Demon - theory comparison by Volttronic

Format: Commander

Commander: Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Demon tribal midrange engine commanded by Be'lakor, the Dark Master. It focuses on accelerating into early cost reducers and mana rocks, deploying utility Demons, and resolving Be'lakor on Turn 5 to refill the hand. Once Be'lakor is established, every subsequent Demon entry converts high power into direct damage against any target. The deck compounds this burn through blink effects like Ghostly Flicker, token doubling via Saw in Half or Rite of Replication, and mass reanimation spells like Living Death. It controls combat through Kardur, Doomscourge while applying steady aerial pressure. Although its high average mana value makes early development susceptible to countermagic and removal, dense reanimation packages and card draw engines ensure strong mid-game resilience and inevitable late-game finishing power.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
  • 1 Balor
  • 1 Be'lakor, the Dark Master
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Burning-Rune Demon
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Descendants' Fury
  • 1 Displace
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostcliff Siege
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Great Unclean One
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 1 Herald of Slaanesh
  • 1 Immersturm Raider
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kolaghan's Command
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of Change
  • 1 Madame Null, Power Broker
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nibelheim Aflame
  • 1 Orcus, Prince of Undeath
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Rakdos, the Showstopper
  • 1 Raphael, Fiendish Savior
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shadowgrange Archfiend
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Séance Board
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 The Speed Demon
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Too Greedily, Too Deep
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Xander's Lounge