Witherbloom, the Balancer by Mistyrainforest77

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This Golgari deck leverages Witherbloom, the Balancer to turn wide creature boards into extreme mana velocity. By granting instant and sorcery spells affinity for creatures, the deck reduces expensive X-spells, massive draw spells, and one-sided board wipes down to just their colored mana pips. Early turns focus on establishing mana dorks and token generators like Bitterbloom Bearer, Chatterfang, Squirrel General, and Springleaf Parade. Once the commander enters on Turn 4, draw spells such as Stinging Study and Shamanic Revelation refill the hand for 1 to 2 mana. On Turn 5, the deck closes the game by resolving an affinity-discounted Finale of Devastation for Craterhoof Behemoth, draining the table with a massive Torment of Hailfire, or executing an infinite token loop with Sprout Swarm and Mirkwood Bats. Robust protection spells like Heroic Intervention and Allosaurus Shepherd ensure the board survives to execute this decisive finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Biorhythm
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Collective Unconscious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Creakwood Liege
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Revelation
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Genesis Wave
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 2 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tervigon
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Wrap in Vigor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth