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Dark Forces of the Dark Lord
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Est deck cost: $584.26
Salt sum: 38.97
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Commander

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Sauron, the Dark Lord

Ward—Sacrifice a legendary artifact or legendary creature. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, amass Orcs 1. Whenever an Army you control deals combat damage to a player, the Ring tempts you. Whenever the Ring tempts you, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw four cards.

Creature
Sauron, the Dark Lord (ltr) 329

Commander

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Draw

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Birthday Escape

Draw a card. The Ring tempts you.

Sorcery
Birthday Escape (ltr) 43
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
Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

Ward—{2}, Pay 2 life. Whenever you discard one or more cards, target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn for each card discarded this way. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player this turn, you draw a card.

Creature
Captain Howler, Sea Scourge (dft) 194
Dragon Mage

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Creature
Dragon Mage (scd) 132
Faerie Mastermind

Flash Flying Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card. {3}{U}: Each player draws a card.

Creature
Faerie Mastermind (mom) 58
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
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion

Trample Whenever Neheb deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, you may discard any number of cards. If you do, draw that many cards and add that much {R}. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Creature
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion (dmc) 125
Notion Thief

Flash If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.

Creature
Notion Thief (ltc) 270
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) 451
Vampiric Rites

{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Enchantment
Vampiric Rites (scd) 116
Witch-king, Sky Scourge

Flying Whenever you attack with one or more Wraiths, exile the top X cards of your library, where X is their total power. You may play those cards this turn. Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Witch-king, Sky Scourge (ltc) 511

Draw

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Protection

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Orcish Medicine

Target creature gains your choice of lifelink or indestructible until end of turn. 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.)

Instant
Orcish Medicine (ltr) 104

Protection

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Tokens

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In the Darkness Bind Them

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.) I, II, III — Create a 3/3 black Wraith creature token with menace. The Ring tempts you. IV — For each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature that player controls until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.

Enchantment
In the Darkness Bind Them (ltc) 58
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

Tokens

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Anthem

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Rising of the Day

Creatures you control have haste. Legendary creatures you control get +1/+0.

Enchantment
Rising of the Day (ltr) 427

Anthem

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Evasion

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Changeling Outcast

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

Creature
Changeling Outcast (otc) 128
Cunning Survivor

Whenever you cycle or discard a card, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Cunning Survivor (hou) 33

Evasion

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (ltc) 273
Bilbo, Retired Burglar

When Bilbo enters or leaves the battlefield, the Ring tempts you. Whenever Bilbo deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.

Creature
Bilbo, Retired Burglar (ltr) 196
Inherited Envelope

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

Artifact
Inherited Envelope (ltr) 242
Relic of Sauron

{T}: Add two mana in any combination of {U}, {B}, and/or {R}. {3}, {T}: Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Artifact
Relic of Sauron (ltc) 79

Ramp

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Tutor

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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

Tutor

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Burn

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Fiery Inscription

When this enchantment enters, the Ring tempts you. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this enchantment deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Enchantment
Fiery Inscription (ltr) 126
Magmakin Artillerist

Whenever you discard one or more cards, this creature deals that much damage to each opponent. Cycling {1}{R} ({1}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, it deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Magmakin Artillerist (dft) 137
Psychosis Crawler

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Psychosis Crawler (moc) 371

Burn

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Instant

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Dreadful as the Storm

Target creature has base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.

Instant
Dreadful as the Storm (ltr) 48

Instant

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Recursion

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Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each different mana value among cards in your graveyard. Whenever you discard a nonland card, you may cast it from your graveyard.

Creature
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer (ncc) 77
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
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

Recursion

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Creature

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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) 339
Sauron, the Lidless Eye

When Sauron enters, gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. {1}{B}{R}: Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. Each opponent loses 2 life.

Creature
Sauron, the Lidless Eye (ltr) 288

Creature

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Land

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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 (ltc) 299
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (ltc) 301
Crumbling Necropolis

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Land
Crumbling Necropolis (ltc) 302
Desolate Lighthouse

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{R}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Land
Desolate Lighthouse (ltc) 303
Dragonskull Summit

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Dragonskull Summit (ltc) 304
Drowned Catacomb

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

Land
Drowned Catacomb (ltc) 305
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 (ltc) 306
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
Foreboding Ruins

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

Land
Foreboding Ruins (ltc) 310
Frostboil Snarl

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

Land
Frostboil Snarl (ltc) 312
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (ltr) 265
Mount Doom

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {B} or {R}. {1}{B}{R}, {T}: Mount Doom deals 1 damage to each opponent. {5}{B}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice Mount Doom and a legendary artifact: Choose up to two creatures, then destroy the rest. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Mount Doom (ltr) 343
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (ltr) 269
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 (ltc) 322
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (ltc) 326
Smoldering Marsh

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

Land
Smoldering Marsh (ltc) 332
Sulfur Falls

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

Land
Sulfur Falls (ltc) 333
Sulfurous Springs

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

Land
Sulfurous Springs (ltc) 334
Sunken Hollow

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

Land
Sunken Hollow (ltc) 335
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (ltr) 267
Terramorphic Expanse

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

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (ltc) 337
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
Underground River

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

Land
Underground River (ltc) 342

Land

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Removal

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Archfiend of Ifnir

Flying Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Archfiend of Ifnir (drc) 86
Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (ltc) 211
Claim the Precious

Destroy target creature. The Ring tempts you.

Sorcery
Claim the Precious (ltr) 81
Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery
Damnation (2x2) 73
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 (ltc) 199
Feed the Swarm

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

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (ltc) 200
Glorious Gale

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

Instant
Glorious Gale (ltr) 51
Gollum's Bite

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. {3}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: The Ring tempts you. Activate only as a sorcery.

Instant
Gollum's Bite (ltr) 85
One Ring to Rule Them All

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — The Ring tempts you, then each player mills cards equal to your Ring-bearer's power. II — Destroy all nonlegendary creatures. III — Each opponent loses 1 life for each creature card in that player's graveyard.

Enchantment
One Ring to Rule Them All (ltr) 102
Orcish Bowmasters

Flash When this creature enters and whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, this creature deals 1 damage to any target. Then amass Orcs 1.

Creature
Orcish Bowmasters (ltr) 103
Ranger's Firebrand

Ranger's Firebrand deals 2 damage to any target. The Ring tempts you.

Sorcery
Ranger's Firebrand (ltr) 143
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) 284
Saruman's Trickery

Counter target spell. 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.)

Instant
Saruman's Trickery (ltr) 68
Soothing of Sméagol

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

Instant
Soothing of Sméagol (ltr) 70
The Black Breath

Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.

Sorcery
The Black Breath (ltr) 78
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) 114
Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin

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

Creature
Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin (ltr) 293

Removal

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Discard

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Brallin, Skyshark Rider

Partner with Shabraz, the Skyshark (When this creature enters, target player may put Shabraz into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) Whenever you discard a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Brallin and it deals 1 damage to each opponent. {R}: Target Shark gains trample until end of turn.

Creature
Brallin, Skyshark Rider (c20) 4
Feast of Sanity

Whenever you discard a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to any target and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Feast of Sanity (mh2) 84
Glint-Horn Buccaneer

Haste Whenever you discard a card, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. {1}{R}, Discard a card: Draw a card. Activate only if this creature is attacking.

Creature
Glint-Horn Buccaneer (j22) 539
Marauding Mako

Whenever you discard one or more cards, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Marauding Mako (dft) 138

Discard

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Lifegain

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Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Deathtouch Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life. Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.

Creature
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (dmu) 369

Lifegain

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Sac Outlet

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Gollum, Patient Plotter

When Gollum leaves the battlefield, the Ring tempts you. {B}, Sacrifice a creature: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Gollum, Patient Plotter (ltr) 450

Sac Outlet

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