Sauron, the Dark Lord (Aristocrats/Sacrifice) by user1023156

Format: Commander

Commander: Sauron, the Dark Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Grixis Aristocrats Control strategy commanded by Sauron, the Dark Lord. Sauron acts as an oppressive centerpiece, protected by a demanding legendary sacrifice Ward and passively generating Orc Army tokens whenever opponents cast spells. The game plan leverages early artifact ramp and token engines like Ophiomancer and Black Market Connections to deploy Sauron on Turn 5. Once on the battlefield, the deck converts opponent spell-casting into continuous fodder, using free sacrifice outlets like Goblin Bombardment, Ashnod's Altar, and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician to trigger lethal drain payoffs like Mirkwood Bats, Blood Artist, and Bastion of Remembrance. Connecting with an Army activates the Ring's temptation, allowing you to discard your hand and draw four fresh cards each turn to maintain relentless momentum. Continuous asymmetric edicts from Grave Pact and Dictate of Erebos systematically deny opponents a creature presence while your aristocrat triggers close the game around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Prophecy
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skyclave Shadowcat
  • 1 Smothering Abomination
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat