New Untitled Deck by user9871206

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This Grixis midrange deck harnesses Sauron, the Dark Lord to build a formidable board through the amass Orcs mechanic and Ring temptations. The early game focuses on making steady land drops and deploying setup permanents such as Call of the Ring, Palantír of Orthanc, and redundant copies of Nazgûl. On Turn 6, Sauron enters the battlefield, turning every opposing spell into free Army power. Connecting in combat with an Army triggers Ring temptation, allowing you to discard a depleted hand and draw four fresh cards each turn cycle. This massive card velocity fuels a continuous stream of threats, removal, and reanimation. The deck closes out games through overwhelming combat damage, utilizing Assault on Osgiliath for double strike or heavy beaters like Smaug the Impenetrable and Red Hulk. While vulnerable to mass board sweepers due to a lack of instant-speed board protection, Sauron's punishing Ward ability makes single-target removal painful for opponents.

Decklist (102 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Harvester
  • 1 Airship Engine Room
  • 2 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Boiling Rock Prison
  • 1 Book of Mazarbul
  • 1 Breaking of the Fellowship
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Easterling Vanguard
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elvenking's Harper
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Glorious Gale
  • 1 Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Grim Reaper, Lethal Legionnaire
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Ioreth of the Healing House
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Lash of the Balrog
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mordor Trebuchet
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 6 Nazgûl
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Realm of Koh
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Ringwraiths
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Scroll of Isildur
  • 1 Shadow of the Enemy
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smite the Deathless
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Stern Scolding
  • 2 Sting, Bilbo's Sword
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Voracious Fell Beast
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Éomer, Marshal of Rohan