Sapling of Colfenor (Commander) - Core Lifegain

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Arnaud Gompertz
Sep 3, 2025
How to Build Golgari Without Being Golboring
Like to think outside the color box in Commander? This edition of Branching Out gives you some great ideas for unique Golgari builds.
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The Walls of Ba Sing Se
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
66%synergy
Turtle-Duck
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Dina, Soul Steeper
92%inclusion11 decks12 decks
87%synergy
Willowdusk, Essence Seer
75%inclusion9 decks12 decks
74%synergy
Ezzaroot Channeler
75%inclusion9 decks12 decks
74%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
75%inclusion9 decks12 decks
72%synergy
Witch of the Moors
67%inclusion8 decks12 decks
64%synergy
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
58%inclusion7 decks12 decks
58%synergy
Blossoming Bogbeast
58%inclusion7 decks12 decks
57%synergy
Mortality Spear
58%inclusion7 decks12 decks
53%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
55%inclusion6 decks11 decks
52%synergy
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Beast Whisperer
58%inclusion7 decks12 decks
45%synergy
Birds of Paradise
58%inclusion7 decks12 decks
38%synergy
Courser of Kruphix
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
47%synergy
Sanguine Bond
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
46%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
49%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
47%synergy
Ancient Lumberknot
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
50%synergy
Wall of Blossoms
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
50%synergy
Sylvan Caryatid
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
41%synergy
Assault Formation
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
41%synergy
Creatures
Saryth, the Viper's Fang
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
38%synergy
Llanowar Elves
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
9%synergy
Wood Elves
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
33%synergy
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
41%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
39%synergy
Bosk Banneret
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
42%synergy
Bedrock Tortoise
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
41%synergy
Ancient Adamantoise
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
33%synergy
Murderous Rider
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
32%synergy
Tree of Redemption
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
33%synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
15%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
27%synergy
Elvish Mystic
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Honest Rutstein
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
23%synergy
Essence Warden
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
27%synergy
Verdant Sun's Avatar
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
33%synergy
Deathbringer Regent
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
33%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
29%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
32%synergy
Leyline Prowler
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
30%synergy
Accomplished Alchemist
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
32%synergy
Treefolk Harbinger
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
33%synergy
Augur of Autumn
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
32%synergy
Ohran Frostfang
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
25%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
4%synergy
Canopy Gargantuan
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Spider-Man Noir
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Reclamation Sage
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Alpha Deathclaw
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
23%synergy
Tree of Perdition
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
24%synergy
Prize Pig
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
25%synergy
Deathrite Shaman
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
11%synergy
Wall of Roots
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
25%synergy
Valentin, Dean of the Vein
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
22%synergy
Shriekmaw
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
21%synergy
Heartwood Storyteller
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
25%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
25%synergy
Old Man Willow
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
23%synergy
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
23%synergy
Deathgreeter
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
23%synergy
Nemata, Primeval Warden
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
21%synergy
Elegy Acolyte
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Starscape Cleric
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
17%synergy
Fecund Greenshell
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
Accursed Marauder
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
9%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
16%synergy
Unscrupulous Contractor
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
17%synergy
Axebane Guardian
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
17%synergy
Bringer of the Last Gift
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
16%synergy
Instants
Beast Within
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Assassin's Trophy
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
-12%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-2%synergy
Tear Asunder
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
2%synergy
Deathsprout
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
10%synergy
Noxious Revival
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
12%synergy
Golgari Charm
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
0%synergy
Fell the Profane
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
0%synergy
Drag to the Roots
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
4%synergy
Heroic Intervention
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-22%synergy
Stampede
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Nature's Claim
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-2%synergy
Harrow
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-1%synergy
Entish Restoration
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Sheltering Word
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Reclaim
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Glyph of Reincarnation
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
2%synergy
Reach of Branches
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Putrefy
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-27%synergy
Glyph of Doom
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-2%synergy
Feed the Serpent
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Obscuring Haze
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Pulse of Murasa
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Rootgrapple
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Urborg Justice
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Sorceries
Kodama's Reach
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
9%synergy
Cultivate
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
-7%synergy
Essence Pulse
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
24%synergy
Culling Ritual
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
4%synergy
Toxic Deluge
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
4%synergy
Skyshroud Claim
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
12%synergy
Farseek
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
-2%synergy
Feed the Swarm
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
9%synergy
Nature's Lore
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
-9%synergy
Night's Whisper
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Driven // Despair
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
16%synergy
Dig Up
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
13%synergy
Sign in Blood
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
9%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Tip the Scales
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Gaze of Granite
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Overcome
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Three Visits
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-11%synergy
Healing Technique
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Overrun
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Severed Strands
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Salvage
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Foreboding Fruit
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Last March of the Ents
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Charnel Serenade
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Casualties of War
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-3%synergy
Nissa's Renewal
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Ent's Fury
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Rampant Growth
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-26%synergy
Reanimate
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-11%synergy
Consuming Vapors
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Explore
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
4%synergy
Overwhelming Forces
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Kindred Dominance
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Damnation
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
1%synergy
Overwhelming Stampede
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Nissa's Pilgrimage
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Kin-Tree Invocation
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Well of Lost Dreams
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
31%synergy
Requiem Monolith
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
24%synergy
Lightning Greaves
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Whip of Erebos
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
11%synergy
Lifecrafter's Bestiary
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
15%synergy
Pestilent Cauldron
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
16%synergy
Bloodthorn Flail
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Glowcap Lantern
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Worldslayer
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Lavaspur Boots
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Monster Manual
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Druidic Satchel
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Library of Leng
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Shadowspear
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Warmonger's Chariot
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Currency Converter
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Explorer's Scope
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Sigil of Valor
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Crystal Ball
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Herald's Horn
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
4%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-17%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Cosmos Elixir
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Brainstone
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Enchantments
Jaws of Defeat
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
19%synergy
Dormant Grove
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
25%synergy
Lignify
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
22%synergy
Sylvan Library
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
16%synergy
Treefolk Umbra
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
25%synergy
Assemble the Entmoot
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
16%synergy
Gift of the Deity
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
16%synergy
Feed the Pack
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
16%synergy
Fruit of the First Tree
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
17%synergy
Exquisite Blood
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
13%synergy
Trudge Garden
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
15%synergy
Haunted Crossroads
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
16%synergy
Midnight Snack
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
7%synergy
Into the Pit
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Gourmand's Talent
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Dark Tutelage
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
0%synergy
Lurking Predators
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Greed
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Grim Feast
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Guardian Project
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
1%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Wild Growth
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-2%synergy
Mirri's Guile
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Glorious Sunrise
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Kenrith's Transformation
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
No Mercy
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Vraska Joins Up
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Black Market Connections
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
0%synergy
Defense of the Heart
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Grist, the Hunger Tide
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-1%synergy
Liliana Vess
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
-7%synergy
Witch's Clinic
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
31%synergy
Mortuary Mire
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
28%synergy
Grim Backwoods
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
20%synergy
Witch's Cottage
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
29%synergy
Rogue's Passage
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
9%synergy
Dryad Arbor
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
16%synergy
Miren, the Moaning Well
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
16%synergy
Restless Cottage
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Hissing Quagmire
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
13%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
-11%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
-1%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
-6%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-6%synergy
Ghost Quarter
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Radiant Fountain
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
War Room
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Haunted Fengraf
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Mosswort Bridge
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Diamond Valley
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
High Market
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-1%synergy
Sapseep Forest
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
The Shire
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-1%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-3%synergy
Sequestered Stash
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Reliquary Tower
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-15%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
1%synergy
Strip Mine
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Castle Garenbrig
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Access Tunnel
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Gingerbread Cabin
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
-30%synergy
Arcane Signet
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
-29%synergy
Golgari Signet
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
-11%synergy
Pristine Talisman
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-17%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion12 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Forest
100%inclusion12 decks12 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
83%inclusion10 decks12 decks
-2%synergy
Tainted Wood
67%inclusion8 decks12 decks
22%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
58%inclusion7 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Temple of Malady
58%inclusion7 decks12 decks
23%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
21%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
14%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
12%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
-11%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
0%synergy
Exotic Orchard
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
14%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
22%synergy
Twilight Mire
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Jungle Hollow
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
9%synergy
Underground Mortuary
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
13%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
20%synergy
Deathcap Glade
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
4%synergy
Fabled Passage
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
12%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
20%synergy
Haunted Mire
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Vernal Fen
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
14%synergy
Festering Thicket
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
19%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
-2%synergy
Blooming Marsh
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Viridescent Bog
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
-4%synergy
Gilt-Leaf Palace
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
-11%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
0%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
5%synergy
Blighted Woodland
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
2%synergy
Misty Rainforest
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
1%synergy
Ancient Ziggurat
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-12%synergy
Myriad Landscape
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-8%synergy
Windswept Heath
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
1%synergy
Kazandu Mammoth
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Tangled Florahedron
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Wooded Foothills
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Witherbloom Campus
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-2%synergy
Path of Ancestry
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-14%synergy
Bayou
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-3%synergy
Woodland Chasm
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
1%synergy
Marsh Flats
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
2%synergy