Be'lakor Demons v3 by slimslap

Format: Commander

Commander: Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Demon typal midrange deck led by Be'lakor, the Dark Master. The strategy focuses on accelerating mana during the early turns with rocks and cost reducers like Herald of Slaanesh and Urza's Incubator to cast Be'lakor on Turn 5. Once on the battlefield, Be'lakor draws cards based on your Demon count and converts every subsequent Demon into direct burn damage. On Turn 6, the deck presents a critical threat by casting powerful flying beaters and damage doublers like Bloodthirster, Bloodletter of Aclazotz, or Archfiend of Despair. These threats deliver heavy ETB burn and evasive combat damage that eliminate opponents across Turns 7 and 8. Supported by redirection spells, mass reanimation, and one-sided sweepers like Kindred Dominance, the deck pairs high creature quality with explosive burst damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
  • 1 Be'lakor, the Dark Master
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Speaker
  • 1 Bloodcrusher of Khorne
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirster
  • 1 Burning-Rune Demon
  • 1 Cast into the Fire
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crosis's Catacombs
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Curse-Marred Demon
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Demon of Wailing Agonies
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dream Devourer
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gerrard's Hourglass Pendant
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Great Unclean One
  • 1 Gyruda, Doom of Depths
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Herald of Slaanesh
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Kindred Charge
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 Lord Xander, the Collector
  • 1 Lord of Change
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Oscorp Industries
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Plague Drone
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scourge of the Skyclaves
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Séance Board
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Wyll's Reversal
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 _____ Goblin