Betor by user4142457

Format: Commander

Commander: Betor, Ancestor's Voice

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Abzan deck uses Betor, Ancestor's Voice to convert life total changes into board presence. Early turns focus on cheap ramp and efficient lifegain creatures. Once Betor enters on Turn 4, lifegain turns into permanent power through +1/+1 counters, while deliberate life payments from lands and cards like Black Market Connections reanimate creatures from the graveyard. In the mid-game, large threats such as Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, and Canopy Gargantuan convert this life engine into overwhelming combat damage. Protective staples like Dragonlord Dromoka, Shalai, Voice of Plenty, and Avacyn, Angel of Hope safeguard the board, while versatile exile removal handles opposing threats. The deck closes games reliably by Turn 8 through wide flying attacks and alternate win conditions like Felidar Sovereign.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Angelic Skirmisher
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arbor Adherent
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Betor, Ancestor's Voice
  • 1 Betor, Kin to All
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Canopy Gargantuan
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dragon Sniper
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Myr Convert
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Perennation
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wall of Reverence
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus