Sauron, the Dark Lord (Commander) - Budget Core

Sauron, the Dark Lord
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Benjamin Levin
Sep 9, 2025
Benjamin Levin
How Fun Are All of the Grixis Commanders?
There are dozens of Grixis commanders available now. But which ones are fun to play? Let's break them all down.
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Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
73% of 243 decks +67% synergy
March from the Black Gate
70% of 243 decks +64% synergy
Foray of Orcs
69% of 243 decks +64% synergy
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
67% of 243 decks +62% synergy
Saruman, the White Hand
69% of 243 decks +61% synergy
Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
66% of 243 decks +60% synergy
The Mouth of Sauron
65% of 243 decks +60% synergy
Saruman's Trickery
65% of 243 decks +59% synergy
Ringsight
64% of 243 decks +56% synergy
Dunland Crebain
58% of 243 decks +55% synergy
Top Cards
Claim the Precious
59% of 243 decks +55% synergy
Orcish Medicine
58% of 243 decks +54% synergy
Treason of Isengard
58% of 243 decks +53% synergy
Saruman the White
57% of 243 decks +53% synergy
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
56% of 243 decks +50% synergy
Book of Mazarbul
53% of 243 decks +50% synergy
Swarming of Moria
53% of 243 decks +51% synergy
Gollum, Patient Plotter
51% of 243 decks +49% synergy
Summons of Saruman
51% of 243 decks +45% synergy
Mordor Muster
51% of 243 decks +49% synergy
Game Changers
Notion Thief
7% of 243 decks -1% synergy
Creatures
Orcish Siegemaster
51% of 243 decks +43% synergy
Corsairs of Umbar
48% of 243 decks +42% synergy
Nightscape Familiar
45% of 243 decks +19% synergy
Moria Scavenger
43% of 243 decks +38% synergy
Bilbo, Retired Burglar
41% of 243 decks +38% synergy
Uglúk of the White Hand
41% of 243 decks +39% synergy
Sauron, the Necromancer
37% of 243 decks +33% synergy
Lazotep Chancellor
36% of 243 decks +34% synergy
Gorbag of Minas Morgul
34% of 243 decks +33% synergy
Mirkwood Bats
33% of 243 decks +29% synergy
Warg Rider
32% of 234 decks +28% synergy
Warbeast of Gorgoroth
32% of 243 decks +31% synergy
Gríma Wormtongue
32% of 243 decks +31% synergy
Mordor Trebuchet
30% of 243 decks +29% synergy
Easterling Vanguard
29% of 243 decks +28% synergy
The Balrog of Moria
29% of 243 decks +23% synergy
Gleaming Overseer
28% of 243 decks +26% synergy
Oliphaunt
28% of 243 decks +26% synergy
Troll of Khazad-dûm
23% of 243 decks +20% synergy
Eternal Skylord
22% of 243 decks +20% synergy
Uruk-hai Berserker
19% of 243 decks +18% synergy
Dreadhorde Twins
19% of 243 decks +18% synergy
Anger
18% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
17% of 243 decks +3% synergy
Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
17% of 243 decks +16% synergy
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
16% of 243 decks +15% synergy
Vizier of the Scorpion
16% of 243 decks +15% synergy
Moria Marauder
15% of 243 decks +14% synergy
Ringwraiths
15% of 243 decks +13% synergy
Wonder
14% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Voracious Fell Beast
13% of 243 decks +12% synergy
Lord of the Nazgûl
13% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Burnished Hart
12% of 243 decks +9% synergy
Sauron, the Lidless Eye
12% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Rampaging War Mammoth
11% of 243 decks +9% synergy
Witch-king of Angmar
11% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Grim Initiate
11% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
11% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Treasure Nabber
10% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Lazotep Reaver
10% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Juri, Master of the Revue
10% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Gríma, Saruman's Footman
10% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Viscera Seer
10% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Witch-king, Sky Scourge
10% of 234 decks +8% synergy
Rangers of Ithilien
9% of 243 decks +9% synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
9% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Butcher of Malakir
9% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Nazgûl
8% of 243 decks +2% synergy
Monstrosity of the Lake
8% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Olog-hai Crusher
8% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Instants
Soothing of Sméagol
42% of 243 decks +39% synergy
Glorious Gale
40% of 243 decks +38% synergy
Lazotep Plating
39% of 243 decks +35% synergy
Negate
33% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Sauron's Ransom
33% of 243 decks +28% synergy
Nasty End
30% of 243 decks +28% synergy
Deceive the Messenger
29% of 243 decks +28% synergy
Fact or Fiction
26% of 243 decks +17% synergy
Commence the Endgame
26% of 243 decks +23% synergy
Counterspell
26% of 243 decks -19% synergy
Thrill of Possibility
24% of 243 decks +17% synergy
Chaos Warp
23% of 243 decks -15% synergy
Terminate
22% of 243 decks -5% synergy
Dark Ritual
15% of 243 decks -16% synergy
Bedevil
15% of 243 decks -4% synergy
Frantic Search
13% of 243 decks -1% synergy
Village Rites
13% of 243 decks +9% synergy
Arcane Denial
12% of 243 decks -17% synergy
Smite the Deathless
11% of 243 decks +11% synergy
Gollum's Bite
10% of 243 decks +9% synergy
Bitter Downfall
9% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Go for the Throat
9% of 243 decks +3% synergy
Isildur's Fateful Strike
9% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Cast into the Fire
9% of 243 decks +9% synergy
Crush Dissent
9% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Abrade
9% of 243 decks +0% synergy
Mystic Confluence
8% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Rakdos Charm
8% of 243 decks -7% synergy
Laughing Mad
8% of 25 decks +4% synergy
Dreadful as the Storm
8% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Rush the Room
7% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Corrupted Conviction
7% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Consider
7% of 243 decks +2% synergy
Dispel
7% of 243 decks +3% synergy
Maestros Charm
7% of 243 decks +3% synergy
Fling
7% of 243 decks +4% synergy
Murder
7% of 243 decks +4% synergy
Siege Smash
7% of 169 decks +6% synergy
Brainstorm
6% of 243 decks -10% synergy
Hithlain Knots
6% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Shelob's Ambush
6% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Dihada's Ploy
6% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Refute
6% of 106 decks +4% synergy
Don't Make a Sound
5% of 129 decks +5% synergy
Opt
5% of 243 decks +1% synergy
Sorceries
Widespread Brutality
49% of 243 decks +45% synergy
Feed the Swarm
43% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Surrounded by Orcs
42% of 243 decks +40% synergy
Birthday Escape
39% of 243 decks +36% synergy
Sam's Desperate Rescue
38% of 243 decks +36% synergy
Assault on Osgiliath
38% of 243 decks +35% synergy
Faithless Looting
30% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Blasphemous Act
27% of 243 decks -21% synergy
Breaking of the Fellowship
23% of 243 decks +22% synergy
Too Greedily, Too Deep
23% of 243 decks +19% synergy
Invade the City
23% of 243 decks +21% synergy
The Torment of Gollum
22% of 243 decks +21% synergy
Enter the God-Eternals
20% of 243 decks +19% synergy
Deep Analysis
17% of 243 decks +13% synergy
Lash of the Balrog
17% of 243 decks +16% synergy
Victimize
16% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Wake the Dragon
15% of 243 decks +13% synergy
Ranger's Firebrand
14% of 243 decks +13% synergy
The Black Breath
14% of 243 decks +13% synergy
Honor the God-Pharaoh
13% of 243 decks +12% synergy
Callous Dismissal
13% of 243 decks +13% synergy
Extract from Darkness
13% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Dread Return
13% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Decree of Pain
13% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Painful Truths
11% of 243 decks +9% synergy
Languish
11% of 243 decks +9% synergy
Bleeding Edge
10% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Fire of Orthanc
9% of 243 decks +9% synergy
Lidless Gaze
9% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Read the Bones
9% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Fear, Fire, Foes!
