Witherbloom Hordes by JoshSnow

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck leverages a low-curve Golgari token swarm to break the resource parity of Witherbloom, the Balancer. By establishing a wide board of mana dorks and token generators across the opening turns, the deck reduces the commander's cost to just two mana. Once on the battlefield, Witherbloom grants affinity for creatures to all instant and sorcery spells, reducing expensive draw spells like Stinging Study and Shamanic Revelation down to single colored pips. The resulting burst of cards and mana fuels massive finishers, including Finale of Devastation into Craterhoof Behemoth, high-value Torment of Hailfire, or an infinite creature loop using Sprout Swarm's convoke and buyback mechanics. Creature mana engines like Cryptolith Rite and Jaheira, Friend of the Forest provide strong independence from the commander, while asymmetric board wipes keep opposing boards in check.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 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 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Biorhythm
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bogwater Lumaret
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Collective Unconscious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Diabolic Revelation
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Gelatinous Genesis
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Khalni Garden
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Noxious Newt
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Plague Wind
  • 1 Preposterous Proportions
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Sprout Swarm
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Unbound Flourishing
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Windgrace's Judgment
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor