Sapling of Colfenor (Commander) - Core

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Arnaud Gompertz
Sep 3, 2025
How to Build Golgari Without Being Golboring
Like to think outside the color box in Commander? This edition of Branching Out gives you some great ideas for unique Golgari builds.
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Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Tenderize
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Sapling Nursery
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Blighted Blackthorn
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Eclipsed Realms
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
South Wind Avatar
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Ezzaroot Channeler
71%inclusion81 decks114 decks
70%synergy
Ancient Lumberknot
60%inclusion68 decks114 decks
59%synergy
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
54%inclusion61 decks114 decks
53%synergy
Bosk Banneret
53%inclusion60 decks114 decks
53%synergy
Treefolk Harbinger
50%inclusion57 decks114 decks
50%synergy
Orchard Warden
48%inclusion55 decks114 decks
48%synergy
Bedrock Tortoise
46%inclusion53 decks114 decks
46%synergy
Assault Formation
46%inclusion53 decks114 decks
46%synergy
Willowdusk, Essence Seer
46%inclusion52 decks114 decks
45%synergy
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
43%inclusion49 decks114 decks
42%synergy
Top Cards
Beast Whisperer
46%inclusion53 decks114 decks
32%synergy
Cultivate
46%inclusion53 decks114 decks
7%synergy
Dina, Soul Steeper
46%inclusion52 decks114 decks
41%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
45%inclusion51 decks114 decks
16%synergy
Blossoming Bogbeast
44%inclusion50 decks114 decks
42%synergy
Mortality Spear
43%inclusion49 decks114 decks
38%synergy
Accomplished Alchemist
43%inclusion49 decks114 decks
42%synergy
Heartwood Storyteller
42%inclusion48 decks114 decks
42%synergy
Leaf-Crowned Elder
41%inclusion47 decks114 decks
41%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
40%inclusion46 decks114 decks
40%synergy
Creatures
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
39%inclusion45 decks114 decks
36%synergy
Verdant Sun's Avatar
39%inclusion44 decks114 decks
38%synergy
Ulvenwald Observer
39%inclusion44 decks114 decks
38%synergy
Courser of Kruphix
38%inclusion43 decks114 decks
35%synergy
Timber Protector
38%inclusion43 decks114 decks
38%synergy
Black Poplar Shaman
36%inclusion41 decks114 decks
36%synergy
Nemata, Primeval Warden
36%inclusion41 decks114 decks
32%synergy
Woodfall Primus
34%inclusion39 decks114 decks
33%synergy
Dauntless Dourbark
34%inclusion39 decks114 decks
34%synergy
Tree of Perdition
33%inclusion38 decks114 decks
33%synergy
Fecund Greenshell
33%inclusion31 decks93 decks
33%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
33%inclusion38 decks114 decks
31%synergy
Llanowar Elves
32%inclusion37 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Seedguide Ash
32%inclusion36 decks114 decks
31%synergy
Quickbeam, Upstart Ent
32%inclusion36 decks114 decks
31%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
30%synergy
Dungrove Elder
30%inclusion34 decks114 decks
30%synergy
Sproutback Trudge
29%inclusion33 decks114 decks
28%synergy
Witch of the Moors
28%inclusion32 decks114 decks
26%synergy
Everbark Shaman
28%inclusion32 decks114 decks
28%synergy
Wickerbough Elder
27%inclusion31 decks114 decks
26%synergy
Verdeloth the Ancient
27%inclusion31 decks114 decks
26%synergy
Augur of Autumn
26%inclusion30 decks114 decks
25%synergy
Deadwood Treefolk
26%inclusion30 decks114 decks
26%synergy
Reclamation Sage
25%inclusion29 decks114 decks
7%synergy
Thorntooth Witch
25%inclusion29 decks114 decks
25%synergy
Elvish Mystic
25%inclusion28 decks114 decks
-3%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
25%inclusion28 decks114 decks
24%synergy
Birds of Paradise
25%inclusion28 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
21%synergy
Tree of Redemption
24%inclusion27 decks114 decks
23%synergy
Leyline Prowler
24%inclusion27 decks114 decks
21%synergy
Old Man Willow
24%inclusion27 decks114 decks
22%synergy
Honest Rutstein
23%inclusion26 decks111 decks
14%synergy
Generous Ent
23%inclusion26 decks114 decks
22%synergy
Great Oak Guardian
23%inclusion26 decks114 decks
23%synergy
Valentin, Dean of the Vein
22%inclusion25 decks114 decks
20%synergy
Battlewand Oak
22%inclusion25 decks114 decks
22%synergy
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
21%inclusion24 decks114 decks
21%synergy
Yedora, Grave Gardener
21%inclusion24 decks114 decks
20%synergy
Wood Elves
21%inclusion24 decks114 decks
13%synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
20%inclusion23 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Lumberknot
20%inclusion23 decks114 decks
20%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
20%inclusion23 decks114 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Blossoms
20%inclusion23 decks114 decks
20%synergy
Ohran Frostfang
20%inclusion23 decks114 decks
12%synergy
Kalonian Twingrove
20%inclusion23 decks114 decks
20%synergy
Dryad Greenseeker
19%inclusion22 decks114 decks
19%synergy
Six
19%inclusion19 decks102 decks
11%synergy
Murderous Rider
18%inclusion21 decks114 decks
18%synergy
Instants
Beast Within
29%inclusion33 decks114 decks
-7%synergy
Putrefy
29%inclusion33 decks114 decks
-6%synergy
Reach of Branches
25%inclusion29 decks114 decks
25%synergy
Assassin's Trophy
23%inclusion26 decks114 decks
-23%synergy
Golgari Charm
21%inclusion24 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Entish Restoration
18%inclusion21 decks114 decks
13%synergy
Rootgrapple
18%inclusion21 decks114 decks
18%synergy
Deathsprout
14%inclusion16 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Heroic Intervention
13%inclusion15 decks114 decks
-18%synergy
Tower Defense
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
10%synergy
Krosan Grip
10%inclusion11 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Return to Nature
10%inclusion11 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Pulse of Murasa
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
7%synergy
Fog
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Go for the Throat
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Tear Asunder
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
-8%synergy
Grim Contest
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
7%synergy
Dark Ritual
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-11%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
5.9%inclusion6 decks102 decks
-14%synergy
Infernal Grasp
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
-1%synergy
Sorceries
Rampant Growth
36%inclusion41 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Last March of the Ents
25%inclusion29 decks114 decks
24%synergy
Kodama's Reach
25%inclusion28 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Essence Pulse
21%inclusion24 decks114 decks
20%synergy
Nature's Lore
18%inclusion21 decks114 decks
-7%synergy
Harmonize
14%inclusion16 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Tend the Sprigs
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Culling Ritual
12%inclusion14 decks114 decks
-8%synergy
Deadly Tempest
12%inclusion14 decks114 decks
10%synergy
Three Visits
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
-7%synergy
Farseek
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
-7%synergy
Read the Bones
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Healing Technique
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Feed the Swarm
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Night's Whisper
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
0%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Casualties of War
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-3%synergy
Toxic Deluge
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-13%synergy
Tip the Scales
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
7%synergy
Decree of Pain
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-5%synergy
Nissa's Pilgrimage
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Explosive Vegetation
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Gaze of Granite
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Nissa's Renewal
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Damnation
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Well of Lost Dreams
33%inclusion38 decks114 decks
32%synergy
Lifecrafter's Bestiary
23%inclusion26 decks114 decks
21%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion17 decks114 decks
-10%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
10%synergy
Glowcap Lantern
10%inclusion11 decks114 decks
9%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Whip of Erebos
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Druidic Satchel
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Worldslayer
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
9%synergy
Lightning Greaves
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-14%synergy
Herald's Horn
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Door of Destinies
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Urza's Incubator
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Loxodon Warhammer
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Explorer's Scope
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Sanguine Bond
34%inclusion39 decks114 decks
31%synergy
Lignify
33%inclusion38 decks114 decks
30%synergy
Dormant Grove
26%inclusion30 decks114 decks
26%synergy
Gift of the Deity
25%inclusion29 decks114 decks
25%synergy
Assemble the Entmoot
23%inclusion26 decks114 decks
23%synergy
Treefolk Umbra
18%inclusion20 decks114 decks
17%synergy
Trudge Garden
15%inclusion17 decks114 decks
13%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
15%inclusion6 decks41 decks
15%synergy
Asceticism
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
9%synergy
Fruit of the First Tree
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
10%synergy
Greed
10%inclusion11 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Sylvan Library
10%inclusion11 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
10%inclusion11 decks114 decks
-4%synergy
Garruk's Uprising
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Mirri's Guile
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Wild Growth
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Spidersilk Armor
