The Lord of the Rings by Castro407

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, Lord of the Rings

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Sauron, Lord of the Rings is a midrange Grixis deck that builds a single enormous Orc Army via amass and wraps the board with Ring-tempt triggers and Wraith synergies. Saruman, the White Hand is the hidden commander, converting every noncreature spell into amass and granting ward. Lord of the Nazgul and the nine Nazgul turn spells into Wraiths, while Sauron's cast trigger adds five amass counters and reanimates a big creature. The deck wins through combat, using haste enablers and In the Darkness Bind Them to steal opposing creatures, and uses token producers like There and Back Again with Mirkwood Bats for reach. It has solid interaction but no one-shot combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bitter Downfall
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cast into the Fire
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Dunland Crebain
  • 1 Fell Beast of Mordor
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
  • 1 Gimli's Reckless Might
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Glorious Gale
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Hammerheim
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 1 Inherited Envelope
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mordor on the March
  • 10 Mountain
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Nazgûl Battle-Mace
  • 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Stern Scolding
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 The Balrog, Durin's Bane
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Torment of Gollum
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
  • 1 Urborg
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Voracious Fell Beast
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
  • 1 Witch-king, Sky Scourge