In the Darkness Bind them by user6071410

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Midrange Reanimator build helmed by Sauron, the Dark Lord. It leverages Sauron's triggered ability to amass an Orc Army and cycle hands into four fresh cards whenever the Ring tempts you. The deck uses 9 copies of Nazgûl to rapidly grow an evasive creature presence while binning key reanimation targets such as Archfiend of Ifnir, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, and Ancient Brass Dragon. Supported by efficient reanimation spells like Reanimate and Living Death, the deck converts high card velocity into overwhelming board states. Anger, Wonder, and Filth in the graveyard grant combat keywords to close games through combat damage and life loss. With strong ward protection on its commander and resilient recursion engines, the deck grinds down opposing resources and delivers decisive swings across the mid-to-late game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bilbo, Retired Burglar
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chainer, Nightmare Adept
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Desperate Plea
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Filth
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Glorious Gale
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Riddles in the Dark
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
  • 1 Wonder