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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The Walls of Ba Sing Se
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Fire Navy Trebuchet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Turtle-Duck
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Ezzaroot Channeler
74%inclusion89 decks121 decks
73%synergy
Ancient Lumberknot
62%inclusion75 decks121 decks
62%synergy
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
55%inclusion67 decks121 decks
55%synergy
Bosk Banneret
52%inclusion63 decks121 decks
52%synergy
Treefolk Harbinger
50%inclusion61 decks121 decks
50%synergy
Orchard Warden
48%inclusion58 decks121 decks
48%synergy
Willowdusk, Essence Seer
48%inclusion58 decks121 decks
47%synergy
Bedrock Tortoise
46%inclusion56 decks121 decks
46%synergy
Assault Formation
45%inclusion55 decks121 decks
45%synergy
Accomplished Alchemist
45%inclusion54 decks121 decks
44%synergy
Top Cards
Beast Whisperer
50%inclusion60 decks121 decks
37%synergy
Dina, Soul Steeper
45%inclusion55 decks121 decks
41%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
45%inclusion55 decks121 decks
16%synergy
Cultivate
45%inclusion55 decks121 decks
5%synergy
Blossoming Bogbeast
45%inclusion55 decks121 decks
44%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
43%inclusion52 decks121 decks
40%synergy
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
43%inclusion52 decks121 decks
42%synergy
Mortality Spear
42%inclusion51 decks121 decks
36%synergy
Heartwood Storyteller
42%inclusion51 decks121 decks
42%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
42%inclusion51 decks121 decks
41%synergy
Creatures
Verdant Sun's Avatar
40%inclusion49 decks121 decks
40%synergy
Courser of Kruphix
40%inclusion49 decks121 decks
38%synergy
Leaf-Crowned Elder
40%inclusion49 decks121 decks
40%synergy
Ulvenwald Observer
38%inclusion46 decks121 decks
38%synergy
Timber Protector
37%inclusion45 decks121 decks
37%synergy
Woodfall Primus
36%inclusion44 decks121 decks
35%synergy
Black Poplar Shaman
36%inclusion44 decks121 decks
36%synergy
Nemata, Primeval Warden
36%inclusion44 decks121 decks
32%synergy
Dauntless Dourbark
35%inclusion42 decks121 decks
35%synergy
Veinwitch Coven
34%inclusion41 decks121 decks
32%synergy
Fecund Greenshell
34%inclusion30 decks89 decks
33%synergy
Tree of Perdition
33%inclusion40 decks121 decks
32%synergy
Seedguide Ash
33%inclusion40 decks121 decks
33%synergy
Llanowar Elves
33%inclusion40 decks121 decks
1%synergy
Dungrove Elder
31%inclusion37 decks121 decks
30%synergy
Sproutback Trudge
30%inclusion36 decks121 decks
29%synergy
Quickbeam, Upstart Ent
30%inclusion36 decks121 decks
30%synergy
Reclamation Sage
29%inclusion35 decks121 decks
11%synergy
Everbark Shaman
29%inclusion35 decks121 decks
29%synergy
Verdeloth the Ancient
28%inclusion34 decks121 decks
27%synergy
Witch of the Moors
28%inclusion34 decks121 decks
26%synergy
Augur of Autumn
28%inclusion34 decks121 decks
27%synergy
Wickerbough Elder
27%inclusion33 decks121 decks
26%synergy
Deadwood Treefolk
27%inclusion33 decks121 decks
27%synergy
Elvish Mystic
26%inclusion31 decks121 decks
0%synergy
Leyline Prowler
26%inclusion31 decks121 decks
23%synergy
Thorntooth Witch
26%inclusion31 decks121 decks
26%synergy
Birds of Paradise
26%inclusion31 decks121 decks
5%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
25%inclusion24 decks97 decks
22%synergy
Honest Rutstein
24%inclusion26 decks108 decks
14%synergy
Wood Elves
24%inclusion29 decks121 decks
15%synergy
Tree of Redemption
24%inclusion29 decks121 decks
24%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
24%inclusion29 decks121 decks
24%synergy
Old Man Willow
24%inclusion29 decks121 decks
22%synergy
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
23%inclusion28 decks121 decks
23%synergy
Generous Ent
22%inclusion27 decks121 decks
21%synergy
Great Oak Guardian
22%inclusion27 decks121 decks
22%synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
22%inclusion27 decks121 decks
18%synergy
Ohran Frostfang
21%inclusion26 decks121 decks
13%synergy
Yedora, Grave Gardener
21%inclusion26 decks121 decks
21%synergy
Valentin, Dean of the Vein
21%inclusion26 decks121 decks
19%synergy
Battlewand Oak
21%inclusion25 decks121 decks
21%synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
20%inclusion24 decks121 decks
2%synergy
Murderous Rider
20%inclusion24 decks121 decks
19%synergy
Dryad Greenseeker
20%inclusion24 decks121 decks
20%synergy
Kalonian Twingrove
20%inclusion24 decks121 decks
20%synergy
Six
19%inclusion19 decks99 decks
12%synergy
Lumberknot
19%inclusion23 decks121 decks
19%synergy
Wall of Blossoms
19%inclusion23 decks121 decks
19%synergy
Unstoppable Ash
18%inclusion22 decks121 decks
18%synergy
Instants
Beast Within
30%inclusion36 decks121 decks
-7%synergy
Putrefy
29%inclusion35 decks121 decks
-6%synergy
Reach of Branches
26%inclusion32 decks121 decks
26%synergy
Assassin's Trophy
24%inclusion29 decks121 decks
-21%synergy
Golgari Charm
21%inclusion26 decks121 decks
5%synergy
Entish Restoration
20%inclusion24 decks121 decks
14%synergy
Rootgrapple
17%inclusion21 decks121 decks
17%synergy
Heroic Intervention
12%inclusion15 decks121 decks
-18%synergy
Deathsprout
12%inclusion15 decks121 decks
6%synergy
Krosan Grip
11%inclusion13 decks121 decks
4%synergy
Tower Defense
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
10%synergy
Return to Nature
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
4%synergy
Fog
7.4%inclusion9 decks121 decks
3%synergy
Pulse of Murasa
7.4%inclusion9 decks121 decks
6%synergy
Grim Contest
7.4%inclusion9 decks121 decks
7%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
1%synergy
Tear Asunder
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
-8%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
-14%synergy
Dark Ritual
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
-11%synergy
Fell the Profane
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
-4%synergy
Sorceries
Rampant Growth
36%inclusion44 decks121 decks
2%synergy
Kodama's Reach
26%inclusion31 decks121 decks
1%synergy
Last March of the Ents
25%inclusion30 decks121 decks
23%synergy
Essence Pulse
21%inclusion26 decks121 decks
20%synergy
Nature's Lore
20%inclusion24 decks121 decks
-6%synergy
Culling Ritual
15%inclusion18 decks121 decks
-6%synergy
Harmonize
14%inclusion17 decks121 decks
6%synergy
Three Visits
12%inclusion15 decks121 decks
-6%synergy
Farseek
12%inclusion15 decks121 decks
-6%synergy
Deadly Tempest
11%inclusion13 decks121 decks
9%synergy
Read the Bones
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
4%synergy
Night's Whisper
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
0%synergy
Healing Technique
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
8%synergy
Feed the Swarm
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
0%synergy
Toxic Deluge
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
-13%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
1%synergy
Tip the Scales
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
8%synergy
Nissa's Pilgrimage
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
6%synergy
Decree of Pain
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
2%synergy
Casualties of War
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
-5%synergy
Explosive Vegetation
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
5%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
-6%synergy
Damnation
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Well of Lost Dreams
31%inclusion37 decks121 decks
29%synergy
Lifecrafter's Bestiary
24%inclusion29 decks121 decks
22%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
18%inclusion22 decks121 decks
-7%synergy
Glowcap Lantern
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
10%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
8%synergy
Worldslayer
9.1%inclusion11 decks121 decks
9%synergy
Lightning Greaves
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
-14%synergy
Druidic Satchel
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
7%synergy
Whip of Erebos
7.4%inclusion9 decks121 decks
2%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
7.4%inclusion9 decks121 decks
6%synergy
Explorer's Scope
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
6%synergy
Herald's Horn
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Sanguine Bond
35%inclusion42 decks121 decks
31%synergy
Lignify
34%inclusion41 decks121 decks
31%synergy
Dormant Grove
26%inclusion31 decks121 decks
25%synergy
Gift of the Deity
25%inclusion30 decks121 decks
24%synergy
Assemble the Entmoot
22%inclusion27 decks121 decks
22%synergy
Treefolk Umbra
18%inclusion22 decks121 decks
18%synergy
Jaws of Defeat
16%inclusion6 decks37 decks
16%synergy
Trudge Garden
12%inclusion15 decks121 decks
11%synergy
Asceticism
12%inclusion14 decks121 decks
9%synergy
Fruit of the First Tree
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
10%synergy
Sylvan Library
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
0%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
-4%synergy
Garruk's Uprising
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
1%synergy
Greed
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
7%synergy
Wild Growth
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
-3%synergy
Guardian Project
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
-1%synergy
Mirri's Guile
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
6%synergy
Sight of the Scalelords
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
6%synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
-18%synergy
Planeswalkers
Wrenn and Seven
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
45%inclusion54 decks121 decks
5%synergy
Mortuary Mire
32%inclusion39 decks121 decks
27%synergy
Rogue's Passage
31%inclusion38 decks121 decks
7%synergy
Reliquary Tower
21%inclusion26 decks121 decks
-2%synergy
Witch's Cottage
17%inclusion21 decks121 decks
13%synergy
Grim Backwoods
17%inclusion20 decks121 decks
3%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
17%inclusion20 decks121 decks
-11%synergy
Mosswort Bridge
14%inclusion17 decks121 decks
9%synergy
Sapseep Forest
14%inclusion17 decks121 decks
12%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
13%inclusion16 decks121 decks
-10%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
13%inclusion16 decks121 decks
-5%synergy
Castle Garenbrig
11%inclusion13 decks121 decks
8%synergy
Dryad Arbor
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
1%synergy
Witch's Clinic
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
2%synergy
Restless Cottage
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
-1%synergy
Radiant Fountain
7.4%inclusion9 decks121 decks
6%synergy
Hissing Quagmire
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
3%synergy
The Shire
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
-4%synergy
Barren Moor
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
-2%synergy
War Room
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
51%inclusion62 decks121 decks
-29%synergy
Arcane Signet
36%inclusion44 decks121 decks
-26%synergy
Golgari Signet
28%inclusion34 decks121 decks
0%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
14%inclusion17 decks121 decks
-11%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
0%synergy
Pristine Talisman
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Forest
98%inclusion119 decks121 decks
1%synergy
Swamp
95%inclusion115 decks121 decks
-2%synergy
Command Tower
76%inclusion92 decks121 decks
-9%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
54%inclusion65 decks121 decks
2%synergy
Temple of Malady
53%inclusion64 decks121 decks
18%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
49%inclusion59 decks121 decks
7%synergy
Tainted Wood
49%inclusion59 decks121 decks
4%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
48%inclusion58 decks121 decks
-13%synergy
Path of Ancestry
36%inclusion44 decks121 decks
14%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
36%inclusion44 decks121 decks
-9%synergy
Jungle Hollow
35%inclusion42 decks121 decks
10%synergy
Myriad Landscape
33%inclusion40 decks121 decks
16%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
31%inclusion37 decks121 decks
-8%synergy
Evolving Wilds
27%inclusion33 decks121 decks
0%synergy
Twilight Mire
26%inclusion32 decks121 decks
-9%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion29 decks121 decks
-3%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
24%inclusion29 decks121 decks
-12%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
21%inclusion26 decks121 decks
2%synergy
Deathcap Glade
21%inclusion26 decks121 decks
-8%synergy
Haunted Mire
21%inclusion26 decks121 decks
5%synergy
Underground Mortuary
21%inclusion25 decks118 decks
0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
19%inclusion23 decks121 decks
-2%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
17%inclusion21 decks121 decks
-12%synergy
Viridescent Bog
16%inclusion18 decks114 decks
-5%synergy
Blighted Woodland
16%inclusion19 decks121 decks
10%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
14%inclusion17 decks121 decks
1%synergy
Witherbloom Campus
12%inclusion14 decks121 decks
8%synergy
Golgari Guildgate
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
0%synergy
Woodland Chasm
9.1%inclusion11 decks121 decks
1%synergy
Tangled Florahedron
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
7%synergy
Blooming Marsh
7.4%inclusion9 decks121 decks
-7%synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
7.1%inclusion7 decks99 decks
-1%synergy
Fabled Passage
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
-7%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
2%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
6.1%inclusion6 decks99 decks
-14%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
-6%synergy
Ash Barrens
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
0%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
1%synergy
Fell the Profane
5.1%inclusion5 decks99 decks
-4%synergy