Commander

Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

1367 Wins

3175 Losses

Overview

Summary

Be'lakor, the Dark Master is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,571 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1367–3175) at an Elo of 1,681, ranking #104 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 57184 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 4 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Be'lakor, the Dark Master's win rate?

Be'lakor, the Dark Master has a 29% win rate across 4571 recorded Playgroup games (1367 wins, 3175 losses).

How long do winning games with Be'lakor, the Dark Master take?

Wins with Be'lakor, the Dark Master take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Be'lakor, the Dark Master?

1,431 decks list Be'lakor, the Dark Master as their commander on Playgroup, of which 798 have played at least one recorded game.

Be'lakor, the Dark Master Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

104

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1681

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 57184

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.67

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1431

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 798

No. games played with this commander 4571

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1725	adolfo.oes	61	29	48 %
2	1689	nviccione	22	14	64 %
3	1582	Marco Polo	6	5	83 %
4	1572	cl3v3rtr3vor	16	6	38 %
5	1570	Magnus_the_Grixis	10	5	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Be'lakor, the Dark Master wins, 52.23% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

52.23%

Non Combat Damage

33.26%

Alternative

5.49%

Commander Damage

4.35%

Combo

3.94%

Mill

0.73%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 1419 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Be'lakor, the Dark Master decks that leave them out.

+5.3 pp

Top card: Fierce Guardianship

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Fierce Guardianship 78 games	+5.3 pp	78
2	Harvester of Souls 407 games	+4.4 pp	407
3	Watery Grave 267 games	+3.2 pp	267
4	Cavern of Souls 166 games	+3.1 pp	166
5	Mana Drain 102 games	+2.6 pp	102
6	Displace 156 games	+2.1 pp	156
7	Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway Signature build 69 games · Signature build	+1.9 pp	69
8	Sower of Discord 272 games	+1.8 pp	272
9	Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire Signature build 103 games · Signature build	+1.4 pp	103
10	Kardur, Doomscourge 490 games	+1.0 pp	490

Show 4 more (ranks 11-14)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Bloodstained Mire 200 games	+1.0 pp	200
12	Steam Vents 264 games	+0.6 pp	264
13	Cyclonic Rift 124 games	+0.5 pp	124
14	Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway 80 games	+0.5 pp	80

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Be'lakor, the Dark Master wins 41.67% of games from position 6 and 20.43% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.31% n=1308

Seat 2

32.17% n=1318

Seat 3

24.95% n=1026

Seat 4

21.07% n=712

Seat 5

20.43% n=93

Seat 6

41.67% n=12

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Be'lakor, the Dark Master wins 30.82% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.82% n=2135

1 mulligan

28.92% n=702

2 mulligans

31.34% n=217

3 mulligans

28.79% n=66

4 mulligans

30.0% n=10

5 mulligans

20.0% n=5

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Be'lakor, the Dark Master 3.67/5 on average, across 3012 self-reports.

3.67 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Be'lakor, the Dark Master wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.8% of the time across 1421 tracked wins.

64.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Be'lakor, the Dark Master. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.