b4 Bel'akor by IvanD.927

Format: Commander

Commander: Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Demon tribal strategy centered on Be'lakor, the Dark Master. Early turns focus on fixing colors and establishing mana ramp or tribal cost reducers such as Herald of Slaanesh and Urza's Incubator. On Turn 5, casting Be'lakor refills your hand and arms a powerful direct-damage engine that triggers whenever another Demon enters the battlefield. In the mid-to-late game, the deck casts massive flying Demons, triggers blink effects with cards like Thassa, Deep-Dwelling and Ghostly Flicker, and amplifies damage using Terror of the Peaks or Bloodletter of Aclazotz. Opponents face pressure from heavy aerial attacks and targeted burn that eliminates blockers and life totals simultaneously. If the board is wiped, powerful reanimation spells like Living Death and Haunting Voyage instantly rebuild your board and trigger a flurry of lethal burn triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abaddon the Despoiler
  • 1 Aether Vial
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Be'lakor, the Dark Master
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Belbe's Portal
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Speaker
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirster
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Burning-Rune Demon
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Defiling Daemogoth
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Displace
  • 1 Dream Devourer
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Flameshadow Conjuring
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Great Unclean One
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Herald of Slaanesh
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Immersturm Predator
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Leyline of Transformation
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of Change
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Madame Null, Power Broker
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Quicksilver Amulet
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Rakdos, the Showstopper
  • 1 Raphael, Fiendish Savior
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Teferi's Time Twist
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Watery Grave