Commander

Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

1303 Wins

3055 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Be'lakor, the Dark Master is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,369 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1303–3055) at an Elo of 1,524, ranking #1509 globally.

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

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 4369 recorded Playgroup games (1303 wins, 3055 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?

1,335 decks list Be'lakor, the Dark Master as their commander on Playgroup, of which 757 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1509

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1524

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

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 1335

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 757

No. games played with this commander 4369

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	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 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Be'lakor, the Dark Master wins, 52.06% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

52.06%

Non Combat Damage

33.08%

Alternative

5.86%

Commander Damage

4.23%

Combo

4.01%

Mill

0.76%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 1355 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.

+5.9 pp

Top card: Mana Drain

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Mana Drain 76 games	+5.9 pp	76
2	Harvester of Souls 377 games	+4.7 pp	377
3	Fierce Guardianship 74 games	+3.5 pp	74
4	Watery Grave 251 games	+3.5 pp	251
5	Cavern of Souls 157 games	+2.7 pp	157
6	Sower of Discord 226 games	+1.9 pp	226
7	Polluted Delta 170 games	+1.6 pp	170
8	Bloodstained Mire 182 games	+1.2 pp	182
9	Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway Signature build 72 games · Signature build	+1.0 pp	72
10	Scalding Tarn 173 games	+0.9 pp	173

Show 2 more (ranks 11-12)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
11	Steam Vents 246 games	+0.5 pp		246
12	Kardur, Doomscourge 443 games	+0.3 pp		443

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 18.89% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.4% n=1217

Seat 2

32.46% n=1220

Seat 3

24.22% n=966

Seat 4

21.33% n=694

Seat 5

18.89% n=90

Seat 6

41.67% n=12

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Be'lakor, the Dark Master wins 30.73% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.73% n=2073

1 mulligan

28.75% n=654

2 mulligans

31.79% n=195

3 mulligans

27.69% n=65

4 mulligans

30.0% n=10

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

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 3.66/5 on average, across 2888 self-reports.

3.66 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Be'lakor, the Dark Master wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.2% of the time across 1359 tracked wins.

64.2 \%

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.