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Sight of the Scalelords
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Up the Beanstalk
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Guardian Project
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Feed the Pack
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
-18%synergy
Planeswalkers
Wrenn and Seven
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
45%inclusion51 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
32%inclusion37 decks114 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
32%inclusion36 decks114 decks
27%synergy
Reliquary Tower
22%inclusion25 decks114 decks
-1%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
17%inclusion19 decks114 decks
-11%synergy
Witch's Cottage
16%inclusion18 decks114 decks
12%synergy
Grim Backwoods
16%inclusion18 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Sapseep Forest
14%inclusion16 decks114 decks
13%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
14%inclusion16 decks114 decks
-9%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
12%inclusion14 decks114 decks
-6%synergy
Mosswort Bridge
12%inclusion14 decks114 decks
7%synergy
Dryad Arbor
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Witch's Clinic
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Castle Garenbrig
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Restless Cottage
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
0%synergy
Hissing Quagmire
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Radiant Fountain
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Miren, the Moaning Well
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
6%synergy
Barren Moor
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Gingerbread Cabin
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
0%synergy
War Room
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Access Tunnel
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
54%inclusion61 decks114 decks
-26%synergy
Arcane Signet
38%inclusion43 decks114 decks
-24%synergy
Golgari Signet
28%inclusion32 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
15%inclusion17 decks114 decks
-10%synergy
Commander's Sphere
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
0%synergy
Pristine Talisman
7.0%inclusion8 decks114 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Forest
99%inclusion113 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion109 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Command Tower
75%inclusion85 decks114 decks
-11%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
54%inclusion61 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Temple of Malady
54%inclusion61 decks114 decks
19%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
50%inclusion57 decks114 decks
9%synergy
Tainted Wood
48%inclusion55 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
47%inclusion54 decks114 decks
-15%synergy
Path of Ancestry
37%inclusion42 decks114 decks
14%synergy
Jungle Hollow
36%inclusion41 decks114 decks
12%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
36%inclusion41 decks114 decks
-10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
32%inclusion36 decks114 decks
16%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
32%inclusion36 decks114 decks
-7%synergy
Twilight Mire
27%inclusion31 decks114 decks
-10%synergy
Evolving Wilds
25%inclusion29 decks114 decks
-2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
25%inclusion28 decks114 decks
-3%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
23%inclusion26 decks114 decks
-13%synergy
Underground Mortuary
22%inclusion25 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Deathcap Glade
22%inclusion25 decks114 decks
-8%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
21%inclusion24 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Haunted Mire
19%inclusion22 decks114 decks
4%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
18%inclusion20 decks114 decks
-12%synergy
Blighted Woodland
17%inclusion19 decks114 decks
12%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion19 decks114 decks
-4%synergy
Viridescent Bog
16%inclusion18 decks114 decks
-5%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
-1%synergy
Witherbloom Campus
11%inclusion13 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Tangled Florahedron
10%inclusion11 decks114 decks
8%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
8.8%inclusion9 decks102 decks
0%synergy
Woodland Chasm
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Golgari Guildgate
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-1%synergy
Blooming Marsh
7.9%inclusion9 decks114 decks
-6%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.9%inclusion7 decks102 decks
3%synergy
Fabled Passage
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-7%synergy
Ash Barrens
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
1%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
2%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
-5%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
5.9%inclusion6 decks102 decks
-14%synergy
Kazandu Mammoth
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
5%synergy