The Balrog, Durin's Bane
$0.42
$0.42Legendary Creature — Avatar Demon
New Cards
Recent-set cards that The Balrog, Durin's Bane players are trying out in Aristocrats decks.
Merchant of Venom+20% Synergy
$0.28
Ominous Harvest+13% Synergy
$0.55
Smaug the Magnificent+8% Synergy
$70.26
Changing Loyalty+6% Synergy
$1.37
Decorum Dissertation+3% Synergy
$6.52
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for The Balrog, Durin's Bane's Aristocrats builds — cards that lean hardest into the Aristocrats theme.
Innocent Blood+59% Synergy
$0.43
Mayhem Devil+56% Synergy
$0.29
Impulsive Pilferer+56% Synergy
$0.40
Deadly Dispute+56% Synergy
$0.32
Pitiless Plunderer+55% Synergy
$4.23
Mines of Moria+54% Synergy
$2.11
Visions of Ruin+51% Synergy
$0.49
Mahadi, Emporium Master+51% Synergy
$1.70
Mirkwood Bats+48% Synergy
$1.57
Plaguecrafter+38% Synergy
$0.40
Top Cards
The staple cards most The Balrog, Durin's Bane Aristocrats decks run as their core.
Blasphemous Edict+36% Synergy
$4.47
Accursed Marauder+36% Synergy
$0.32
Big Score+34% Synergy
$0.33
Ashnod's Altar+34% Synergy
$14.95
Xorn+33% Synergy
$7.55
Viscera Seer+32% Synergy
$0.41
Professional Face-Breaker+28% Synergy
$6.86
Victimize+28% Synergy
$2.27
Village Rites+27% Synergy
$0.69
Chaos Warp-5% Synergy
$0.37
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a The Balrog, Durin's Bane Aristocrats game on their own.
The One Ring+12% Synergy
$104.30
Orcish Bowmasters+4% Synergy
$44.92
Tergrid, God of Fright+3% Synergy
$17.78
Ancient Tomb+1% Synergy
$131.68
Bolas's Citadel-1% Synergy
$17.54
Underworld Breach-2% Synergy
$11.10
Vampiric Tutor-6% Synergy
$60.01
Demonic Tutor-8% Synergy
$76.77
Jeska's Will-18% Synergy
$41.29
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Aristocrats plan in The Balrog, Durin's Bane decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Juri, Master of the Revue+34% Synergy
$0.22
Ruthless Technomancer+33% Synergy
$3.87
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins+33% Synergy
$0.29
Greedy Freebooter+31% Synergy
$0.32
Reassembling Skeleton+30% Synergy
$0.37
Kalain, Reclusive Painter+30% Synergy
$0.28
Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge+28% Synergy
$0.34
Merciless Executioner+28% Synergy
$0.33
Goldspan Dragon+27% Synergy
$5.24
Shambling Ghast+26% Synergy
$0.35
The Balrog of Moria+25% Synergy
$0.38
Warren Soultrader+24% Synergy
$14.63
Fleshbag Marauder+23% Synergy
$0.18
Pawn of Ulamog+22% Synergy
$0.51
Rankle and Torbran+21% Synergy
$0.30
Crime Novelist+19% Synergy
$0.74
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky+19% Synergy
$0.35
Captain Lannery Storm+18% Synergy
$0.30
Grim Haruspex+17% Synergy
$3.42
Cavern-Hoard Dragon+17% Synergy
$14.39
Marionette Apprentice+16% Synergy
$0.75
Carrion Feeder+16% Synergy
$4.37
Grim Hireling+15% Synergy
$11.65
Zulaport Cutthroat+15% Synergy
$1.00
Academy Manufactor+15% Synergy
$6.90
Decadent Dragon+15% Synergy
$1.16
Blood Pet+15% Synergy
$0.48
Glóin, Dwarf Emissary+15% Synergy
$1.04
Braids, Arisen Nightmare+14% Synergy
$3.37
Lagomos, Hand of Hatred+13% Synergy
$0.26
Magda, Brazen Outlaw+13% Synergy
$2.40
Patron of the Arts+13% Synergy
$0.22
Midnight Reaper+13% Synergy
$0.24
Nadier's Nightblade+12% Synergy
$0.28
Disciple of Bolas+12% Synergy
$0.33
Woe Strider+12% Synergy
$0.31
Reckless Barbarian+12% Synergy
$0.26
Priest of Forgotten Gods+12% Synergy
$0.51
Demon's Disciple+12% Synergy
$0.19
Blood Artist+11% Synergy
$2.55
Ophiomancer+11% Synergy
$0.82
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia+11% Synergy
$1.05
Skullport Merchant+11% Synergy
$0.14
Swashbuckler Extraordinaire+11% Synergy
$0.32
Skirk Prospector+10% Synergy
$0.23
Charming Scoundrel+10% Synergy
$1.01
Marionette Master+9% Synergy
$5.00
Morbid Opportunist+7% Synergy
$0.29
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer+5% Synergy
$43.84
Solemn Simulacrum+4% Synergy
$0.34
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep The Balrog, Durin's Bane's Aristocrats deck ahead.
