Sauron grows a single Orc Army whenever opponents cast spells. The deck layers more amass sources on top: instants and sorceries that amass, Saruman the White Hand, Bothersome Noisemaker, and a counter-doubler. It then pushes that Army into combat so it tempts the Ring, and each temptation lets Sauron turn a hand into four fresh cards. Ring-tempt spells are spread throughout as a second way to trigger the discard-and-draw-four refill, alongside Gandalf, Call of the Ring, and Ringwraiths recursion. How it wins: It swings with one huge Army made unblockable or trampling, refilling the hand each hit, backed by spell-cast burn from Fiery Inscription and The Great Goblin and finishers like Fling and Rite of Consumption that cash in the Army's power. Key roles: - Amass engine: spells and creatures that put +1/+1 counters on the single Army, scaling with noncreature spells cast, alongside Sauron's trigger on opponents' spells (Saruman, the White Hand, Bothersome Noisemaker, Saruman the White). - Counter amplification and payoff: adding extra counters to every amass and dealing damage each time counters land, turning small amass effects into a fast clock (Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain, The Great Goblin, Orcish Medicine). - Getting the Army through: evasion, trample and haste so the Army connects and triggers Sauron's Ring temptation (Orcish Siegemaster, Corsairs of Umbar, Rogue's Passage). - Ring temptation and refill: cheap tempt effects that fire Sauron's discard-and-draw-four, plus cards that draw or recur off each temptation (Call of the Ring, Gandalf, Friend of the Shire, Ringwraiths). - Spellslinger value: cheap interaction that amasses, cost reducers, and burn or Wraith tokens for every instant and sorcery cast, with graveyard recasting (Fiery Inscription, Lord of the Nazgûl, Kess, Dissident Mage). - Sacrifice finishers: converting the oversized Army's power into direct damage or cards to close the game (Fling, Rite of Consumption, Bolg of the North).

Sauron, the Dark Lord decklist

• 5× Island
• 4× Mountain
• 6× Swamp
• Arcane Signet
• Command Tower
• Fling
• Anger
• Arcane Denial
• Crumbling Necropolis
• Dark Ritual
• Field of Ruin
• Rogue's Passage
• Sol Ring
• Fellwar Stone
• Blasphemous Act
• Dimir Signet
• Exotic Orchard
• Fire Diamond
• Terramorphic Expanse
• Underground River
• Worn Powerstone
• Kess, Dissident Mage
• Sulfurous Springs
• Nightscape Familiar
• Smoldering Marsh
• Choked Estuary
• Foreboding Ruins
• Rakdos Signet
• Izzet Signet
• Goblin Cratermaker
• Goblin Electromancer
• Ramunap Ruins
• Cascade Bluffs
• Dragonskull Summit
• Talisman of Dominance
• Bleeding Edge
• Commence the Endgame
• Widespread Brutality
• Talisman of Creativity
• Merciless Executioner
• Sky Diamond
• Sulfur Falls
• Notion Thief
• Rite of Consumption
• Feed the Swarm
• Maskwood Nexus
• Frostboil Snarl
• Call of the Ring
• Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
• Foray of Orcs
• Nasty End
• Treason of Isengard
• Barad-dûr
• Saruman's Trickery
• Swarming of Moria
• Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
• Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
• Saruman the White
• Ringsight
• The Mouth of Sauron
• Fiery Inscription
• Surrounded by Orcs
• Ringwraiths
• Claim the Precious
• Birthday Escape
• Orcish Medicine
• Soothing of Sméagol
• Deceive the Messenger
• Sam's Desperate Rescue
• Saruman, the White Hand
• Corsairs of Umbar
• Orcish Siegemaster
• Lord of the Nazgûl
• In the Darkness Bind Them
• Moria Scavenger
• Relic of Sauron
• The Black Gate
• Spider-Sense
• Scorched Geyser
• Tablet of Discovery
• My Precious // Allure of Power
• Dark Fortress
• Bolg of the North
• The Great Goblin
• Bothersome Noisemaker
• Misty Mountains Raider
• Goblin-town