Sapling of Colfenor (Commander) - Budget Toughness Matters

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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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Moxfield
Scryfall
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Ancient Lumberknot
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
75%synergy
Willowdusk, Essence Seer
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
74%synergy
Ezzaroot Channeler
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
74%synergy
Sproutback Trudge
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
62%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
62%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
60%synergy
Dina, Soul Steeper
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
58%synergy
Catapult Fodder
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Wall of Limbs
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Top Cards
Marshland Bloodcaster
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Heartwood Storyteller
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Leyline Prowler
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
47%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
50%synergy
Accomplished Alchemist
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Honor Troll
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Bloodthirsty Aerialist
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Tivash, Gloom Summoner
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Creatures
Reclamation Sage
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Prize Pig
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Fertilid
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Acidic Slime
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Ageless Entity
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Blossoming Bogbeast
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Black Poplar Shaman
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Runic Armasaur
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Farhaven Elf
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Dryad Greenseeker
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Beast Whisperer
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Valentin, Dean of the Vein
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Verdant Sun's Avatar
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Orchard Warden
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Old Man Willow
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Augur of Autumn
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Vampire Scrivener
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Bosk Banneret
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Bedrock Tortoise
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Dawntreader Elk
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Wall of Blossoms
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Nemata, Primeval Warden
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Bushmeat Poacher
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Murderous Rider
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Tree of Redemption
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Doom Weaver
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Beanstalk Giant
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Forgotten Ancient
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Wickerbough Elder
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Elvish Mystic
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Honest Rutstein
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
15%synergy
Courser of Kruphix
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Gumdrop Poisoner
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Sinister Starfish
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Great Oak Guardian
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Lurking Roper
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Massacre Girl
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Llanowar Elves
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Shriekmaw
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Deathbringer Regent
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Springbloom Druid
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Witch of the Moors
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Verdeloth the Ancient
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Wood Elves
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Instants
Mortality Spear
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Beast Within
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Putrefy
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Go for the Throat
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Krosan Grip
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Fortifying Draught
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Artisan's Sorrow
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Return of the Wildspeaker
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Grim Contest
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Barrier Breach
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Tower Defense
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Momentous Fall
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Foul Renewal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Deathsprout
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Reach of Branches
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Nightmare's Thirst
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Grisly Salvage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Naturalize
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Demon's Due
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Cremate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Heal the Scars
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Eliminate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Obscuring Haze
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Pulse of Murasa
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Rootgrapple
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Shower of Arrows
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Golgari Charm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Feign Death
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Sorceries
Read the Bones
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Rampant Growth
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Cultivate
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Essence Pulse
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Kodama's Reach
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
0%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Ancient Craving
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Harmonize
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Deadly Tempest
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Sign in Blood
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Elven Farsight
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Overrun
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Find // Finality
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Farseek
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-6%synergy
Killing Wave
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Night's Whisper
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Exsanguinate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Track Down
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Many Partings
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Consuming Vapors
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Syphon Soul
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Crippling Fear
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Pact of the Serpent
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Well of Lost Dreams
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Lifecrafter's Bestiary
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Campfire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sun Droplet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Brain in a Jar
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Eye of Vecna
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Whip of Erebos
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Druidic Satchel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Leather Armor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Colfenor's Urn
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Reaper's Talisman
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Crystal Ball
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Herald's Horn
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Witches' Eye
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Enchantments
Trudge Garden
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Treefolk Umbra
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Dormant Grove
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Assemble the Entmoot
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Greed
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Assault Formation
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Crystal Carapace
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Bear Umbra
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Living Artifact
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Grasping Shadows
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sultai Runemark
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Lignify
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Sanguine Bond
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Fruit of the First Tree
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
The Mending of Dominaria
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Spidersilk Armor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sheltering Boughs
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Blight Mound
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Lord Skitter's Blessing
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Druid Class
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Parasitic Impetus
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Planeswalkers
Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-15%synergy
Mortuary Mire
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Grim Backwoods
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Zhalfirin Void
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Hostile Hostel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Barren Moor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Witch's Cottage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Radiant Fountain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Mosswort Bridge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Sapseep Forest
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
The Shire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Tranquil Thicket
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-12%synergy
Gingerbread Cabin
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-25%synergy
Sol Ring
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-43%synergy
Moss Diamond
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Commander's Sphere
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Golgari Signet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-15%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-12%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Forest
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
-23%synergy
Jungle Hollow
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Evolving Wilds
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Temple of Malady
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Tainted Wood
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-17%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-27%synergy
Witherbloom Campus
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Haunted Mire
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-15%synergy
Tangled Florahedron
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Path of Ancestry
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Woodland Chasm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-49%synergy
Crystal Grotto
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Golgari Guildgate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy