Be'lakor And The Casual Demon Crew (EDH / Commander)

With Be'lakor the Dark Master we got an amazing and evocative demon to build around. So obviously I jumped onto the bandwagon and created this Demon Tribal deck.

Let's start with the Demon sized elephant in the room. These Demons, while pretty scary and big, are incredibly expensive. To make sure you constantly advance your availabe mana pool there are 40 lands and 10 mana artifacts in this deck. On top of that the deck includes ways to make your Demons cheaper (Dream Devourer, Herald of Slaanesh, Rakdos, Lord of Riots)

In order to keep your hand filled with action I included the usual suspects for black EDH decks (Phyrexian Arena, Harvester of Souls), aswell as some on theme card draw (Bloodgift Demon, Liliana's Contract, Blood For The Blood God!, Shelob, Dread Weaver).

Now let's talk about winning the game: There are 2 ways for you to close out the game. The first one is to simply get to your upkeep with 4 Demons with different names and a Liliana's Contract in play. (That is a 5 piece win condition which takes 1 whole turn cycle to go off and consists of 5 very vulnerable pieces) Easier said than done. There are most likely 3 people at your table who are opposed to losing the game on the spot. Especially if they see it coming. One way to get around that is to sit behind a massive wall of Demons, but do you really need Liliana's Contract to close out the game in that case? The other way is rather straight forward. Just drop your opponents life totals to 0 or below. Demons are big and they fly. Punch your opponents in the face! Be'lakor the Dark Master will aid you in that endeavor in more ways than one. With Be'lakor the Dark Master every Demon entering the battlefield will instantly be able to punch someone in the face. (Theoretically you could also punch Creatures). Panharmonicon and Warstorm Surge and will bolster that damage to an absurd degree.

Be careful not to spend all your life total too quickly. Yes, life is a resource but between you using it to draw cards and your opponents trying to kill you, your life runs out rather quickly. There are some ways to get your lifetotal back up again (Kardur, Doomscourge, Taborax, Hope's Demise, Raphael, Fiendish Savior, Venomcrawler, Whip of Erebos, Witch's Clinic)

I hope you enjoy the deck