GrixisLegendary Creature — Demon NobleBe'lakor, the Dark Master
Mana value6Rank#7,311
The Commander
Guide
Gameplan
Build a Grixis Demon tribal deck where every Demon entering the battlefield throws its power as direct damage at any target—including opponents' faces and creatures. Ramp into a fat board of fliers, cheat big Demons in for free 'pings,' and burn the table down while drawing cards off Be'lakor's ETB. You win through evasive beats and a death-by-a-thousand-cuts barrage of enter-the-battlefield damage.
Strengths
- Every Demon you play is a removal spell and a burn spell stapled together via Lord of Torment.
- Flying-heavy board makes combat damage hard to block and races well.
- Synergizes hugely with blink, reanimation, and recursion to repeat damage triggers.
- Be'lakor's ETB draw refuels you after committing to the board.
Key Cards
- Rune-Scarred Demon — Tutors any card and pings 6 to a face on entry, doubling as removal and a finisher.
- Lord of the Void — A massive flier that snipes a creature for 7 on ETB while raiding opponents' libraries.
- Reanimate — Cheaply throws a huge Demon into play, triggering Lord of Torment damage for nearly free.
- Conjurer's Closet — Blinks a Demon every end step to repeat its enter-the-battlefield damage trigger.
- Sneak Attack — Slams Demons in for one turn, each one firing its power as damage on the way down.
- Ophiomancer — Generates recurring tokens; pairs with sacrifice and blink engines around your Demon shell.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana (Mana Crypt, Jeweled Lotus, signets) to deploy big Demons ahead of curve, and lean into a blink/reanimation package (Marionette Master, Goryo's Vengeance, Eldrazi-style ETB Demons) to abuse Lord of Torment repeatedly. Tighten the manabase with duals, fetches, and fixing, and include protection like Heroic Intervention plus a couple of damage-doubling effects (Furnace of Rath, Torbran-style boosts) to turn pings into kills.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
Archetypes
- Demon Tribal — Be'lakor turns every Demon's ETB into burn, rewarding a critical mass of big Demons.
- Blink — Flickering Demons re-triggers Lord of Torment for repeatable, targeted damage.
- Reanimator — Cheating expensive Demons from the graveyard maximizes value while still firing damage triggers.
- Aristocrats — Sac-and-recur loops with Demons turn entries into a steady stream of pings and life drain.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (BRU), by popularity.
