Balmor, Battlemage Captain

Balmor, Battlemage Captain Duel Commander decklist played by jolanduquesne at OPEN QUALIFIER : PACA : Heaven Quest (7 Feb 2026).

Player: jolanduquesne
Finish: #23 of 32, 2-3
Event: OPEN QUALIFIER : PACA : Heaven Quest, 7 Feb 2026
Archetype: Balmor, Battlemage Captain
Format: Duel Commander
MTGO
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Main deck (100)

Creatures (28)

Instants (26)

Sorceries (11)

Artifacts (1)

Lands (33)

Commander

1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain

Main deck (100)

Creatures (28)

1 Blistercoil Weird
1 Bomat Courier
1 Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp
1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
1 Delver of Secrets // Insectile Aberration
1 Detective's Phoenix
1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
1 Electrostatic Infantry
1 Feldon, Ronom Excavator
1 Fury
1 Goblin Guide
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Harmonic Prodigy
1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
1 Ledger Shredder
1 Magus of the Moon
1 Mausoleum Wanderer
1 Monastery Swiftspear
1 Slickshot Show-Off
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Soul-Scar Mage
1 Sprite Dragon
1 Stormchaser Mage
1 Stormwing Entity
1 True-Name Nemesis
1 Young Pyromancer

Instants (26)

Sorceries (11)

1 Artful Dodge
1 Chain Lightning
1 Expressive Iteration
1 Flame Slash
1 Forked Bolt
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Serum Visions
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure

Artifacts (1)

1 Cori-Steel Cutter

Lands (33)

1 Arid Mesa
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Cascade Bluffs
1 City of Brass
1 Den of the Bugbear
1 Fiery Islet
9 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
5 Mountain
1 Otawara, Soaring City
1 Polluted Delta
1 Ramunap Ruins
1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
1 Shivan Reef
1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
1 Steam Vents
1 Stormcarved Coast
1 Sulfur Falls

Compared with the average Balmor, Battlemage Captain list

Too few decks of this archetype in the 30 days up to Feb. 7, 2026 to compute an average list.

Deck stats

Mana curve

1.51 average mana value · 1.85 printed

Lands

33 33.0% of the deck

2 to 4 lands in the opening hand: 70.2%
A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play: 62.3%
Same, on the draw: 70.5%

More draw odds for this deck

Colors: costs and sources

0 symbols (0.0%) 1 source (2.0%)
34 symbols (44.2%) 23 sources (46.9%)
0 symbols (0.0%) 1 source (2.0%)
43 symbols (55.8%) 23 sources (46.9%)
0 symbols (0.0%) 1 source (2.0%)

Card types

Creatures 29 (29.0%)
Instants 26 (26.0%)
Sorceries 11 (11.0%)
Artifacts 1 (1.0%)
Lands 33 (33.0%)

Interaction

Removal 27
27 cards
Barbarian Ring, Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp, Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Burst Lightning, Chain Lightning, Fire // Ice, Flame Slash, Forked Bolt, Fury, Ghostfire Slice, Grim Lavamancer, Gut Shot, Incinerate, Lava Dart, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Strike, Mine Collapse, Otawara, Soaring City, Play with Fire, Pyrokinesis, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Snap, Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure, Unholy Heat, Vapor Snag, Wild Slash, Wizard's Lightning
Counterspells 7
7 cards
Daze, Force Spike, Mausoleum Wanderer, Mental Misstep, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Spell Pierce, Wash Away
Hand disruption 0
Board wipes 0

Themes

Creature removal 24
24 cards
Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp, Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Burst Lightning, Chain Lightning, Fire // Ice, Flame Slash, Forked Bolt, Fury, Ghostfire Slice, Grim Lavamancer, Gut Shot, Incinerate, Lava Dart, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Strike, Mine Collapse, Play with Fire, Pyrokinesis, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Snap, Unholy Heat, Vapor Snag, Wild Slash, Wizard's Lightning
Burn 20
20 cards
Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp, Burst Lightning, Chain Lightning, Fire // Ice, Flame Slash, Forked Bolt, Fury, Ghostfire Slice, Grim Lavamancer, Gut Shot, Incinerate, Lava Dart, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Strike, Mine Collapse, Play with Fire, Pyrokinesis, Unholy Heat, Wild Slash, Wizard's Lightning
Burn to players 15
15 cards
Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp, Burst Lightning, Chain Lightning, Fire // Ice, Forked Bolt, Ghostfire Slice, Grim Lavamancer, Gut Shot, Incinerate, Lava Dart, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Strike, Play with Fire, Wild Slash, Wizard's Lightning
Card draw 10
10 cards
Bomat Courier, Brainstorm, Consider, Fire // Ice, Gitaxian Probe, Ledger Shredder, Opt, Ponder, Preordain, Serum Visions
Cantrips 8
8 cards
Brainstorm, Consider, Fire // Ice, Gitaxian Probe, Opt, Ponder, Preordain, Serum Visions
Bounce (any) 5
5 cards
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Daze, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Snap, Vapor Snag
Scry 5
5 cards
Opt, Play with Fire, Preordain, Serum Visions, Stormwing Entity
Bounce 4
4 cards
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Snap, Vapor Snag