experiment
  • 1 Zombify