Witherbloom Witchcraft
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- Commander
- Willowdusk, Essence Seer
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $107.54
- Grade
- B+
How it grades
Fundamentals 84/100. Plays like Lifegain.
This reads as Lifegain, built around Willowdusk, Essence Seer. Life total as a resource and a weapon: incidental gain triggers payoffs that grow creatures, drain opponents, or draw cards, and the drain pairs turn a fat life total into a clock. The deck must not be a pile of gain with no payoff: every gain effect should feed at least two engines. Its strongest fundamental is land count (40 lands. About 42 fits this curve for Lifegain); the first thing to tighten is mana curve: 19% of spells cost ≤2, 15% cost 6+.
- AMana reliability
- A+Land count
- BMana curve
- A-Ramp
- B+Card draw
- B+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- B+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- BMana curve19% of spells cost ≤2, 15% cost 6+.
- B+Card draw8 draw effects (want 10+ for Lifegain).
- B+Interaction8 removal/protection effects (want 10+ for Lifegain).
- B+Card qualityMedian EDHREC rank #4,826
Strong on mana reliability, land count, ramp, commander synergy, win conditions and legality & size.
81 cards graded: A- 10, B+ 26, B 35, B- 6, C+ 3, C- 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Witherbloom Witchcraft from B+ to A-.
Peregrin Took2G$1.32
In place of Silversmote Ghoul: weakest slot in the deck (65/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Fuels your lifegain payoffs (14 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Prosperous Innkeeper1G$0.26
In place of Paradise Plume: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (62/100)
Fills the ramp gap (you're at 10 of 11+). Pays off your go-wide engine (12 producers). Fits the lifegain build players run with your commanders.
Gilded GooseG$0.41
In place of Nissa's Renewal: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (63/100)
EDHREC Lifegain staple. Fills the ramp gap (you're at 10 of 11+). Fuels your lifegain payoffs (14 in deck).
Beledros Witherbloom5BG$1.38
In place of Gift of Paradise: weakest slot in the deck (69/100)
Fills the ramp gap (you're at 10 of 11+). Fuels your lifegain payoffs (14 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose2B$11.41
In place of Revival Experiment: doesn't ramp, draw, interact or threaten. What is it for? (37/100)
Pays off your lifegain engine (29 producers). Fuels your lifegain payoffs (14 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Enduring Tenacity2BB$14.33
In place of Reckless Spite: weakest slot in the deck (50/100)
Pays off your lifegain engine (29 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the lifegain build players run with your commanders.
Marauding Blight-Priest2B$0.31
In place of Healing Technique: weakest slot in the deck (52/100)
Pays off your lifegain engine (29 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the lifegain build players run with your commanders.
Shamanic Revelation3GG$1.55
In place of Ancient Craving: weakest slot in the deck (66/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Pays off your go-wide engine (12 producers). Fuels your lifegain payoffs (14 in deck).
Aetherflux Reservoir4$21.43
In place of Gaze of Granite: weakest slot in the deck (67/100)
Fills the removal gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Fuels your lifegain payoffs (14 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Nature's ClaimG$1.41
In place of Deadly Tempest: weakest slot in the deck (68/100)
Fills the removal gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Fuels your lifegain payoffs (14 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 23
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Planeswalkers 1
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Instants 4
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Sorceries 13
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Artifacts 12
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Enchantments 6
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Lands 40
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