Sauron the Dark Lord by Warlock_enjoyer

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Sauron, the Dark Lord helms a Grixis amass-and-discard value strategy. The deck capitalises on Sauron's ability to amass Orcs 1 whenever an opponent casts a spell, then turns that growing Army token into a game-ending threat. The Ring's temptations fuel Sauron's signature draw-four burst, which also feeds discard synergies across permanents like Archfiend of Ifnir, Cryptcaller Chariot, and Monument to Endurance. Win conditions centre on making the Army unblockable via Rogue's Passage or Trailblazer's Boots, burning the table with All Will Be One or Soul Immolation, or resetting the board with Living Death while retaining a superior position. Nine copies of Nazgul provide additional bodies that grow with each ring temptation, and Mauhur, Uruk-hai Captain accelerates the counter snowball. The commander is both the primary draw engine and the engine's trigger; the entire plan slows markedly without him.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bilbo, Retired Burglar
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cool but Rude
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptcaller Chariot
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Inherited Envelope
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Lasting Tarfire
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 4 Mountain
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phial of Galadriel
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Immolation
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Xander's Lounge