Middle Earth by dak

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a thematic Grixis midrange engine powered by Sauron, the Dark Lord and Wraith synergies. The game plan focuses on deploying efficient mana rocks on the first three turns to cast Sauron by Turn 4. Once on the battlefield, Sauron punishes opponents for casting spells by amassing a large Orc Army. Connecting with an Army or Wraith triggers the Ring temptation mechanic, which unlocks Sauron's powerful ability to discard your hand and draw four fresh cards. The deck leverages nine copies of Nazgûl and Lord of the Nazgûl to turn every Ring trigger and spell into growing, evasive threats. A robust package of board wipes like Toxic Deluge and reanimation spells like Living Death allows the deck to reset opposing boards while easily rebuilding its own. It steadily overwhelms the table through relentless combat damage, card advantage, and lifegain drain.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Barad-dûr
• 1 Basalt Monolith
• 1 Call Forth the Tempest
• 1 Call of the Ring
• 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Claim the Precious
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Cursed Mirror
• 1 Diabolic Tutor
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Eternal Thirst
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Foreboding Ruins
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Hidden Hideout
• 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
• 1 Inherited Envelope
• 4 Island
• 1 Languish
• 1 Living Death
• 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
• 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
• 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
• 1 Mines of Moria
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Mount Doom
• 5 Mountain
• 9 Nazgûl
• 1 No One Left Behind
• 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Orcish Siegemaster
• 1 Palantír of Orthanc
• 1 Phial of Galadriel
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Ranger's Firebrand
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Relic of Sauron
• 1 Resculpt
• 1 Ringsight
• 1 Saruman, the White Hand
• 1 Sauron's Ransom
• 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 Smaug the Magnificent
• 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soothing of Sméagol
• 1 Spiteful Banditry
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Terminate
• 1 The Black Gate
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unearth
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Whip of Erebos
• 1 Witch's Clinic
• 1 Witch-king of Angmar
• 1 Witch-king, Sky Scourge