Art by Kieran Yanner
Sauron, the Dark Lord
Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror
Ward—Sacrifice a legendary artifact or legendary creature. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, amass Orcs 1. Whenever an Army you control deals combat damage to a player, the Ring tempts you. Whenever the Ring tempts you, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw four cards.
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Most Played With Sauron, the Dark Lord (202)
Sol Ring
95% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
92% of decks · $0.49
Relic of Sauron
74% of decks · $9.19
The One Ring
54% of decks · $116.27
Arcane Denial
54% of decks · $2.03
Orcish Siegemaster
53% of decks · $7.02
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
53% of decks · $0.59
Lord of the Nazgûl
49% of decks · $3.82
Dark Ritual
49% of decks · $7.19
Feed the Swarm
49% of decks · $0.24
Anger
47% of decks · $0.54
Talisman of Dominance
47% of decks · $0.44
Saruman's Trickery
43% of decks · $0.25
March from the Black Gate
43% of decks · $0.25
Talisman of Indulgence
42% of decks · $0.51
Corsairs of Umbar
40% of decks · $0.32
Living Death
40% of decks · $6.62
Counterspell
40% of decks · $4.28
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
39% of decks · $0.28
Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
39% of decks · $0.20
Talisman of Creativity
39% of decks · $0.52
Moria Scavenger
38% of decks · $0.39
The Mouth of Sauron
37% of decks · $0.19
Faithless Looting
36% of decks · $0.39
Orcish Medicine
36% of decks · $0.20
Summons of Saruman
36% of decks · $0.38
Sauron's Ransom
35% of decks · $0.61
Commander's Sphere
35% of decks · $0.34
The Balrog of Moria
35% of decks · $0.48
Warg Rider
35% of decks · $38.88
Fellwar Stone
35% of decks
Treason of Isengard
34% of decks · $0.18
Toxic Deluge
34% of decks · $5.17
Foray of Orcs
32% of decks · $0.30
Dimir Signet
31% of decks · $0.30
Palantír of Orthanc
30% of decks · $19.21
Rakdos Signet
30% of decks · $0.34
Inherited Envelope
29% of decks · $0.31
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
28% of decks · $19.86
Victimize
27% of decks · $1.34
Dreadhorde Invasion
26% of decks · $0.30
Archfiend of Ifnir
26% of decks · $0.36
Notion Thief
26% of decks · $1.52
Too Greedily, Too Deep
26% of decks · $0.29
An Offer You Can't Refuse
25% of decks · $3.16
Mind Stone
25% of decks
Nightscape Familiar
24% of decks · $0.41
Fiery Inscription
24% of decks · $0.42
Shadowspear
24% of decks · $30.19
Wonder
24% of decks · $3.79
Swan Song
23% of decks · $10.60
Animate Dead
23% of decks · $7.00
Lazotep Plating
23% of decks · $0.41
Gríma, Saruman's Footman
23% of decks · $2.07
Widespread Brutality
22% of decks · $1.03
Saruman the White
22% of decks · $0.24
Izzet Signet
22% of decks · $0.23
The Ozolith
21% of decks · $61.76
Worn Powerstone
21% of decks · $0.38
Chaos Warp
20% of decks
Fall of Cair Andros
20% of decks · $0.29
Thrill of Possibility
20% of decks · $0.29
Cyclonic Rift
20% of decks · $39.16
Rhystic Study
19% of decks · $69.59
Mana Drain
19% of decks · $56.89
Lightning Greaves
19% of decks · $4.00
Glorious Gale
19% of decks · $0.17
Treasure Nabber
19% of decks · $2.54
Extract from Darkness
19% of decks · $0.31
Demonic Tutor
17% of decks · $69.17
Dunland Crebain
17% of decks · $0.22
Mithril Coat
17% of decks · $29.34
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
17% of decks · $98.82
Book of Mazarbul
17% of decks · $0.26
Assault on Osgiliath
17% of decks · $1.50
Black Market Connections
16% of decks · $10.47
Nazgûl Battle-Mace
16% of decks · $19.60
Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
16% of decks · $9.93
Windfall
16% of decks · $6.02
Rise of the Dark Realms
16% of decks · $6.49
Consider
16% of decks · $0.34
Decree of Pain
16% of decks · $0.36
Mordor Muster
16% of decks · $0.19
Troll of Khazad-dûm
16% of decks · $6.44
Deadly Rollick
15% of decks · $28.68
Witch-king, Sky Scourge
15% of decks · $2.92
Uglúk of the White Hand
15% of decks · $0.16
Chromatic Lantern
14% of decks
There and Back Again
14% of decks · $7.54
Scourge of the Throne
14% of decks · $0.71
Terminate
14% of decks · $0.34
Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted
14% of decks · $18.80
Fierce Guardianship
14% of decks · $63.65
Surrounded by Orcs
14% of decks · $0.17
Deflecting Swat
14% of decks · $72.64
Negate
14% of decks · $0.24
Swarming of Moria
13% of decks · $0.18
Sauron, the Lidless Eye
13% of decks · $8.55
Fact or Fiction
13% of decks · $0.25
Spiteful Banditry
13% of decks · $9.36
Entomb
13% of decks · $18.29
Mirkwood Bats
12% of decks · $1.92
Deep Analysis
12% of decks · $0.23
Mystic Remora
12% of decks · $15.08
Lazotep Chancellor
12% of decks · $0.20
Everflowing Chalice
12% of decks · $0.30
Vampiric Tutor
12% of decks · $54.45
Frantic Search
12% of decks · $2.13
Swiftfoot Boots
12% of decks
Wake the Dragon
11% of decks · $0.37
Bolg of the North
11% of decks · $0.22
Languish
11% of decks · $8.37
Hostage Taker
11% of decks · $0.33
Malakir Rebirth
11% of decks
The Reaver Cleaver
11% of decks · $30.11
Withering Torment
11% of decks · $1.58
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
11% of decks · $0.47
Basalt Monolith
11% of decks · $5.05
Diabolic Intent
11% of decks · $17.18
Go for the Throat
11% of decks · $0.62
Vandalblast
11% of decks · $1.70
Changeling Outcast
11% of decks · $2.38
Nasty End
11% of decks · $0.22
Gathering of Darkness
10% of decks · $0.17
Chandra's Ignition
10% of decks · $8.98
Misty Mountains Raider
10% of decks · $0.18
Rage into the Valley
10% of decks · $0.13
Gríma Wormtongue
10% of decks · $0.26
Jeska's Will
10% of decks · $41.42
Breaking of the Fellowship
10% of decks · $0.16
The Soul Stone
10% of decks · $84.20
Gleaming Overseer
10% of decks · $0.35
Sheoldred, Whispering One
10% of decks · $20.76
Shelob, Dread Weaver
10% of decks · $0.82
Great Ugly-Looking Goblin
10% of decks
Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
10% of decks · $0.41
Buried Alive
10% of decks · $3.61
Thought Vessel
9% of decks
Fearsome Goblin Pair
9% of decks · $0.21
Phial of Galadriel
9% of decks · $0.65
Dread Return
9% of decks · $0.60
Forbidden Alchemy
9% of decks · $0.27
Monument to Endurance
9% of decks · $17.01
Oliphaunt
9% of decks · $0.27
Along the Crooked Way
9% of decks · $0.30
Bone Miser
9% of decks · $28.78
Gorbag of Minas Morgul
9% of decks · $0.23
Necromancy
9% of decks · $19.72
Bitter Downfall
8% of decks · $0.50
Storm of Saruman
8% of decks · $3.48
Lidless Gaze
8% of decks · $0.30
Warren Soultrader
8% of decks · $20.66
Subjugate the Hobbits
8% of decks · $0.32
Teferi's Ageless Insight
8% of decks · $5.80
Merciless Executioner
8% of decks · $0.52
Tidings of War
8% of decks · $0.20
Wayfarer's Bauble
8% of decks · $5.61
Maskwood Nexus
8% of decks · $3.33
Bedevil
8% of decks · $0.29
Voracious Fell Beast
8% of decks · $0.21
Goblin Plate Mail
8% of decks · $0.13
Rampaging War Mammoth
7% of decks · $0.34
Damnation
7% of decks · $21.01
All Will Be One
7% of decks · $16.52
Sink into Stupor
7% of decks
Isildur's Fateful Strike
7% of decks · $0.26
Hexing Squelcher
7% of decks · $19.24
Deceive the Messenger
7% of decks · $0.15
Phyrexian Arena
7% of decks · $4.26
Fell the Profane
7% of decks
Mana Vault
7% of decks · $116.06
Night's Whisper
7% of decks · $6.25
Wizard's Staff
7% of decks · $3.00
Stitch Together
7% of decks · $1.44
Persist
7% of decks · $0.74
Shadow of the Enemy
6% of decks · $9.10
Lórien Revealed
6% of decks · $5.68
Brainstorm
6% of decks · $0.57
