Art by Jesper Ejsing

Willowdusk, Essence Seer

Legendary Creature — Dryad Druid

, : Choose another target creature. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the amount of life you gained this turn or the amount of life you lost this turn, whichever is greater. Activate only as a sorcery.

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Willowdusk, Essence Seer deck guide

Willowdusk, Essence Seer is a Golgari (black and green) creature commander. It leads 1,822 decks on EDHREC, where it ranks #1,229 among all commanders.

Most Willowdusk decks are built around lifegain, +1/+1 counters and self-damage, with lifedrain and combo builds close behind.

A typical Willowdusk list runs 35 lands (19 basic), 28 creatures, 8 instants, 11 sorceries, 9 artifacts, 7 enchantments and 1 planeswalkers.

The cards played most with Willowdusk: Sol Ring (82% of decks), Arcane Signet (68% of decks), Talisman of Resilience (54% of decks), Cultivate (52% of decks), Rampant Growth (52% of decks) and Veinwitch Coven (49% of decks).

Well-known combos with Willowdusk:

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Exquisite Blood
Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood
Dina, Soul Steeper + Exquisite Blood

Play data from EDHREC, updated daily.

Average Card Type Breakdown

Creature

28%

Instant

Sorcery

11%

Artifact

Enchantment

Planeswalker

Land

35%

Average Mana Curve

14%

22%

28%

15%

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Most Played With Willowdusk, Essence Seer (184)

Sol Ring

82% of decks · $1.34

Arcane Signet

68% of decks · $0.49

Talisman of Resilience

54% of decks · $0.47

Cultivate

52% of decks · $0.41

Rampant Growth

52% of decks · $1.28

Veinwitch Coven

49% of decks · $0.33

Valentin, Dean of the Vein

47% of decks

Noxious Gearhulk

47% of decks · $0.45

Well of Lost Dreams

46% of decks · $5.72

Dina, Soul Steeper

45% of decks · $0.29

Pest Infestation

45% of decks · $0.55

Essence Pulse

44% of decks · $0.32

Tivash, Gloom Summoner

44% of decks · $0.72

Ezzaroot Channeler

41% of decks · $1.27

Pulse of Murasa

40% of decks · $0.30

Healing Technique

40% of decks · $0.38

Nighthawk Scavenger

40% of decks · $0.59

Beledros Witherbloom

39% of decks · $1.29

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

38% of decks · $1.05

Bolas's Citadel

36% of decks · $15.83

Damnable Pact

36% of decks · $0.96

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

36% of decks · $4.20

Spike Feeder

36% of decks

Exsanguinate

36% of decks · $0.41

Venser's Journal

36% of decks · $8.96

Unspeakable Symbol

36% of decks · $3.57

Sproutback Trudge

36% of decks · $0.37

Sangromancer

35% of decks · $1.00

Scheming Silvertongue

35% of decks

Toxic Deluge

34% of decks · $5.02

Deadly Tempest

34% of decks · $1.04

Kami of Whispered Hopes

34% of decks · $4.17

Verdant Sun's Avatar

34% of decks · $0.40

Pristine Talisman

34% of decks · $0.40

Loxodon Warhammer

34% of decks · $2.53

Swiftfoot Boots

34% of decks

Trudge Garden

32% of decks · $0.28

Corpsejack Menace

32% of decks · $0.94

Defiant Bloodlord

31% of decks · $0.36

Assassin's Trophy

31% of decks · $1.17

Qarsi Revenant

30% of decks · $2.38

Elves of Deep Shadow

30% of decks · $5.23

Lightning Greaves

29% of decks · $4.10

Ageless Entity

29% of decks · $0.35

Accomplished Alchemist

28% of decks · $0.41

Moldervine Reclamation

28% of decks · $0.34

Gyre Sage

28% of decks · $2.88

Disciple of Bolas

27% of decks · $0.37

Sylvan Library

27% of decks · $28.89

Whip of Erebos

27% of decks · $9.52

Phyrexian Arena

27% of decks · $4.16

Sapling of Colfenor

26% of decks · $5.99

Black Market Connections

26% of decks · $10.53

Gaze of Granite

26% of decks · $0.23

Llanowar Elves

25% of decks · $0.31

Honor Troll

25% of decks · $0.16

Bloodthirsty Aerialist

25% of decks · $0.40

Ancient Craving

25% of decks · $0.35

Elixir of Immortality

25% of decks · $1.05

Revival Experiment

24% of decks · $0.26

Dark Confidant

24% of decks · $3.59

24% of decks

Exquisite Blood

24% of decks · $40.36

Momentous Fall

24% of decks · $3.55

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

23% of decks · $9.46

Enduring Tenacity

23% of decks · $14.78

Heroic Intervention

23% of decks · $17.60

Essence Harvest

23% of decks · $0.34

Suffer the Past

23% of decks · $0.25

Gyome, Master Chef

23% of decks · $1.47

Blight Mound

22% of decks · $0.41

Disciple of Freyalise

22% of decks

Gift of Paradise

22% of decks · $0.27

Essence Warden

22% of decks · $7.89

Beast Within

21% of decks · $0.65

Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler

21% of decks · $5.17

Terrasymbiosis

21% of decks · $9.87

Revitalizing Repast

21% of decks

Wall of Blood

21% of decks · $2.41

Night's Whisper

20% of decks · $6.25

Nissa's Renewal

20% of decks · $0.30

The Ozolith

20% of decks · $61.33

Reanimate

20% of decks · $10.10

Birds of Paradise

20% of decks · $8.98

Witch of the Moors

20% of decks · $0.40

Professor Dellian Fel

19% of decks · $5.41

Darkstar Augur

19% of decks · $0.95

Deep-Cavern Bat

19% of decks · $0.33

Nature's Lore

19% of decks · $2.23

Nullpriest of Oblivion

18% of decks · $0.25

Mask of Griselbrand

18% of decks · $0.97

Inscription of Abundance

18% of decks · $0.37

Vampire of the Dire Moon

18% of decks · $1.19

Elvish Mystic

18% of decks · $5.30

Paradise Plume

18% of decks · $0.37

Branching Evolution

18% of decks · $8.04

Necropotence

17% of decks · $38.23

Doom Whisperer

17% of decks · $6.48

Aetherflux Reservoir

17% of decks · $21.72

Silversmote Ghoul

17% of decks · $0.32

Putrefy

17% of decks · $0.32

Thousand-Year Elixir

17% of decks · $18.39

Ob Nixilis Reignited

16% of decks · $0.40

Murderous Rider

16% of decks

Gifted Aetherborn

16% of decks · $0.37

Tamiyo's Safekeeping

16% of decks · $4.58

Basilisk Collar

15% of decks · $3.79

Moseo, Vein's New Dean

15% of decks · $0.85

Epicure of Blood

15% of decks · $0.33

Vilis, Broker of Blood

15% of decks · $9.93

Sakura-Tribe Elder

15% of decks · $0.47

Shadowspear

15% of decks · $29.75

Three Visits

15% of decks · $5.55

Infernal Grasp

14% of decks · $0.32

Malakir Rebirth

14% of decks

Dismember

14% of decks · $4.78

Tend the Pests

14% of decks · $0.55

Dark Tutelage

14% of decks · $0.23

Fell the Profane

14% of decks

