Commander

Witherbloom, the Balancer

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

826 Wins

1236 Losses

Overview

Summary

Witherbloom, the Balancer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,146 recorded Playgroup games, winning 38% of them (826–1236) at an Elo of 1,641, ranking #270 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 1527148 damage dealt and 0.76 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Witherbloom, the Balancer's win rate?

Witherbloom, the Balancer has a 38% win rate across 2146 recorded Playgroup games (826 wins, 1236 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: about 1 month.

How many decks use Witherbloom, the Balancer?

744 decks list Witherbloom, the Balancer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 540 have played at least one recorded game.

Witherbloom, the Balancer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

270

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1641

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1527148

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.76

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 744

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 540

No. games played with this commander 2146

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1654	zezz	9	6	67 %
2	1635	FiDDY	36	15	42 %
3	1606	Rene.G	16	9	56 %
4	1587	Raxdos	11	4	40 %
5	1584	LaPetiteFleur	7	6	86 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Witherbloom, the Balancer wins, 50.59% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

50.59%

Non Combat Damage

28.74%

Combo

10.42%

Commander Damage

4.71%

Alternative

3.36%

Poison

1.85%

Mill

0.34%

Avg win turn 7.7 based on 831 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.

+7.1 pp

Top card: Cavern of Souls

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Cavern of Souls 39 games	+7.1 pp	39
2	Stinging Study 338 games	+6.3 pp	338
3	Szat's Will 166 games	+5.2 pp	166
4	Delighted Halfling 308 games	+2.6 pp	308
5	Diabolic Revelation 244 games	+2.0 pp	244
6	Torment of Hailfire 431 games	+1.0 pp	431
7	Assassin's Trophy 243 games	+0.9 pp	243
8	Ezuri's Predation 337 games	+0.1 pp	337
9	Shifting Woodland 127 games	+0.0 pp	127

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 46.28% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

46.28% n=672

Seat 2

40.67% n=654

Seat 3

35.6% n=448

Seat 4

27.05% n=305

Seat 5

7.89% n=38

Seat 6

0.0% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Witherbloom, the Balancer wins 39.8% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

39.8% n=608

1 mulligan

40.79% n=391

2 mulligans

38.66% n=172

3 mulligans

28.57% n=56

4 mulligans

20.0% n=5

5 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 3.78/5 on average, across 1261 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Witherbloom, the Balancer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 29.9% of the time across 837 tracked wins.

29.9 \%

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.