WitherGoon by Jinned

Format: Commander

Commander: Witherbloom, the Balancer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Golgari go-wide strategy commanded by Witherbloom, the Balancer. The game plan revolves around rapidly developing a wide board of creature tokens and mana dorks during the opening turns through cards like Bitterblossom, Springleaf Parade, Sedgemoor Witch, and Arasta of the Endless Web. Once a swarm of 5-6 creatures is established, Witherbloom, the Balancer enters for as little as {B}{G}, granting every instant and sorcery affinity for creatures. This discount transforms massive card draw spells like Stinging Study and Shamanic Revelation into near-free cantrips, refueling the hand instantly. On Turn 5, the deck channels its immense board presence into game-ending X-spells like Finale of Devastation fetching Craterhoof Behemoth, or lethal casts of Torment of Hailfire and Exsanguinate. Even when disrupted, independent big-mana engines like Gaea's Cradle and Circle of Dreams Druid ensure resilient paths to victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Collective Unconscious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Revelation
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Finale of Eternity
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Fresh Meat
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plague of Vermin
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Counsel
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Saproling Symbiosis
  • 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
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Offering
  • 1 Szat's Will
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unbound Flourishing
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witherbloom, the Balancer
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat