Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Global Commander Stats

All Grixis commanders

1279 Wins

3009 Losses

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Summary

Be'lakor, the Dark Master is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,297 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1279–3009) at an Elo of 1,513, ranking #1704 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 25 Jul 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 4297 recorded Playgroup games (1279 wins, 3009 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?

1,323 decks list Be'lakor, the Dark Master as their commander on Playgroup, of which 740 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

1704

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1513

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.67

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 1323

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 740

No. games played with this commander 4297

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1725	adolfo.oes	61	29	48 %
2	1670	nviccione	20	12	60 %
3	1572	cl3v3rtr3vor	16	6	38 %
4	1570	Magnus_the_Grixis	10	5	50 %
5	1556	Darkishsphere	15	6	40 %

How does this commander win?

When Be'lakor, the Dark Master wins, 51.82% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

51.82%

Non Combat Damage

33.22%

Alternative

5.94%

Commander Damage

4.18%

Combo

4.07%

Mill

0.77%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 1331 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Be'lakor, the Dark Master wins 41.67% of games from position 6 and 18.89% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.34% n=1208

Seat 2

32.54% n=1211

Seat 3

24.3% n=959

Seat 4

21.27% n=691

Seat 5

18.89% n=90

Seat 6

41.67% n=12

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Be'lakor, the Dark Master wins 30.7% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.7% n=2052

1 mulligan

28.84% n=638

2 mulligans

32.12% n=193

3 mulligans

26.98% n=63

4 mulligans

30.0% n=10

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Be'lakor, the Dark Master 3.66/5 on average, across 2843 self-reports.

3.66 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Be'lakor, the Dark Master wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.6% of the time across 1331 tracked wins.

63.6 \%

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.