Cabal Ritual
6% of decks
Commence the Endgame
6% of decks · $0.36
Whispersilk Cloak
6% of decks · $2.22
Goblin Bombardment
6% of decks · $4.59
Lash of the Balrog
6% of decks · $0.28
Angrath, Captain of Chaos
6% of decks · $0.26
Underworld Breach
6% of decks · $11.23
The Torment of Gollum
6% of decks · $0.26
Mystical Tutor
6% of decks · $19.16
Pact of Negation
6% of decks · $17.18
Force of Will
6% of decks · $59.96
Shiny Impetus
6% of decks · $0.24
Ashnod's Altar
5% of decks · $16.88
Lotus Petal
5% of decks
Breach the Multiverse
5% of decks · $11.31
Rakdos Charm
5% of decks · $0.39
Boon of the Wish-Giver
5% of decks · $0.18
Big Score
5% of decks · $0.41
Scroll of Isildur
5% of decks · $0.47
Blasphemous Edict
5% of decks · $4.13
Jet Medallion
5% of decks · $14.56
Force of Negation
5% of decks · $50.63
Grond, the Gatebreaker
5% of decks · $0.21
Mindless Conscription
5% of decks · $0.22
New Cards
The Great Goblin
40% of decks · $0.79
Bothersome Noisemaker
22% of decks · $0.25
Smaug, Wicked Worm
18% of decks · $1.52
My Precious
16% of decks
Azog, Moria's Ruin
16% of decks · $0.28
Creatures (50)
Orcish Siegemaster
53% of decks · $7.02
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
53% of decks · $0.59
Lord of the Nazgûl
49% of decks · $3.82
Anger
47% of decks · $0.54
Corsairs of Umbar
40% of decks · $0.32
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
39% of decks · $0.28
Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
39% of decks · $0.20
Moria Scavenger
38% of decks · $0.39
The Mouth of Sauron
37% of decks · $0.19
The Balrog of Moria
35% of decks · $0.48
Warg Rider
35% of decks · $38.88
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
28% of decks · $19.86
Archfiend of Ifnir
26% of decks · $0.36
Notion Thief
26% of decks · $1.52
Nightscape Familiar
24% of decks · $0.41
Wonder
24% of decks · $3.79
Gríma, Saruman's Footman
23% of decks · $2.07
Saruman the White
22% of decks · $0.24
Treasure Nabber
19% of decks · $2.54
Dunland Crebain
17% of decks · $0.22
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
17% of decks · $98.82
Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
16% of decks · $9.93
Troll of Khazad-dûm
16% of decks · $6.44
Witch-king, Sky Scourge
15% of decks · $2.92
Uglúk of the White Hand
15% of decks · $0.16
Scourge of the Throne
14% of decks · $0.71
Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted
14% of decks · $18.80
Sauron, the Lidless Eye
13% of decks · $8.55
Mirkwood Bats
12% of decks · $1.92
Lazotep Chancellor
12% of decks · $0.20
Bolg of the North
11% of decks · $0.22
Hostage Taker
11% of decks · $0.33
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
11% of decks · $0.47
Changeling Outcast
11% of decks · $2.38
Misty Mountains Raider
10% of decks · $0.18
Gríma Wormtongue
10% of decks · $0.26
Gleaming Overseer
10% of decks · $0.35
Sheoldred, Whispering One
10% of decks · $20.76
Shelob, Dread Weaver
10% of decks · $0.82
Great Ugly-Looking Goblin
10% of decks
Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
10% of decks · $0.41
Fearsome Goblin Pair
9% of decks · $0.21
Oliphaunt
9% of decks · $0.27
Bone Miser
9% of decks · $28.78
Gorbag of Minas Morgul
9% of decks · $0.23
Warren Soultrader
8% of decks · $20.66
Merciless Executioner
8% of decks · $0.52
Voracious Fell Beast
8% of decks · $0.21
Rampaging War Mammoth
7% of decks · $0.34
Hexing Squelcher
7% of decks · $19.24
Instants (44)
Arcane Denial
54% of decks · $2.03
Dark Ritual
49% of decks · $7.19
Saruman's Trickery
43% of decks · $0.25
Counterspell
40% of decks · $4.28
Orcish Medicine
36% of decks · $0.20
Sauron's Ransom
35% of decks · $0.61
An Offer You Can't Refuse
25% of decks · $3.16
Swan Song
23% of decks · $10.60
Lazotep Plating
23% of decks · $0.41