Nasty End+33% Synergy
$0.23
Unexpected Windfall+26% Synergy
$3.40
Corrupted Conviction+26% Synergy
$0.25
Sheoldred's Edict+23% Synergy
$1.35
Flare of Malice+20% Synergy
$1.48
Soul Shatter+17% Synergy
$4.22
Culling the Weak+15% Synergy
$7.76
Burnt Offering+15% Synergy
$1.60
Kazuul's Fury+15% Synergy
$0.69
Stinging Study+15% Synergy
$16.70
Vona's Hunger+11% Synergy
$5.83
Malakir Rebirth+10% Synergy
$13.15
Reckoner's Bargain+8% Synergy
$1.17
Costly Plunder+8% Synergy
$0.28
Fake Your Own Death+7% Synergy
$0.19
Plumb the Forbidden+7% Synergy
$0.36
Eviscerator's Insight+7% Synergy
$0.30
Rise of the Dread Marn+5% Synergy
$0.53
Sacrifice+3% Synergy
$16.46
Fanatical Offering+3% Synergy
$1.31
Fling+2% Synergy
$0.30
Blood for the Blood God!+1% Synergy
$9.88
Tragic Slip+1% Synergy
$0.26
Tibalt's Trickery0% Synergy
$9.96
Go for the Throat-1% Synergy
$0.57
Undying Malice-1% Synergy
$0.32
Fell the Profane-2% Synergy
$2.42
Not Dead After All-2% Synergy
$1.76
Valakut Awakening-2% Synergy
$17.51
Demand Answers-3% Synergy
$0.36
Withering Torment-7% Synergy
$4.15
Untimely Malfunction-7% Synergy
$7.61
Deadly Rollick-8% Synergy
$27.53
Deflecting Swat-9% Synergy
$65.21
Dark Ritual-11% Synergy
$11.92
Thrill of Possibility-12% Synergy
$0.24
Bedevil-19% Synergy
$0.29
Rakdos Charm-20% Synergy
$0.37
Terminate-25% Synergy
$0.29
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Aristocrats game plan forward for The Balrog, Durin's Bane.
Lash of the Balrog+32% Synergy
$0.15
Crack the Earth+30% Synergy
$0.22
Fatal Grudge+28% Synergy
$0.18
Seize the Spoils+27% Synergy
$0.28
Blood Money+25% Synergy
$1.29
Smallpox+25% Synergy
$0.40
Too Greedily, Too Deep+23% Synergy
$0.62
Seize the Spotlight+17% Synergy
$14.16
Strike It Rich+15% Synergy
$3.42
Infernal Plunge+13% Synergy
$0.58
Pirate's Pillage+13% Synergy
$0.74
Diabolic Intent+12% Synergy
$17.57
Living Death+12% Synergy
$2.21
Mire in Misery+12% Synergy
$0.73
Skull Storm+9% Synergy
$0.86
Season of Loss+8% Synergy
$1.28
Swarming of Moria+8% Synergy
$0.17
Brass's Bounty+7% Synergy
$0.42
Inspired Tinkering+7% Synergy
$1.24
Make an Example+7% Synergy
$10.14
Torment of Hailfire+6% Synergy
$41.44
Isengard Unleashed+6% Synergy
$2.25
Imposing Grandeur+6% Synergy
$1.67
Pox Plague+6% Synergy
$0.29
Dread Return+5% Synergy
$0.42
Tremble+5% Synergy
$0.21
Pitiless Carnage+5% Synergy
$0.30
Mordor Muster+5% Synergy
$0.14
Pox+5% Synergy
$5.99
Reckless Endeavor+4% Synergy
$9.32
Reanimate+3% Synergy
$8.61
Agadeem's Awakening+2% Synergy
$27.44
Wheel of Fortune+1% Synergy
$2107.72
Insatiable Avarice+1% Synergy
$4.48
Unearth0% Synergy
$0.60
Feed the Swarm-1% Synergy
$0.20
Read the Bones-2% Synergy
$0.29
Toxic Deluge-3% Synergy
$3.31
Night's Whisper-5% Synergy
$0.26
Vandalblast-13% Synergy
$1.07
Faithless Looting-13% Synergy
$0.68
Sign in Blood-14% Synergy
$4.10
Blasphemous Act-17% Synergy
$3.83
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to The Balrog, Durin's Bane Aristocrats decks.
