I See Dead Pests by M1naj

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Golgari token swarm and storm-style combo strategy commanded by Witherbloom, the Balancer. The core plan focuses on flooding the battlefield with cheap creature tokens through cards like Bitterblossom, Scute Swarm, and Pest Infestation. These creatures rapidly discount the commander via affinity, allowing Witherbloom, the Balancer to enter play as early as Turn 4 for just two mana. Once on the battlefield, the commander grants affinity for creatures to all instant and sorcery spells. This enables massive card draw spells like Shamanic Revelation and Collective Unconscious to be cast for mere colored pips, immediately refilling the hand with gas. The deck then transitions into a decisive same-turn finish on Turn 5, deploying an overwhelming Craterhoof Behemoth, a massive Finale of Devastation, an affinity-discounted Torment of Hailfire, or an infinite Sprout Swarm token loop. Robust low-cost protection spells defend the board during the winning turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Collective Unconscious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Szat's Will
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth