Sauron, The Dark Lord by Mrwarden1995

Format: Commander

Creator: Mrwarden1995

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Sauron, the Dark Lord leads an aggressive Grixis Ring-tempting and amass strategy supported by a nine-card Nazgul package. The deck builds immediate board presence through spell triggers and Ring temptations, continually growing an Orc Army while stacking power on lethal deathtouch Wraiths. Combat damage triggers Saurons wheel ability, refilling the hand with four fresh cards while fueling discard engines like Bone Miser and token generators like Ominous Seas. The primary win conditions involve overwhelming opponents through massive evasive Nazgul attacks, wide Wraith swarms enabled by Lord of the Nazgul, reanimating entire graveyards with Living Death, or burn damage from Terror of the Peaks and The Great Goblin.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Glorious Gale
  • 1 Gnashing of Teeth
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 1 Inherited Envelope
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mutinous Massacre
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Sauron, the Lidless Eye
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Soul Immolation
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Xander's Lounge