Phyrexian Altar+30% Synergy
$55.96
The Reaver Cleaver+28% Synergy
$15.18
Beamtown Beatstick+16% Synergy
$0.48
Skullclamp+15% Synergy
$4.93
Diamond Pick-Axe+14% Synergy
$1.11
Wayfarer's Bauble+10% Synergy
$0.33
Vat of Rebirth+9% Synergy
$0.29
Mask of Griselbrand+8% Synergy
$0.62
Two-Handed Axe+6% Synergy
$1.67
Tarrian's Journal+5% Synergy
$0.53
Coin of Mastery+5% Synergy
$1.58
Nim Deathmantle+5% Synergy
$5.25
Oni-Cult Anvil+4% Synergy
$0.24
Embercleave+4% Synergy
$9.35
Urabrask's Forge+3% Synergy
$1.05
Shadowspear+3% Synergy
$30.68
Tarrian's Soulcleaver+2% Synergy
$2.90
Mithril Coat+1% Synergy
$30.07
Jet Medallion-2% Synergy
$10.25
Swiftfoot Boots-17% Synergy
$2.46
Lightning Greaves-26% Synergy
$3.66
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Aristocrats strategy in The Balrog, Durin's Bane decks.
Spiteful Banditry+30% Synergy
$5.83
There and Back Again+28% Synergy
$4.72
Goblin Bombardment+22% Synergy
$2.38
Rain of Riches+19% Synergy
$1.15
Black Market Connections+13% Synergy
$13.42
Descent into Avernus+13% Synergy
$13.61
Rakdos Joins Up+13% Synergy
$0.42
Grave Pact+13% Synergy
$31.23
Sticky Fingers+13% Synergy
$0.29
Bastion of Remembrance+12% Synergy
$0.29
Obsessive Pursuit+12% Synergy
$0.31
Sarkhan's Unsealing+11% Synergy
$1.22
The Meathook Massacre+9% Synergy
$28.37
Vampiric Rites+9% Synergy
$0.18
Curse of Opulence+8% Synergy
$3.00
Revel in Riches+8% Synergy
$15.22
Dictate of Erebos+7% Synergy
$17.33
Guild Artisan+7% Synergy
$0.13
Fiery Emancipation+6% Synergy
$15.84
Alchemist's Talent+6% Synergy
$4.51
Chthonian Nightmare+6% Synergy
$0.52
Call of the Ring+6% Synergy
$3.66
Bitterblossom+5% Synergy
$33.87
Open the Graves+5% Synergy
$0.51
The Eldest Reborn+5% Synergy
$0.38
City on Fire+4% Synergy
$11.99
Agent of the Iron Throne+4% Synergy
$0.43
Black Market+2% Synergy
$5.59
Phyrexian Reclamation+2% Synergy
$2.64
Warstorm Surge+1% Synergy
$0.87
Animate Dead-4% Synergy
$5.15
Impact Tremors-5% Synergy
$2.00
Phyrexian Arena-12% Synergy
$4.33
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up The Balrog, Durin's Bane's Aristocrats game plan.
Jeska, Thrice Reborn+25% Synergy
$6.32
Liliana, Dreadhorde General+15% Synergy
$7.13
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary+7% Synergy
$1.76
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in The Balrog, Durin's Bane Aristocrats decks.
Treasure Vault+26% Synergy
$1.73
Barad-dûr+25% Synergy
$1.64
Phyrexian Tower+24% Synergy
$25.29
The Black Gate+10% Synergy
$9.45
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep+10% Synergy
$18.97
Crystal Vein+10% Synergy
$8.59
Volatile Fault+10% Synergy
$0.31
High Market+9% Synergy
$0.78
Rogue's Passage+8% Synergy
$0.40
Command Beacon+8% Synergy
$7.41
Kher Keep+8% Synergy
$0.36
Dwarven Ruins+8% Synergy
$0.69
Shizo, Death's Storehouse+7% Synergy
$35.73
Midgar, City of Mako+6% Synergy
$1.54
Lotus Field+6% Synergy
$2.30
Ebon Stronghold+6% Synergy
$0.39
Witch's Cottage+5% Synergy
$0.86
Ghost Quarter+5% Synergy
$0.95
Field of Ruin+5% Synergy
$0.35
Lake of the Dead+5% Synergy
$123.47
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+4% Synergy
$63.85
Bojuka Bog+3% Synergy
$0.95
Susur Secundi, Void Altar+3% Synergy
$3.35
Spymaster's Vault+2% Synergy
$0.87
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+1% Synergy
$11.29
Cabal Coffers0% Synergy
$34.50
Spinerock Knoll0% Synergy
$1.45
Mortuary Mire0% Synergy
$0.41
Arena of Glory-1% Synergy
$7.56
Reliquary Tower-7% Synergy
$3.36
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out The Balrog, Durin's Bane's Aristocrats strategy.
