The Balrog, Durin's Bane: Aristocrats
$0.39
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New Cards
Recent-set cards that The Balrog, Durin's Bane players are trying out in Aristocrats decks.
Merchant of Venom+15% Synergy
$0.41
Ominous Harvest+7% Synergy
$1.22
Changing Loyalty+7% Synergy
$1.48
Grave Researcher+5% Synergy
$3.39
Decorum Dissertation+4% Synergy
$10.49
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
$0.42
Mayhem Devil+56% Synergy
$0.29
Deadly Dispute+55% Synergy
$0.38
Impulsive Pilferer+55% Synergy
$0.39
Mines of Moria+55% Synergy
$2.49
Pitiless Plunderer+54% Synergy
$5.19
Visions of Ruin+51% Synergy
$0.46
Mahadi, Emporium Master+50% Synergy
$2.37
Mirkwood Bats+47% Synergy
$1.72
Plaguecrafter+36% Synergy
$0.35
Top Cards
The staple cards most The Balrog, Durin's Bane Aristocrats decks run as their core.
Big Score+35% Synergy
$0.60
Blasphemous Edict+34% Synergy
$4.22
Ashnod's Altar+33% Synergy
$15.31
Xorn+32% Synergy
$9.04
Victimize+28% Synergy
$2.02
Professional Face-Breaker+27% Synergy
$5.89
Village Rites+27% Synergy
$0.74
Unexpected Windfall+26% Synergy
$3.26
Feed the Swarm-2% Synergy
$0.33
Chaos Warp-5% Synergy
$0.38
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a The Balrog, Durin's Bane Aristocrats game on their own.
The One Ring+13% Synergy
$101.75
Orcish Bowmasters+5% Synergy
$48.48
Tergrid, God of Fright+3% Synergy
$18.25
Ancient Tomb+2% Synergy
$125.34
Bolas's Citadel-1% Synergy
$17.35
Underworld Breach-1% Synergy
$12.45
Vampiric Tutor-5% Synergy
$62.01
Demonic Tutor-8% Synergy
$70.03
Jeska's Will-18% Synergy
$41.60
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Aristocrats plan in The Balrog, Durin's Bane decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Accursed Marauder+34% Synergy
$0.31
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins+33% Synergy
$0.28
Juri, Master of the Revue+32% Synergy
$0.27
Reassembling Skeleton+31% Synergy
$0.28
Ruthless Technomancer+31% Synergy
$3.50
Viscera Seer+30% Synergy
$0.37
Greedy Freebooter+28% Synergy
$0.38
Merciless Executioner+28% Synergy
$0.71
Kalain, Reclusive Painter+28% Synergy
$0.30
Goldspan Dragon+27% Synergy
$6.03
Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge+26% Synergy
$0.27
The Balrog of Moria+26% Synergy
$0.35
Warren Soultrader+24% Synergy
$13.89
Shambling Ghast+24% Synergy
$0.45
Fleshbag Marauder+22% Synergy
$0.16
Pawn of Ulamog+21% Synergy
$0.76
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky+20% Synergy
$0.33
Rankle and Torbran+20% Synergy
$0.21
Crime Novelist+19% Synergy
$0.74
Captain Lannery Storm+19% Synergy
$0.34
Cavern-Hoard Dragon+18% Synergy
$13.78
Carrion Feeder+17% Synergy
$4.18
Grim Haruspex+17% Synergy
$2.54
Marionette Apprentice+16% Synergy
$0.81
Decadent Dragon+16% Synergy
$1.68
Blood Pet+16% Synergy
$0.49
Glóin, Dwarf Emissary+16% Synergy
$0.76
Zulaport Cutthroat+15% Synergy
$0.79
Grim Hireling+14% Synergy
$13.55
Magda, Brazen Outlaw+14% Synergy
$2.27
Disciple of Bolas+14% Synergy
$0.30
Braids, Arisen Nightmare+13% Synergy
$3.13
Academy Manufactor+13% Synergy
$6.59
Woe Strider+13% Synergy
$0.32
Patron of the Arts+13% Synergy
$0.23
Lagomos, Hand of Hatred+12% Synergy
$0.34
Nadier's Nightblade+12% Synergy
$0.31
Reckless Barbarian+12% Synergy
$0.21
Priest of Forgotten Gods+12% Synergy
$0.52
Demon's Disciple+12% Synergy
$0.40
Midnight Reaper+12% Synergy
$0.19
Ophiomancer+11% Synergy
$0.75
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia+11% Synergy
$1.06
Skullport Merchant+11% Synergy
$0.12
Blood Artist+10% Synergy
$1.47
Skirk Prospector+9% Synergy
$0.29
Morbid Opportunist+8% Synergy
$0.32
Marionette Master+8% Synergy
$3.18
Solemn Simulacrum+5% Synergy
$0.26
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer+5% Synergy
$45.74
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep The Balrog, Durin's Bane's Aristocrats deck ahead.
Nasty End+33% Synergy
$0.12
Corrupted Conviction+26% Synergy
$0.30
Sheoldred's Edict+21% Synergy
$1.26
Flare of Malice+21% Synergy
$1.70
Soul Shatter+18% Synergy
$4.01
Burnt Offering+15% Synergy
$2.17
Kazuul's Fury+15% Synergy
$0.42
Stinging Study+15% Synergy
$20.88
Culling the Weak+14% Synergy
$14.73
Malakir Rebirth+11% Synergy
$12.67
Vona's Hunger+10% Synergy
$5.60
Reckoner's Bargain+9% Synergy
$1.08
Costly Plunder+8% Synergy
$0.14
Fake Your Own Death+7% Synergy
$0.28
Eviscerator's Insight+7% Synergy
$0.21
Plumb the Forbidden+7% Synergy
$0.30
Rise of the Dread Marn+5% Synergy
$0.56
Sacrifice+3% Synergy
$16.75
Fanatical Offering+3% Synergy
$1.28
Tibalt's Trickery+1% Synergy
$9.90
Blood for the Blood God!+1% Synergy
$9.98
Fling+1% Synergy
$0.21
Tragic Slip+1% Synergy
$0.28
Go for the Throat-1% Synergy
$0.61
Undying Malice-1% Synergy
$0.37
Fell the Profane-2% Synergy
$3.00
Not Dead After All-2% Synergy
$1.73
Valakut Awakening-2% Synergy
$15.90
Demand Answers-3% Synergy
$0.46
Withering Torment-7% Synergy
$3.27
Deadly Rollick-8% Synergy
$26.21
Untimely Malfunction-8% Synergy
$5.88
Deflecting Swat-9% Synergy
$68.53
Dark Ritual-12% Synergy
$4.19
Thrill of Possibility-12% Synergy
$0.27
Rakdos Charm-18% Synergy
$0.38
Bedevil-18% Synergy
$0.30
Terminate-26% Synergy
$0.38
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Aristocrats game plan forward for The Balrog, Durin's Bane.
Lash of the Balrog+33% Synergy
$0.09
Crack the Earth+31% Synergy
$0.20
Seize the Spoils+26% Synergy
$0.28
Fatal Grudge+26% Synergy
$0.20
Smallpox+26% Synergy
$0.30
Too Greedily, Too Deep+24% Synergy
$0.29
Blood Money+23% Synergy
$0.91
Seize the Spotlight+18% Synergy
$15.14
Strike It Rich+15% Synergy
$1.79
Infernal Plunge+14% Synergy
$0.47
Pirate's Pillage+13% Synergy
$0.51
Diabolic Intent+12% Synergy
$16.10
Mire in Misery+12% Synergy
$0.72
Living Death+11% Synergy
$2.19
Skull Storm+9% Synergy
$0.86
Season of Loss+8% Synergy
$1.60
Make an Example+8% Synergy
$8.79
Swarming of Moria+8% Synergy
$0.16
Brass's Bounty+7% Synergy
$0.42
Inspired Tinkering+7% Synergy
$0.66
Pox Plague+7% Synergy
$0.33
Torment of Hailfire+6% Synergy
$39.44
Isengard Unleashed+6% Synergy
$2.04
Imposing Grandeur+6% Synergy
$1.52
Dread Return+5% Synergy
$0.47
Tremble+5% Synergy
$0.22
Pitiless Carnage+5% Synergy
$0.34
Mordor Muster+5% Synergy
$0.17
Pox+5% Synergy
$5.77
Reckless Endeavor+4% Synergy
$9.81
Reanimate+3% Synergy
$8.59
Agadeem's Awakening+2% Synergy
$28.02
Wheel of Fortune+1% Synergy
$2092.91
Unearth+1% Synergy
$0.48
Insatiable Avarice+1% Synergy
$5.63
Read the Bones-1% Synergy
$0.31
Toxic Deluge-3% Synergy
$4.98
Night's Whisper-5% Synergy
$0.31
Vandalblast-12% Synergy
$2.21
Faithless Looting-13% Synergy
$0.28
Sign in Blood-14% Synergy
$2.85
Blasphemous Act-18% Synergy
$0.82
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to The Balrog, Durin's Bane Aristocrats decks.
