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Balmor, Battlemage Captain

First printed in Dominaria United (2022)

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Balmor, Battlemage Captain

Legendary Creature — Bird Wizard

Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain trample until end of turn.

"Even the most hardened armies are ill-equipped to defend against an onslaught from the sky."

1/3

Illustrated by
Bram Sels

Legality

Rulings (2)

  • Balmor's last ability affects only creatures you control at the time it resolves, including Balmor itself. Creatures you begin to control later in the turn or noncreature permanents that become creatures later won't get the bonus.
  • Balmor's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Balmor, Battlemage Captain in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Foundations (FDN), Premier Draft 55.6% +1.0 +5.0 21473
Foundations (FDN), Sealed 53.6% -1.5 +4.4 507
Dominaria United (DMU), Premier Draft 59.9% +3.5 +5.4 45094
Dominaria United (DMU), Sealed 56.0% -0.1 +3.6 1212
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Standard In 14 of 1778 decks (0.8%), most in UBR (unclassified)

Share of decks
0.8%
▲ 0.7 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 0.0% 2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.0% 2026-08-31: 0.0% 2026-09-07: 0.0% 2026-09-14: 0.3% 2026-09-21: 0.0% 2026-09-28: 0.0% 2026-10-05: 0.4% 2026-10-12: 1.0% 2026-10-19: 0.9% 2026-10-26: 1.1%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
14
14 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.1
in the main deck
Win rate
58%
3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
UBR (unclassified) 2.2% 35%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Ancestral Anger100%68.4
Callous Sell-Sword // Burn Together100%63.5
Secret Identity100%29.1
Wild Ride100%29.1
Elusive Otter // Grove's Bounty100%28.2
Slickshot Show-Off100%20.2
Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act100%19.3
Spirebluff Canal100%9.7
Riverpyre Verge100%7.6
Steam Vents100%5.6

Best win rate

DeckRecord
UBR
MacIsaac in Standard Challenge 32 Special
6-1
86%
UBR
MacIsaac in Standard Challenge 32
6-2
75%
UBR
MacIsaac in Standard Challenge 32
6-2
75%
UBR
MandrillMan in Standard Challenge 32
4-2
67%
UBR
MacIsaac in Standard Challenge 32
4-2
67%
UBR
Nema33 in Standard Challenge 32
3-3
50%
UBR
Grogore in Standard Challenge 16
3-3
50%
UBR
MacIsaac in Standard Challenge 16
3-3
50%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UBR
DannyStarchild,
1 main 5-0
UBR
CarlosZ,
1 main 5-0
UBR
MacIsaac,
1 main #32
of 77
3-4
UBR
MandrillMan,
1 main #11
of 48
4-2
UBR
Nema33,
2 main #19
of 48
3-3
UBR
MacIsaac,
1 main #4 (top 8)
of 49
6-2
UBR
DannyStarchild,
1 main 5-0
UBR
MacIsaac,
1 main #21
of 64
4-2

Commander In 2 of 5965 decks (0.0%), most in Vivi Ornitier

Share of decks
0.0%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.1% 2026-08-31: 0.0% 2026-09-07: 0.0% 2026-09-14: 0.1% 2026-09-21: 0.0% 2026-09-28: 0.1% 2026-10-05: 0.1% 2026-10-12: 0.1% 2026-10-19: 0.0% 2026-10-26: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
2
2 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Vivi Ornitier 2.1% 1%
Eshki Dragonclaw 0.0% 100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Vivi Ornitier
Laura Beth Bryer,
1 main #6 (top 8)
of 18
1-0
Eshki Dragonclaw
Víctor Molina Palomares,
1 main #20
of 22
0-2