Commander's Sphere+9% Synergy
$0.26
Lotus Petal+8% Synergy
$36.20
Glittering Stockpile+8% Synergy
$0.40
Crowded Crypt+7% Synergy
$0.81
Liquimetal Torque+5% Synergy
$3.57
Sol Ring+3% Synergy
$1.84
Mind Stone0% Synergy
$0.31
Arcane Signet-1% Synergy
$0.69
Rakdos Signet-2% Synergy
$2.81
Charcoal Diamond-3% Synergy
$0.32
Fire Diamond-3% Synergy
$0.39
Thought Vessel-10% Synergy
$1.92
Talisman of Indulgence-15% Synergy
$0.61
Fellwar Stone-17% Synergy
$0.70
Lands
The mana base behind The Balrog, Durin's Bane's Aristocrats decks.
Fabled Passage+21% Synergy
$1.05
Mount Doom+17% Synergy
$8.41
Kazuul's Fury+15% Synergy
$0.69
Terramorphic Expanse+14% Synergy
$0.29
Polluted Delta+13% Synergy
$19.37
Verdant Catacombs+13% Synergy
$28.51
Prismatic Vista+13% Synergy
$34.97
Malakir Rebirth+10% Synergy
$13.15
Arid Mesa+10% Synergy
$29.61
Riveteers Overlook+10% Synergy
$0.27
Maestros Theater+10% Synergy
$0.28
Bloodstained Mire+9% Synergy
$17.35
Marsh Flats+9% Synergy
$31.12
Wooded Foothills+9% Synergy
$17.02
Demolition Field+9% Synergy
$0.27
Rocky Tar Pit+9% Synergy
$0.27
Luxury Suite+7% Synergy
$11.27
Command Tower+6% Synergy
$0.34
Sulfurous Springs+6% Synergy
$1.12
Scalding Tarn+6% Synergy
$38.56
Shire Terrace+6% Synergy
$0.26
Smoldering Marsh+5% Synergy
$0.57
Blood Crypt+5% Synergy
$8.83
Evolving Wilds+4% Synergy
$0.33
Myriad Landscape+4% Synergy
$0.31
Geothermal Bog+4% Synergy
$0.31
Boggart Trawler+4% Synergy
$0.89
Sulfurous Mire+4% Synergy
$0.34
Reflecting Pool+4% Synergy
$15.20
Escape Tunnel+4% Synergy
$0.26
Dragonskull Summit+3% Synergy
$0.39
Haunted Ridge+3% Synergy
$8.32
Blightstep Pathway+3% Synergy
$5.89
Agadeem's Awakening+2% Synergy
$27.44
Swamp+1% Synergy
$0.14
Mountain+1% Synergy
$0.16
Blackcleave Cliffs-2% Synergy
$2.04
Fell the Profane-2% Synergy
$2.42
Blazemire Verge-3% Synergy
$8.54
Foreboding Ruins-4% Synergy
$0.40
Raucous Theater-4% Synergy
$10.05
Badlands-4% Synergy
Canyon Slough-5% Synergy
$0.37
Shadowblood Ridge-7% Synergy
$0.32
Graven Cairns-7% Synergy
$4.85
Tainted Peak-8% Synergy
$1.18
Bloodfell Caves-8% Synergy
$0.19
Rakdos Carnarium-9% Synergy
$0.35
Temple of Malice-12% Synergy
$0.24
Exotic Orchard-14% Synergy
$0.24
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like The Balrog, Durin's Bane: Aristocrats.
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Francisco, Fowl Marauder
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Tavern Brawler
Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat // Guild Artisan
Armix, Filigree Thrasher // Dargo, the Shipwrecker
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Francisco, Fowl Marauder
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer // Agent of the Iron Throne
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer // Cultist of the Absolute
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer // Scion of Halaster
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Guild Artisan
Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat // Street Urchin
Rankle and Torbran
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
Karlach, Fury of Avernus // Agent of the Iron Throne
Ganax, Astral Hunter // Agent of the Iron Throne
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Mahadi, Emporium Master
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Jeska, Thrice Reborn
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat // Tavern Brawler
Malik, Grim Manipulator
Vazi, Keen Negotiator
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Krark, the Thumbless
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Juri, Master of the Revue
Ognis, the Dragon's Lash
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer // Agent of the Shadow Thieves
Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder // Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Popular Entertainer
Akiri, Line-Slinger // Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor
Akiri, Line-Slinger // Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
Armix, Filigree Thrasher // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat // Agent of the Iron Throne
Laughing Jasper Flint