Witherbloom, the Balancer (Commander) - Expensive Optimized Combo

Tyler Bucks
May 12, 2026
Witherbloom, the Balancer - Spellslinger & Go-Wide on a Budget
Witherbloom, the Balancer is the most popular commander from Secrets of Strixhaven. But is he still good on a budget? Let's find out.
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Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Studious First-Year
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Witherbloom Charm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Stensian Sanguinist
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Pest Rescuer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Cauldron of Essence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-10%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Chain of Smog
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
97%synergy
Sprout Swarm
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
97%synergy
Witherbloom Apprentice
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
96%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
94%synergy
Green Sun's Zenith
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
94%synergy
Delighted Halfling
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
92%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
85%synergy
Badgermole Cub
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
79%synergy
Nature's Rhythm
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
79%synergy
Birds of Paradise
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
79%synergy
Top Cards
Pest Infestation
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
70%synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
65%synergy
Deathrite Shaman
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
70%synergy
Dark Ritual
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
66%synergy
Chord of Calling
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
77%synergy
Llanowar Elves
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Finale of Devastation
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
76%synergy
Veil of Summer
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
61%synergy
Diabolic Intent
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
57%synergy
Stinging Study
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
65%synergy
Game Changers
Gaea's Cradle
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
94%synergy
Demonic Tutor
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
85%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
89%synergy
Mox Diamond
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
98%synergy
Ancient Tomb
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
78%synergy
Crop Rotation
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
75%synergy
Chrome Mox
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
81%synergy
Imperial Seal
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
64%synergy
Biorhythm
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Necropotence
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Creatures
Sedgemoor Witch
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Elvish Mystic
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
38%synergy
Fyndhorn Elves
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Bitterbloom Bearer
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Hoarding Broodlord
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Eternal Witness
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Enduring Vitality
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
41%synergy
Springheart Nantuko
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Allosaurus Shepherd
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
44%synergy
Warren Soultrader
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
39%synergy
Endurance
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
36%synergy
The Cabbage Merchant
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Arbor Elf
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Ophiomancer
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Elvish Spirit Guide
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Essence Warden
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Dosan the Falling Leaf
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Ornithopter
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Craterhoof Behemoth
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Beledros Witherbloom
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
19%synergy
Scute Swarm
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
19%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Ozox, the Clattering King
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-3%synergy
Darkstar Augur
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Gravecrawler
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Bloom Tender
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Collector Ouphe
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Sporemound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Opposition Agent
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Dark Confidant
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Boreal Druid
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Blood Artist
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-4%synergy
Nadier's Nightblade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Skull Prophet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Kozilek's Predator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Leafkin Druid
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Watchful Radstag
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Savra, Queen of the Golgari
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Arasta of the Endless Web
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Haywire Mite
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-5%synergy
Phyrexian Walker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Lotus Cobra
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Stridehangar Automaton
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Joraga Treespeaker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Nest Invader
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Instants
Cabal Ritual
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
64%synergy
Culling the Weak
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
62%synergy
Saw in Half
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
59%synergy
Autumn's Veil
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Deadly Rollick
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
39%synergy
Abrupt Decay
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
35%synergy
Imp's Mischief
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Force of Vigor
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Fell the Profane
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Heroic Intervention
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Beast Within
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-1%synergy
Ad Nauseam
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Assassin's Trophy
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-14%synergy
Worldly Tutor
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Sacrifice
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Shred Memory
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Tainted Pact
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Entomb
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Elvish Fury
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Corpse Dance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Rampage of the Clans
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Tear Asunder
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Nature's Claim
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Noxious Revival
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Arachnogenesis
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Szat's Will
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Sorceries
Awaken the Woods
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Culling Ritual
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Reanimate
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Lab Rats
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Increasing Ambition
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Eldritch Evolution
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Tooth and Nail
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Collective Unconscious
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Dark Petition
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Chatterstorm
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Night's Whisper
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Exsanguinate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Beseech the Queen
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Shamanic Revelation
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Diabolic Revelation
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Regrowth
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Majestic Genesis
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Damnable Pact
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Gelatinous Genesis
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Deconstruct
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Last March of the Ents
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Season of Gathering
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Infernal Tutor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sylvan Offering
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Army of the Damned
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Final Parting
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Toxic Deluge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-5%synergy
Saproling Migration
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Skittering Invasion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Life // Death
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Brush with Death
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Cruel Tutor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Stargaze
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
For the Common Good
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Grim Tutor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Reshape the Earth
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dark Salvation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Minions' Murmurs
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
41%synergy
Altar of Dementia
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Thorn of Amethyst
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Vexing Bauble
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Shadowspear
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Altar of the Brood
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Enchantments
Black Market Connections
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
41%synergy
Bitterblossom
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Cryptolith Rite
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Survival of the Fittest
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Earthcraft
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Food Chain
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Wild Growth
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Sylvan Library
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Necrodominance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Blight Mound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Life and Limb
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Concordant Crossroads
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
61%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Dryad Arbor
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
57%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Urza's Saga
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Vault of Whispers
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Cabal Coffers
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Shifting Woodland
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Tree of Tales
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Fountainport
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Deserted Temple
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Field of the Dead
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-6%synergy
Three Tree City
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
City of Traitors
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Lotus Petal
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Mana Vault
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Lands
Windswept Heath
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
93%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
61%synergy
Underground Mortuary
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
79%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
52%synergy
Forest
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Bayou
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
88%synergy
Command Tower
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Misty Rainforest
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
76%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
54%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
81%synergy
Marsh Flats
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
77%synergy
Polluted Delta
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
77%synergy
City of Brass
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
80%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
77%synergy
Wooded Foothills
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
60%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
54%synergy
Mana Confluence
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
64%synergy
Cavern of Souls
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Wastewood Verge
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Fell the Profane
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Snow-Covered Forest
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-31%synergy
Twilight Mire
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Prismatic Vista
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-12%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Tainted Wood
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-27%synergy