BETORRRRR by Brogiii

Format: Commander

Commander: Betor, Ancestor's Voice

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This Abzan midrange deck leverages Betor, Ancestor's Voice to transform the dual currencies of lifegain and life loss into overwhelming board presence. By balancing self-inflicted life loss through cards like Sylvan Library, pain lands, and Reanimate with consistent lifegain from Soul Warden, lifelink beaters, and Archangel of Thune, the deck triggers Betor's end-step abilities immediately upon arrival. This produces massive +1/+1 counters to build towering threats while reanimating high-impact creatures directly from the graveyard. The strategy pairs explosive reanimation targets such as Vilis, Broker of Blood and Valgavoth, Terror Eater with relentless attrition pieces like Aura Shards and Sheoldred, Whispering One. Trample enablers like Kodama of the West Tree and Blossoming Bogbeast ensure that towering lifelinkers translate directly into decisive lethal combat damage across a two-turn closing window, backed by premier defensive spells like Clever Concealment and Heroic Intervention.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Barrowgoyf
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Betor, Ancestor's Voice
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blossoming Bogbeast
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Brightglass Gearhulk
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Bushmaster, Coiled Henchman
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guardian Scalelord
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 M.O.D.O.K.
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Murmuring Bosk
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Nykthos Paragon
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Windswept Heath