Sauron (opti) by olitologie

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Grixis "amass Orcs / Ring tempts you" midrange deck built around Sauron, the Dark Lord. The plan is to create and grow a single Orc Army token, connect with it in combat, and use Sauron's ring-tempt trigger to discard and draw four, creating enormous card velocity. The Army is supported by a dense package of legendary payoffs: Saruman, the White Hand turns every noncreature spell into a huge amass trigger, while Lord of the Nazgul turns instants and sorceries into an army of 3/3 Wraiths. Wins come from commander and Army combat damage, supplemented by drain effects like Mirkwood Bats, Fell Beast of Mordor, Fiery Inscription, and All Will Be One. It has no compact infinite combos; instead it snowballs incremental amass triggers into an overwhelming board.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 All Will Be One
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arwen's Gift
• 1 Barad-dûr
• 1 Bitter Downfall
• 1 Borne Upon a Wind
• 1 Call of the Ring
• 1 Cast into the Fire
• 1 Claim the Precious
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Corsairs of Umbar
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Dunland Crebain
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fell Beast of Mordor
• 1 Fiery Inscription
• 1 Fires of Mount Doom
• 1 Foray of Orcs
• 1 Gorbag of Minas Morgul
• 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
• 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
• 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
• 1 Gríma Wormtongue
• 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
• 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
• 6 Island
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Lash of the Balrog
• 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
• 1 March from the Black Gate
• 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
• 1 Merciless Executioner
• 1 Mines of Moria
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 1 Mists of Lórien
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Mordor Muster
• 1 Moria Marauder
• 1 Moria Scavenger
• 1 Mount Doom
• 6 Mountain
• 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Orcish Medicine
• 1 Orcish Siegemaster
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Relic of Sauron
• 1 Saruman the White
• 1 Saruman's Trickery
• 1 Saruman, the White Hand
• 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
• 1 Sauron, the Lidless Eye
• 1 Shadow of the Enemy
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spiteful Banditry
• 1 Storm of Saruman
• 1 Subjugate the Hobbits
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Summons of Saruman
• 10 Swamp
• 1 Swarming of Moria
• 1 The Balrog of Moria
• 1 The Black Gate
• 1 The Grey Havens
• 1 The Mouth of Sauron
• 1 Too Greedily, Too Deep
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Treason of Isengard
• 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Warg Rider
• 1 Witch-king of Angmar