Counterspell

Talrand, Sky Summoner

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Dark Ritual

Kindred Discovery

As Kindred Discovery enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card.

Gríma, Saruman's Footman

Gríma, Saruman's Footman can't be blocked.
Whenever Gríma deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Changeling Outcast

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Changeling Outcast can't block and can't be blocked.

Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Ringwraiths

When Ringwraiths 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 Ringwraiths from your graveyard to your hand.

Birthday Escape

Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.

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.

Pongify

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.

Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Archmage Emeritus

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Baral, Chief of Compliance

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Sauron, the Necromancer

Menace
Whenever Sauron, the Necromancer 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.

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, Friend of the Shire as your Ring-bearer, draw a card.

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.

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.

Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Mirkwood Bats

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

Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Draw a card.

Nazgûl

Deathtouch
When Nazgûl 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.

An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Negate

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.

Consider

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

Gitaxian Probe

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Look at target player's hand.
Draw a card.

Murmuring Mystic

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue Bird Illusion creature token with flying.

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.

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.

Night's Whisper

Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant

When Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant 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.

Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin

Flying
Whenever Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin attacks, defending player sacrifices a creature with the least power among creatures they control.

Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, you may cast up to one target card of the other type from your graveyard. If a spell cast from your graveyard this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)