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Witherbloom, the Balancer SOS 0245 · mythic

Witherbloom, the Balancer · {6}{B}{G} · Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon · Affinity for creatures (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature you control.) Flying, deathtouch Instant and sorcery spells you cast have affinity for creatures. · Power / toughness: 5/5

Witherbloom, the Balancer · {6}{B}{G} · Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon · Affinity for creatures (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature you control.) Flying, deathtouch Instant and sorcery spells you cast have affinity for creatures. · Power / toughness: 5/5

Price
from $2.813 printings
Win rate
50.5% GIH 3,367 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 1,700 wins in 3,367 card-in-hand instances.

3,300 distinct games · 1,314 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

17Lands file dated Jun 5, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

50.5%when drawn (GIH)

−4.9 pp vs 55.4% average · 3,367 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · average from 582,914 games

#284 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.0 on average (5,848 packs).

75 of 83 multicolor cards · 6 of 7 multicolor mythic cards.

Taken at pick2.11,902 picks
Makes the deck74.3%1,902 picks with known usage
When played50.4%7,293 matchesBenched 52.9%
2,168 matches
When drawn50.5%3,367 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 48.1% · 1,281 instances
● Drawn later 52.0% · 2,086 instances

In hand 50.5% · 3,367 instances
Unseen in deck 50.2% · 4,048 instances
+0.3 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn50.5%3,367 instances75 of 83
Opening hand48.1%1,281 instances75 of 82
Drawn later52.0%2,086 instances75 of 83
In the deck50.6%7,534 instances74 of 83
Without seeing it50.2%4,048 instances68 of 83
Improvement when drawn+0.3 pp3,367 instances / 4,048 instances63 of 83
When benched52.9%2,168 matches83 of 83
Makes the deck74.3%1,902 picks with known usage32 of 83
Pick (last seen)2.05,848 packs5 of 83
Taken at2.11,902 picks6 of 83

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Witherbloom Lifegain Swarm BG50.9%1,375 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (50.5% · 3,367 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

Grapple with Death3,686 games with both in the deckBogwater Lumaret3,383 games with both in the deckNoxious Newt3,162 games with both in the deck
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 11% of 320 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026

Collect

3 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

SOS 0245 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-witherbloom$2.81
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster · prerelease-lorehold · prerelease-prismari · prerelease-quandrix · prerelease-silverquill · prerelease-witherbloom$4.33

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · 8.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 1,856 packs (0.05%) · 1.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 143 packs (0.70%) · 18.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a prerelease-lorehold · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a prerelease-prismari · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a prerelease-quandrix · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a prerelease-silverquill · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a prerelease-witherbloom · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-witherbloom · Modeled · About 1 in 49 packs (2.04%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterRare or mythic rare100%Rare or mythic rare
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil rare or mythic14.3%Mythic rare

Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Chris Rahn, SOS 245 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Witherbloom Lifegain Swarm cards → · Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