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Format: Commander

Commander: Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This Grixis midrange deck harnesses the raw power of Demon tribal synergies led by Be'lakor, the Dark Master. The early turns focus on aggressive mana velocity using fast artifact mana, rituals, and tribal cost reducers like Herald of Slaanesh and Urza's Incubator. Be'lakor enters on turn 4 to refill the hand and turn every subsequent Demon into direct burn removal or face damage. The deck exerts lethal pressure around turn 5 through large flying beaters like Bloodthirster and Lord of Change, while doubling value via Reflections of Littjara or Warstorm Surge. A premier suite of free interaction spells—such as Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting Swat, and Force of Will—protects high-mana investments and halts faster opposing game plans. The deck finishes games by turn 7 through a mix of unblockable burn damage, repeated combat phases, and massive airborne combat swings.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aspiring Champion
  • 1 Be'lakor, the Dark Master
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodcrusher of Khorne
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirster
  • 1 Burning-Rune Demon
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chaos Defiler
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Great Unclean One
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Grixis Panorama
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Herald of Slaanesh
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Keeper of Secrets
  • 1 Let the Galaxy Burn
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 Lord Xander, the Collector
  • 1 Lord of Change
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mandate of Abaddon
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plague Drone
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reiver Demon
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seeker of Slaanesh
  • 1 Sloppity Bilepiper
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Venomcrawler
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble