One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor by user1275766

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Midrange strategy designed around Sauron, the Dark Lord, utilizing the Amass Orcs and Ring tempt mechanics to dominate the board. The game plan focuses on ramping steadily into Sauron by Turn 5. Once on the battlefield, Sauron punishes opponents for casting spells by continuously growing an Orc Army token. By utilizing the evasive nature of the Ring-bearer mechanic, the Army consistently connects in combat, allowing Sauron to discard empty or low-value hands and draw four fresh cards each turn cycle. This massive card velocity fuels a lethal board state featuring tall Armies, token swarms, and high-impact payoffs such as Assault on Osgiliath and Lord of the Nazgûl. While resilient against spot removal due to Sauron's steep Ward cost, the deck's reliance on combat damage over multiple turn cycles and its modest instant-speed interaction suite make it susceptible to sweepers and fast combo decks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Dunland Crebain
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fall of Cair Andros
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Ringwraiths
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman the White
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Surrounded by Orcs
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swarming of Moria
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Wake the Dragon
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
  • 1 Worn Powerstone