The Dark Lord Sauron

Commander / EDH Discard UBR (Grixis) Vorthos

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Creature (27)

• 1x Blazing Specter
• 1x Blizzard Specter
• 1x Clackbridge Troll
• 1x Elder Deep-Fiend
• 1x Fell Specter
• 1x Goblin Guide
• 1x Hypnotic Specter
• 1x Jhoira of the Ghitu
• 1x Kessig Forgemaster  ^Flip
• 1x Liliana's Specter
• 1x Maga, Traitor to Mortals
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Orc Sureshot
• 1x Orcish Artillery
• 1x Pain Seer
• 1x Pale Rider of Trostad
• 1x Port Razer
• 1x Rakdos, Lord of Riots
• 1x Scythe Specter
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Thief of Sanity
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Vengeful Warchief

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Valakut Exploration

Land (38)

• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 7x Island
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Spawning Pool
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg Volcano

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Curse of the Cabal
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fury of the Horde
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Specter's Shriek
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Widespread Brutality

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Commander (1)

 ^Flip

Artifact (16)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Bolas's CitadelGC
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Heartseeker
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Ravager's Mace
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sisay's Ring
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Instant (4)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Tyrant's Scorn
• 1x Undying Evil

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Sideboard

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nicol Bolas, the Arisen  ^Flip

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This is a vorthos deck with Nicol Bolas the Ravager acting as Sauron from the Lord of the Rings. Here's a list of what each card represents from the lore:

9 Nazgûl: Blazing Specter, Blizzard Specter, Fell Specter, Hypnotic Specter, Liliana's Specter, Murderous Rider, Nightveil Specter, Scythe Specter, Thief of Sanity

Black Rider: Pale Rider of Trostad

The Corsairs of Umbar: Port Razer

Lurtz: Orc Sureshot

Saruman: Maga, Traitor to Mortals (human wizard, betrayed mortals, checks all the boxes)

The Balrog, Durin's Bane: Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Gothmog, orc in charge of sieging Minas Tirith: Vengeful Warchief

Gollum: Goblin Guide

Shelob: Sheoldred, Whispering One

Celebrimbor, forger of the Rings of Power: Kessig Forgemaster

War Trolls: Clackbridge Troll

Orc hordes: Fury of the Horde

Various Rings of Power: Sisay's Ring, Sol Ring (obviously the One Ring), Rings of Brighthearth, Ring of Three Wishes.

The Eye of Sauron: Glaring Spotlight

Barad-dûr: Detection Tower

Dol-Guldur: Bolas's Citadel, Crumbling Necropolis

Mount Doom: Urborg Volcano

The Cracks of Doom: Valakut Exploration

Minas Morgul: Cabal Stronghold

The Dead Marshes: Smoldering Marsh

Frodo drowning in the Marsh: Drown in the Loch

Gandalf trapped on Orthanc: Curse of the Cabal

The Palantir: Crystal Ball

The dead White Tree of Gondor: Tree of Perdition

The Watcher in the Water: Elder Deep-Fiend

The Grond (battering ram): Batterskull

Flaming Catapults: Orcish Artillery

Morgul Blade: Heartseeker

Sauron's Mace: Ravager's Mace

The Nazgûl's screech: Specter's Shriek

Saruman's persuasive words: Whispering Madness

Orc spawning pits: Spawning Pool

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 1 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.82
Tokens	Goat 0/1 W, Goblin 1/1 R, On an Adventure, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	Reference