Chaos Warp
20% of decks
Thrill of Possibility
20% of decks · $0.29
Cyclonic Rift
20% of decks · $39.16
Mana Drain
19% of decks · $56.89
Glorious Gale
19% of decks · $0.17
Consider
16% of decks · $0.34
Deadly Rollick
15% of decks · $28.68
Terminate
14% of decks · $0.34
Fierce Guardianship
14% of decks · $63.65
Deflecting Swat
14% of decks · $72.64
Negate
14% of decks · $0.24
Fact or Fiction
13% of decks · $0.25
Entomb
13% of decks · $18.29
Vampiric Tutor
12% of decks · $54.45
Frantic Search
12% of decks · $2.13
Malakir Rebirth
11% of decks
Withering Torment
11% of decks · $1.58
Go for the Throat
11% of decks · $0.62
Nasty End
11% of decks · $0.22
Forbidden Alchemy
9% of decks · $0.27
Bitter Downfall
8% of decks · $0.50
Bedevil
8% of decks · $0.29
Sink into Stupor
7% of decks
Isildur's Fateful Strike
7% of decks · $0.26
Deceive the Messenger
7% of decks · $0.15
Fell the Profane
7% of decks
Brainstorm
6% of decks · $0.57
Cabal Ritual
6% of decks
Commence the Endgame
6% of decks · $0.36
Mystical Tutor
6% of decks · $19.16
Pact of Negation
6% of decks · $17.18
Force of Will
6% of decks · $59.96
Rakdos Charm
5% of decks · $0.39
Big Score
5% of decks · $0.41
Force of Negation
5% of decks · $50.63
Sorceries (45)
Feed the Swarm
49% of decks · $0.24
Living Death
40% of decks · $6.62
Faithless Looting
36% of decks · $0.39
Summons of Saruman
36% of decks · $0.38
Treason of Isengard
34% of decks · $0.18
Toxic Deluge
34% of decks · $5.17
Foray of Orcs
32% of decks · $0.30
Victimize
27% of decks · $1.34
Too Greedily, Too Deep
26% of decks · $0.29
Widespread Brutality
22% of decks · $1.03
Extract from Darkness
19% of decks · $0.31
Demonic Tutor
17% of decks · $69.17
Assault on Osgiliath
17% of decks · $1.50
Windfall
16% of decks · $6.02
Rise of the Dark Realms
16% of decks · $6.49
Decree of Pain
16% of decks · $0.36
Mordor Muster
16% of decks · $0.19
Surrounded by Orcs
14% of decks · $0.17
Swarming of Moria
13% of decks · $0.18
Deep Analysis
12% of decks · $0.23
Wake the Dragon
11% of decks · $0.37
Languish
11% of decks · $8.37
Diabolic Intent
11% of decks · $17.18
Vandalblast
11% of decks · $1.70
Gathering of Darkness
10% of decks · $0.17
Chandra's Ignition
10% of decks · $8.98
Rage into the Valley
10% of decks · $0.13
Jeska's Will
10% of decks · $41.42
Breaking of the Fellowship
10% of decks · $0.16
Buried Alive
10% of decks · $3.61
Dread Return
9% of decks · $0.60
Lidless Gaze
8% of decks · $0.30
Subjugate the Hobbits
8% of decks · $0.32
Tidings of War
8% of decks · $0.20
Damnation
7% of decks · $21.01
Night's Whisper
7% of decks · $6.25
Stitch Together
7% of decks · $1.44
Persist
7% of decks · $0.74
Shadow of the Enemy
6% of decks · $9.10
Lórien Revealed
6% of decks · $5.68
Lash of the Balrog
6% of decks · $0.28
The Torment of Gollum
6% of decks · $0.26
Breach the Multiverse
5% of decks · $11.31
Boon of the Wish-Giver
5% of decks · $0.18
Blasphemous Edict
5% of decks · $4.13
Utility Artifacts (18)
The One Ring
54% of decks · $116.27
Palantír of Orthanc
30% of decks · $19.21
Shadowspear
24% of decks · $30.19
The Ozolith
21% of decks · $61.76
Lightning Greaves
19% of decks · $4.00
Mithril Coat
17% of decks · $29.34
Nazgûl Battle-Mace
16% of decks · $19.60
Swiftfoot Boots
12% of decks
The Reaver Cleaver
11% of decks · $30.11
Monument to Endurance
9% of decks · $17.01
Wayfarer's Bauble
8% of decks · $5.61
Maskwood Nexus
8% of decks · $3.33
Goblin Plate Mail
8% of decks · $0.13
Wizard's Staff
7% of decks · $3.00
Whispersilk Cloak
6% of decks · $2.22
Ashnod's Altar
5% of decks · $16.88
Jet Medallion
5% of decks · $14.56
Grond, the Gatebreaker
5% of decks · $0.21
Mana Artifacts (22)
Sol Ring
95% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
92% of decks · $0.49
Relic of Sauron
74% of decks · $9.19
