Be'lakor, the Dark Master (Commander) - Budget Upgraded

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Benjamin Levin
Sep 9, 2025
How Fun Are All of the Grixis Commanders?
There are dozens of Grixis commanders available now. But which ones are fun to play? Let's break them all down.
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Sinister Hideout
3.6%inclusion1 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Villainous Wrath
3.4%inclusion1 decks29 decks
0%synergy
Hide on the Ceiling
3.4%inclusion1 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Ominous Asylum
3.4%inclusion1 decks29 decks
2%synergy
Impostor Syndrome
3.3%inclusion1 decks30 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Herald of Slaanesh
90%inclusion79 decks88 decks
85%synergy
Bloodcrusher of Khorne
73%inclusion64 decks88 decks
70%synergy
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
69%inclusion61 decks88 decks
66%synergy
Plague Drone
66%inclusion58 decks88 decks
63%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
66%inclusion58 decks88 decks
62%synergy
Lord of Change
66%inclusion58 decks88 decks
62%synergy
Kardur, Doomscourge
65%inclusion57 decks88 decks
60%synergy
Raphael, Fiendish Savior
63%inclusion55 decks88 decks
60%synergy
Great Unclean One
63%inclusion55 decks88 decks
59%synergy
Rakdos, the Showstopper
58%inclusion51 decks88 decks
55%synergy
Top Cards
Dark Ritual
66%inclusion58 decks88 decks
33%synergy
Warstorm Surge
59%inclusion52 decks88 decks
54%synergy
Chaos Defiler
58%inclusion51 decks88 decks
54%synergy
Harvester of Souls
57%inclusion50 decks88 decks
54%synergy
Blasphemous Act
57%inclusion50 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Chaos Warp
56%inclusion49 decks88 decks
18%synergy
Herald's Horn
55%inclusion48 decks88 decks
47%synergy
Bloodthirster
55%inclusion48 decks88 decks
50%synergy
Liliana's Contract
52%inclusion46 decks88 decks
50%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
51%inclusion45 decks88 decks
48%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Creatures
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
51%inclusion45 decks88 decks
48%synergy
Bloodgift Demon
45%inclusion40 decks88 decks
43%synergy
Indulgent Tormentor
42%inclusion37 decks88 decks
38%synergy
Aspiring Champion
42%inclusion37 decks88 decks
40%synergy
Sower of Discord
39%inclusion34 decks88 decks
36%synergy
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
35%synergy
Dream Devourer
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
35%synergy
Orcus, Prince of Undeath
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
33%synergy
Nightmare Shepherd
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
33%synergy
Venomcrawler
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
33%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
33%inclusion29 decks87 decks
31%synergy
Ardyn, the Usurper
32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
30%synergy
Reaper from the Abyss
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
30%synergy
Lord Xander, the Collector
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
27%synergy
Balor
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
28%synergy
Ancient Cellarspawn
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
29%synergy
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
30%inclusion26 decks88 decks
26%synergy
Burning-Rune Demon
28%inclusion25 decks88 decks
26%synergy
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
27%inclusion24 decks88 decks
26%synergy
Demonlord Belzenlok
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Heralds of Tzeentch
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Seeker of Slaanesh
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Shadowgrange Archfiend
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Blood Speaker
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Magnus the Red
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Rakshasa Debaser
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Desecration Demon
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Master of Cruelties
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Nightscape Familiar
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
-6%synergy
Mortarion, Daemon Primarch
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
18%synergy
Overseer of the Damned
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
18%synergy
Doom Whisperer
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Pink Horror
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
16%synergy
The Balrog of Moria
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Embodiment of Agonies
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Rot-Curse Rakshasa
15%inclusion12 decks78 decks
15%synergy
Bringer of the Last Gift
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Sloppity Bilepiper
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Keeper of Secrets
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Demon of Loathing
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Lord of the Void
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Spark Double
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Demon of Dark Schemes
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Hidetsugu and Kairi
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Crabomination
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Spawn of Mayhem
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
10%synergy
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Ghostly Flicker
39%inclusion34 decks88 decks
32%synergy
Brainstorm
36%inclusion32 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Counterspell
36%inclusion32 decks88 decks
-8%synergy
Terminate
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Rakdos Charm
30%inclusion26 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Bedevil
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Negate
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Blood for the Blood God!
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Displace
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Essence Flux
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Kill! Maim! Burn!
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Planar Incision
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
18%synergy
Teferi's Time Twist
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Illusionist's Stratagem
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
13%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Denial
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
-16%synergy
Chaos Mutation
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Bituminous Blast
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Nurgle's Conscription
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Undying Malice
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Blur
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Infernal Grasp
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Bile Blight
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Siren's Ruse
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Withering Torment
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
-4%synergy
Reverberate
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Undying Evil
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Abrade
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Murder
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Dispel
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Frantic Search
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
-8%synergy
Big Score
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Feign Death
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Stinging Study
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Sorceries
Demonic Counsel
48%inclusion42 decks88 decks
43%synergy
Mandate of Abaddon
41%inclusion36 decks88 decks
38%synergy
Rite of Replication
36%inclusion32 decks88 decks
32%synergy
Feed the Swarm
28%inclusion25 decks88 decks
-4%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
23%synergy
Decree of Pain
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Reanimate
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Read the Bones
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Sign in Blood
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Kindred Dominance
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Victimize
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Blight Grenade
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Vandalblast
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Night's Whisper
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Dread Return
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Deny Reality
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Faithless Looting
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
-11%synergy
Let the Galaxy Burn
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Haunting Voyage
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Past in Flames
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Ponder
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Languish
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
4%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Persist
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Irenicus's Vile Duplication
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Kindred Charge
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Painful Truths
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Toxic Deluge
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-15%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Whip of Erebos
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
33%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
30%inclusion26 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Panharmonicon
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Conjurer's Closet
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
18%synergy
Urza's Incubator
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Lightning Greaves
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
-14%synergy
Quicksilver Amulet
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Drach'Nyen
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Blade of Selves
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Jet Medallion
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Reflections of Littjara
47%inclusion41 decks88 decks
41%synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
35%inclusion31 decks88 decks
33%synergy
Heartless Summoning
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Molten Echoes
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Demonic Covenant
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Rakdos Joins Up
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Nurgle's Rot
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
14%synergy
The Ruinous Powers
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Kindred Discovery
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
5%synergy
The Horus Heresy
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Flameshadow Conjuring
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Animate Dead
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Mirror March
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Virtue of Knowledge
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Call to the Kindred
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Sneak Attack
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Utility Lands
Temple of the False God
43%inclusion38 decks88 decks
34%synergy
Barren Moor
27%inclusion24 decks88 decks
26%synergy
Molten Slagheap
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Reliquary Tower
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
-10%synergy
Forgotten Cave
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
22%synergy
Bojuka Bog
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
-5%synergy
Westvale Abbey
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
93%inclusion82 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
73%inclusion64 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
69%inclusion61 decks88 decks
27%synergy
Arcane Signet
69%inclusion61 decks88 decks
-19%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
61%inclusion54 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
60%inclusion53 decks88 decks
44%synergy
Commander's Sphere
50%inclusion44 decks88 decks
27%synergy
Rakdos Signet
45%inclusion40 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Signet
36%inclusion32 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Worn Powerstone
35%inclusion31 decks88 decks
30%synergy
Fellwar Stone
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
-4%synergy
Izzet Signet
28%inclusion25 decks88 decks
-7%synergy
Séance Board
27%inclusion24 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Thought Vessel
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Relic of Sauron
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Mind Stone
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Thran Dynamo
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Patchwork Banner
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Cursed Mirror
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Sky Diamond
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion88 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Mountain
99%inclusion87 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Island
99%inclusion87 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Command Tower
98%inclusion86 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
88%inclusion77 decks88 decks
31%synergy
Path of Ancestry
84%inclusion74 decks88 decks
52%synergy
Exotic Orchard
81%inclusion71 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Sunken Hollow
75%inclusion66 decks88 decks
34%synergy
Evolving Wilds
68%inclusion60 decks88 decks
43%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
67%inclusion59 decks88 decks
46%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
67%inclusion59 decks88 decks
47%synergy
Swiftwater Cliffs
42%inclusion37 decks88 decks
36%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
42%inclusion37 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Dismal Backwater
42%inclusion37 decks88 decks
36%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
41%inclusion36 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
28%inclusion25 decks88 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
27%inclusion24 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Seething Landscape
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Sulfur Falls
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
-19%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
-17%synergy
Myriad Landscape
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Shivan Reef
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
-8%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Choked Estuary
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
-8%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Temple of Malice
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Underground River
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
-11%synergy
Temple of Deceit
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Maestros Theater
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Tainted Peak
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
-4%synergy
Xander's Lounge
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
-30%synergy
Tainted Isle
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Stormcarved Coast
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-15%synergy
Frostboil Snarl
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
-7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Ash Barrens
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
-19%synergy
Akoum Refuge
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Blazemire Verge
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Molten Tributary
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Geothermal Bog
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
4%synergy