Sauron, the Dark Lord

Sauron, the Dark Lord Commander Deck

Sauron, the Dark Lord sits at the center of a strategy that grows a massive Orc Army token through amass triggers generated by nearly every action taken — casting spells, attacking, and playing enchantments — while simultaneously using combat damage from that Army to trigger the Ring tempting you, which fuels explosive hand refills of four cards. The deck supports this snowballing threat with a Wraith subtheme through Nazgûl and Lord of the Nazgûl, where instant and sorcery spells create 3/3 menace Wraith tokens that grow larger with each Ring temptation, eventually threatening to become 9/9 fliers. Reanimation effects let the deck recycle its biggest threats from the graveyard, while counter magic and targeted removal protect the gameplan long enough for an overwhelming army of Orcs and Wraiths to close out the game through combat.

Decklist

• Lord of the Nazgûl
• Ringwraiths
• Witch-king of Angmar
• Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
• Sauron, Lord of the Rings
• Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
• Gorbag of Minas Morgul
• Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
• Shagrat, Loot Bearer
• Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
• The Mouth of Sauron
• Gollum, Patient Plotter
• Dunland Crebain
• Saruman, the White Hand
• The Great Goblin
• Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted
• Orcish Siegemaster
• 9× Nazgûl
• Sol Ring
• Arcane Signet
• Fellwar Stone
• Mind Stone
• Wayfarer's Bauble
• Sauron's Ransom
• Foray of Orcs
• Mordor Muster
• Call of the Ring
• Along the Crooked Way
• Lash of the Balrog
• March from the Black Gate
• Book of Mazarbul
• Saruman's Trickery
• Buried Alive
• Reanimate
• Animate Dead
• Living Death
• Faithless Looting
• Dark Ritual
• Read the Bones
• Sign in Blood
• Counterspell
• Arcane Denial
• Terminate
• Feed the Swarm
• Blasphemous Act
• Chaos Warp
• Command Tower
• Exotic Orchard
• Path of Ancestry
• Barad-dûr
• Mount Doom
• Underground River
• Drowned Catacomb
• Sunken Hollow
• Temple of Deceit
• Smoldering Marsh
• Foreboding Ruins
• Tainted Peak
• Dismal Backwater
• Swiftwater Cliffs
• Evolving Wilds
• Terramorphic Expanse
• Ash Barrens
• Myriad Landscape
• 7× Swamp
• 5× Island
• 5× Mountain
• Rakdos Signet
• Izzet Signet
• Dragonskull Summit
• Sulfur Falls
• Aqueous Form
• Victimize
• Mines of Moria
• Phial of Galadriel
• Mirror of Galadriel
• Bolg of the North