Betor counters by Limsic

Format: Commander

Commander: Betor, Kin to All

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan midrange strategy centered on Betor, Kin to All, combining +1/+1 counter engines with toughness scaling. The game plan opens with dense 1-2 CMC ramp to deploy high-toughness creatures and counter amplifiers. Casting Betor on Turn 4 immediately satisfies its 10-toughness threshold (thanks to Betor's 5/7 body and early dorks), generating steady card draw on your end step. In the mid-game, counter doublers like Branching Evolution and Doubling Season rapidly expand board stats. By Turn 6, the deck crosses 40 total toughness, triggering Betor's third ability to halve every opponent's life total. With opponents reduced to 20 life, trampling combat threats granted by Sphere Grid and massive hydras close out the game over the following two turns. The deck is supported by efficient Abzan spot removal and robust protective instants.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Auron, Venerated Guardian
• 1 Bayou
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Betor, Kin to All
• 1 Bilbo's Gambit
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Bountiful Promenade
• 1 Branching Evolution
• 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
• 1 Canopy Gargantuan
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Damning Verdict
• 1 Delighted Halfling
• 1 Doubling Season
• 1 Eerie Ultimatum
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Evolution Sage
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 6 Forest
• 1 Forge of Heroes
• 1 Forgotten Ancient
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Germination Practicum
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Guardian Project
• 1 Gyre Sage
• 1 Hardened Scales
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Incubation Druid
• 1 Indatha Triome
• 1 Innkeeper's Talent
• 1 Jenova, Ancient Calamity
• 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
• 1 Maester Seymour
• 1 Metastatic Evangel
• 1 Mossborn Hydra
• 1 Mox Tantalite
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Nesting Grounds
• 1 Norn's Choirmaster
• 1 Obscuring Haze
• 1 Ouroboroid
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1 Path to Exile
• 6 Plains
• 1 Primal Vigor
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Reprieve
• 1 Resourceful Defense
• 1 Restoration Seminar
• 1 Ride the Shoopuf
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1 Savannah
• 1 Scrubland
• 1 Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte
• 1 Smuggler's Share
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sphere Grid
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 5 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Terrasymbiosis
• 1 The Earth Crystal
• 1 The Mind Stone
• 1 The Ozolith
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Undergrowth Stadium
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Wakka, Devoted Guardian
• 1 Warden of the Grove