Warhost of Mordor by DScottyP

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 18

Deck overview

This is a thematic Grixis creature-midrange deck led by Sauron, the Dark Lord. It uses opposing spell casts to amass Orcs, then turns Army combat into Ring temptations and occasional hand replacement. The creature package adds several secondary engines: Nazgûl grow whenever the Ring tempts, Lord of the Nazgûl converts spells into Wraiths, and Sauron, Lord of the Rings combines a large Army with milling and reanimation. The deck has solid individual interaction and some graveyard control, but its ordinary plan is slow. Six-mana commander deployment, combat dependence, limited tutoring, and modest acceleration make the main engine usable around turn 6 and threatening around turn 8. It can produce strong battlefields, but the list does not support a dependable compact table kill or total lockout. Its best games are value-oriented and resilient after one disruption, while its weakest games fail to connect an Army or spend early turns fixing mana.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Barad-dûr
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Breaking of the Fellowship
• 1 Call of the Ring
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consider
• 1 Corsairs of Umbar
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deep Analysis
• 1 Desolate Lighthouse
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Extract from Darkness
• 1 Fact or Fiction
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Field of Ruin
• 1 Fiery Inscription
• 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
• 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
• 1 Hostage Taker
• 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
• 6 Island
• 1 Lidless Gaze
• 1 Living Death
• 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
• 1 March from the Black Gate
• 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
• 1 Mines of Moria
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Confluence
• 9 Nazgûl
• 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Orcish Medicine
• 1 Palantír of Orthanc
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Relic of Sauron
• 1 Ringsight
• 1 Ringwraiths
• 1 Rising of the Day
• 1 Rivendell
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Saruman's Trickery
• 1 Saruman, the White Hand
• 1 Sauron's Ransom
• 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
• 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
• 1 Sauron, the Lidless Eye
• 1 Scourge of the Throne
• 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
• 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spiteful Banditry
• 1 Stone of Erech
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Summons of Saruman
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Swarming of Moria
• 1 The Black Gate
• 1 The Grey Havens
• 1 The Mouth of Sauron
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 Thrill of Possibility
• 1 Treason of Isengard
• 1 Voracious Fell Beast
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1 Witch-king of Angmar
• 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin