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The Balrog, Flame of Udûn
Legendary Creature — Avatar Demon · 3BR
Color identity: Black · Red · Rakdos
The Balrog, Flame of Udûn is Rakdos (black and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Trample
When a legendary creature an opponent controls dies, put The Balrog on the bottom of its owner's library.
Reference price of the card: €0.71
Average lands in decks for The Balrog, Flame of Udûn: 34
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The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: B+ (75/100)
- Consistency53
- Speed64
- Interaction72
- Resilience78
- Closing98
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 34 lands (24 nonbasic, 6 Swamp, 4 Mountain)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Chaos Warp · Talisman of Indulgence · Rakdos Signet · Lightning Greaves · Reality Scramble · Warstorm Surge · Aspiring Champion · Black Market Connections · Demonic Tutor · Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit · Profane Tutor · Chaotic Transformation · Divergent Transformations · Guff Rewrites History · Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast · Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire · Phyrexian Reclamation · Too Greedily, Too Deep · Transmogrify · Vampiric Tutor · Whip of Erebos · Untimely Malfunction · Blasphemous Act · Collision of Realms · Dark Ritual · Fake Your Own Death · Feed the Swarm · Grim Tutor · Swiftfoot Boots · Beseech the Mirror · Fellwar Stone · Phyrexian Arena · The Cruelty of Gix · Urabrask's Forge · Bond of Revival · Curse of Disturbance · Dark Petition · Gimli's Reckless Might · Lifeline · Liliana, Dreadhorde General · Stensia Uprising · The Balrog of Moria · Tibalt's Trickery · Where Ancients Tread · Abrade · Cauldron of Souls · Dreadbore · Mimic Vat · Palace Siege · Professional Face-Breaker · Terminate · Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn · Vorrac Battlehorns · Whispersilk Cloak · Abnormal Endurance · Beacon of Unrest · Dawn of the Dead · Endless Whispers · Feign Death · Ghoulish Procession · Imperial Seal · Kardur, Doomscourge · Quarrel's End · Command Tower · Dragonskull Summit · Blood Crypt · Luxury Suite · Haunted Ridge · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Blazemire Verge · Rakdos Carnarium · Sulfurous Springs · Exotic Orchard · Raucous Theater · Smoldering Marsh · Bloodstained Mire · Canyon Slough · Bojuka Bog · Graven Cairns · Evolving Wilds · Tainted Peak · Den of the Bugbear · Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance · Access Tunnel · Badlands · Kher Keep · Mirrex
🃏 Recommended cards for The Balrog, Flame of Udûn
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Balrog, Flame of Udûn, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Reality Scramble | 44% | +44% |
| Aspiring Champion | 41% | +41% |
| Warstorm Surge | 44% | +40% |
| Profane Tutor | 38% | +36% |
| Hagra Mauling | 38% | +36% |
| Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast | 35% | +35% |
| Transmogrify | 35% | +35% |
| Chaotic Transformation | 35% | +35% |
| Divergent Transformations | 35% | +35% |
| Too Greedily, Too Deep | 35% | +35% |
| Guff Rewrites History | 35% | +34% |
| Collision of Realms | 32% | +32% |
| Phyrexian Reclamation | 35% | +32% |
| The Cruelty of Gix | 29% | +29% |
| Whip of Erebos | 35% | +29% |
| Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | 47% | +28% |
| Grim Tutor | 32% | +28% |
| Stensia Uprising | 26% | +26% |
| Lifeline | 26% | +26% |
| Bond of Revival | 26% | +26% |
| Where Ancients Tread | 26% | +26% |
| Gimli's Reckless Might | 26% | +26% |
| Beseech the Mirror | 29% | +26% |
| Fake Your Own Death | 32% | +26% |
💰 The best cards for your The Balrog, Flame of Udûn deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Reality Scramble
- Aspiring Champion
- Warstorm Surge
- Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast
- Transmogrify
- Chaotic Transformation
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Profane Tutor
- Guff Rewrites History
- Phyrexian Reclamation
- Whip of Erebos
- Gimli's Reckless Might
- Liliana, Dreadhorde General
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- Grim Tutor
- Lifeline
- Beseech the Mirror
- Black Market Connections
- Vampiric Tutor
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Balrog, Flame of Udûn's color identity?
The Balrog, Flame of Udûn is Rakdos (black and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does The Balrog, Flame of Udûn come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Balrog, Flame of Udûn deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 34 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 5.0 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 93 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 37 % of the time and floods 23 %. Deck health: B+ (75/100).
How many lands should a The Balrog, Flame of Udûn deck run?
Real The Balrog, Flame of Udûn decks run 34 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for The Balrog, Flame of Udûn?
The three highest-synergy cards are Reality Scramble, Aspiring Champion, Warstorm Surge. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Balrog, Flame of Udûn decks.
What combos does The Balrog, Flame of Udûn have?
We have no known combos catalogued for The Balrog, Flame of Udûn. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a The Balrog, Flame of Udûn deck cost?
You can start cheap: Reality Scramble, Aspiring Champion, Warstorm Surge are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.