Witherbloom, the Balancer by happycatmeow33

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Golgari token-swarm deck led by Witherbloom, the Balancer, an Elder Dragon with Affinity for creatures that also grants affinity to your instants and sorceries. The plan is to flood the battlefield with cheap mana dorks and token-making spells, rapidly reduce the commander's cost, then deploy massive token generators like Second Harvest and For the Common Good. The wide board is turned lethal via pump effects such as Beastmaster Ascension, Overwhelming Stampede, or March of the World Ooze. A secondary drain finish comes from Exsanguinate (including a free copy via Stensian Sanguinist). The deck thrives on creature density rather than tutors, using redundancy in token creation and mana dorks to consistently find its game-winning pieces.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Astarion's Thirst
  • 1 Autumn's Veil
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Doomsday Confluence
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Epic Struggle
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 15 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Gift
  • 1 Gelatinous Genesis
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Khalni Garden
  • 1 Lifestream's Blessing
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 March of the World Ooze
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Outrageous Robbery
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Ruinous Intrusion
  • 1 Saproling Migration
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 2 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Szat's Will
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Up the Beanstalk
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Wrap in Vigor