Farseek

14% of decks · $0.46

Golgari Signet

13% of decks · $0.34

Kodama's Reach

13% of decks · $1.77

Culling Ritual

13% of decks · $0.53

Dark Ritual

13% of decks · $7.28

Druidic Satchel

13% of decks · $0.43

Font of Agonies

12% of decks · $0.69

Read the Bones

11% of decks · $0.30

Staff of Compleation

11% of decks · $4.00

Vicious Rivalry

11% of decks · $0.30

Sun Droplet

11% of decks · $0.40

Snuff Out

11% of decks · $12.98

Taste of Death

11% of decks · $0.43

Bridgeworks Battle

11% of decks

Rishkar's Expertise

10% of decks · $5.48

Rite of Consumption

10% of decks · $5.87

Instill Energy

10% of decks

Bitter Triumph

10% of decks · $0.32

Phyrexian Processor

10% of decks · $0.64

Demonic Tutor

10% of decks · $69.17

Phyrexian Reclamation

9% of decks · $2.84

Killing Wave

9% of decks · $0.40

Staff of Domination

9% of decks · $10.05

Nature's Claim

9% of decks · $1.31

Vampiric Tutor

9% of decks · $54.03

Witherbloom Charm

9% of decks · $0.30

The Great Henge

9% of decks · $65.74

Predator's Rapport

9% of decks · $0.21

Bala Ged Recovery

9% of decks

Patriar's Seal

9% of decks · $4.51

Vendetta

9% of decks · $0.25

Ad Nauseam

8% of decks · $9.71

Cauldron of Essence

8% of decks · $2.94

Abrupt Decay

8% of decks · $2.62

Return of the Wildspeaker

8% of decks · $2.56

Greater Good

7% of decks · $1.56

Retribution of the Ancients

7% of decks · $0.55

Comforting Counsel

7% of decks · $0.25

Imp's Mischief

7% of decks · $9.18

Wild Growth

7% of decks · $0.58

Sheltering Word

7% of decks · $0.24

Golgari Charm

7% of decks · $1.90

The Earth Crystal

7% of decks · $12.08

Khalni Ambush

7% of decks

The One Ring

7% of decks · $115.41

Hardened Scales

7% of decks · $3.14

Tear Asunder

6% of decks · $0.61

Sorin the Mirthless

6% of decks · $2.25

Agadeem's Awakening

6% of decks

Hollowmurk Siege

6% of decks · $1.11

Diabolic Tutor

6% of decks · $2.21

Command the Dreadhorde

6% of decks · $0.51

Dreadhorde Invasion

6% of decks · $0.30

Worldly Tutor

6% of decks · $30.65

Snakeskin Veil

6% of decks · $0.25

Decorum Dissertation

6% of decks · $5.43

Grim Tutor

6% of decks · $23.87

Tablet of the Guilds

6% of decks · $0.38

Loading Zone

6% of decks · $2.06

Withering Curse

5% of decks · $1.01

Damnation

5% of decks · $21.01

Deadly Rollick

5% of decks · $28.68

Hatred

5% of decks · $65.44

Turntimber Symbiosis

5% of decks

Thought Vessel

5% of decks

New Cards

Rise of the Deathbringer

5% of decks · $0.39

Inside Information

3% of decks · $1.89

Greenhouse Propagator

3% of decks · $0.27

Tom, Bert, and William

3% of decks · $0.34

Reverent Howl

2% of decks · $0.20

Creatures (50)

Veinwitch Coven

49% of decks · $0.33

Valentin, Dean of the Vein

47% of decks

Noxious Gearhulk

47% of decks · $0.45

Dina, Soul Steeper

45% of decks · $0.29

Tivash, Gloom Summoner

44% of decks · $0.72

Ezzaroot Channeler

41% of decks · $1.27

Nighthawk Scavenger

40% of decks · $0.59

Beledros Witherbloom

39% of decks · $1.29

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

38% of decks · $1.05

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

36% of decks · $4.20

Spike Feeder

36% of decks

Sproutback Trudge

36% of decks · $0.37

Sangromancer

35% of decks · $1.00

Scheming Silvertongue

35% of decks

Kami of Whispered Hopes

34% of decks · $4.17

Verdant Sun's Avatar

34% of decks · $0.40

Corpsejack Menace

32% of decks · $0.94

Defiant Bloodlord

31% of decks · $0.36

Qarsi Revenant

30% of decks · $2.38

Elves of Deep Shadow

30% of decks · $5.23

Ageless Entity

29% of decks · $0.35

Accomplished Alchemist

28% of decks · $0.41

Gyre Sage

28% of decks · $2.88

Disciple of Bolas

27% of decks · $0.37

Sapling of Colfenor

26% of decks · $5.99

Llanowar Elves

25% of decks · $0.31

Honor Troll

25% of decks · $0.16

Bloodthirsty Aerialist

25% of decks · $0.40

Dark Confidant

24% of decks · $3.59

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

23% of decks · $9.46

Enduring Tenacity

23% of decks · $14.78

Gyome, Master Chef

23% of decks · $1.47

Disciple of Freyalise

22% of decks

Essence Warden

22% of decks · $7.89

Wall of Blood

21% of decks · $2.41

Birds of Paradise

20% of decks · $8.98

Witch of the Moors

20% of decks · $0.40

Darkstar Augur

19% of decks · $0.95

Deep-Cavern Bat

19% of decks · $0.33

Nullpriest of Oblivion

18% of decks · $0.25

Vampire of the Dire Moon

18% of decks · $1.19

Elvish Mystic

18% of decks · $5.30

Doom Whisperer

17% of decks · $6.48

Silversmote Ghoul

17% of decks · $0.32

Murderous Rider

16% of decks

Gifted Aetherborn

16% of decks · $0.37

Moseo, Vein's New Dean

15% of decks · $0.85

Epicure of Blood

15% of decks · $0.33

Vilis, Broker of Blood

15% of decks · $9.93

Sakura-Tribe Elder

15% of decks · $0.47

Instants (35)

