Witherbloom Witchcraft is a green and black deck from Commander 2021 that revolves around gaining life. The deck contains many new-to-Commander exclusive cards, plus several much-needed reprints.
Many cards in Witherbloom Witchcraft are desired by other Commander decks. But you don’t have to buy the entire Witherbloom Witchcraft deck to get them. You can just get single cards instead, and I’ve rounded up the best of them for you in this article.
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Best New Cards to Buy From Witherbloom Witchcraft
Many of the new cards in Witherbloom Witchcraft‘s cards are related to gaining life and they work well in a variety of decks.
Pest Infestation
You can dump as much mana as you want into Pest Infestation to wipe out your opponents’ artifacts and enchantments. This effect is similar to
Heliod’s Intervention
Heliod’s Intervention
Choose one —
• Destroy X target artifacts and/or enchantments.
• Target player gains twice X life.
and is playable in any deck. But as an added benefit, Pest Infestation makes a ton of Pest creature tokens which you can use to beat down your opponents or synergize with other life gain cards.
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Witch’s Clinic
Utility lands are awesome in Commander. Witch’s Clinic is most comparable to
Vault of the Archangel
Vault of the Archangel
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.
, another fantastic Commander card. But unlike Vault, Witch’s Clinic can be played in any deck!
Giving your Commander lifeline is valuable in a variety of decks, but especially in dedicated life gain decks like
Heliod, Sun-Crowned
Heliod, Sun-Crowned
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to white is less than five, Heliod isn't a creature.
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or enchantment you control.
{1}{W}: Another target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
and
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
Lifelink
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, distribute up to that many +1/+1 counters among any number of other target creatures.
.
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Veinwitch Coven
Imagine playing Veinwitch Coven in an
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 2 life.
Whenever you gain life, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card and each opponent loses 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Oloro is in the command zone, you gain 2 life.
, Commander deck. Every turn, Oloro will give you life and Veinwitch Coven will return a creature from your graveyard to your hand.
While Veinwitch Coven reaches its maximum potential inside the 99 of Oloro, it will be a value engine in any deck that contains incidental amounts of life gain.
Best Reprints to Buy From Witherbloom Witchcraft
Witherbloom Witchcraft made several older, more expensive Magic cards more accessible. These are popular Commander cards that are now more affordable for players.
Alhammaret’s Archive
Who doesn’t love drawing Magic cards? Well, with Alhammarret’s Archive you can draw twice as many. Throw this card in
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
This spell can't be countered.
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target.
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, you draw a card.
, or
Chulane, Teller of Tales
Chulane, Teller of Tales
Vigilance
Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
{3}, {T}: Return target creature you control to its owner's hand.
, and you’re off to the races!
Alhammarret’s Archive once reached prices as high as $15.00. But thanks to Witherbloom Witchcraft, it is now available for about $6.00 at the time of writing.
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Well of Lost Dreams
Before its reprint in Witherbloom Witchcraft, Well of Lost Dreams was about $4.00-$6.00. That’s because it is a staple of many Commander decks focused on gaining life such as
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 2 life.
Whenever you gain life, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card and each opponent loses 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Oloro is in the command zone, you gain 2 life.
and
Karlov of the Ghost Council
Karlov of the Ghost Council
Whenever you gain life, put two +1/+1 counters on Karlov.
{W}{B}, Remove six +1/+1 counters from Karlov: Exile target creature.
.
Well of Lost Dreams gives you the option of converting life you would gain to drawing cards instead. At the time of writing, Well of Lost Dreams is less than $2.00.
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