LOTR - Commander (Sauron, The Dark Lord)

Commander / EDH Amass Counters Theme/Gimmick UBR (Grixis) Wraith

Crazydvd

0 Land Basic (12)

• 1x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp

0 Land Miscelaneous (9)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1x The Black Gate
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

0 Land Multi-coloured (9)

• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Frostboil Snarl
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunken Hollow

0 Mana Artifact (3)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Sol Ring

1 Ring Temptation (3)

• 1x Call of the Ring
• 1x Inherited Envelope
• 1x Uruk-hai Berserker

1 Wraith (11)

• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Ringwraiths
• 1x Witch-king of Angmar

2 Amass (10)

• 1x Barad-dur
• 1x Corsairs of Umbar
• 1x Dunland Crebain
• 1x Foray of Orcs
• 1x March from the Black Gate
• 1x Mauhur, Uruk-hai Captain
• 1x Orcish BowmastersGC
• 1x Saruman, the White Hand
• 1x Surrounded by Orcs
• 1x The Torment of Gollum

2 Counters (3)

• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

2 Defender (1)

• 1x Mordor Trebuchet

3 Big Creature (4)

• 1x Cavern-Hoard Dragon
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x The Balrog of Moria
• 1x Troll of Khazad-dum

4 Destroy (4)

• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Lash of the Balrog
• 1x Morgul-Knife Wound
• 1x Wasteland

4 Direct Damage (3)

• 1x Palantir of Orthanc
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Smite the Deathless

4 Exile (3)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Shelob, Dread Weaver

5 Equipment (4)

• 1x Lothlorien Blade
• 1x Mithril Coat
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Copy Spell (2)

• 1x Display of Power
• 1x Storm of Saruman

Counter spell (1)

• 1x Saruman's Trickery

Free cast (1)

• 1x Grima, Saruman's Footman

Orcs (2)

• 1x Moria Scavenger
• 1x Orcish Siegemaster

Put in graveyard ASAP (1)

• 1x Anger

Return from graveyard (4)

• 1x Extract from Darkness
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sam's Desperate Rescue
• 1x Shadow of the Enemy

Saga (1)

• 1x Book of Mazarbul

Take control (5)

• 1x Grishnakh, Brash Instigator
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Subjugate the Hobbits
• 1x Treasure Nabber
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Untap (3)

• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Ioreth of the Healing House
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Draw Cards (2)

• 1x Phial of Galadriel
• 1x Relic of Sauron

Free cast (Amass) (1)

• 1x Summons of Saruman

Put in graveyard ASAP (1)

• 1x Wonder

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Maybeboard

Other (6)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Glorious Gale
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x The One RingGC
• 1x Warg Rider

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Commander deck using only Lord of the Rings cards

Gameplay

It starts slow, but overtime the creatures will get stronger as the ring tempts you and you amass more orcs

Deck Information

The deck contains a good amount of amass cards that ensure you will build a big army
while also providing lots of 'the ring tempts you' which combos really well with the Nazgûl (which then buff all wraiths)

The equipment is mainly focused on preventing the creatures from dying or making them better.

For example: Whispersilk Cloak (Shroud)
Mithril Coat (Indestructible)
Lothlorien Blade (Similar to double strike)

1/3 lands
1/3 creatures
1/3 other (sorcery, instant etc.)

Combos

Call of the Ring + Door of Destinies + Nazgul
March from the Black Gate + Mauhur, Uruk-hai Captain
Deserted Temple + Ioreth of the Healing House + Minamo, School at Water's Edge
Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Reanimate + Sam's Desperate Rescue + Troll of Khazad-dum

Known Weaknesses

If the opponent has lots of destroy (or annihilate) there is a good chance they will destroy your creatures before you managed to get value out of them
(because it takes a couple turns to get them to a decent strength)

This deck is also notoriously underequipped against flying creatures (see side board for more information)

Sideboard

Substitute Anger for Wonder to better deal with flying creatures. (But the cards won't be exclusively LTR/LTC anymore)

Phial of Galadriel and/or Relic of Sauron could be put in the deck to draw more cards

Summons of Saruman might be nice to amass more orcs/cast some cards

Note

This is my first ever attempt at deckbuilding, tips and advice are always welcome.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Call of the Ring + Door of Destinies + Nazgul March from the Black Gate + Mauhur, Uruk-hai Captain Deserted Temple + Ioreth of the Healing House + Minamo, School at Water's Edge Reanimate + Sam's Desperate Rescue + Troll of Khazad-dum
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 4 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.46
Tokens	Ballistic Boulder, Copy Clone, Goblin 1/1 R, Orc Army, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You, Treasure