witherbloom the combo by user7547248

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck pairs a Golgari aristocrats and token-swarm shell with a compact, game-ending combo. Led by Witherbloom, the Balancer, the deck uses a swarm of creature tokens to reduce the casting cost of its commander and large instant or sorcery spells through affinity. Early turns focus on deploying mana dorks and token generators like Bitterbloom Bearer, Ophiomancer, and Chatterfang, Squirrel General. The primary win condition is the two-card combo of Witherbloom Apprentice and Chain of Smog, which drains all opponents of their life total in a single turn via infinite Magecraft triggers. When pivoting away from the combo, the deck relies on engines like Skullclamp, Necrodominance, and Moldervine Reclamation to fuel massive finish spells such as Torment of Hailfire, Army of the Damned, or Overwhelming Stampede. The list features robust mana acceleration and card draw but carries light instant-speed interaction and modest tutor density.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Biorhythm
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chatterstorm
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadbridge Chant
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Diabolic Revelation
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Essenceknit Scholar
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Final Act
  • 1 Find // Finality
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Fungal Sprouting
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Illegitimate Business
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Korozda Guildmage
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Necrodominance
  • 1 Nightshade Dryad
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plague of Vermin
  • 1 Professor Dellian Fel
  • 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Titan's Grave
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Vicious Rivalry
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Wurmcalling
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat