Commander

Witherbloom, the Balancer

Global commander stats {B} {G} All Golgari commanders
Win Rate 39%
479 Wins
724 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Witherbloom, the Balancer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,218 recorded Playgroup games, winning 39% of them (479724) at an Elo of 1,710, ranking #45 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 1277005 damage dealt and 0.84 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Witherbloom, the Balancer's win rate?
Witherbloom, the Balancer has a 39% win rate across 1218 recorded Playgroup games (479 wins, 724 losses).
How long do winning games with Witherbloom, the Balancer take?
Wins with Witherbloom, the Balancer take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 19 days.
How many decks use Witherbloom, the Balancer?
457 decks list Witherbloom, the Balancer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 338 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
45
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1710
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1277005
Average commander damage per game 7
Average poison counters given per game 5
Average kills per game 0.84
Average turn length 3 minutes
No. decks for this commander 457
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 338
No. games played with this commander 1218
Total hours played 19 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1578 Rene.G 14 7
2 1575 Tiger_moth. 2 2
3 1571 Markus Römer 2 2
4 1561 Elixer60 6 4
5 1543 Andrew Jones-Prosser 4 3
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Witherbloom, the Balancer wins, 49.86% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
49.86%
Non Combat Damage
30.72%
Combo
9.57%
Commander Damage
4.35%
Alternative
2.9%
Poison
2.03%
Mill
0.58%
Avg win turn 7.7 based on 483 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Witherbloom, the Balancer

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Witherbloom, the Balancer decks that leave them out.

+14.5 pp
Top card: Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Witherbloom, the Balancer wins 47.99% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
47.99% n=323
2
Seat 2
41.5% n=359
3
Seat 3
35.22% n=247
4
Seat 4
28.41% n=176
5
Seat 5
13.04% n=23
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=4
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Witherbloom, the Balancer wins 41.45% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
41.45% n=380
1
1 mulligan
41.71% n=217
2
2 mulligans
36.84% n=95
3
3 mulligans
23.53% n=34
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Witherbloom, the Balancer 3.75/5 on average, across 779 self-reports.

3.75 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Witherbloom, the Balancer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.7% of the time across 483 tracked wins.

66.7 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Witherbloom, the Balancer. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Zurgo Stormrender commander art
76.92%
Bruvac the Grandiloquent commander art
70.0%
Sauron, the Dark Lord commander art
57.14%
Bello, Bard of the Brambles commander art
54.55%

Top 5 worst matchups