Commander

Witherbloom, the Balancer

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

561 Wins

849 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Witherbloom, the Balancer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,439 recorded Playgroup games, winning 38% of them (561–849) at an Elo of 1,534, ranking #1379 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 1700334 damage dealt and 0.81 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Aug 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 1439 recorded Playgroup games (561 wins, 849 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: 21 days.

How many decks use Witherbloom, the Balancer?

546 decks list Witherbloom, the Balancer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 380 have played at least one recorded game.

Witherbloom, the Balancer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1379

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1534

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1700334

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.81

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 546

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 380

No. games played with this commander 1439

Total hours played 21 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1606	Rene.G	16	9	56 %
2	1602	FiDDY	12	6	50 %
3	1587	Acathla	7	4	57 %
4	1575	Tiger_moth.	2	2	100 %
5	1568	drgibbons33	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Witherbloom, the Balancer wins, 49.75% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

49.75%

Non Combat Damage

30.69%

Combo

9.16%

Commander Damage

4.95%

Alternative

2.97%

Poison

1.98%

Mill

0.5%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 566 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.

+9.5 pp

Top card: Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary 56 games	+9.5 pp	56
2	Stinging Study 144 games	+9.1 pp	144
3	Diabolic Revelation 101 games	+6.4 pp	101
4	Veil of Summer 50 games	+5.9 pp	50
5	Delighted Halfling 126 games	+5.5 pp	126
6	Arbor Elf 51 games	+4.0 pp	51
7	Abrupt Decay 31 games	+4.0 pp	31
8	Bastion of Remembrance 47 games	+3.8 pp	47
9	Black Market Connections 62 games	+3.8 pp	62
10	Deadly Rollick 41 games	+3.5 pp	41

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Turbulent Fen 88 games	+3.2 pp	88
12	Deathcap Glade 176 games	+2.8 pp	176
13	Finale of Devastation 143 games	+2.7 pp	143
14	Phyrexian Arena 31 games	+2.6 pp	31
15	Szat's Will 67 games	+1.6 pp	67

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 47.06% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

47.06% n=357

Seat 2

41.45% n=386

Seat 3

35.13% n=279

Seat 4

27.51% n=189

Seat 5

11.11% n=27

Seat 6

0.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Witherbloom, the Balancer wins 40.29% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

40.29% n=453

1 mulligan

41.73% n=260

2 mulligans

38.94% n=113

3 mulligans

21.62% n=37

4 mulligans

33.33% n=3

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Witherbloom, the Balancer 3.77/5 on average, across 904 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Witherbloom, the Balancer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.9% of the time across 569 tracked wins.

68.9 \%

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.