Talisman of Dominance
47% of decks · $0.44
Talisman of Indulgence
42% of decks · $0.51
Talisman of Creativity
39% of decks · $0.52
Commander's Sphere
35% of decks · $0.34
Fellwar Stone
35% of decks
Dimir Signet
31% of decks · $0.30
Rakdos Signet
30% of decks · $0.34
Inherited Envelope
29% of decks · $0.31
Mind Stone
25% of decks
Izzet Signet
22% of decks · $0.23
Worn Powerstone
21% of decks · $0.38
Chromatic Lantern
14% of decks
Everflowing Chalice
12% of decks · $0.30
Basalt Monolith
11% of decks · $5.05
The Soul Stone
10% of decks · $84.20
Thought Vessel
9% of decks
Phial of Galadriel
9% of decks · $0.65
Mana Vault
7% of decks · $116.06
Lotus Petal
5% of decks
Enchantments (22)
March from the Black Gate
43% of decks · $0.25
Dreadhorde Invasion
26% of decks · $0.30
Fiery Inscription
24% of decks · $0.42
Animate Dead
23% of decks · $7.00
Fall of Cair Andros
20% of decks · $0.29
Rhystic Study
19% of decks · $69.59
Book of Mazarbul
17% of decks · $0.26
Black Market Connections
16% of decks · $10.47
There and Back Again
14% of decks · $7.54
Spiteful Banditry
13% of decks · $9.36
Mystic Remora
12% of decks · $15.08
Along the Crooked Way
9% of decks · $0.30
Necromancy
9% of decks · $19.72
Storm of Saruman
8% of decks · $3.48
Teferi's Ageless Insight
8% of decks · $5.80
All Will Be One
7% of decks · $16.52
Phyrexian Arena
7% of decks · $4.26
Goblin Bombardment
6% of decks · $4.59
Underworld Breach
6% of decks · $11.23
Shiny Impetus
6% of decks · $0.24
Scroll of Isildur
5% of decks · $0.47
Mindless Conscription
5% of decks · $0.22
Planeswalkers (1)
Angrath, Captain of Chaos
6% of decks · $0.26
Utility Lands (19)
Barad-dûr
67% of decks
The Black Gate
63% of decks
Rogue's Passage
51% of decks
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
35% of decks
Bojuka Bog
26% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
25% of decks
Mines of Moria
22% of decks
Desolate Lighthouse
20% of decks
Rivendell
17% of decks
Field of Ruin
16% of decks
Ancient Tomb
14% of decks
Reliquary Tower
14% of decks
Cabal Coffers
13% of decks
Otawara, Soaring City
10% of decks
Phyrexian Tower
9% of decks
Great Hall of the Citadel
8% of decks
Urza's Saga
7% of decks
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
7% of decks
Command Beacon
6% of decks
Lands (50)
Swamp
97% of decks
Island
97% of decks
Mountain
96% of decks
Command Tower
93% of decks
Dragonskull Summit
66% of decks
Crumbling Necropolis
63% of decks
Drowned Catacomb
63% of decks
Sulfur Falls
61% of decks
Smoldering Marsh
54% of decks
Sunken Hollow
52% of decks
Sulfurous Springs
51% of decks
Underground River
51% of decks
Mount Doom
49% of decks
Exotic Orchard
45% of decks
Watery Grave
41% of decks
Blood Crypt
40% of decks
Choked Estuary
38% of decks
Foreboding Ruins
38% of decks
Steam Vents
37% of decks
Path of Ancestry
36% of decks
Xander's Lounge
35% of decks
Frostboil Snarl
33% of decks
Evolving Wilds
31% of decks
Bloodstained Mire
30% of decks
Polluted Delta
30% of decks
Luxury Suite
27% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
27% of decks
Scalding Tarn
26% of decks
Morphic Pool
25% of decks
Training Center
23% of decks
Shivan Reef
19% of decks
Shipwreck Marsh
17% of decks
Stormcarved Coast
17% of decks
Haunted Ridge
16% of decks
Reflecting Pool
15% of decks
Malakir Rebirth
11% of decks
Badlands
11% of decks
Underground Sea
10% of decks
Volcanic Island
10% of decks
Undercity Sewers
10% of decks
Seething Landscape
10% of decks
Raucous Theater
10% of decks
The Grey Havens
9% of decks
City of Brass
9% of decks
Blazemire Verge
9% of decks
Thundering Falls
8% of decks
Gloomlake Verge
8% of decks
Goblin-town
8% of decks
Mana Confluence
8% of decks
Marsh Flats
7% of decks
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