Be'lakor, the Dark Master competed by Shai_Kino

Format: Commander

Commander: Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Demon tribal midrange deck commanded by Be'lakor, the Dark Master. The primary strategy focuses on deploying cost-reduction artifacts and mana rocks in the opening turns to cast Be'lakor ahead of curve on Turn 5. Upon entering the battlefield, Be'lakor refills the hand by drawing cards equal to your Demon count while turning every subsequent Demon cast into targeted direct burn. The deck pressures the table through high-power flying combat damage and direct burn triggers from cards like Warstorm Surge, Molten Echoes, and Reflections of Littjara. Mass reanimation spells like Patriarch's Bidding and Haunting Voyage provide rapid recovery and burst-damage finishers. While vulnerable to early targeted removal and countermagic due to high average mana values, the deck maintains substantial resilience through card draw and graveyard recursion.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Harvester
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aspiring Champion
  • 1 Be'lakor, the Dark Master
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodcrusher of Khorne
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Call to the Kindred
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chaos Defiler
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Great Unclean One
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Herald of Slaanesh
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord Xander, the Collector
  • 1 Lord of Change
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mimic Vat
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
  • 1 Overseer of the Damned
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Plague Drone
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Rakdos, the Showstopper
  • 1 Raphael, Fiendish Savior
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shifting Shadow
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Discord
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Séance Board
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Endstone
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Wooded Foothills