Gorthaur the Cruel by Berserker93

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Grixis Aristocrats build helmed by Sauron, the Dark Lord. The primary strategy focuses on establishing early ramp to cast Sauron by Turn 5. Once on the battlefield, Sauron's passive ability converts every opposing spell into Orc Army tokens, turning standard multiplayer spellcasting into continuous sacrifice fodder. The deck converts these tokens into damage and resource advantages through sacrifice outlets like Goblin Bombardment and Phyrexian Altar, alongside potent drain engines such as Blood Artist, Bastion of Remembrance, and Mirkwood Bats. When an Army connects in combat, the Ring tempts you, filtering spent hands into fresh four-card grips to maintain momentum. Sauron's punishing ward ability provides natural resilience against targeted removal, forcing opponents to look for sweepers while your drain pieces whittle away life totals toward a Turn 8 finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bilbo, Retired Burglar
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Falkenrath Aristocrat
  • 1 Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Kingpin, Wilson Fisk
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Sawblade Skinripper
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spawning Pit
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat