Sauron, The Dark Lord by PR0SECUT0R

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 17

Deck overview

Sauron, the Dark Lord is the deck's central engine. The plan is to ramp into the commander, let opposing spell casts grow an Army, attack with that Army to trigger the Ring, and use the resulting hand refill to continue deploying large threats. Lord of the Nazgûl offers a second token engine, while Orcish Siegemaster, Scourge of the Throne, Uncivil Unrest, and The Balrog of Moria increase combat pressure. The deck also uses graveyard access through Reanimate, Living Death, Goblin Dark-Dwellers, and flashback spells. Its main limitation is not raw card quality but structure: it has few tutors, little protection, and no compact finish. Army growth is strong incremental value, but it needs multiple turn cycles and successful attacks before becoming decisive. Removal is broad but expensive, so the deck is best suited to a slower multiplayer table where its large creatures and recursive value can accumulate.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Anger
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Badlands
• 1 Basalt Monolith
• 1 Bitter Downfall
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Decree of Pain
• 1 Deep Analysis
• 1 Desolate Lighthouse
• 1 Everflowing Chalice
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Fact or Fiction
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Field of Ruin
• 1 Forbidden Alchemy
• 1 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
• 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
• 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
• 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
• 1 Inferno Titan
• 6 Island
• 1 Knollspine Dragon
• 1 Languish
• 1 Living Death
• 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mines of Moria
• 1 Moria Scavenger
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 7 Mountain
• 9 Nazgûl
• 1 Nazgûl Battle-Mace
• 1 Notion Thief
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Orcish Siegemaster
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Relic of Sauron
• 1 Revenge of Ravens
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Saruman, the White Hand
• 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
• 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
• 1 Scourge of the Throne
• 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
• 1 Shiny Impetus
• 1 Siege-Gang Commander
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Subjugate the Hobbits
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Summons of Saruman
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Balrog of Moria
• 1 The Black Gate
• 1 The Mouth of Sauron
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 Treasure Nabber
• 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
• 1 Uncivil Unrest
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Underground Sea
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Volcanic Island
• 1 Voracious Fell Beast
• 1 Wake the Dragon
• 1 Witch-king of Angmar
• 1 Worn Powerstone