Betor 3.0 by NastyNate

Format: Commander

Commander: Betor, Ancestor's Voice

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This Abzan deck is an explosive lifegain, reanimation, and combo strategy piloted by Betor, Ancestor's Voice. It converts life swings into massive board presence, counter distribution, and free end-step reanimation. The deck leverages high-impact lifegain and lifedrain synergies, highlighted by a game-ending two-card infinite combo between Bloodthirsty Conqueror and Enduring Tenacity (or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose). Premier tutors like Survival of the Fittest and Buried Alive quickly load the graveyard or hand with essential pieces, allowing low-mana reanimation spells like Reanimate and Animate Dead to assemble game-winning boards ahead of curve. Alternate win conditions include storming off with Bolas's Citadel and Aetherflux Reservoir or executing combat finishes with massive counter generators like Archangel of Thune and Nykthos Paragon. Backed by protection like Dragonlord Dromoka, the deck combines resilience, steady card advantage, and instant-kill potential.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Angel of Destiny
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Betor, Ancestor's Voice
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evra, Halcyon Witness
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Hatred
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Madame Null, Power Broker
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Nykthos Paragon
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rodolf Duskbringer
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Savanti Romero, Time's Exile
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Umbral Expanse
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vona, Butcher of Magan
  • 1 Willowdusk, Essence Seer
  • 1 Windswept Heath