Art by Yongjae Choi

Sauron, the Necromancer

Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror

Menace Whenever Sauron attacks, exile target creature card from your graveyard. Create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 3/3 black Wraith with menace. At the beginning of the next end step, exile that token unless Sauron is your Ring-bearer.

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Average Card Type Breakdown

Creature

30%

Instant

Sorcery

10%

Artifact

11%

Enchantment

Land

35%

Average Mana Curve

14%

28%

22%

14%

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Most Played With Sauron, the Necromancer (174)

Sol Ring

86% of decks · $1.38

Arcane Signet

66% of decks · $0.49

Reanimate

60% of decks · $10.11

Feed the Swarm

58% of decks · $0.24

Buried Alive

55% of decks · $3.61

Inherited Envelope

54% of decks · $0.31

Massacre Wurm

49% of decks · $2.43

Stitcher's Supplier

49% of decks · $0.37

Swiftfoot Boots

47% of decks

Crypt Ghast

47% of decks · $18.07

Victimize

46% of decks · $1.34

Palantír of Orthanc

45% of decks · $19.21

Lightning Greaves

45% of decks · $4.00

Vile Entomber

44% of decks · $0.24

Syr Konrad, the Grim

44% of decks · $1.78

Archon of Cruelty

43% of decks · $1.47

Nasty End

41% of decks · $0.22

Phyrexian Arena

40% of decks · $4.26

The One Ring

40% of decks · $116.27

Solemn Simulacrum

38% of decks · $0.34

Entomb

38% of decks · $18.29

Toxic Deluge

35% of decks · $5.17

Noxious Gearhulk

35% of decks · $0.45

Orcish Bowmasters

34% of decks · $44.46

Sepulchral Primordial

34% of decks · $0.40

Ripples of Undeath

34% of decks · $8.82

Voracious Fell Beast

34% of decks · $0.21

Archpriest of Shadows

32% of decks · $1.69

Mirkwood Bats

32% of decks · $1.92

Village Rites

32% of decks · $0.99

Mind Stone

32% of decks

Troll of Khazad-dûm

31% of decks · $6.44

Night's Whisper

30% of decks · $6.25

Ayara, First of Locthwain

30% of decks · $8.55

Go for the Throat

30% of decks · $0.62

Defile

29% of decks · $1.32

Living Death

29% of decks · $6.62

27% of decks · $2.74

Sheoldred, Whispering One

27% of decks · $20.76

Animate Dead

27% of decks · $7.00

Orcish Medicine

27% of decks · $0.20

Bontu's Monument

27% of decks · $4.60

Mithril Coat

26% of decks · $29.34

Black Market Connections

26% of decks · $10.47

Ravenous Chupacabra

26% of decks · $1.03

Plaguecrafter

25% of decks · $0.39

Fell Beast of Mordor

25% of decks · $1.26

The Darkness Crystal

25% of decks · $4.03

Undead Butler

25% of decks · $0.36

Withering Torment

24% of decks · $1.58

Grave Titan

24% of decks · $0.33

Millikin

24% of decks · $0.34

Deadly Dispute

24% of decks · $0.26

Nazgûl Battle-Mace

23% of decks · $19.60

Accursed Marauder

22% of decks · $0.34

Charcoal Diamond

21% of decks · $0.35

Shadow of the Enemy

21% of decks · $9.10

Breach the Multiverse

21% of decks · $11.31

Malakir Rebirth

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Lash of the Balrog

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Rune-Scarred Demon

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Infernal Grasp

18% of decks · $0.33

Deadly Rollick

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Dread Return

17% of decks · $0.60

Fell the Profane

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Bolas's Citadel

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Gríma Wormtongue

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Cemetery Tampering

17% of decks · $0.37

Whip of Erebos

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Corrupted Conviction

16% of decks · $0.35

Demonic Tutor

16% of decks · $69.17

Merciless Executioner

16% of decks · $0.52

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins

15% of decks · $0.33

Junji, the Midnight Sky

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Valgavoth, Terror Eater

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Dunland Crebain

15% of decks · $0.22

Rise of the Dark Realms

15% of decks · $6.49

The Soul Stone

15% of decks · $84.20

Whispersilk Cloak

15% of decks · $2.22

Damnation

14% of decks · $21.01

Thought Vessel

14% of decks

Roaming Throne

14% of decks · $51.97

Mordor Muster

14% of decks · $0.19

Commander's Sphere

14% of decks · $0.34

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

14% of decks · $1.12

Wayfarer's Bauble

14% of decks · $5.61

Shriekmaw

13% of decks · $0.31

Songs of the Damned

13% of decks · $2.91

Morgul-Knife Wound

13% of decks · $0.23

Fleshbag Marauder

13% of decks · $0.28

Bitter Triumph

13% of decks · $0.31

Braids, Arisen Nightmare

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Cabal Ritual

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Disciple of Bolas

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Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

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Morbid Opportunist

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Burning-Rune Demon

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Shadowspear

12% of decks · $30.19

Black Market

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Out of the Tombs

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Blasphemous Edict

12% of decks · $4.13

Dauthi Voidwalker

12% of decks · $5.80

Fellwar Stone

12% of decks

Grave Researcher

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Saw in Half

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Decree of Pain

11% of decks · $0.36

Ancient Brass Dragon

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Unearth

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Exsanguinate

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Phyrexian Delver

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Vampiric Tutor

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Imp's Mischief

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Murder

11% of decks · $0.18

Diabolic Intent

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Diresight

11% of decks · $0.17

Incarnation Technique

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Unmarked Grave

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Coiling Rebirth

10% of decks · $0.25

Blood Artist

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Mutilate

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Perpetual Timepiece

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Bitter Downfall

9% of decks · $0.50

Agadeem's Awakening

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Not Dead After All

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Burnished Hart

9% of decks · $0.30

The Torment of Gollum

9% of decks · $0.26

Haunt of the Dead Marshes

9% of decks · $0.23

Read the Bones

9% of decks · $0.29

Necron Deathmark

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Viscera Seer

8% of decks · $0.49

The Meathook Massacre

8% of decks · $24.67

Mire Triton

8% of decks · $0.28

Oversold Cemetery

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Rottenmouth Viper

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Flare of Malice

8% of decks · $3.09

Teval's Judgment

8% of decks · $9.47

Ashnod's Altar

8% of decks · $16.88

Archenemy's Charm

8% of decks · $1.09

Shelob's Ambush

8% of decks · $0.13

Necromancy

8% of decks · $19.72

Inside Information

8% of decks · $1.97

Persist

7% of decks · $0.74

Mesmeric Orb

7% of decks · $18.03

Caged Sun

7% of decks · $3.87

Culling the Weak

7% of decks · $8.04

Stitch Together

7% of decks · $1.44

Snuff Out

7% of decks · $12.98

Bubbling Muck

7% of decks · $4.87

Kaya's Ghostform

7% of decks · $1.73

Throne of Eldraine

7% of decks · $29.42

Grave Pact

7% of decks · $30.52

Diabolic Tutor

7% of decks · $2.21

Heraldic Banner

6% of decks · $0.33

Virtue of Persistence

6% of decks

Blade of Selves

6% of decks · $3.40

Corpse Churn

6% of decks · $0.10

Tortured Existence

6% of decks · $3.45

Panharmonicon

6% of decks · $6.57

Sceptre of Eternal Glory

6% of decks · $20.11

Stinging Study

6% of decks · $10.68

Another Chance

6% of decks · $0.25

Resentful Revelation

6% of decks · $0.22

Final Parting

6% of decks · $0.58

Lavaspur Boots

6% of decks · $2.40

Liliana, Death's Majesty

6% of decks · $0.44

Altar of Dementia

5% of decks · $17.25

Sword of the Animist

5% of decks · $5.42

Atrocious Experiment

5% of decks · $0.32

Matzalantli, the Great Door

5% of decks

Expedition Map

5% of decks · $1.44

Sheoldred's Edict

5% of decks · $1.33

Necropotence

5% of decks · $38.23

Gathering of Darkness

5% of decks · $0.17

Trailblazer's Boots

5% of decks · $3.56

New Cards

My Precious

13% of decks

The Master of Lake-town

11% of decks · $0.51

Azog, Moria's Ruin

10% of decks · $0.28

Gollum, Riddle Master

9% of decks · $1.65

Along the Crooked Way

8% of decks · $0.30

Creatures (50)

Massacre Wurm

49% of decks · $2.43

Stitcher's Supplier

49% of decks · $0.37

Crypt Ghast

47% of decks · $18.07

Vile Entomber

44% of decks · $0.24

Syr Konrad, the Grim

44% of decks · $1.78

Archon of Cruelty

43% of decks · $1.47

Solemn Simulacrum

38% of decks · $0.34

Noxious Gearhulk

35% of decks · $0.45

Orcish Bowmasters

34% of decks · $44.46

Sepulchral Primordial

34% of decks · $0.40

Voracious Fell Beast

34% of decks · $0.21

Archpriest of Shadows

32% of decks · $1.69

Mirkwood Bats

32% of decks · $1.92

Troll of Khazad-dûm

31% of decks · $6.44

Ayara, First of Locthwain

30% of decks · $8.55

Sheoldred, Whispering One

27% of decks · $20.76

Ravenous Chupacabra

26% of decks · $1.03

Plaguecrafter

25% of decks · $0.39

Fell Beast of Mordor

25% of decks · $1.26

Undead Butler

25% of decks · $0.36

Grave Titan

24% of decks · $0.33

Millikin

24% of decks · $0.34

Accursed Marauder

22% of decks · $0.34

Rune-Scarred Demon

18% of decks · $1.38

Gríma Wormtongue

17% of decks · $0.26

Merciless Executioner

16% of decks · $0.52

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins

15% of decks · $0.33

Junji, the Midnight Sky

15% of decks · $0.92

Valgavoth, Terror Eater

15% of decks · $18.23

Dunland Crebain

15% of decks · $0.22

Roaming Throne

14% of decks · $51.97

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

14% of decks · $1.12

Shriekmaw

13% of decks · $0.31

Fleshbag Marauder

13% of decks · $0.28

Braids, Arisen Nightmare

13% of decks · $4.12

Disciple of Bolas

13% of decks · $0.38

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

13% of decks · $98.82

Morbid Opportunist

12% of decks · $0.36

Burning-Rune Demon

12% of decks · $5.52

Dauthi Voidwalker

12% of decks · $5.80

Grave Researcher

12% of decks

Ancient Brass Dragon

11% of decks · $39.93

Phyrexian Delver

11% of decks · $1.03

Blood Artist

10% of decks · $3.84

Burnished Hart

9% of decks · $0.30

Haunt of the Dead Marshes

9% of decks · $0.23

Necron Deathmark

8% of decks · $4.70

Viscera Seer

8% of decks · $0.49

Mire Triton

8% of decks · $0.28

Rottenmouth Viper

8% of decks · $11.30

Instants (31)

Nasty End

41% of decks · $0.22

Entomb

38% of decks · $18.29

Village Rites

32% of decks · $0.99

Go for the Throat

30% of decks · $0.62

Defile

29% of decks · $1.32

Orcish Medicine

27% of decks · $0.20

Withering Torment

24% of decks · $1.58

Deadly Dispute

24% of decks · $0.26

Malakir Rebirth

18% of decks

Infernal Grasp

18% of decks · $0.33

Deadly Rollick

17% of decks · $28.68

Fell the Profane

17% of decks

Corrupted Conviction

16% of decks · $0.35

Songs of the Damned

13% of decks · $2.91

Bitter Triumph

13% of decks · $0.31

Cabal Ritual

13% of decks

Saw in Half

12% of decks · $5.72

Vampiric Tutor

11% of decks · $54.45

Imp's Mischief

11% of decks · $9.14

Murder

11% of decks · $0.18

Bitter Downfall

9% of decks · $0.50

Not Dead After All

9% of decks · $1.62

Flare of Malice

8% of decks · $3.09

Archenemy's Charm

8% of decks · $1.09

Shelob's Ambush

8% of decks · $0.13

Culling the Weak

7% of decks · $8.04

Snuff Out

7% of decks · $12.98

Corpse Churn

6% of decks · $0.10

Stinging Study

6% of decks · $10.68

Another Chance

6% of decks · $0.25

Sheoldred's Edict

5% of decks · $1.33

Sorceries (38)

Reanimate

60% of decks · $10.11

Feed the Swarm

58% of decks · $0.24

Buried Alive

55% of decks · $3.61

Victimize

46% of decks · $1.34

Toxic Deluge

35% of decks · $5.17

Night's Whisper

30% of decks · $6.25

Living Death

29% of decks · $6.62

27% of decks · $2.74

Shadow of the Enemy

21% of decks · $9.10

Breach the Multiverse

21% of decks · $11.31

Lash of the Balrog

18% of decks · $0.28

Dread Return

17% of decks · $0.60

Demonic Tutor

16% of decks · $69.17

Rise of the Dark Realms

15% of decks · $6.49

Damnation

14% of decks · $21.01

Mordor Muster

14% of decks · $0.19

Blasphemous Edict

12% of decks · $4.13

Decree of Pain

11% of decks · $0.36

Unearth

11% of decks · $0.54

Exsanguinate

11% of decks · $0.40

Diabolic Intent

11% of decks · $17.18

Diresight

11% of decks · $0.17

Incarnation Technique

10% of decks · $9.43

Unmarked Grave

10% of decks · $3.49

Coiling Rebirth

10% of decks · $0.25

Mutilate

9% of decks · $2.15

Agadeem's Awakening

9% of decks

The Torment of Gollum

9% of decks · $0.26

Read the Bones

9% of decks · $0.29

Inside Information

8% of decks · $1.97

Persist

7% of decks · $0.74

Stitch Together

7% of decks · $1.44

Bubbling Muck

7% of decks · $4.87

Diabolic Tutor

7% of decks · $2.21

Resentful Revelation

6% of decks · $0.22

Final Parting

6% of decks · $0.58

Atrocious Experiment

5% of decks · $0.32

Gathering of Darkness

5% of decks · $0.17

Utility Artifacts (24)

Swiftfoot Boots

47% of decks

Palantír of Orthanc

45% of decks · $19.21

Lightning Greaves

45% of decks · $4.00

The One Ring

40% of decks · $116.27

Bontu's Monument

27% of decks · $4.60

Mithril Coat

26% of decks · $29.34

The Darkness Crystal

25% of decks · $4.03

Nazgûl Battle-Mace

23% of decks · $19.60

Bolas's Citadel

17% of decks · $16.17

Whip of Erebos

16% of decks · $9.52

Whispersilk Cloak

15% of decks · $2.22

Wayfarer's Bauble

14% of decks · $5.61

Shadowspear

12% of decks · $30.19

Perpetual Timepiece

9% of decks · $0.34

Ashnod's Altar

8% of decks · $16.88

Mesmeric Orb

7% of decks · $18.03

Blade of Selves

6% of decks · $3.40

Panharmonicon

6% of decks · $6.57

Lavaspur Boots

6% of decks · $2.40

Altar of Dementia

5% of decks · $17.25

Sword of the Animist

5% of decks · $5.42

Matzalantli, the Great Door

5% of decks

Expedition Map

5% of decks · $1.44

Trailblazer's Boots

5% of decks · $3.56

Mana Artifacts (13)

Sol Ring

86% of decks · $1.38

Arcane Signet

66% of decks · $0.49

Inherited Envelope

54% of decks · $0.31

Mind Stone

32% of decks

Charcoal Diamond

21% of decks · $0.35

The Soul Stone

15% of decks · $84.20

Thought Vessel

14% of decks

Commander's Sphere

14% of decks · $0.34

Fellwar Stone

12% of decks

Caged Sun

7% of decks · $3.87

Throne of Eldraine

7% of decks · $29.42

Heraldic Banner

6% of decks · $0.33

Sceptre of Eternal Glory

6% of decks · $20.11

Enchantments (17)

Phyrexian Arena

40% of decks · $4.26

Ripples of Undeath

34% of decks · $8.82

Animate Dead

27% of decks · $7.00

Black Market Connections

26% of decks · $10.47

Cemetery Tampering

17% of decks · $0.37

Morgul-Knife Wound

13% of decks · $0.23

Black Market

12% of decks · $6.40

Out of the Tombs

12% of decks · $11.70

The Meathook Massacre

8% of decks · $24.67

Oversold Cemetery

8% of decks · $2.60

Teval's Judgment

8% of decks · $9.47

Necromancy

8% of decks · $19.72

Kaya's Ghostform

7% of decks · $1.73

Grave Pact

7% of decks · $30.52

Virtue of Persistence

6% of decks

Tortured Existence

6% of decks · $3.45

Necropotence

5% of decks · $38.23

Planeswalkers (1)

Liliana, Death's Majesty

6% of decks · $0.44

Utility Lands (29)

Cabal Coffers

53% of decks

Bojuka Bog

49% of decks

Barad-dûr

47% of decks

Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress

46% of decks

Rogue's Passage

40% of decks

The Black Gate

36% of decks

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

35% of decks

Cabal Stronghold

27% of decks

Phyrexian Tower

23% of decks

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

22% of decks

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

21% of decks

Witch's Cottage

18% of decks

Crypt of Agadeem

18% of decks

Mortuary Mire

16% of decks

Reliquary Tower

15% of decks

Castle Locthwain

15% of decks

Shizo, Death's Storehouse

15% of decks

War Room

13% of decks

Accursed Duneyard

10% of decks

Barren Moor

9% of decks

Temple of the False God

9% of decks

Ancient Tomb

8% of decks

Dakmor Salvage

8% of decks

Command Beacon

7% of decks

Spymaster's Vault

6% of decks

Susur Secundi, Void Altar

6% of decks

Geier Reach Sanitarium

6% of decks

Tomb Fortress

6% of decks

Field of Ruin

6% of decks

Lands (8)

Swamp

98% of decks

Myriad Landscape

26% of decks

Malakir Rebirth

18% of decks

Fell the Profane

17% of decks

Agadeem's Awakening

9% of decks

Command Tower

9% of decks

Boggart Trawler

7% of decks

Evolving Wilds

6% of decks

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2026-10-01

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