Pulse of Murasa

40% of decks · $0.30

Assassin's Trophy

31% of decks · $1.17

Momentous Fall

24% of decks · $3.55

Heroic Intervention

23% of decks · $17.60

Suffer the Past

23% of decks · $0.25

Beast Within

21% of decks · $0.65

Revitalizing Repast

21% of decks

Inscription of Abundance

18% of decks · $0.37

Putrefy

17% of decks · $0.32

Tamiyo's Safekeeping

16% of decks · $4.58

Infernal Grasp

14% of decks · $0.32

Malakir Rebirth

14% of decks

Dismember

14% of decks · $4.78

Tend the Pests

14% of decks · $0.55

Fell the Profane

14% of decks

Dark Ritual

13% of decks · $7.28

Snuff Out

11% of decks · $12.98

Bitter Triumph

10% of decks · $0.32

Nature's Claim

9% of decks · $1.31

Vampiric Tutor

9% of decks · $54.03

Witherbloom Charm

9% of decks · $0.30

Predator's Rapport

9% of decks · $0.21

Vendetta

9% of decks · $0.25

Ad Nauseam

8% of decks · $9.71

Abrupt Decay

8% of decks · $2.62

Return of the Wildspeaker

8% of decks · $2.56

Imp's Mischief

7% of decks · $9.18

Sheltering Word

7% of decks · $0.24

Golgari Charm

7% of decks · $1.90

Khalni Ambush

7% of decks

Tear Asunder

6% of decks · $0.61

Worldly Tutor

6% of decks · $30.65

Snakeskin Veil

6% of decks · $0.25

Deadly Rollick

5% of decks · $28.68

Hatred

5% of decks · $65.44

Sorceries (39)

Cultivate

52% of decks · $0.41

Rampant Growth

52% of decks · $1.28

Pest Infestation

45% of decks · $0.55

Essence Pulse

44% of decks · $0.32

Healing Technique

40% of decks · $0.38

Damnable Pact

36% of decks · $0.96

Exsanguinate

36% of decks · $0.41

Toxic Deluge

34% of decks · $5.02

Deadly Tempest

34% of decks · $1.04

Gaze of Granite

26% of decks · $0.23

Ancient Craving

25% of decks · $0.35

Revival Experiment

24% of decks · $0.26

24% of decks

Essence Harvest

23% of decks · $0.34

Night's Whisper

20% of decks · $6.25

Nissa's Renewal

20% of decks · $0.30

Reanimate

20% of decks · $10.10

Nature's Lore

19% of decks · $2.23

Three Visits

15% of decks · $5.55

Farseek

14% of decks · $0.46

Kodama's Reach

13% of decks · $1.77

Culling Ritual

13% of decks · $0.53

Read the Bones

11% of decks · $0.30

Vicious Rivalry

11% of decks · $0.30

Taste of Death

11% of decks · $0.43

Bridgeworks Battle

11% of decks

Rishkar's Expertise

10% of decks · $5.48

Rite of Consumption

10% of decks · $5.87

Demonic Tutor

10% of decks · $69.17

Killing Wave

9% of decks · $0.40

Bala Ged Recovery

9% of decks

Agadeem's Awakening

6% of decks

Diabolic Tutor

6% of decks · $2.21

Command the Dreadhorde

6% of decks · $0.51

Decorum Dissertation

6% of decks · $5.43

Grim Tutor

6% of decks · $23.87

Withering Curse

5% of decks · $1.01

Damnation

5% of decks · $21.01

Turntimber Symbiosis

5% of decks

Utility Artifacts (23)

Well of Lost Dreams

46% of decks · $5.72

Bolas's Citadel

36% of decks · $15.83

Venser's Journal

36% of decks · $8.96

Loxodon Warhammer

34% of decks · $2.53

Swiftfoot Boots

34% of decks

Lightning Greaves

29% of decks · $4.10

Whip of Erebos

27% of decks · $9.52

Elixir of Immortality

25% of decks · $1.05

The Ozolith

20% of decks · $61.33

Mask of Griselbrand

18% of decks · $0.97

Aetherflux Reservoir

17% of decks · $21.72

Thousand-Year Elixir

17% of decks · $18.39

Basilisk Collar

15% of decks · $3.79

Shadowspear

15% of decks · $29.75

Druidic Satchel

13% of decks · $0.43

Sun Droplet

11% of decks · $0.40

Phyrexian Processor

10% of decks · $0.64

Staff of Domination

9% of decks · $10.05

The Great Henge

9% of decks · $65.74

Cauldron of Essence

8% of decks · $2.94

The Earth Crystal

7% of decks · $12.08

The One Ring

7% of decks · $115.41

Tablet of the Guilds

6% of decks · $0.38

Mana Artifacts (9)

