Sauron - B4 Proxies by ClemFandango

Format: Commander

Creator: ClemFandango

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis midrange strategy centered on Sauron, the Dark Lord, utilizing the Amass Orcs and Ring-tempting mechanics from The Lord of the Rings. The plan focuses on ramping during the opening turns, deploying Sauron on turn 5, and leveraging his built-in ward protection to dominate the mid-game. Opponents trigger Orc Army growth simply by casting spells, providing fuel for combat and aristocrat effects. Once an Army connects, Sauron's discard-and-draw trigger completely refills your hand, churning through the library into high-impact board wipes, reanimation spells, and token anthems. Interaction is supported by efficient removal like Deadly Rollick and countermagic like Force of Will, while cards like Orcish Bowmasters and Notion Thief punish opposing card draw. Without infinite combos, the deck closes games through compounding combat damage, direct drain, and massive reanimation swings.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bitter Downfall
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Dunland Crebain
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Knollspine Dragon
  • 1 Kraum, Violent Cacophony
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ringwraiths
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman the White
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Subjugate the Hobbits
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 Too Greedily, Too Deep
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Wake the Dragon
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune