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Balmor, Battlemage Captain - Decklist

Creatures 28$9.73

  1. Adeliz, the Cinder Wind1Adeliz, the Cinder Wind$0.27
  2. Bloodwater Entity1Bloodwater Entity$0.19
  3. Burning Prophet1Burning Prophet$0.14
  4. Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader1Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader$0.32
  5. Dreadhorde Arcanist1Dreadhorde Arcanist$0.36
  6. Electrostatic Infantry1Electrostatic Infantry$0.35
  7. Ghitu Amplifier1Ghitu Amplifier$0.12
  8. Goblin Electromancer1Goblin Electromancer$0.21
  9. Haughty Djinn1Haughty Djinn$0.31
  10. Heartfire Immolator1Heartfire Immolator$0.12

Creatures continued

  1. Jori En, Ruin Diver1Jori En, Ruin Diver$0.53
  2. Khenra Spellspear // Gitaxian Spellstalker1Khenra Spellspear // Gitaxian Spellstalker$0.23
  3. Kiln Fiend1Kiln Fiend$0.11
  4. Mocking Sprite1Mocking Sprite$0.20
  5. Monastery Swiftspear1Monastery Swiftspear$0.28
  6. Murmuring Mystic1Murmuring Mystic$0.33
  7. Sprite Dragon1Sprite Dragon$0.35
  8. Storm-Kiln Artist1Storm-Kiln Artist$1.74
  9. Stormcatch Mentor1Stormcatch Mentor$0.29
  10. Stormchaser Mage1Stormchaser Mage$0.27

Creatures continued

  1. Talrand, Sky Summoner1Talrand, Sky Summoner$0.39
  2. Third Path Iconoclast1Third Path Iconoclast$0.38
  3. Umara Mystic1Umara Mystic$0.15
  4. Vadrik, Astral Archmage1Vadrik, Astral Archmage$0.26
  5. Wee Dragonauts1Wee Dragonauts$0.06
  6. Wizards of Thay1Wizards of Thay$1.39
  7. Young Pyromancer1Young Pyromancer$0.25
  8. Zada, Hedron Grinder1Zada, Hedron Grinder$0.13

Planeswalkers 1$0.22

  1. Saheeli, Sublime Artificer1Saheeli, Sublime Artificer$0.22

Instants 19$6.58

  1. Abrade1Abrade$0.17
  2. Battle Hymn1Battle Hymn$1.78
  3. Blustersquall1Blustersquall$0.31
  4. Consider1Consider$0.35
  5. Dazzling Denial1Dazzling Denial$0.24
  6. Dynacharge1Dynacharge$0.12
  7. Expedite1Expedite$0.25
  8. Fists of Flame1Fists of Flame$0.18
  9. Goblin Wizardry1Goblin Wizardry$0.13
  10. Izzet Charm1Izzet Charm$0.20

Instants continued

  1. Lightning Bolt1Lightning Bolt$0.81
  2. Negate1Negate$0.17
  3. Opt1Opt$0.18
  4. Resculpt1Resculpt$0.25
  5. Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle1Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle$0.41
  6. Thrill of Possibility1Thrill of Possibility$0.17
  7. Twinferno1Twinferno$0.23
  8. Wizard's Retort1Wizard's Retort$0.30
  9. You See a Pair of Goblins1You See a Pair of Goblins$0.33

Sorceries 13$4.04

  1. Crash Through1Crash Through$0.14
  2. Dragon Fodder1Dragon Fodder$0.10
  3. Empty the Warrens1Empty the Warrens$0.16
  4. Haze of Rage1Haze of Rage$1.37
  5. Mizzium Mortars1Mizzium Mortars$0.47
  6. Release the Gremlins1Release the Gremlins$0.21
  7. Renegade Tactics1Renegade Tactics$0.13

Sorceries continued

  1. Seismic Rupture1Seismic Rupture$0.04
  2. Sleep1Sleep$0.26
  3. Slip Through Space1Slip Through Space$0.37
  4. Volcanic Torrent1Volcanic Torrent$0.26
  5. Warlord's Fury1Warlord's Fury$0.34
  6. Winged Words1Winged Words$0.19

Lands 38 / 38$11.58

  1. Cascade Bluffs1Cascade Bluffs$0.34
  2. Castle Embereth1Castle Embereth$0.37
  3. Command Tower1Command Tower$0.21
  4. Eroded Canyon1Eroded Canyon$0.33
  5. Evolving Wilds1Evolving Wilds$0.09
  6. Exotic Orchard1Exotic Orchard$0.20
  7. Ferrous Lake1Ferrous Lake$0.29
  8. Forgotten Cave1Forgotten Cave$0.13
  9. Frostboil Snarl1Frostboil Snarl$0.22
  10. Highland Lake1Highland Lake$0.11
  11. Island×33Island$0.21

Lands continued

  1. Izzet Boilerworks1Izzet Boilerworks$0.26
  2. Izzet Guildgate1Izzet Guildgate$0.11
  3. Kher Keep1Kher Keep$0.25
  4. Lonely Sandbar1Lonely Sandbar$0.18
  5. Molten Tributary1Molten Tributary$0.25
  6. Mountain×22Mountain$0.16
  7. Myriad Landscape1Myriad Landscape$0.26
  8. Mystic Sanctuary1Mystic Sanctuary$1.14
  9. Path of Ancestry1Path of Ancestry$0.17
  10. Prismari Campus1Prismari Campus$0.25
  11. Restless Spire1Restless Spire$0.19

Lands continued

  1. Riptide Laboratory1Riptide Laboratory$0.66
  2. Rogue's Passage1Rogue's Passage$0.34
  3. Shivan Reef1Shivan Reef$0.22
  4. Silverbluff Bridge1Silverbluff Bridge$0.28
  5. Snow-Covered Island×22Snow-Covered Island$2.12
  6. Snow-Covered Mountain×22Snow-Covered Mountain$1.00
  7. Sulfur Falls1Sulfur Falls$0.18
  8. Swiftwater Cliffs1Swiftwater Cliffs$0.11
  9. Temple of Epiphany1Temple of Epiphany$0.16
  10. Terramorphic Expanse1Terramorphic Expanse$0.10
  11. Volatile Fjord1Volatile Fjord$0.69

About this Balmor, Battlemage Captain deck

A complete 100-card Commander deck: Balmor, Battlemage Captain, 61 spells, and 38 lands, 9 of them basics. It costs $32.44 in TCGplayer singles, and no card but the commander may cost more than $2.

The list is drawn from what Balmor, Battlemage Captain decks actually play. Of the cards that fit the budget, the most played are Opt, Young Pyromancer and Third Path Iconoclast. The picks most particular to this commander are Warlord's Fury, Electrostatic Infantry and Murmuring Mystic, which turn up here far more often than in other Izzet decks.

Its average mana value is 2.34. It runs no Game Changers and holds every piece of 1 known combo.

The most expensive cards are Battle Hymn ($1.78), Storm-Kiln Artist ($1.74) and Wizards of Thay ($1.39); 55 of the 61 spells cost $0.50 or less. With at most $1 per card the same template costs $25.07, and with no limit $130.41; the chart below compares every limit.

Deck statistics and card selection
Average mana value2.34
Game Changers0
Combos1
Deck match73%

Mana curve

  1. Mana value 0: 0 cards
  2. Mana value 1: 12 cards
  3. Mana value 2: 27 cards
  4. Mana value 3: 14 cards
  5. Mana value 4: 8 cards
  6. Mana value 5: 1 card
  7. Mana value 6: 0 cards
  8. Mana value 7+: 0 cards

The curve and the average cover Balmor, Battlemage Captain and every nonland card in the draft. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that these 100 cards hold every piece of.

Deck match measures similarity to commonly played nonland cards for this commander, weighted by how often they are played. It does not measure power or predict wins.

Command Zone template

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Draft compared with the Command Zone deck-building template
RoleTargetYour draftDifference
Ramp1010+0
Card advantage1213+1
Targeted disruption1216+4
Mass disruption66+0
Lands3839+1
Plan3021-9

These targets add up to 108 because a card can fill more than one role. 6 of your cards count in multiple rows. Modal spell/land cards count as whole lands here; the card-type sections use the front face. Your commander is excluded from these counts.

Roles use imported classifications or curated sample labels. 0 cards lack role data, so counts may be incomplete. Plan counts the cards that fill none of the rows above: the ones this commander’s decks play most distinctively, taken best first once the role targets are met.

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Targets from The Command Zone’s deck-building template. Card mapping and draft selection are by Budget Bauble. This is guidance, not a guarantee of deck strength.

Cards are selected from decks with this commander. Basic lands are split across the available colors; check the mana you need before playing. A complete list is not a guarantee of deck strength.

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Each bar is the complete Command Zone template deck for Balmor, Battlemage Captain at that per-card cap, with the commander and basic lands included and no overall budget. Gold is your current cap, blue reaches 100 cards within the cap, and gray either runs out of eligible cards or has a commander that costs more than the cap. Select a bar to build that deck; your budget changes to its price. The percentage under each cap is that deck’s match with what Balmor, Battlemage Captain decks usually play.

Format

With printings adds the set and collector number of the printing each price is based on. Both text formats list the commander first and work on most deck sites.

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