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They Were Once Men...
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Est deck cost: $454.60
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Commander

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Lord of the Nazgûl

Flying Wraiths you control have protection from Ring-bearers. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 3/3 black Wraith creature token with menace. Then if you control nine or more Wraiths, Wraiths you control have base power and toughness 9/9 until end of turn.

Creature
Lord of the Nazgûl (ltc) 60

Commander

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Land

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Ash Barrens

{T}: Add {C}. Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Land
Ash Barrens (drc) 147
Bad River

This land enters tapped. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Bad River (dmc) 197
Choked Estuary

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Choked Estuary (mkc) 254
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (drc) 59
Drowned Catacomb

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Drowned Catacomb (drc) 152
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (drc) 153
Field of Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.

Land
Field of Ruin (ltc) 308
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 281
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (drc) 166
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (drc) 174
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 274
The Black Gate

As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}, {T}: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.

Land
The Black Gate (ltc) 80
The Grey Havens

When The Grey Havens enters, scry 1. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creature cards in your graveyard.

Land
The Grey Havens (ltr) 255
Underground River

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Underground River (drc) 181

Land

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Artifact

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (drc) 52
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (drc) 125
Inherited Envelope

When this artifact enters, the Ring tempts you. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Inherited Envelope (ltr) 242
Nazgûl Battle-Mace

Equipped creature has menace, deathtouch, annihilator 1, and "Whenever an opponent sacrifices a nontoken permanent, put that card onto the battlefield under your control unless that player pays 3 life." (Whenever a creature with annihilator 1 attacks, defending player sacrifices a permanent of their choice.) Equip {3}

Artifact
Nazgûl Battle-Mace (ltc) 510
Shadowspear

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink. {1}: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Shadowspear (ltc) 353
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (ltc) 284
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (fdn) 258
The One Ring

Indestructible When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn. At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring. {T}: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.

Artifact
The One Ring (ltr) 246
Worn Powerstone

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Worn Powerstone (mh3) 298

Artifact

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Sorcery

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Ancient Craving

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

Sorcery
Ancient Craving (j22) 376
Birthday Escape

Draw a card. The Ring tempts you.

Sorcery
Birthday Escape (ltr) 43
Boon of the Wish-Giver

Draw four cards. Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sorcery
Boon of the Wish-Giver (ltc) 185
Call to Mind

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Call to Mind (c14) 101
Decree of Pain

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Draw a card for each creature destroyed this way. Cycling {3}{B}{B} ({3}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, all creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Sorcery
Decree of Pain (dsc) 136
Deep Analysis

Target player draws two cards. Flashback—{1}{U}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Deep Analysis (j25) 304
Divination

Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Divination (plst) M19-51
Dread Return

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Dread Return (cmm) 153
Extract from Darkness

Each player mills two cards. Then you put a creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Sorcery
Extract from Darkness (ltc) 266
Horses of the Bruinen

Return up to two target creatures to their owners' hands. Scry 1. The Ring tempts you.

Sorcery
Horses of the Bruinen (ltr) 55
Living Death

Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Living Death (ltc) 203
Personal Tutor

Search your library for a sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Sorcery
Personal Tutor (cmm) 110
Reanimate

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Sorcery
Reanimate (dsc) 155
Ringsight

The Ring tempts you. Search your library for a card that shares a color with a legendary creature you control, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Ringsight (ltr) 220
Rise from the Grave

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

Sorcery
Rise from the Grave (znc) 53
Sam's Desperate Rescue

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. The Ring tempts you.

Sorcery
Sam's Desperate Rescue (ltr) 105
Subjugate the Hobbits

Gain control of each noncommander creature with mana value 3 or less.

Sorcery
Subjugate the Hobbits (ltc) 24
Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (mh3) 277

Sorcery

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Creature

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Gandalf, Friend of the Shire

Flash You may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Gandalf as your Ring-bearer, draw a card.

Creature
Gandalf, Friend of the Shire (ltr) 308
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant

When Gothmog enters, amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.) Creature tokens you control have deathtouch.

Creature
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant (ltr) 87
Mirkwood Bats

Flying Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 421
Nazgûl

Deathtouch When this creature enters, the Ring tempts you. Whenever the Ring tempts you, put a +1/+1 counter on each Wraith you control. A deck can have up to nine cards named Nazgûl.

Creature
Nazgûl (ltr) 332
Ringwraiths

When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -3/-3 until end of turn. If that creature is legendary, its controller loses 3 life. When the Ring tempts you, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Ringwraiths (ltr) 385
Sauron, the Necromancer

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.

Creature
Sauron, the Necromancer (ltr) 106
Spellseeker

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an instant or sorcery card with mana value 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Spellseeker (cmm) 120
Witch-king of Angmar

Flying Whenever one or more creatures deal combat damage to you, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice that dealt combat damage to you this turn. The Ring tempts you. Discard a card: Witch-king of Angmar gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Creature
Witch-king of Angmar (ltr) 311

Creature

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Enchantment

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Call of the Ring

At the beginning of your upkeep, the Ring tempts you. Whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.

Enchantment
Call of the Ring (ltr) 79
Curse of Echoes

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player casts an instant or sorcery spell, each other player may copy that spell and may choose new targets for the copy they control.

Enchantment
Curse of Echoes (plst) DKA-34
The Bath Song

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Draw two cards, then discard a card. III — Shuffle any number of target cards from your graveyard into your library. Add {U}{U}.

Enchantment
The Bath Song (ltr) 40

Enchantment

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Instant

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Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (drc) 70
Bitter Downfall

This spell costs {3} less to cast if it targets a creature that was dealt damage this turn. Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life.

Instant
Bitter Downfall (ltr) 77
Borne Upon a Wind

You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash. Draw a card.

Instant
Borne Upon a Wind (ltr) 44
Cancel

Counter target spell.

Instant
Cancel (plst) KTK-33
Consider

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Instant
Consider (mb2) 25
Counterlash

Counter target spell. You may cast a spell that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Instant
Counterlash (plst) DKA-33
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Dark Bargain

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard. Dark Bargain deals 2 damage to you.

Instant
Dark Bargain (j25) 113
Dispel

Counter target instant spell.

Instant
Dispel (plst) BFZ-76
Glorious Gale

Counter target creature spell. If it was a legendary spell, the Ring tempts you.

Instant
Glorious Gale (ltr) 51
Go for the Throat

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Instant
Go for the Throat (j25) 447
Gridlock

Tap X target nonland permanents.

Instant
Gridlock (gtc) 36
Hithlain Knots

Tap target creature. Scry 1. Draw a card.

Instant
Hithlain Knots (ltr) 54
Opportunity

Target player draws four cards.

Instant
Opportunity (j25) 338
Press the Enemy

Return target spell or nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell with equal or lesser mana value from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Instant
Press the Enemy (ltr) 65
Rise of the Dread Marn

Create X 2/2 black Zombie Berserker creature tokens, where X is the number of nontoken creatures that died this turn. Foretell {B} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Instant
Rise of the Dread Marn (khm) 107
Sauron's Ransom

Choose an opponent. They look at the top four cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. The Ring tempts you.

Instant
Sauron's Ransom (ltr) 225
Soothing of Sméagol

Return target nontoken creature to its owner's hand. The Ring tempts you.

Instant
Soothing of Sméagol (ltr) 70
Virulent Swipe

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Instant
Virulent Swipe (plst) IMA-113
Voyage's End

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Instant
Voyage's End (jmp) 189

Instant

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