Sauron, the Dark Lord by MitchyBoi

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a resilient Grixis midrange engine commanded by Sauron, the Dark Lord. The primary strategy focuses on deploying early artifact ramp to cast Sauron by Turn 5. Once on the battlefield, Sauron passively amasses an Orc Army whenever opponents cast spells, punishing spell-heavy pods. Sauron's built-in Ward—forcing attackers to sacrifice a legendary artifact or creature—makes targeted removal extraordinarily difficult for most opponents. On Turn 6, combat attacks trigger the Ring tempts you mechanic, which loots away depleted hands to draw four fresh cards each cycle. The deck finishes games through sustained combat pressure from a tall Army and Sauron, supported by evasion enablers like The Black Gate and finishers like Chandra's Ignition. Symmetrical sweepers such as Toxic Deluge and Blasphemous Act keep wide opposing boards in check, while backup threats like Lord of the Nazgûl ensure strong late-game resiliency.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Forbidden Alchemy
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Knollspine Dragon
  • 1 Languish
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Merciless Executioner
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Revenge of Ravens
  • 1 Reverent Howl
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Too Greedily, Too Deep
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Wake the Dragon
  • 1 Worn Powerstone