| Name | Witherbloom, the Balancer  |
|---|---|
| Type | Legendary creature — elder dragon |
| Description | Affinity for creatures (This spell costs  less to cast for each creature you control.)
Flying, deathtouch
Instant and sorcery spells you cast have affinity for creatures. |
| Artist | Chris Rahn |
| Set | Secrets of Strixhaven #245 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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Witherbloom, the Balancer, Legendary creature — elder dragon, designed by Kev Walker first released in Mar, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander.
Witherbloom, the Balancer would fit best in a Golgari (black‑green) creature‑dense deck that floods the board with tokens or cheap creatures—think aristocrats, Elfball, or token‑swarm strategies—so you can dramatically reduce its cost and turn on its global affinity ability for instants and sorceries, enabling explosive turns with removal, draw spells, or big finishers cast at steep discounts; it’s especially appealing in Commander where scaling cost reduction is powerful and board presence is common. That said, at a base cost of 8 mana (6BG) and requiring a strong board to be efficient, it competes with more immediately impactful Golgari finishers like Beledros Witherbloom (which generates value every turn and ramps explosively), Old Gnawbone (in creature-heavy shells), or even Meren of Clan Nel Toth for grindy creature decks, all of which provide value without requiring you to already be ahead. While the affinity-granting ability is powerful in the right build, it’s somewhat win-more
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