Commander

Witherbloom, the Balancer

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

649 Wins

986 Losses

Overview

Summary

Witherbloom, the Balancer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,693 recorded Playgroup games, winning 38% of them (649–986) at an Elo of 1,542, ranking #1254 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 1477624 damage dealt and 0.77 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Sep 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 1693 recorded Playgroup games (649 wins, 986 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: 24 days.

How many decks use Witherbloom, the Balancer?

600 decks list Witherbloom, the Balancer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 435 have played at least one recorded game.

Witherbloom, the Balancer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1254

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1542

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1477624

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.77

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 600

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 435

No. games played with this commander 1693

Total hours played 24 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1606	Rene.G	16	9	56 %
2	1595	FiDDY	23	10	43 %
3	1575	Tiger_moth.	2	2	100 %
4	1568	drgibbons33	2	2	100 %
5	1568	Acathla	9	4	44 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Witherbloom, the Balancer wins, 51.48% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

51.48%

Non Combat Damage

29.24%

Combo

9.32%

Commander Damage

4.87%

Alternative

2.75%

Poison

1.91%

Mill

0.42%

Avg win turn 7.7 based on 650 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.

+12.3 pp

Top card: Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary 60 games	+12.3 pp	60
2	Stinging Study 217 games	+9.4 pp	217
3	Diabolic Revelation 153 games	+6.9 pp	153
4	Delighted Halfling 188 games	+5.8 pp	188
5	Black Market Connections 87 games	+5.5 pp	87
6	Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire 48 games	+5.3 pp	48
7	Arbor Elf 84 games	+4.0 pp	84
8	Sylvan Library 100 games	+3.8 pp	100
9	Finale of Devastation 223 games	+2.1 pp	223
10	Increasing Ambition 39 games	+2.1 pp	39

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Warren Soultrader 57 games	+1.0 pp	57
12	Boseiju, Who Endures 92 games	+1.0 pp	92
13	Torment of Hailfire 284 games	+0.8 pp	284
14	Biorhythm 139 games	+0.7 pp	139
15	Rise of the Dark Realms 123 games	+0.5 pp	123

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 47.04% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

47.04% n=524

Seat 2

40.51% n=511

Seat 3

35.1% n=349

Seat 4

27.41% n=228

Seat 5

8.82% n=34

Seat 6

0.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Witherbloom, the Balancer wins 39.2% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

39.2% n=514

1 mulligan

40.95% n=315

2 mulligans

40.91% n=132

3 mulligans

21.43% n=42

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

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 3.77/5 on average, across 1015 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Witherbloom, the Balancer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.5% of the time across 653 tracked wins.

68.5 \%

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.