Witherbloom by KVN

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Golgari list is a creature-count ramp engine. The primary plan is to flood the board with cheap dorks and tokens, cast Witherbloom, the Balancer for a heavily discounted cost, then end via Craterhoof Behemoth, Finale of Devastation, or a large Torment of Hailfire. A secondary deterministic line is Sprout Swarm plus Witherbloom Apprentice, which becomes infinite once Witherbloom is online and at least four creatures exist. There is no hidden commander: Witherbloom is the only commander, and the list is built to enable its affinity rather than to transform into another card. The commander acts as a cost reducer, flying beater, and the key enabler for the Sprout Swarm loop; the deck can still fall back on token beatdown and mana-sink X spells if it is never cast.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Convert to Slime
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Salvation
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Diabolic Revelation
  • 1 Dregs of Sorrow
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Grow from the Ashes
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Khalni Garden
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 March of Wretched Sorrow
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necrotic Hex
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Saproling Migration
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Sinkhole Surveyor
  • 4 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 3 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 2 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Szat's Will
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tooth and Nail
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Welcome the Dead
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zuko's Exile