Witherbloom Witchcraft $50 Precon Upgrade | Lifegain | Combo | Willowdusk | Commander 2021 

This precon is criminally underrated. Really fun synergies right out of the box

Thanks Tomer. I didn't expect to love this type of video so much, but they're so fun!

great precon upgrade! you just replace all precon cards with other cards :D

Differently from Quandrix, this is a REALLY GOOD golden deck upgrade. Well done!

Great Upgrade! Thank you very much'!

Spike feeder go crazy w Willowdusk btw

Whip of Erebos and Shadowspear are two more cards to add if you have them or a bit more budget. Also not bad substitutions if you dislike infinite combo.

Cool Deck Tech!

There is two very similar combos in the deck that was not mentioned. Devoted Druid can actually go infinite in this deck with Willowdusk and Staff of Domination if you have gained enough life and Accomplish Alchemist can do the same without needing Willowdusk. The minimum amount of life for Devoted needed is 6 and only 5 is need for the Alchemist, which should be fairly easy in this deck.

I don't think I could every cut cultivate from any green deck no matter the better choices I had lol

Didn't exactly think the Ancestral Statue was the most natural include, both needing a cost reducer to do anything and also needing a payoff to actually make it good. I would probably stick to the staff of domination stuff and try to make it more consistent with Accomplished Alchemist and such. Still an interesting way to go, and a great video all around!

Great list! The last precon upgrade is the one I'm most looking forward to

That's a lotta swaps! I guess it helps when the swaps are both super cheap, and the deck is already well focused on the theme ends up being a good combo.

So MANY good changes, but not a fan of cutting the 2 talismans and Cultivate. Also cutting one of the best removal in black Feed the Swarm seems weird. Sure, Nature's Claim is a good card, but why not both Claim and Swarm Rest seems spot on Upgraded deck seems sweet. It would be nice to see a "lose" life plan deck too. Gratz

If I could have one wish, it would be to have Tomer go through one of my commander decks and recommend some impactful upgrades, and let me know which cards aren't really the best inclusions :)

Now to make 'The Gourmet' deck.

You switched out more than 1/3 of the cards. I wonder at what point you're just building a new deck using the commander.

Most of the upgrades you suggested are actually very cheap minus nether trader coming in at a whopping 18usd but over all good selection and nice to still keep the theme

a bit suprised not to see gyre sage as a dork, that's similar to marwyn. not liking that it doesn't tap for mana before you play another creature?

Play tested this upgraded deck a fair amount of times and I want to love it so much cause this is my favorite commander but it felt to have some inconsistency. I’d get games where I go off on a bunch of combos and others where I lose early and can’t get anything out cause of getting land locked. maybe I just have bad luck or shuffle terribly haha 😅

How is Reclamation Sage more mana efficient than Pest Infestation? Both get rid of one artifact/enchantment for 3 mana, and while Reclamation Sage is a creature, Pest Infestation has more flexibility to destroy multiple targets and also gives you more creatures and greater total toughness

so when playing this deck what would you say would be the most important cards to prioritize getting onto the field first?

If I wanted to add Exquisite Blood in addition to these upgrades, what should I cut?

This one is my fav for sure!

Why cut the bounceland? It can recur bojuka, mdfcs...

I'm not a fan of moving away from lifegain themes towards sacrifice instead. Feels like if someone wanted a sacrifice golgari deck they wouldn't have bought the lifegain precon

Does anybody know the music used at 23:25?

The one swap I don’t quite get is pest infestation -> rec sage. You mentioned that rec sage is more efficient, but for 3 mana, both destroy and artifact/enchantment and create similar stats?

How is Pest Infestation less mana efficient than Reclamation Sage? Two 1/1 creatures is more efficient than one 2/1 creature

So many cards. Makes me wonder what the most cards you ever swapped in a precon upgrade is.

I put in vito and added sanguine bond and exquisite blood...easy as pie.

This is the precon I was the least excited about, but the upgraded deck looks super sweet!

Isn't the upgrade just buy Aesi @ $20 (or $35?) and call it a day?

To recap: Tutor, Tutor, Tutor, Tutor, Infinite Combo, Infinite Combo, Improve Mana Efficiency in all slots possible. Effectiveness 10, Fun 0 Is this for competitive?

I don’t like too many tutors in my deck. Takes away the fun from the game. If you’re trying to play competitive yeah I understand that makes sense but casual it’s just annoying tutoring or watching someone else tutor for the same pieces to their combo over and over again. After watching the video all the way through I can’t imagine playing against you is very fun tbh. Straight to an infinite combo makes for a lame game. I’m definitely not taking this approach with my deck. I’m not saying it’s bad because it’s fantastic upgrades however adding these cards will make winning way too easily and I like a challenge personally.

How do you feel about ad nauseum in this deck?

This was * Gyome’s Kiss *

What, no nantuko husk?!

Crazy if prices jumped that much in a month because this upgrade cost way more than $51 Edit: I take that back, the total went way down at checkout.. hehe

Idk why it bothers me but why so many vampire creatures in a witchcraft deck?

for me tutors defeat the purpose of EDH. having 100 different card is meant to encourage many different combos and interactions every game. If u design a commander with a dozen tutors and just pull out the same strategy every game it becomes very, very stale.

Yeah i dont like the way you ubgraded this precon. Add 5 tutours, add 3 unrelated combos, deck has nothing to do with the oryginal form anymore. This is not what i expected.

You took out a lot of great cards for combo bullshit. Disappoint.