Witherbloom, the Balancer by Cardiak

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This Golgari deck uses Witherbloom, the Balancer to turn a wide board of inexpensive creatures into a massive cost-reduction engine. By populating the battlefield with low-cost mana dorks and token generators during the early turns, the deck rapidly casts its commander for just two mana. Once on the battlefield, the commander grants instant and sorcery spells affinity for creatures, reducing the generic mana required for potent X-spells to near zero. The deck quickly pivots this mana advantage into game-ending finishes such as Finale of Devastation tutoring Craterhoof Behemoth, lethal Torment of Hailfire, or an overrun with Triumph of the Hordes. Supported by efficient tutors, card draw engines like Plumb the Forbidden, and explosive mana producers like Gaea's Cradle, the strategy operates with rapid velocity, strong redundancy, and decisive same-turn kill capability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Biorhythm
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blisterpod
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Dwynen's Elite
  • 1 Earthcraft
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Lazotep Reaver
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Nest Invader
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Quirion Ranger
  • 1 Saproling Symbiosis
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wall of Roots
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth