Sauron by mkish

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Grixis midrange strategy built around Sauron, the Dark Lord, nine copies of Nazgûl, and the Ring-tempting mechanic. The game plan accelerates mana on Turns 1–3 to deploy Sauron on Turn 4. Once Sauron is on the battlefield, opposing spell casts automatically build a massive Orc Army. On Turn 5, an evasive combat connection triggers The Ring tempts you, letting Sauron discard the hand and draw four fresh cards while pumping each Wraith in play. The deck sustains immense card velocity and board presence, using cards like Archfiend of Ifnir and Orcish Bowmasters to decimate opposing boards through asymmetric attrition. Protected by Sauron's oppressive Ward ability, efficient counterspells, and free interaction like Deadly Rollick, the deck finishes the game around Turn 7 via evasive combat damage or a lethal Chandra's Ignition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cool but Rude
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Library of Leng
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 3 Mountain
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Xander's Lounge