Sauron, the Dark Lord (feat Nicky B) by user4403220

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Grixis deck is helmed by Sauron, the Dark Lord, a value engine that generates a growing Army token whenever an opponent casts a spell and turns combat damage into massive card advantage via the Ring tempts. The primary game plan is to deploy early amass enablers, cast Sauron to trigger the army and draw, then suit up the Army with equipment like Sword of War and Peace or Shadowspear and ride it to victory through repeated combat steps. Secondary win conditions include the Scourge of the Throne extra-combat chain, reanimation of heavy hitters like Balefire Dragon or Massacre Wurm, and the Bolas planeswalkers for incremental advantage. The deck leans on a dense land count (41 lands) and a handful of mana rocks to cast its expensive spells, but it lacks a compact infinite combo and relies on incremental combat damage to close out games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Bilbo, Retired Burglar
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Burning-Rune Demon
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Geothermal Bog
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jeweled Lotus
  • 1 Languish
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mask of Griselbrand
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Molten Tributary
  • 1 Morgul-Knife
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Once and Future
  • 1 Sword of War and Peace
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 The Balrog, Durin's Bane
  • 1 The Bath Song
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Voracious Fell Beast
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Widespread Brutality
  • 1 Xander's Lounge