Commander

Witherbloom, the Balancer

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

534 Wins

787 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Witherbloom, the Balancer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,347 recorded Playgroup games, winning 39% of them (534–787) at an Elo of 1,613, ranking #429 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 1772375 damage dealt and 0.83 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Witherbloom, the Balancer's win rate?

Witherbloom, the Balancer has a 39% win rate across 1347 recorded Playgroup games (534 wins, 787 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: 20 days.

How many decks use Witherbloom, the Balancer?

523 decks list Witherbloom, the Balancer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 362 have played at least one recorded game.

Witherbloom, the Balancer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

429

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1613

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1772375

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.83

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 523

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 362

No. games played with this commander 1347

Total hours played 20 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1606	Rene.G	16	9	56 %
2	1587	Acathla	7	4	57 %
3	1575	Tiger_moth.	2	2	100 %
4	1574	FiDDY	10	5	50 %
5	1568	drgibbons33	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Witherbloom, the Balancer wins, 49.22% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

49.22%

Non Combat Damage

31.09%

Combo

9.33%

Commander Damage

4.92%

Alternative

2.85%

Poison

2.07%

Mill

0.52%

Avg win turn 7.7 based on 540 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.

+13.7 pp

Top card: Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary 52 games	+13.7 pp	52
2	Stinging Study 123 games	+8.4 pp	123
3	Bastion of Remembrance 44 games	+6.0 pp	44
4	Delighted Halfling 108 games	+5.7 pp	108
5	Diabolic Revelation 93 games	+4.8 pp	93
6	Arbor Elf 49 games	+4.0 pp	49
7	Veil of Summer 49 games	+4.0 pp	49
8	Szat's Will 52 games	+4.0 pp	52
9	Deadly Rollick 31 games	+2.9 pp	31
10	Black Market Connections 57 games	+2.6 pp	57

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Finale of Devastation 123 games	+2.0 pp	123
12	Undergrowth Stadium 165 games	+1.9 pp	165
13	Abrupt Decay 30 games	+1.8 pp	30
14	Turbulent Fen 84 games	+1.2 pp	84
15	Rise of the Dark Realms 93 games	+0.8 pp	93

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 48.52% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

48.52% n=338

Seat 2

42.02% n=376

Seat 3

34.83% n=267

Seat 4

27.62% n=181

Seat 5

12.5% n=24

Seat 6

0.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Witherbloom, the Balancer wins 41.27% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

41.27% n=418

1 mulligan

41.6% n=244

2 mulligans

39.42% n=104

3 mulligans

22.86% n=35

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

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 3.75/5 on average, across 856 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Witherbloom, the Balancer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.6% of the time across 541 tracked wins.

68.6 \%

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.