New Untitled Deck by aireanlikescats

Format: Commander

Commander: Betor, Ancestor's Voice

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan midrange powerhouse built around Betor, Ancestor's Voice, blending lifegain, deliberate self-damage, +1/+1 counters, and graveyard reanimation into a resilient combat engine. The deck utilizes early ramp pieces and pain lands to deploy Betor ahead of curve on Turn 4. At each end step, Betor weaponizes life gained from lifelink beaters to distribute massive piles of +1/+1 counters, while simultaneously using life lost from lands, tutors, and draw engines to reanimate utility creatures and devastating threats straight from the graveyard. Backed by exceptional card engines like Sylvan Library and The One Ring, the deck rapidly out-resources opponents while shielding its board with redundant protection spells like Dawn's Truce and Selfless Spirit. Board control is maintained through efficient removal and repeatable removal outlets like Karlov of the Ghost Council and Retribution of the Ancients. The deck closes out games around Turn 7 via overwhelming evasive combat damage from massively buffed flying creatures.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Alseid of Life's Bounty
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Betor, Ancestor's Voice
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birthing Ritual
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Pit
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Centaur Garden
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Dauntless Escort
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Explore
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Hushbringer
  • 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  • 1 Jarad's Orders
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Mutated Cultist
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nomad Stadium
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Nykthos Paragon
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Peerless Recycling
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Retribution of the Ancients
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Shefet Dunes
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Willowdusk, Essence Seer
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zack Fair