Sauron, the Dark Lord by TerrorBilly

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis midrange strategy led by Sauron, the Dark Lord. It leverages Amass mechanics and Wraith tribal synergies from The Lord of the Rings to control the board and win through combat. In the early game, the deck deploys mana rocks and low-cost Amass cards or Nazgûl. Once Sauron enters on turn 5, his ward ability provides strong built-in protection while punishing opponents' spells by building a large Orc Army. When the Army deals combat damage, the Ring tempts the player, allowing Sauron to discard the hand and draw four fresh cards every turn cycle. This massive card turnover fuels continuous threat deployment, graveyard filling, and reanimation through spells like Living Death. The deck closes the game by overwhelming opponents with unblockable or trample attacks from massive Armies, 9/9 Wraiths via Lord of the Nazgûl, and steady combat attrition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolg, Erebor's Reckoning
  • 1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 1 Inherited Envelope
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Languish
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Phial of Galadriel
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Ringwraiths
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Saruman the White
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Too Greedily, Too Deep
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Wizard's Staff