Wraiths by CrazedWarLord

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is an Amass and Wraith tribal midrange strategy built around Sauron, the Dark Lord. It accelerates into its commander by Turn 4 using a dense suite of two-mana artifacts and rituals. Once deployed, Sauron weaponizes opposing spell casts by automatically creating and growing an Orc Army token, shielded by his formidable Ward cost. The primary game plan connects with this Army to trigger the Ring temptation mechanic, allowing the pilot to discard a depleted hand and draw four fresh cards every turn cycle. Offensive momentum compounds rapidly through nine copies of Nazgûl, which buff the entire Wraith team each time the Ring tempts you, and Lord of the Nazgûl, which spawns menacing Wraith tokens. Evasion enablers like Wonder, Gleaming Overseer, and Shadowspear ensure combat damage connects. Efficient interaction, creature board wipes, and punishers like Orcish Bowmasters and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse disrupt opposing strategies while the deck steadily marches toward a Turn 8 lethal finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Anger
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Barad-dûr
• 1 Beseech the Mirror
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Cabal Coffers
• 1 Call of the Ring
• 1 Charcoal Diamond
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Gleaming Overseer
• 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
• 2 Island
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Lazotep Plating
• 1 Leaden Myr
• 1 Living Death
• 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 March from the Black Gate
• 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Mount Doom
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 9 Nazgûl
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Orcish Siegemaster
• 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1 Pact of Negation
• 1 Palantír of Orthanc
• 1 Phyrexian Tower
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Relic of Sauron
• 1 Ringsight
• 1 Saruman's Trickery
• 1 Saruman, the White Hand
• 1 Sauron's Ransom
• 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spiteful Banditry
• 1 Steam Vents
• 10 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1 Talisman of Creativity
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 The Balrog of Moria
• 1 The Black Gate
• 1 The Great Goblin
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 The Ozolith
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1 Widespread Brutality
• 1 Witch-king of Angmar
• 1 Wonder
• 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician