Sauron by Hadalad

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Lidless Eye

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is a thematic Rakdos Midrange strategy centered on the Amass Orcs/Goblins mechanic and creature-theft combat pressure led by Sauron, the Lidless Eye. The early game focuses on building an Orc or Goblin Army token with cards like Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain, Dunland Crebain, and Swarming of Moria, while developing mana rocks. On Turn 5, Sauron enters to steal an opponent's key creature and initiate aggression. As mana expands, Sauron serves as a repeatable mana sink to pump the entire attacking board and drain all opponents simultaneously. The deck utilizes heavy creature-based removal and board clears like Blasphemous Act to keep opposing boards clear. Because it lacks fast combo finishes, protective countermagic, and tutors, the deck closes games through sustained combat over several turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Axgard Cavalry
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blast-Furnace Hellkite
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Cast into the Fire
  • 1 Cinder Barrens
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Descendants' Fury
  • 1 Drossforge Bridge
  • 1 Dunland Crebain
  • 1 Executioner's Capsule
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fires of Mount Doom
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Goblin Fireleaper
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Gollum the Abandoned
  • 1 Gollum, Scheming Guide
  • 1 Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Gundabad Opportunist
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Mordor Trebuchet
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Mounted Dreadknight
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Oliphaunt
  • 1 Olog-hai Crusher
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reverent Howl
  • 1 Sauron, the Lidless Eye
  • 1 Scavenged Brawler
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stoke the Flames
  • 1 Stone-Giant of High Pass
  • 1 Stony-Voiced Goblins
  • 1 Sunscorched Desert
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swarming of Moria
  • 1 Teeterpeak Ambusher
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terisiare's Devastation
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Thundering Raiju
  • 1 Tidings of War
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Underworld Sentinel
  • 1 Unlikely Aid
  • 1 Vampire Spawn
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voldaren Thrillseeker
  • 1 Voracious Fell Beast
  • 1 Wily Goblin
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin