Sauron nazgul by user7749758

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck leverages Sauron, the Dark Lord as a high-value commander that combines passive board growth, robust ward protection, and explosive card advantage. By amassing Orc Armies whenever opponents cast spells, the deck naturally builds a massive board presence while leaving mana open for interaction. When an Army connects in combat, the Ring tempts you trigger allows discarding your hand to draw four fresh cards, digging aggressively for key payoffs. The 9 Nazgûl copies grow collectively each time the Ring tempts you, creating an evasive deathtouch army. Discard synergies with Archfiend of Ifnir, Anger, and Wonder turn card filtering into one-sided board wipes, haste, and flying. While relying heavily on creature combat and nonland permanents, the combination of commander ward protection, efficient reanimation, and steady token generation makes the deck resilient and capable of closing games swiftly across Turns 7 and 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Book of Mazarbul
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 6 Mountain
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Ringwraiths
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
  • 1 Witch-king, Sky Scourge
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Worn Powerstone