Sauron, the Dark Lord (Commander) - Budget Optimized Control

Sauron, the Dark Lord
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Owain Roberts
May 22, 2026
Owain Roberts
New Cards for Your Sauron, the Dark Lord Commander Decks
Need to freshen up your Sauron, the Dark Lord Commander deck? We've got several cards from new sets to give Sauron the makeover he needs.
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88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
80%synergy
Call of the Ring
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
80%synergy
Reanimate
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
62%synergy
Arcane Denial
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
59%synergy
Living Death
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
56%synergy
Saruman, the White Hand
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
56%synergy
The Black Gate
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
54%synergy
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
46%synergy
Saruman's Trickery
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Lord of the Nazgûl
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Top Cards
Blasphemous Act
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Counterspell
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
31%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Go for the Throat
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Feed the Swarm
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Withering Torment
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Game Changers
The One Ring
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
63%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Notion Thief
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
42%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Jeska's Will
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Gamble
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Mystical Tutor
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Underworld Breach
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Creatures
Scourge of the Throne
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Troll of Khazad-dûm
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Witch-king of Angmar
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Nazgûl
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Orcish Siegemaster
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Anger
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
26%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Treasure Nabber
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Baleful Strix
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Krenko, Mob Boss
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Sauron, the Necromancer
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Dunland Crebain
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Gríma, Saruman's Footman
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Hostage Taker
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Hullbreaker Horror
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
The Balrog of Moria
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Venerated Stormsinger
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Rampaging War Mammoth
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Maha, Its Feathers Night
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Oliphaunt
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Zealous Conscripts
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Bilbo, Retired Burglar
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Eternal Skylord
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Nadier's Nightblade
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Woe Strider
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Deceiver Exarch
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Simian Spirit Guide
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Mayhem Devil
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
The Mouth of Sauron
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Dreadhorde Twins
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mothdust Changeling
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Pestermite
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Saruman the White
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Molten Gatekeeper
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Dark Ritual
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Swan Song
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Infernal Grasp
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Hero's Downfall
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Chaos Warp
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
13%synergy
Orcish Medicine
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Negate
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Soothing of Sméagol
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Fact or Fiction
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Deadly Dispute
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Sublime Epiphany
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Terminate
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Culling the Weak
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Countersquall
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Glorious Gale
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Baleful Mastery
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Deflecting Swat
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Nasty End
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Sauron's Ransom
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Consult the Star Charts
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Drown in the Loch
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Imp's Mischief
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Village Rites
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Brainstorm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Brain Freeze
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Consider
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Time Stop
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Forbidden Alchemy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Invert Polarity
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Nexus of Fate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Dispel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Silumgar's Command
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mana Drain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Bitter Triumph
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Strix Serenade
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Flusterstorm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Disallow
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Final Fortune
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Force of Will
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Demonic Consultation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Isildur's Fateful Strike
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Snap
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Cast into the Fire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Lazotep Plating
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Bedevil
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Mystic Confluence
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Borne Upon a Wind
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Sorceries
Faithless Looting
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Ringsight
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
30%synergy
Decree of Pain
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Summons of Saruman
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Too Greedily, Too Deep
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Toxic Deluge
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Extract from Darkness
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Diabolic Intent
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Windfall
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Victimize
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Birthday Escape
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Deep Analysis
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Claim the Precious
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Wake the Dragon
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Languish
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Devastating Onslaught
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Call Forth the Tempest
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Lava Spike
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Isengard Unleashed
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Vandalblast
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Last Chance
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Widespread Brutality
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Step Between Worlds
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mordor Muster
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Lunar Insight
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Warrior's Oath
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Sam's Desperate Rescue
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Temporal Mastery
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Foray of Orcs
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Mists of Lórien
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Surrounded by Orcs
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Lórien Revealed
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Doomsday
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Ranger's Firebrand
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Demonic Tutor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-8%synergy
Fell
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Demonic Bargain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Treason of Isengard
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Boltwave
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Alrund's Epiphany
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Heartless Conscription
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Damnation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Time Warp
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Chain of Smog
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Palantír of Orthanc
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Mithril Coat
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Stone of Erech
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Grinding Station
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
The Ozolith
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Blasting Station
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Whip of Erebos
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Helm of the Host
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Library of Leng
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Executioner's Capsule
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Lightning Greaves
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-17%synergy
Strionic Resonator
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Monument to Endurance
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Basilisk Collar
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Enchantments
March from the Black Gate
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
In the Darkness Bind Them
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Animate Dead
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Spiteful Banditry
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Freed from the Real
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Fall of Cair Andros
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Rising of the Day
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Rhystic Study
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Hidetsugu Consumes All
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Necromancy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Gratuitous Violence
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mystic Remora
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Impact Tremors
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
No Mercy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
The Bath Song
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mindless Conscription
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Black Market Connections
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Nowhere to Run
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Professor Onyx
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Utility Lands
Desolate Lighthouse
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Rogue's Passage
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Mines of Moria
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Reliquary Tower
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Mistrise Village
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Great Arashin City
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Bojuka Bog
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Rivendell
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Field of Ruin
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Sol Ring
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
57%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
0%synergy
Worn Powerstone
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Relic of Sauron
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-7%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Fellwar Stone
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Inherited Envelope
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Thought Vessel
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Mind Stone
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Phial of Galadriel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Crowded Crypt
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Izzet Signet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-19%synergy
Hedron Archive
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Rakdos Signet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-19%synergy
Cursed Mirror
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Relic of Legends
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Machine God's Effigy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Basalt Monolith
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Signet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-21%synergy
Thran Dynamo
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Model of Unity
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
48%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Island
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Sulfur Falls
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
40%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Sunken Hollow
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Frostboil Snarl
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
47%synergy
Underground River
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Mount Doom
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
56%synergy
Path of Ancestry
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Exotic Orchard
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-19%synergy
Choked Estuary
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Shivan Reef
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Seething Landscape
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Fabled Passage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Steam Vents
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-33%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Blood Crypt
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-34%synergy
Stormcarved Coast
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-14%synergy
Ash Barrens
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Reflecting Pool
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Xander's Lounge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-27%synergy
Maestros Theater
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
The Grey Havens
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Evolving Wilds
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Haunted Ridge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Watery Grave
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-36%synergy
Valakut Awakening
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
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