The Beginning is the End (WBG) by GrimlockX

Format: Commander

Commander: Betor, Ancestor's Voice

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Betor, Ancestor's Voice is a recursion-and-pump value engine rather than the combo centerpiece. The primary plan is to turn life into cards and tutors, then close with redundant lifegain-drain loops: Vito or Enduring Tenacity paired with Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror, or Heliod/Archangel plus Spike Feeder with Walking Ballista or Aetherflux Reservoir as outlet. In the midgame Betor reanimates a key piece each end step while +1/+1 counters support beatdown. Secondary paths use Bolas's Citadel, Ad Nauseam, and Necropotence to draw into a one-turn kill. There is no hidden commander; Sorin of House Markov can supply the starting drain trigger.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Betor, Ancestor's Voice
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Spike Feeder
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underrealm Lich
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Unspeakable Symbol
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of the Blessed
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Willowdusk, Essence Seer
  • 1 Witch of the Moors
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery