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Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Grixis midrange and reanimator deck commanded by Sauron, the Dark Lord. It leverages Sauron's passive ability to amass an Orc Army whenever opponents cast spells, turning that Army into an evasive Ring-bearer to trigger repeated hand-cycling. By discarding and drawing four cards each turn, the deck rapidly fills the graveyard with powerhouse creatures like Archfiend of Ifnir, Ancient Copper Dragon, Ancient Brass Dragon, and Ancient Silver Dragon. Reanimation spells such as Reanimate, Animate Dead, and Living Death allow the deck to bypass high mana costs and cheat massive threats into play. Simultaneously, discard payoffs like Bone Miser and Surly Badgersaur generate significant mana and token advantage. Robust interaction including Force of Will and Fierce Guardianship defends key windows, while Sauron's onerous Ward ability protects your board development from typical spot removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Chainer, Nightmare Adept
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadpool, Trading Card
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fear of Missing Out
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 3 Mountain
  • 6 Nazgûl
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Psychic Frog
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surly Badgersaur
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Xander's Lounge