Sauron and his Army by Nevian

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Grixis midrange deck built around Sauron, the Dark Lord as its draw engine and amass payoff. The primary plan is to stabilize with removal and card advantage, then close with a wide, heavily countered Army/Wraith board. Sauron's Ring-tempt trigger lets the deck discard its hand and draw four, fueling Glint-Horn Buccaneer, Archfiend of Ifnir, and card-advantage synergies. Secondary lines use Notion Thief with Windfall and Bloodletter of Aclazotz to multiply damage. The deck is resilient through recursion and theft tools, but lacks a compact combo; wins come from combat and incremental drain effects.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Baron, Airship Kingdom
  • 1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
  • 1 Bilbo, Retired Burglar
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Capital City
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cruel Tutor
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Dimir Locket
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Hellish Rebuke
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Marchesa, the Black Rose
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Nibelheim Aflame
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Ominous Asylum
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Ringwraiths
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Smaug, the Great Calamity // Spew Flame
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Immolation
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Treno, Dark City
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
  • 1 Wizard's Staff