Protopapa2 by Krexic

Format: Commander

Commander: Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Grixis Demon tribal deck is helmed by Be'lakor, the Dark Master, leveraging his ETB to draw a burst of cards and his second ability to turn every Demon that enters into a direct-damage spell. The primary game plan is to accelerate into Be'lakor, then chain high-power Demons while multiplying their triggers with Roaming Throne, Panharmonicon, Sakashima of a Thousand Faces, and Strionic Resonator. Rituals like Dark Ritual and Seething Song enable explosive early turns, while Sneak Attack and a robust reanimation package (Reanimate, Animate Dead, Buried Alive) provide alternative ways to flood the board. The deck wins through overwhelming combat damage (Demons gain haste from Herald of Slaanesh) and repeated life-loss triggers from Be'lakor, often finishing with Bloodletter of Aclazotz or Archfiend of Despair doubling the pain.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archfiend of Spite
  • 1 Be'lakor, the Dark Master
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Burning-Rune Demon
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Dream Devourer
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Herald of Slaanesh
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Plague Drone
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Venomcrawler