Sauron, The Dark Lord by maggina

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Sauron, the Dark Lord leads a Grixis midrange deck that wins by grinding value and attacking with a growing Orc Army, Wraiths, and Zombies. Sauron amasses Orcs whenever an opponent casts a spell and tempts you with the Ring whenever your Army deals combat damage, letting you discard your hand to draw four. The deck layers Wraith tribal with Lord of the Nazgul and Nazgul, Zombie tokens from Wand of Orcus and Army of the Damned, and sacrifice control with Grave Pact and Goblin Bombardment. Wheels, discard, and draw engines like Rhystic Study and The One Ring keep your hand full while you control the board until a large evasive Army closes the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Geth's Grimoire
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lidless Gaze
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nazgûl
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reforge the Soul
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 S.H.I.E.L.D. Spy Satellite
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Wand of Orcus
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat