Tempt of the Ring by nathanielknopik

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Grixis (UBR) amass / Ring-tempts value deck led by Sauron, the Dark Lord. The primary game plan is to generate a large Army token through repeated amass triggers, then leverage the Ring-tempts ability (triggered by an Army's combat damage) to discard your hand and draw four cards via Sauron's static ability. The deck aims to win through combat damage-often with trample from Orcish Siegemaster or annihilator from Nazgul Battle-Mace-or through drain effects from Mirkwood Bats, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Goblin Bombardment. Secondary themes include Wraith synergies (Nazgul, Lord of the Nazgul) and graveyard recursion (Living Death, Reanimate). The deck is a grindy midrange strategy that out-values opponents through card draw and token generation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bilbo, Retired Burglar
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Book of Mazarbul
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
  • 1 Glorious Gale
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 4 Nazgûl
  • 1 Nazgûl Battle-Mace
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 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 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Widespread Brutality
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat