The Balrog of Moria (Commander)

Kyle Massa
Jun 26, 2023
The Over/Under Part 2- Predicting the Popularity of Lord of the Rings Commanders
Kyle evaluates the popularity of the new commanders from The Lord of The Rings: Tales from Middle-earth commander decks.
Deck Filters
Archidekt
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Moxfield
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MTGStocks
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
62% of 40 decks +59% synergy
Troll of Khazad-dûm
56% of 43 decks +54% synergy
Too Greedily, Too Deep
54% of 39 decks +52% synergy
Command Beacon
52% of 44 decks +46% synergy
Lash of the Balrog
48% of 40 decks +46% synergy
Mines of Moria
51% of 43 decks +45% synergy
Wake the Dragon
44% of 39 decks +42% synergy
Decree of Pain
45% of 44 decks +42% synergy
Netherborn Altar
36% of 44 decks +36% synergy
Oliphaunt
37% of 43 decks +35% synergy
Top Cards
Mind Stone
68% of 44 decks +35% synergy
Terminate
59% of 44 decks +17% synergy
Blasphemous Act
59% of 44 decks +10% synergy
Bedevil
57% of 44 decks +18% synergy
Reanimate
50% of 44 decks +31% synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
50% of 44 decks +30% synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
50% of 44 decks +27% synergy
Faithless Looting
48% of 44 decks +19% synergy
Abrade
43% of 44 decks +22% synergy
Rakdos Charm
43% of 44 decks +1% synergy
Creatures
Kardur, Doomscourge
39% of 44 decks +24% synergy
Voracious Fell Beast
33% of 43 decks +31% synergy
Mirkwood Bats
33% of 43 decks +14% synergy
Shelob, Dread Weaver
31% of 39 decks +30% synergy
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
31% of 39 decks +27% synergy
The Balrog, Flame of Udûn
30% of 43 decks +30% synergy
Ayara, Widow of the Realm
30% of 43 decks +27% synergy
Inferno Titan
30% of 44 decks +29% synergy
Anger
25% of 44 decks +11% synergy
Mahadi, Emporium Master
25% of 44 decks +10% synergy
Decadent Dragon
24% of 29 decks +15% synergy
Rampaging War Mammoth
23% of 39 decks +23% synergy
Moria Scavenger
23% of 39 decks +21% synergy
Merciless Executioner
23% of 44 decks +21% synergy
Scourge of the Throne
20% of 44 decks +19% synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
19% of 43 decks +6% synergy
Port Razer
18% of 44 decks +16% synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
18% of 44 decks +13% synergy
Mayhem Devil
18% of 44 decks -5% synergy
Sauron, the Necromancer
16% of 43 decks +16% synergy
Dunland Crebain
14% of 43 decks +13% synergy
Witch-king of Angmar
14% of 43 decks +13% synergy
Bloodcrusher of Khorne
14% of 44 decks +13% synergy
Balor
14% of 44 decks +10% synergy
Burnished Hart
14% of 44 decks +5% synergy
Morbid Opportunist
14% of 44 decks +3% synergy
Witch-king, Sky Scourge
12% of 25 decks +12% synergy
Warg Rider
12% of 25 decks +12% synergy
Breeches, Eager Pillager
12% of 25 decks +10% synergy
Filth
11% of 44 decks +10% synergy
Knollspine Dragon
11% of 44 decks +9% synergy
Surly Badgersaur
11% of 44 decks +9% synergy
Goldspan Dragon
11% of 44 decks +2% synergy
Dockside Extortionist
11% of 44 decks -4% synergy
Orcish Siegemaster
10% of 39 decks +10% synergy
Sauron, the Lidless Eye
9% of 43 decks +9% synergy
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
9% of 43 decks +8% synergy
Geode Golem
9% of 44 decks +9% synergy
Grave Titan
9% of 44 decks +7% synergy
Bloodthirster
9% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Doomed Necromancer
9% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Hellkite Tyrant
9% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Treasure Nabber
9% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Jaxis, the Troublemaker
9% of 44 decks +4% synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
9% of 44 decks +4% synergy
Feldon of the Third Path
9% of 44 decks +3% synergy
Simian Spirit Guide
9% of 44 decks +3% synergy
Academy Manufactor
9% of 44 decks +1% synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
9% of 44 decks -0% synergy
Blood Artist
9% of 44 decks -7% synergy
Instants
Chaos Warp
41% of 44 decks -9% synergy
Thrill of Possibility
39% of 44 decks +19% synergy
Dark Ritual
39% of 44 decks -0% synergy
Fling
32% of 44 decks +27% synergy
Bitter Triumph
30% of 23 decks +22% synergy
Stinging Study
27% of 44 decks +25% synergy
Infernal Grasp
23% of 44 decks +9% synergy
Deadly Dispute
23% of 44 decks -1% synergy
Demand Answers
21% of 19 decks +5% synergy
Go for the Throat
20% of 44 decks +13% synergy
Big Score
20% of 44 decks +3% synergy
Unexpected Windfall
18% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Village Rites
18% of 44 decks +1% synergy
Isildur's Fateful Strike
15% of 41 decks +14% synergy
Darkness
14% of 44 decks +13% synergy
Murder
14% of 44 decks +9% synergy
Lightning Bolt
14% of 44 decks -2% synergy
Orcish Medicine
12% of 40 decks +11% synergy
Cast into the Fire
12% of 43 decks +9% synergy
Starstorm
11% of 44 decks +10% synergy
Blood for the Blood God!
11% of 44 decks +0% synergy
Goryo's Vengeance
9% of 44 decks +9% synergy
Wild Ricochet
9% of 44 decks +7% synergy
Baleful Mastery
9% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Kolaghan's Command
9% of 44 decks +3% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
9% of 44 decks -6% synergy
Bitter Downfall
7% of 43 decks +7% synergy
Smite the Deathless
7% of 43 decks +6% synergy
Nasty End
7% of 43 decks +1% synergy
Psychotic Fury
7% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Saw in Half
7% of 44 decks +1% synergy
Seething Song
7% of 44 decks -3% synergy
Deadly Rollick
7% of 44 decks -8% synergy
Vampiric Tutor
7% of 44 decks -10% synergy
Sorceries
Vandalblast
39% of 44 decks +8% synergy
Feed the Swarm
39% of 44 decks -9% synergy
Grave Upheaval
32% of 44 decks +31% synergy
Languish
27% of 44 decks +26% synergy
Living Death
27% of 44 decks +22% synergy
Thud
20% of 44 decks +19% synergy
Night's Whisper
20% of 44 decks +2% synergy
Toxic Deluge
18% of 44 decks +0% synergy
Visions of Ruin
16% of 44 decks +15% synergy
Victimize
16% of 44 decks -0% synergy
Sign in Blood
16% of 44 decks -6% synergy
Foray of Orcs
14% of 43 decks +13% synergy
Seize the Spoils
14% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Demonic Tutor
14% of 44 decks -7% synergy
Jeska's Will
14% of 44 decks -14% synergy
Lidless Gaze
13% of 39 decks +12% synergy
Molten Collapse
12% of 24 decks +8% synergy
Imposing Grandeur
11% of 44 decks +10% synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
11% of 44 decks +8% synergy
Disrupt Decorum
11% of 44 decks +3% synergy
Read the Bones
11% of 44 decks -5% synergy
Reforge the Soul
9% of 44 decks +7% synergy
Earthquake
9% of 44 decks +7% synergy
Dread Return
9% of 44 decks +4% synergy
Fevered Suspicion
9% of 44 decks +3% synergy
Wheel of Misfortune
9% of 44 decks +1% synergy
Swarming of Moria
7% of 43 decks +6% synergy
Gix's Command
7% of 43 decks +6% synergy
Zombify
7% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Stitch Together
7% of 44 decks +5% synergy
Burn Down the House
7% of 44 decks +4% synergy
Call to the Netherworld
7% of 44 decks +2% synergy
Syphon Mind
7% of 44 decks +1% synergy
Twinflame
7% of 44 decks +1% synergy
Diabolic Intent
7% of 44 decks -3% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
39% of 44 decks +7% synergy
Excalibur, Sword of Eden
27% of 11 decks +25% synergy
Campfire
23% of 44 decks +22% synergy
Lightning Greaves
18% of 44 decks -15% synergy
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
16% of 44 decks +15% synergy
Shadowspear
16% of 44 decks +12% synergy
Ashnod's Altar
16% of 44 decks +4% synergy
Blackblade Reforged
14% of 44 decks +12% synergy
Stone of Erech
13% of 39 decks +12% synergy
Phyrexian Altar
11% of 44 decks +5% synergy
Altar of Bhaal
9% of 44 decks +8% synergy
Expedition Map
9% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Basilisk Collar
9% of 44 decks +2% synergy
Andúril, Flame of the West
7% of 41 decks +7% synergy
The One Ring
7% of 43 decks -2% synergy
Fluctuator
7% of 44 decks +7% synergy
Mycosynth Lattice
7% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Ensnaring Bridge
7% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Hero's Blade
7% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Jet Medallion
7% of 44 decks +3% synergy
Ruby Medallion
7% of 44 decks +1% synergy
Skullclamp
7% of 44 decks -5% synergy
Enchantments
Warstorm Surge
30% of 44 decks +24% synergy
Animate Dead
30% of 44 decks +19% synergy
Shiny Impetus
27% of 44 decks +22% synergy
Revenge of Ravens
23% of 44 decks +20% synergy
Fiery Emancipation
16% of 44 decks +10% synergy
Revel in Riches
16% of 44 decks +8% synergy
Theater of Horrors
16% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
16% of 44 decks -5% synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
14% of 44 decks +8% synergy
Spiteful Banditry
12% of 41 decks +8% synergy
Tortured Existence
11% of 44 decks +9% synergy
Greed
11% of 44 decks +9% synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
11% of 44 decks +7% synergy
Fires of Mount Doom
10% of 41 decks +9% synergy
Lightning Rift
9% of 44 decks +9% synergy
Flameshadow Conjuring
9% of 44 decks +7% synergy
Sneak Attack
9% of 44 decks +5% synergy
Black Market Connections
9% of 44 decks -6% synergy
Bitter Reunion
7% of 43 decks +3% synergy
Unpredictable Cyclone
7% of 44 decks +7% synergy
Blood Mist
7% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Faith of the Devoted
7% of 44 decks +5% synergy
Dictate of the Twin Gods
7% of 44 decks +2% synergy
Planeswalkers
Karn, the Great Creator
7% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
48% of 44 decks +10% synergy
Rogue's Passage
45% of 44 decks +28% synergy
Barad-dûr
33% of 43 decks +30% synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
27% of 44 decks +7% synergy
The Black Gate
23% of 39 decks +18% synergy
Forgotten Cave
23% of 44 decks +16% synergy
Buried Ruin
20% of 44 decks +16% synergy
Barren Moor
20% of 44 decks +14% synergy
Cabal Coffers
14% of 44 decks +2% synergy
Volatile Fault
13% of 23 decks +12% synergy
Polluted Mire
11% of 44 decks +10% synergy
Smoldering Crater
11% of 44 decks +10% synergy
Field of Ruin
11% of 44 decks +9% synergy
Treasure Vault
11% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Desert of the Glorified
9% of 44 decks +8% synergy
Desert of the Fervent
9% of 44 decks +8% synergy
Sanctum of Eternity
9% of 44 decks +7% synergy
High Market
9% of 44 decks +4% synergy
Mortuary Mire
9% of 44 decks +0% synergy
Temple of the False God
9% of 44 decks -0% synergy
Phyrexian Tower
9% of 44 decks -1% synergy
The Dross Pits
7% of 43 decks +6% synergy
The Autonomous Furnace
7% of 43 decks +6% synergy
Witch's Cottage
7% of 44 decks +3% synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
7% of 44 decks -5% synergy
Reliquary Tower
7% of 44 decks -8% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
91% of 44 decks +8% synergy
Sol Ring
89% of 44 decks +1% synergy
Rakdos Signet
73% of 44 decks +8% synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
55% of 44 decks -0% synergy
Fellwar Stone
41% of 44 decks +7% synergy
Commander's Sphere
39% of 44 decks +15% synergy
Thran Dynamo
32% of 44 decks +27% synergy
Thought Vessel
30% of 44 decks +16% synergy
Worn Powerstone
25% of 44 decks +21% synergy
Fire Diamond
25% of 44 decks +14% synergy
Charcoal Diamond
23% of 44 decks +12% synergy
Liquimetal Torque
18% of 44 decks +11% synergy
Hedron Archive
14% of 44 decks +11% synergy
Everflowing Chalice
11% of 44 decks +8% synergy
Rakdos Locket
11% of 44 decks +7% synergy
Cursed Mirror
11% of 44 decks +3% synergy
Basalt Monolith
9% of 44 decks +8% synergy
Rakdos Cluestone
7% of 44 decks +4% synergy
Lands
Command Tower
77% of 44 decks -9% synergy
Dragonskull Summit
73% of 44 decks +16% synergy
Smoldering Marsh
70% of 44 decks +7% synergy
Foreboding Ruins
64% of 44 decks +18% synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
52% of 44 decks +14% synergy
Mount Doom
44% of 43 decks +24% synergy
Sulfurous Springs
43% of 44 decks +1% synergy
Canyon Slough
36% of 44 decks +20% synergy
Blood Crypt
34% of 44 decks -11% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
30% of 44 decks +13% synergy
Exotic Orchard
30% of 44 decks -2% synergy
Path of Ancestry
27% of 44 decks +12% synergy
Evolving Wilds
27% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Tainted Peak
27% of 44 decks -10% synergy
Luxury Suite
25% of 44 decks -16% synergy
Graven Cairns
20% of 44 decks -4% synergy
Haunted Ridge
20% of 44 decks -12% synergy
Temple of Malice
20% of 44 decks -14% synergy
Blightstep Pathway
18% of 44 decks -8% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
18% of 44 decks -11% synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
18% of 44 decks -15% synergy
Ash Barrens
16% of 44 decks +9% synergy
Myriad Landscape
16% of 44 decks -9% synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
14% of 44 decks +6% synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
14% of 44 decks -2% synergy
Shire Terrace
12% of 43 decks +11% synergy
Fabled Passage
11% of 44 decks +2% synergy
Badlands
11% of 44 decks -2% synergy
Bloodfell Caves
9% of 44 decks -9% synergy
Arid Mesa
7% of 44 decks -3% synergy
Geothermal Bog
7% of 44 decks -3% synergy