8% of 243 decks +7% synergy
In Garruk's Wake
8% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Necromantic Selection
7% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Subjugate the Hobbits
7% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Relentless Advance
7% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Living Death
7% of 243 decks +1% synergy
Aether Gale
7% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Lórien Revealed
7% of 243 decks +4% synergy
Sign in Blood
7% of 243 decks +3% synergy
Toll of the Invasion
6% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Mordor on the March
6% of 234 decks +5% synergy
Cruel Ultimatum
5% of 243 decks +0% synergy
Gandalf's Sanction
5% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Wayfarer's Bauble
24% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Grond, the Gatebreaker
18% of 243 decks +17% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15% of 243 decks -10% synergy
Stone of Erech
8% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
7% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Helm of Awakening
7% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Culling Dais
6% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Enchantments
Dreadhorde Invasion
51% of 243 decks +45% synergy
Fiery Inscription
47% of 243 decks +42% synergy
Call of the Ring
41% of 243 decks +31% synergy
Fall of Cair Andros
34% of 243 decks +31% synergy
One Ring to Rule Them All
34% of 243 decks +30% synergy
In the Darkness Bind Them
24% of 243 decks +17% synergy
Rising of the Day
14% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Mindless Conscription
13% of 171 decks +13% synergy
Scroll of Isildur
12% of 243 decks +11% synergy
Morgul-Knife Wound
9% of 243 decks +9% synergy
Vampiric Rites
8% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Shiny Impetus
8% of 243 decks +6% synergy
There and Back Again
7% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Storm of Saruman
7% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Makeshift Munitions
7% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Fires of Mount Doom
7% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Warstorm Surge
6% of 243 decks +1% synergy
Outpost Siege
6% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Barrage of Expendables
6% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Planeswalkers
Angrath, Captain of Chaos
28% of 243 decks +27% synergy
Utility Lands
Barad-dûr
53% of 243 decks +45% synergy
Rogue's Passage
41% of 243 decks +19% synergy
Great Hall of the Citadel
13% of 243 decks +12% synergy
Temple of the False God
12% of 243 decks +3% synergy
Desolate Lighthouse
11% of 243 decks +4% synergy
Mines of Moria
10% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Field of Ruin
7% of 243 decks +4% synergy
Bojuka Bog
7% of 243 decks -18% synergy
Rivendell
7% of 243 decks +4% synergy
Reliquary Tower
6% of 243 decks -29% synergy
Access Tunnel
5% of 243 decks +3% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
79% of 243 decks -9% synergy
Sol Ring
75% of 243 decks -16% synergy
Commander's Sphere
56% of 243 decks +33% synergy
Inherited Envelope
50% of 243 decks +46% synergy
Rakdos Signet
43% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Dimir Signet
40% of 243 decks +1% synergy
Izzet Signet
38% of 243 decks +2% synergy
Mind Stone
30% of 243 decks +15% synergy
Fellwar Stone
30% of 243 decks -5% synergy
Talisman of Dominance
27% of 243 decks -21% synergy
Relic of Sauron
23% of 243 decks +2% synergy
Talisman of Creativity
21% of 243 decks -22% synergy
Worn Powerstone
19% of 243 decks +13% synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
14% of 243 decks -28% synergy
Phial of Galadriel
10% of 243 decks +9% synergy
Thought Vessel
9% of 243 decks -12% synergy
Sky Diamond
9% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Charcoal Diamond
9% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Fire Diamond
9% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Chromatic Lantern
8% of 243 decks -8% synergy
Everflowing Chalice
8% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Lands
Swamp
100% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Mountain
100% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Island
100% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Command Tower
80% of 243 decks -12% synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
65% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Evolving Wilds
59% of 243 decks +33% synergy
Exotic Orchard
50% of 243 decks -6% synergy
Smoldering Marsh
47% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
45% of 243 decks +23% synergy
Sunken Hollow
45% of 243 decks +3% synergy
Foreboding Ruins
37% of 243 decks +17% synergy
Choked Estuary
35% of 243 decks +16% synergy
Path of Ancestry
35% of 243 decks +2% synergy
Frostboil Snarl
33% of 243 decks +17% synergy
Sulfur Falls
30% of 243 decks -15% synergy
Dragonskull Summit
25% of 243 decks -19% synergy
Temple of Deceit
25% of 243 decks +10% synergy
Temple of Epiphany
23% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Seething Landscape
22% of 171 decks +4% synergy
Myriad Landscape
20% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Temple of Malice
19% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Drowned Catacomb
18% of 243 decks -24% synergy
Swiftwater Cliffs
18% of 243 decks +11% synergy
Maestros Theater
18% of 243 decks +7% synergy
Shire Terrace
17% of 243 decks +16% synergy
Bloodfell Caves
16% of 243 decks +11% synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
16% of 243 decks +3% synergy
Dismal Backwater
15% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
14% of 243 decks +0% synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
14% of 243 decks +0% synergy
The Grey Havens
13% of 243 decks +11% synergy
Ash Barrens
12% of 243 decks +8% synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
11% of 243 decks -2% synergy
Thriving Moor
10% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
9% of 243 decks -1% synergy
Underground River
9% of 243 decks -17% synergy
Sulfurous Springs
9% of 243 decks -17% synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
8% of 243 decks +6% synergy
Thriving Isle
8% of 243 decks +4% synergy
Shivan Reef
8% of 243 decks -20% synergy
Molten Tributary
8% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Thriving Bluff
8% of 243 decks +4% synergy
Dimir Guildgate
7% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Geothermal Bog
7% of 243 decks +5% synergy
Crosis's Catacombs
7% of 243 decks +4% synergy
Grixis Panorama
7% of 243 decks +2% synergy
Port of Karfell
6% of 243 decks +4% synergy
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