Copy of - LoTR Big Baddies by user9380602

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck leverages Sauron, the Dark Lord at the helm of a Grixis midrange shell focused on Army amass, Wraith beatdown, and Ring temptation. Early turns establish mana rocks and setup permanents such as Call of the Ring or March from the Black Gate. Deploying Sauron on Turn 5 creates an immediate passive threat: opponents grow your Orc Army whenever they cast spells, while Sauron's steep Ward cost deters targeted removal. Once combat begins, connecting with an Army triggers Ring temptation, enabling Sauron to discard depleted hands and draw four fresh cards each turn. The deck scales pressure through nine copies of Nazgûl, which grow each Wraith whenever the Ring tempts you, alongside finishers like Lord of the Nazgûl and Cavern-Hoard Dragon. Board sweepers like Toxic Deluge keep aggressive boards in check while you overwhelm the table across coordinated combat turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Dragon's Desire
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Lash of the Balrog
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mordor on the March
  • 1 Morgul-Knife Wound
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Oath of the Grey Host
  • 1 Olog-hai Crusher
  • 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swarming of Moria
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 The Balrog, Durin's Bane
  • 1 The Black Breath
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Torment of Gollum
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Voracious Fell Beast
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Xander's Lounge