Mordor & Chill by counterspell4thewin

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Midrange strategy centered on Sauron, the Dark Lord. It leverages explosive mana acceleration from cards like Sol Ring, Mana Vault, and Talismans to land Sauron by Turn 4. Sauron's passive abilities generate a steadily growing Orc Army whenever opponents cast spells, while its Ward ability forces opponents to sacrifice a legendary permanent to target it. On Turn 5, an evasive Ring-bearer Army attacks to trigger Sauron's hand-refill engine, discarding low-value cards to draw 4 fresh spells each turn. The deck supplements this combat plan with a resilient Wraith tribal package featuring Lord of the Nazgûl and 6 copies of Nazgûl, alongside reanimation targets like Ancient Copper Dragon and Sheoldred, Whispering One. Opponents face steady attrition from Orcish Bowmasters and Notion Thief, while the deck closes out the game through lethal combat steps around Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 All Will Be One
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
• 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Barad-dûr
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blazemire Verge
• 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Call of the Ring
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Dismember
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Entomb
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Flare of Denial
• 1 Fling
• 1 Go for the Throat
• 1 Grim Tutor
• 1 Haunted Ridge
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
• 3 Island
• 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
• 1 Mana Vault
• 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
• 1 Mockingbird
• 1 Mount Doom
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Multiversal Passage
• 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
• 6 Nazgûl
• 1 Nazgûl Battle-Mace
• 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Palantír of Orthanc
• 1 Persist
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1 Rage into the Valley
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Relic of Sauron
• 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1 Rivendell
• 1 Saruman, the White Hand
• 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1 Shipwreck Marsh
• 1 Smaug the Magnificent
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stitch Together
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Stormcarved Coast
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Talisman of Creativity
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Terminate
• 1 The Black Gate
• 1 The Mouth of Sauron
• 1 The Ozolith
• 1 Twinflame Tyrant
• 1 Undercity Sewers
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
• 1 Warg Rider
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Witch-king of Angmar
• 1 Xander's Lounge