Sauron by dustinkuhl

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis midrange build centered on Sauron, the Dark Lord. It leverages the Amass Orcs mechanic alongside the Ring-bearer tempt triggers to generate steady board presence and substantial card advantage. Early turns focus on mana ramp and land fixing across three colors to resolve the six-mana commander by turn 5. Once established, Sauron punishes opponents for casting spells by continuously building a large Orc Army token, while combat connections let you cycle away cards to draw four. The deck closes games through wide and tall combat damage supported by secondary powerhouses like Lord of the Nazgûl, Scourge of the Throne, and Sauron, Lord of the Rings. While highly resilient against targeted removal due to Sauron's restrictive ward cost, it lacks fast combo finishes and dedicated tutors, relying on overwhelming card volume and creature combat to finish games around turn 10.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Along the Crooked Way
• 1 Anger
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Bitter Downfall
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
• 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Consider
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deep Analysis
• 1 Desolate Lighthouse
• 1 Dismal Backwater
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Dread Return
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Everflowing Chalice
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Extract from Darkness
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Field of Ruin
• 1 Fiery Inscription
• 1 Foray of Orcs
• 1 Foreboding Ruins
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Gathering of Darkness
• 1 Glorious Gale
• 1 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
• 1 Goblin-town
• 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
• 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
• 1 Guttersnipe
• 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
• 6 Island
• 1 Languish
• 1 Lidless Gaze
• 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Misty Mountains Raider
• 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
• 1 Moria Scavenger
• 7 Mountain
• 1 Nasty End
• 1 Notion Thief
• 1 Orcish Medicine
• 1 Orcish Siegemaster
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Rage into the Valley
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Relic of Sauron
• 1 Revenge of Ravens
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
• 1 Saruman, the White Hand
• 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
• 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
• 1 Scourge of the Throne
• 1 Shadow of the Enemy
• 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Subjugate the Hobbits
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Summons of Saruman
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Balrog of Moria
• 1 The Black Gate
• 1 The Mouth of Sauron
• 1 The Torment of Gollum
• 1 Thrill of Possibility
• 1 Tidings of War
• 1 Too Greedily, Too Deep
• 1 Treason of Isengard
• 1 Treasure Nabber
• 1 Worn Powerstone