---
name: "Witherbloom, the Balancer"
mana_cost: "{6}{B}{G}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Deathtouch", "Flying", "Affinity"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "245"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Chris Rahn"
oracle_id: "fbb04a21-e513-4317-aac8-fa6df91c3438"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/witherbloom-the-balancer-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Witherbloom, the Balancer
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}{B}{G}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
- **Keywords:** Deathtouch, Flying, Affinity

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Beledros Witherbloom](/printing/beledros-witherbloom-soc.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
2. [Witherbloom Pledgemage](/printing/witherbloom-pledgemage-stx.md) — Creature — Treefolk Warlock
3. [Qumulox](/printing/qumulox-mm2.md) — Creature — Beast
4. [Spinerock Tyrant](/printing/spinerock-tyrant-ecl.md) — Creature — Dragon
5. [Witherbloom Apprentice](/printing/witherbloom-apprentice-stx.md) — Creature — Human Druid
6. [Broodstar](/printing/broodstar-hop.md) — Creature — Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #245
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Chris Rahn

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2026-03-20)* If a spell has multiple instances of affinity, each one applies. For example, if you somehow control two Witherbloom, the Balancers and no other creatures, each instant and sorcery spell you cast will cost {4} less to cast.
- *(2026-03-20)* Affinity for creatures means "This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature you control."
- *(2026-03-20)* To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.