Betor by user4670696

Format: Commander

Commander: Betor, Ancestor's Voice

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck harnesses the power of Betor, Ancestor's Voice to blend lifegain payoffs with self-mill graveyard reanimation. In the early turns, the deck fills the graveyard with self-mill enablers like Stitcher's Supplier, Hermit Druid, and Ripples of Undeath while developing its mana base. Once Betor enters the battlefield, any life gained or lost during the turn converts into substantial value: buffing creatures with +1/+1 counters and reanimating high-impact threats straight to the board at each end step. Heavy hitters like Vilis, Broker of Blood, Valgavoth, Terror Eater, and Ardyn, the Usurper generate massive card draw, token swarms, and board control. The deck closes out games either by draining opponents with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose and Bloodletter of Aclazotz, swinging with oversized flying creatures, or securing an alternate win condition through Felidar Sovereign and Test of Endurance.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
  • 1 Abyssal Harvester
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Alseid of Life's Bounty
  • 1 Angel of Indemnity
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Betor, Ancestor's Voice
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birnin Zana Plaza
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cemetery Tampering
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Doctor Strange, Surgeon
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evra, Halcyon Witness
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fisk Tower
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Madame Null, Power Broker
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Mister Negative
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Nethroi, Apex of Death
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Nykthos Paragon
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perennation
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Savanti Romero, Time's Exile
  • 1 Scorn-Blade Berserker
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Skull Prophet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Subterranean Cavern
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Treasured Find
  • 1 Triskelion
  • 1 Trystan, Callous Cultivator // Trystan, Penitent Culler
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Venomcrawler
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival