Sauron, the Dark Lord by dennyk1979

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is an Amass Midrange build helmed by Sauron, the Dark Lord, leveraging Lord of the Rings flavor and token mechanics. The game plan focuses on curving out with early amass creatures and landcyclers before deploying Sauron on Turn 6. Once active, Sauron punishes opposing spellcasts by amassing Orc tokens and converts Army combat damage into recurring card draw via Ring tempt triggers. Built-in ward protection makes Sauron resilient against targeted removal, allowing the deck to assemble large Army tokens alongside evasive support like Warg Rider and Book of Mazarbul. The deck wins through accumulated combat damage and lethal board swings backed by Assault on Osgiliath. While the high land count ensures dependable land drops, the deck lacks fast mana acceleration, board sweepers, and dedicated tutors, resulting in a methodical on-curve midrange game plan that relies on combat phases to close the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arwen's Gift
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Bilbo, Retired Burglar
  • 1 Bitter Downfall
  • 1 Book of Mazarbul
  • 1 Captain of Umbar
  • 1 Capture Sphere
  • 1 Cast into the Fire
  • 1 Convolute
  • 1 Council's Deliberation
  • 1 Deceive the Messenger
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Dunland Crebain
  • 1 Easterling Vanguard
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fall of Cair Andros
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Fire Prophecy
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Gandalf the Grey
  • 1 Gimli, Counter of Kills
  • 1 Gorbag of Minas Morgul
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Grond, the Gatebreaker
  • 1 Gríma Wormtongue
  • 1 Hampering Snare
  • 1 Horses of the Bruinen
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Keep Safe
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Meneldor, Swift Savior
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Moria Marauder
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Nazgûl
  • 1 Oliphaunt
  • 1 Olog-hai Crusher
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Quarrel's End
  • 1 Rally at the Hornburg
  • 1 Relentless Rohirrim
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Ringwraiths
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Saruman the White
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Smite the Deathless
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Swarming of Moria
  • 1 The Bath Song
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 The Torment of Gollum
  • 1 The Watcher in the Water
  • 1 Transmogrant Altar
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Warg Rider