Phyrexian Altar+31% Synergy
$54.11
The Reaver Cleaver+28% Synergy
$13.63
Skullclamp+15% Synergy
$6.62
Beamtown Beatstick+15% Synergy
$0.53
Diamond Pick-Axe+13% Synergy
$0.89
Wayfarer's Bauble+9% Synergy
$0.32
Vat of Rebirth+9% Synergy
$0.29
Mask of Griselbrand+7% Synergy
$0.51
Two-Handed Axe+6% Synergy
$1.36
Tarrian's Journal+5% Synergy
$0.45
Coin of Mastery+5% Synergy
$1.55
Nim Deathmantle+5% Synergy
$4.85
Urabrask's Forge+4% Synergy
$1.17
Oni-Cult Anvil+4% Synergy
$0.31
Embercleave+4% Synergy
$8.47
Shadowspear+3% Synergy
$31.83
Tarrian's Soulcleaver+2% Synergy
$3.06
Mithril Coat+1% Synergy
$26.78
Jet Medallion-2% Synergy
$10.47
Swiftfoot Boots-18% Synergy
$2.99
Lightning Greaves-25% Synergy
$3.93
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Aristocrats strategy in The Balrog, Durin's Bane decks.
Spiteful Banditry+30% Synergy
$8.40
There and Back Again+27% Synergy
$4.38
Goblin Bombardment+22% Synergy
$3.70
Rain of Riches+18% Synergy
$1.03
Black Market Connections+14% Synergy
$18.31
Descent into Avernus+13% Synergy
$13.42
Bastion of Remembrance+13% Synergy
$0.35
Grave Pact+13% Synergy
$29.50
Rakdos Joins Up+12% Synergy
$0.40
Sticky Fingers+12% Synergy
$0.26
Sarkhan's Unsealing+12% Synergy
$1.36
The Meathook Massacre+10% Synergy
$24.87
Revel in Riches+9% Synergy
$17.06
Vampiric Rites+9% Synergy
$0.17
Obsessive Pursuit+9% Synergy
$0.41
Dictate of Erebos+8% Synergy
$18.56
Curse of Opulence+7% Synergy
$1.77
Guild Artisan+7% Synergy
$0.24
Fiery Emancipation+6% Synergy
$16.57
Alchemist's Talent+6% Synergy
$2.95
Chthonian Nightmare+6% Synergy
$0.42
Call of the Ring+6% Synergy
$4.33
Bitterblossom+5% Synergy
$35.19
Open the Graves+5% Synergy
$0.70
The Eldest Reborn+5% Synergy
$0.35
City on Fire+4% Synergy
$12.82
Agent of the Iron Throne+4% Synergy
$0.40
Mornsong Aria+4% Synergy
$0.30
Black Market+2% Synergy
$5.25
Warstorm Surge+2% Synergy
$1.05
Phyrexian Reclamation+2% Synergy
$2.52
Boggart Mischief0% Synergy
$0.26
Animate Dead-4% Synergy
$4.74
Impact Tremors-5% Synergy
$2.19
Phyrexian Arena-11% Synergy
$4.02
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up The Balrog, Durin's Bane's Aristocrats game plan.
Jeska, Thrice Reborn+24% Synergy
$5.62
Liliana, Dreadhorde General+16% Synergy
$7.05
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary+7% Synergy
$1.57
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in The Balrog, Durin's Bane Aristocrats decks.
Treasure Vault+26% Synergy
$1.53
Barad-dûr+26% Synergy
$1.61
Phyrexian Tower+25% Synergy
$26.16
The Black Gate+11% Synergy
$8.36
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep+11% Synergy
$20.73
Crystal Vein+10% Synergy
$7.92
Command Beacon+9% Synergy
$6.42
Volatile Fault+9% Synergy
$0.22
Rogue's Passage+8% Synergy
$0.36
High Market+8% Synergy
$0.48
Dwarven Ruins+8% Synergy
$0.69
Shizo, Death's Storehouse+7% Synergy
$38.10
Kher Keep+7% Synergy
$0.33
Lotus Field+7% Synergy
$2.93
Ebon Stronghold+7% Synergy
$0.39
Midgar, City of Mako+6% Synergy
$2.05
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+5% Synergy
$57.13
Witch's Cottage+5% Synergy
$1.00
Ghost Quarter+5% Synergy
$0.94
Field of Ruin+5% Synergy
$0.32
Lake of the Dead+5% Synergy
$119.49
Bojuka Bog+4% Synergy
$0.63
Spymaster's Vault+2% Synergy
$0.77
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+1% Synergy
$11.57
Spinerock Knoll0% Synergy
$4.00
Cabal Coffers0% Synergy
$29.69
Arena of Glory0% Synergy
$9.74
Mortuary Mire0% Synergy
$0.35
Reliquary Tower-8% Synergy
$2.76
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out The Balrog, Durin's Bane's Aristocrats strategy.
