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Number 1 - 12,150 decks

Witherbloom, the Balancer

Witherbloom, the Balancer tops out our list with the powerful combination of giving a massive reduction to the cost of your spells while also having affinity for creatures herself. Witherbloom wants you to go wide with a bunch of tokens and then dominate the board with powerful X spells. Even with only three or four tokens in play, getting a reduction of 4 or 5 mana (Witherbloom herself being a creature) is huge! If you build out your board to 10 or 15 creatures, the amount of power you can get out of big spells becomes absurd.

Witherbloom synergizes with powerful X spells like Exsanguinate (67% synergy) that will let you outright win the game, or which compound Witherbloom's ability by filling up your board even more, like Pest Infestation (65%) and Awaken the Woods (64%).

Witherbloom currently ranks as the 8th most popular Golgari commander and as the 2nd most popular commander of the past month. This is a big step up in popularity from any of the commanders below her on this list. Having affinity for creatures makes Witherbloom really tricky to get rid of, as all you need to do to negate commander tax is just create two more tokens. Because of this, Witherbloom brings the combination of a powerful threat and great resiliance, requiring a complete reset of the board to actually get rid of her. The main issue she might face is needing both sources of large numbers of tokens, and spells that are worth discounting, both of which aren't super useful without the other, but this isn't nearly enough of a hurdle to keep Witherbloom from growing in popularity, likely passing Hazel of the Rootbloom (#7) and Shelob, Child of Ungoliant (#6).

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Number 2 - 8,150 decks

Blech, Loafing Pest

Blech, Loafing Pest stands out on this list of top commanders, as he's not a face commander for a precon, nor an Elder Dragon. So, what does he offer that puts him above the rest? Well, every single time you gain life, you put a +1/+1 counter on each Pest, Bat, Insect, Snake, and Spider you control, including himself. Given how easy it is to repeatedly gain life, Blech gives a really big reward for building around his preferred creature types by making them huge. The Pests of Witherbloom are particularly great for this, as they create their own lifegain triggers.

Blech synergizes with spells that rapidly fill up your board with tokens like Pest Infestation (68% synergy), Iridescent Hornbeetle (64%), and Tend the Pests (62%).

Blech currently ranks as the 14th most popular Golgari commander and as the 7th most popular commander of the past month. Blech is simple to build around, simple to play, and quite powerful in a pair of archetypes that will inherently appeal to newer and more casual players: lifegain and typal. You're not going to get deep, complex decision making out of Blech, but you are going to get a dozen 6/6 Pests, and that's just as good. Blech is also appealing for those who enjoy the aesthetic of creepy-crawlies, and like being able to play as many bugs, snakes, and bats as they can. The list of top Golgari commanders is pretty stacked, but I can see Blech remaining popular enough to pass up fellow lifegain-payoff Dina, Soul Steeper (#12) as well as The Mycotyrant (#11) within the next few months.

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Number 3 - 8,150 decks

Lorehold, the Historian

Lorehold, the Historian will be teaching you to draw your cards differently, as if an instant or sorcery is the first spell you draw each turn, you can immediately cast it for 2 generic mana. This can allow you to get a major cost reduction on expensive spells, though requires a bit of luck to have those spells be the first ones you draw each turn. However, Lorehold also gives you lots of chances to get lucky, as she also lets you draw a card during each of your opponents' upkeeps, giving you four miracle chances each turn cycle. She's also a 5/5 with flying and haste for 5 mana, which will stack up commander damage fast.

Lorehold synergizes with big instants and sorceries that are powerful to play early, like Hit the Mother Lode (76% synergy) and Storm Herd (72%), as well as with cards like Library of Leng (75%) that let you manipulate which card you'll draw each turn. Library of Leng is particularly powerful as Lorehold will let you repeatedly discard the best card in your hand to the top of your library, then draw it and cast it with miracle.

Lorehold currently ranks as the 7th most popular Boros commander and as the 36th most popular commander of the past month. Lorehold's ability has the potential to put you at a significant advantage before you even make a full cycle around the table, but having to pay 2-mana for each one does mean that you're better off casting her later in the game than her mana cost would suggest. You need to leave some mana open to actually cast the spells that you draw. With that said, the addition of haste and triggering in the upkeep means that you're likely going to be able to get some value out of her even if you don't get to untap with her in play. With the gap in popularity between Lorehold and The Jolly Balloon Man (#6) and Lightning, Army of One (#5), I actually don't see her climbing up any higher in the Boros rankings.