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Be'lakor, the Dark Master
Legendary Creature — Demon Noble · {3}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander
Flying
Prince of Chaos — When Be'lakor enters, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of Demons you control.
Lord of Torment — Whenever another Demon you control enters, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.
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What Be'lakor, the Dark Master actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · etbWhen Be'lakor enters, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of Demons you control.
- Triggered ability · etbWhenever another Demon you control enters, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.
- Keyword · flyingflying
- Keyword · prince of chaosprince of chaos
- Keyword · lord of tormentlord of torment
What a Be'lakor, the Dark Master deck needs
Plays as demon typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- blink and recursion aimed at the commander itself (its value is its own enter trigger)
- demon creatures (its text counts them)
The Be'lakor, the Dark Master deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 4× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Be'lakor, the Dark Master
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Displacer Kitten4 mana
- Norin the Wary1 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Gossip's Talent2 mana
- Thassa, Deep-Dwelling4 mana
- Nephalia Smuggler1 mana
- Voyager Staff1 mana
- Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice3 mana
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
- Glaring Spotlight1 mana
- Cover of Darkness2 mana
- Wonder4 mana
- Reverse the Polarity3 mana
- Cultist of the Absolute1 mana
- Inquisitorial Rosette2 mana
- Predators' Hour2 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince0 mana
- Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire3 mana
- Bloodletter of Aclazotz4 mana
- Kardur, Doomscourge4 mana
- Dream Devourer2 mana
- Rot-Curse Rakshasa2 mana
- The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell2 mana
- Ecstatic Awakener // Awoken Demon1 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Baleful Strix2 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Cauldron Familiar1 mana
- Thousand-Faced Shadow1 mana
- Dualcaster Mage3 mana
- Fleshbag Marauder3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
Combos with Be'lakor, the Dark Master
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Be'lakor, the Dark Master is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master + Rite Of Replication7,263 decks
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master + Orthion, Hero Of Lavabrink703 decks
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master + Dread Slaver + Conspiracy + Ashnod's Altar5 decks
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master + Dread Slaver + Arcane Adaptation + Zagras, Thief Of Heartbeats4 decks
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master + Dread Slaver + Conspiracy + Zagras, Thief Of Heartbeats3 decks
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master + Dread Slaver + Arcane Adaptation + Ashnod's Altar3 decks
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