Growing an Orc Army alongside a free ping goes a long way, especially if it can hit the field early. This 2-mana 1/1 is packed with value before you even consider that it comes with flash. No doubt you’ve seen the hubbub about Orcish Bowmasters. Tons of new LTR cards use the amass orcs mechanic, but there are a few I want to call out specifically. While your commander can summon its own army, it also has an endless supply of minions to speed it along. Sauron, the Dark Lord cranks out Orc Armys at a fast pace its second ability should trigger three or more times before the turn comes back to you. This deck focuses on the Orc Army tokens created by many of the new LTR cards, including your commander. Now you can amass army tokens of a specific creature type. The new LTR set introduced The Ring tempts you, but it also made some errata to War of the Spark’s amass ability. Its second ability is also exponentially better in a format where you have multiple opponents, making it a fine fit in Commander. Each of the Dark Lord’s abilities lead into the next one, basically playing the game on auto-pilot once you’ve got an Army to swing around. That highly specific ward requirement means your opponents will trade their commanders for those Path to Exiles, forcing them to commit to a board wipe if they want to remove your commander. Sauron, the Dark Lord stands out from the other Saurons for a few main reasons it’s a 7/6 for six mana, and a pain to remove. In a similar vein, the 5-mana Saurons are limited by color and by their conditionally triggered abilities. While Sauron, Lord of the Rings’ Commander precon is built specifically for Commander, Sauron, the Dark Lord’s abilities are more relevant throughout a typical Commander game versus the Lord of the Ring’s single-cast trigger. The Dark Lord is one of four different printings representing Sauron, and it comes with four line-breaks worth of abilities. Let the Lord of the black land come forth! Sauron, the Dark Lord is the main-set Grixis-aligned representation of Sauron, Lord of Mordor, the Deceiver, the Base Master of Treachery, and great Enemy of the people of Middle-earth. Should all else fail, you can go nuclear and hit the Demonic Consultation and Thassa's Oracle combo. Punish your opponents with Underworld Dreams-type effects and beat them into submission with Sauron, the Dark Lord and your Orc Army. You’ll loot through your deck at an insane pace while simultaneously buffing up your Orc Army token. This Sauron, the Dark Lord Commander deck sits at the midpoint between a Grixis ( ) wheels deck and an Orc Army typal deck, with a little bit of combo splashed on top.
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