Sauron by user5591216

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Midrange Amass strategy commanded by Sauron, the Dark Lord. The primary game plan revolves around ramping in the early turns with two-mana artifacts, establishing Sauron on Turn 5, and leveraging his passive abilities to build a massive Orc Army as opponents cast spells. Once the Army connects in combat, the Ring tempts you, allowing you to discard a spent hand and draw four fresh cards each turn cycle. This massive card flow fuels a deep suite of counterspells and removal to protect your board while grinding down opponents through combat damage. Secondary payoffs like Bolg, Erebor's Reckoning, Saruman, the White Hand, and Shadowspear provide trample, stat buffs, and evasion to push damage through blockers. The deck functions as a resilient attrition engine that dominates the mid-to-late game through card advantage and commander damage, though it lacks fast combo finishes and remains vulnerable to repeated mass board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani's Anguish
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolg, Erebor's Reckoning
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Devastation Tide
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Duelist's Flame
  • 1 Dunland Crebain
  • 1 Easterling Vanguard
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Frostcliff Siege
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Gollum, Riddle Master
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Plea for Power
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Rhovanion Rampager
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Saruman the White
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summon: Kujata
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Think Twice
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Watery Grave