Lotus Petal+9% Synergy
$38.08
Commander's Sphere+8% Synergy
$0.25
Glittering Stockpile+8% Synergy
$0.37
Crowded Crypt+8% Synergy
$0.94
Liquimetal Torque+5% Synergy
$3.11
Sol Ring+3% Synergy
$1.40
Arcane Signet0% Synergy
$0.46
Mind Stone-1% Synergy
$0.34
Rakdos Signet-2% Synergy
$2.19
Charcoal Diamond-3% Synergy
$0.32
Fire Diamond-3% Synergy
$0.34
Thought Vessel-10% Synergy
$2.60
Talisman of Indulgence-16% Synergy
$2.99
Fellwar Stone-17% Synergy
$0.60
Lands
The mana base behind The Balrog, Durin's Bane's Aristocrats decks.
Fabled Passage+20% Synergy
$1.02
Mount Doom+18% Synergy
$7.98
Kazuul's Fury+15% Synergy
$0.42
Polluted Delta+14% Synergy
$18.92
Verdant Catacombs+14% Synergy
$32.22
Prismatic Vista+14% Synergy
$39.06
Terramorphic Expanse+13% Synergy
$0.26
Malakir Rebirth+11% Synergy
$12.67
Arid Mesa+11% Synergy
$33.45
Marsh Flats+10% Synergy
$30.45
Bloodstained Mire+9% Synergy
$17.82
Wooded Foothills+9% Synergy
$17.02
Riveteers Overlook+9% Synergy
$0.30
Maestros Theater+9% Synergy
$0.30
Demolition Field+8% Synergy
$0.52
Luxury Suite+7% Synergy
$26.54
Scalding Tarn+7% Synergy
$38.66
Rocky Tar Pit+7% Synergy
$0.27
Command Tower+6% Synergy
$0.25
Sulfurous Springs+6% Synergy
$1.09
Shire Terrace+6% Synergy
$0.28
Blood Crypt+5% Synergy
$10.10
Geothermal Bog+5% Synergy
$0.31
Sulfurous Mire+5% Synergy
$0.31
Smoldering Marsh+4% Synergy
$0.35
Blightstep Pathway+4% Synergy
$5.42
Evolving Wilds+4% Synergy
$0.39
Boggart Trawler+4% Synergy
$0.94
Reflecting Pool+4% Synergy
$17.20
Escape Tunnel+4% Synergy
$0.24
Myriad Landscape+3% Synergy
$0.24
Dragonskull Summit+2% Synergy
$0.52
Haunted Ridge+2% Synergy
$8.45
Agadeem's Awakening+2% Synergy
$28.02
Swamp+1% Synergy
$0.07
Mountain+1% Synergy
$0.08
Blackcleave Cliffs-1% Synergy
$1.60
Fell the Profane-2% Synergy
$3.00
Blazemire Verge-4% Synergy
$8.94
Raucous Theater-4% Synergy
$11.68
Badlands-4% Synergy
Foreboding Ruins-5% Synergy
$0.32
Canyon Slough-5% Synergy
$0.23
Shadowblood Ridge-8% Synergy
$0.37
Rakdos Carnarium-8% Synergy
$0.34
Graven Cairns-8% Synergy
$2.90
Bloodfell Caves-8% Synergy
$0.09
Tainted Peak-10% Synergy
$0.52
Temple of Malice-13% Synergy
$0.28
Exotic Orchard-13% Synergy
$0.36
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like The Balrog, Durin's Bane: Aristocrats.
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Tavern Brawler
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Francisco, Fowl Marauder
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor
Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat // Guild Artisan
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 // 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
Laughing Jasper Flint
Rankle and Torbran
Armix, Filigree Thrasher // Dargo, the Shipwrecker
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer // Cultist of the Absolute
Karlach, Fury of Avernus // Agent of the Iron Throne
Ganax, Astral Hunter // Agent of the Iron Throne
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat // Street Urchin
Mahadi, Emporium Master
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
Malik, Grim Manipulator
Vazi, Keen Negotiator
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Krark, the Thumbless
Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder // Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor
Ognis, the Dragon's Lash
Witch-king, Sky Scourge
Juri, Master of the Revue
Akiri, Line-Slinger // Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
Armix, Filigree Thrasher // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Burakos, Party Leader // Guild Artisan
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat // Agent of the Iron Throne
Burakos, Party Leader // Passionate Archaeologist
Burakos, Party Leader // Street Urchin
Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink