Armies of Mordor by OmegaFlux

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis midrange strategy that leverages Sauron, the Dark Lord to generate relentless board presence and card velocity. The early game focuses on deploying mana rocks and low-cost Amass permanents like March from the Black Gate to build an initial Army token. Once Sauron lands on Turn 5, he turns every opposing spell into Orc Army growth and converts every Army combat hit into a full four-card hand refresh via the Ring Tempts You mechanic. The deck grinds down the table by continuously refilling its hand, deploying midgame threats like Lord of the Nazgûl and Saruman, the White Hand, and applying incremental drain through Mirkwood Bats and Fiery Inscription. It closes games around Turn 8 through massive Army swings empowered by Assault on Osgiliath or extra combat steps from Scourge of the Throne. Built-in ward on the commander provides resilience, though reliance on a single large Army token requires careful navigation of opposing removal and blockers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Brimstone Volley
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cast Down
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Crypt Incursion
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Dunland Crebain
  • 1 Eroded Canyon
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Flamerush Rider
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Gríma Wormtongue
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mordor Trebuchet
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Olog-hai Crusher
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Peculiar Lighthouse
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Razortrap Gorge
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Ringwraiths
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Snarling Warg
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Balrog, Flame of Udûn
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Uruk-hai Berserker
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
  • 1 Witch-king, Sky Scourge
  • 1 Worn Powerstone