Betor by royalshadowloki

Format: Commander

Commander: Betor, Ancestor's Voice

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 20

Deck overview

This is a general-power Abzan value deck centered on Betor, Ancestor's Voice. Its normal plan is to ramp, lose small amounts of life through lands or payment effects, gain life with creatures and enchantments, and use Betor, Ancestor's Voice to return creatures and distribute +1/+1 counters. The deck has strong life-gain redundancy and several useful payoffs, including Archangel of Thune, Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn, Exemplar of Light, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, and Enduring Tenacity. It also has broad permanent removal and reasonable protection. Its main limits are slow assembly, weak tutor coverage, little stack interaction, and no compact or redundant way to eliminate all three opponents. The deck can dominate creature combat and produce a large board, but opponents retain meaningful answers and the plan does not reliably convert value into a timely finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Betor, Ancestor's Voice
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Excalibur II
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hollowmurk Siege
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Rodolf Duskbringer
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Staff of Compleation
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery