Night on Belakor Mountain by Z-Statistics

Format: Commander

Commander: Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Demon tribal midrange engine commanded by Be'lakor, the Dark Master. The primary strategy focuses on deploying early mana acceleration and tribal cost reducers to cast Be'lakor ahead of curve on Turn 4 or 5. Once on the battlefield, Be'lakor refills the hand and transforms every subsequent Demon into direct burn damage equal to its power. The deck scales pressure through damage doublers like Bloodletter of Aclazotz and Archfiend of Despair, multi-combat threats such as Bloodthirster, and explosive finishers like a kicked Rite of Replication. A robust suite of free interaction and countermagic defends the board while Archfiend of Depravity and Kardur, Doomscourge disrupt opposing creature strategies. The deck excels at converting creature deployment into non-combat burn and card advantage, presenting a resilient and punishing mid-game clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Aspiring Champion
  • 1 Be'lakor, the Dark Master
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blade of the Oni
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodcrusher of Khorne
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirster
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chaos Defiler
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 1 Herald of Slaanesh
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Lord of Change
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nurgle's Rot
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reaper from the Abyss
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Xander's Lounge