Shadow of Mordor by user8073162

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Grixis deck is commanded by Sauron, the Dark Lord, utilizing a potent blend of the 'Ring tempts you' mechanic, Army amassing, and tribal Wraith synergy. The strategy focuses on establishing early mana development and deploying nine copies of Nazgûl alongside Call of the Ring and Lord of the Nazgûl. Once Sauron enters the battlefield, any spell cast by opponents grows an Orc Army, which upon dealing combat damage triggers the Ring to discard depleted hands and draw four cards repeatedly. This massive card velocity fuels the graveyard with powerful targets like Anger, Wonder, and The Balrog of Moria, enabling devastating reanimation turns via Living Death and Breach the Multiverse. Sauron's oppressive ward cost makes single-target removal prohibitively expensive for opponents, while Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Orcish Bowmasters, and Notion Thief restrict opposing card draw. The deck systematically closes games on Turn 8 through wide, evasive combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Call for Aid
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Crypt Incursion
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Display of Power
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 1 Inherited Envelope
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marchesa, the Black Rose
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
  • 1 Mordor on the March
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 9 Mountain
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Nazgûl Battle-Mace
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Ringwraiths
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 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 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Shadow of the Enemy
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Too Greedily, Too Deep
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
  • 1 Wonder