Wither and Bloom
Instant
Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #15286
Wither and Bloom puts -1/-1 counters on every creature, then ramps you for each creature that died to it — board wipe and mana acceleration on the same card. Massacre Girl, Known Killer turns that counter distribution into a full sweep, and the mana you bank off the kills pays for whatever you cast next.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Massacre Girl, Known Killer
Massacre Girl, Known Killer triggers her wither ability off every -1/-1 counter Wither and Bloom distributes, which chains into kills, which chain into more triggers — and the mana generated by those deaths feeds her next threat immediately.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wither and Bloom is a Commander card at heart: three mana for a sweeper that also ramps scales well in multiplayer, where there are enough creatures on board to generate two or three mana back while crippling aggro. In Legacy and Vintage, it competes with faster, cheaper interaction and rarely makes the cut outside of niche -1/-1 counter strategies. Pauper is its most interesting non-Commander home, where the ramp effect is genuinely unusual at common and the counter distribution can clear out small-creature boards cleanly. It's legal in Oathbreaker with the same Commander-style logic applying.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Wither and Bloom is deep bulk — pick up copies freely without a second thought. Bulk mythics and rares can spike if a commander archetype breaks out, but at common-range pricing there's no meaningful floor to protect.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.