Who Do You Serve? by mwyda

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This Grixis deck pairs the resilient card-churning engine of Sauron, the Dark Lord with a compact Thassa's Oracle win package. In the opening turns, the deck deploys mana rocks and early setup pieces like Call of the Ring and Orcish Bowmasters. Once Sauron enters the battlefield, any opposing spell cast generates Orc Army tokens, while Sauron's Ward ability demands a steep legendary sacrifice from anyone attempting targeted removal. Connecting with an Army tempts the Ring, letting you discard your hand and draw four fresh cards each turn cycle. This rapid card draw quickly digs into Demonic Consultation, Tainted Pact, or Underworld Breach to close the game with Thassa's Oracle. Supported by flexible countermagic, versatile removal, and board wipes like Toxic Deluge, the deck comfortably controls the table before executing an uninterruptible same-turn finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bilbo, Retired Burglar
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phial of Galadriel
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Sauron, the Lidless Eye
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Sky Scourge
  • 1 Xander's Lounge