Sol Ring

82% of decks · $1.34

Arcane Signet

68% of decks · $0.49

Talisman of Resilience

54% of decks · $0.47

Pristine Talisman

34% of decks · $0.40

Paradise Plume

18% of decks · $0.37

Golgari Signet

13% of decks · $0.34

Staff of Compleation

11% of decks · $4.00

Patriar's Seal

9% of decks · $4.51

Thought Vessel

5% of decks

Enchantments (24)

Unspeakable Symbol

36% of decks · $3.57

Trudge Garden

32% of decks · $0.28

Moldervine Reclamation

28% of decks · $0.34

Sylvan Library

27% of decks · $28.89

Phyrexian Arena

27% of decks · $4.16

Black Market Connections

26% of decks · $10.53

Exquisite Blood

24% of decks · $40.36

Blight Mound

22% of decks · $0.41

Gift of Paradise

22% of decks · $0.27

Terrasymbiosis

21% of decks · $9.87

Branching Evolution

18% of decks · $8.04

Necropotence

17% of decks · $38.23

Dark Tutelage

14% of decks · $0.23

Font of Agonies

12% of decks · $0.69

Instill Energy

10% of decks

Phyrexian Reclamation

9% of decks · $2.84

Greater Good

7% of decks · $1.56

Retribution of the Ancients

7% of decks · $0.55

Comforting Counsel

7% of decks · $0.25

Wild Growth

7% of decks · $0.58

Hardened Scales

7% of decks · $3.14

Hollowmurk Siege

6% of decks · $1.11

Dreadhorde Invasion

6% of decks · $0.30

Loading Zone

6% of decks · $2.06

Planeswalkers (4)

Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler

21% of decks · $5.17

Professor Dellian Fel

19% of decks · $5.41

Ob Nixilis Reignited

16% of decks · $0.40

Sorin the Mirthless

6% of decks · $2.25

Utility Lands (23)

Rogue's Passage

61% of decks

Radiant Fountain

53% of decks

High Market

36% of decks

Sapseep Forest

34% of decks

Gingerbread Cabin

30% of decks

Witch's Clinic

29% of decks

Temple of the False God

26% of decks

Bojuka Bog

25% of decks

Castle Locthwain

21% of decks

Reliquary Tower

21% of decks

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

16% of decks

Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

14% of decks

Boseiju, Who Endures

11% of decks

Hall of the Bandit Lord

10% of decks

Ancient Tomb

9% of decks

War Room

8% of decks

Restless Cottage

8% of decks

The Black Gate

8% of decks

Mosswort Bridge

8% of decks

Adventurer's Inn

6% of decks

Cabal Coffers

6% of decks

Hashep Oasis

6% of decks

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

6% of decks

Lands (48)

Swamp

99% of decks

Forest

99% of decks

Command Tower

91% of decks

Llanowar Wastes

83% of decks

Tainted Wood

70% of decks

Jungle Hollow

54% of decks

Golgari Rot Farm

54% of decks

Temple of Malady

53% of decks

Exotic Orchard

53% of decks

Woodland Cemetery

44% of decks

Overgrown Tomb

42% of decks

Myriad Landscape

40% of decks

Blighted Woodland

33% of decks

Witherbloom Campus

31% of decks

Undergrowth Stadium

30% of decks

Twilight Mire

29% of decks

Deathcap Glade

28% of decks

Necroblossom Snarl

27% of decks

Verdant Catacombs

23% of decks

Disciple of Freyalise

22% of decks

Revitalizing Repast

21% of decks

Nurturing Peatland

20% of decks

Study Hall

19% of decks

Darkbore Pathway

17% of decks

Viridescent Bog

15% of decks

Malakir Rebirth

14% of decks

Fell the Profane

14% of decks

Vernal Fen

14% of decks

City of Brass

11% of decks

Wastewood Verge

11% of decks

Blooming Marsh

11% of decks

Evolving Wilds

11% of decks

Bridgeworks Battle

11% of decks

Bayou

10% of decks

Mana Confluence

9% of decks

Underground Mortuary

9% of decks

Bala Ged Recovery

9% of decks

Boggart Trawler

9% of decks

Turbulent Fen

8% of decks

Fabled Passage

7% of decks

Haunted Mire

7% of decks

Khalni Ambush

7% of decks

Agadeem's Awakening

6% of decks

Terramorphic Expanse

6% of decks

Tarnished Citadel

6% of decks

Woodland Chasm

5% of decks

Prismatic Vista

5% of decks

Turntimber Symbiosis

5% of decks

Play-rate data via EDHREC. Card images and prices via Scryfall.

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