Sauron, the Dark Lord (Commander) - Budget Optimized Control

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Splinter's Technique
100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
100%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Saruman, the White Hand
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
77%synergy
Barad-dûr
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
76%synergy
Summons of Saruman
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
62%synergy
Rogue's Passage
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
61%synergy
Reanimate
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
59%synergy
Call of the Ring
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
58%synergy
The Black Gate
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
58%synergy
Counterspell
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
56%synergy
Arcane Denial
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
55%synergy
Faithless Looting
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Top Cards
An Offer You Can't Refuse
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
37%synergy
Blasphemous Act
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Game Changers
The One Ring
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
37%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Notion Thief
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
42%synergy
Mystical Tutor
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
37%synergy
Gamble
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Jeska's Will
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Rhystic Study
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Creatures
Lord of the Nazgûl
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
44%synergy
Anger
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
39%synergy
Rampaging War Mammoth
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Scourge of the Throne
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Treasure Nabber
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Troll of Khazad-dûm
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Witch-king of Angmar
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Baleful Strix
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Krenko, Mob Boss
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Sauron, the Necromancer
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Dunland Crebain
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Gríma, Saruman's Footman
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Moria Scavenger
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Hostage Taker
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
The Balrog of Moria
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Orcish Siegemaster
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Maha, Its Feathers Night
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Zealous Conscripts
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Snapcaster Mage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Deceiver Exarch
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Nazgûl
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
The Mouth of Sauron
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Mothdust Changeling
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Nightscape Familiar
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-10%synergy
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Goblin Electromancer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Archmage Emeritus
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Pestermite
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Saruman the White
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Knollspine Dragon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Storm-Kiln Artist
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Changeling Outcast
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Fiendish Duo
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Platinum Angel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Heartless Hidetsugu
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Goblin Dark-Dwellers
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Baral, Chief of Compliance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Instants
Saruman's Trickery
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
Hero's Downfall
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Go for the Throat
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Negate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Soothing of Sméagol
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Fact or Fiction
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Deadly Dispute
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Dark Ritual
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-3%synergy
Sublime Epiphany
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Terminate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Swan Song
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Infernal Grasp
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Baleful Mastery
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Deflecting Swat
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Memory Deluge
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Nasty End
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Sauron's Ransom
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Withering Torment
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Consult the Star Charts
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Pongify
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Chaos Warp
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-19%synergy
Drown in the Loch
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Imp's Mischief
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Village Rites
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Brainstorm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-1%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Soul Manipulation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Unexpected Windfall
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Consider
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Time Stop
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Culling the Weak
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Forbidden Alchemy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Invert Polarity
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Nexus of Fate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dispel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Countersquall
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Silumgar's Command
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mana Drain
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Strix Serenade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Mystical Teachings
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Glorious Gale
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Flusterstorm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Disallow
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Final Fortune
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Increasing Vengeance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Big Score
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Bedevil
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Galvanic Iteration
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Dihada's Ploy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sorceries
Deep Analysis
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Feed the Swarm
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Decree of Pain
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
Living Death
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
44%synergy
Too Greedily, Too Deep
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Extract from Darkness
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Birthday Escape
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Foray of Orcs
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Ringsight
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Treason of Isengard
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Wake the Dragon
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Languish
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Ponder
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Diabolic Intent
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Windfall
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Immolating Gyre
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Victimize
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Lava Spike
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Last Chance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Widespread Brutality
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Warrior's Oath
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Surrounded by Orcs
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Doomsday
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ranger's Firebrand
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Claim the Precious
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Fell
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Toxic Deluge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-4%synergy
Boltwave
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Alrund's Epiphany
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Heartless Conscription
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Damnation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Time Warp
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Chain of Smog
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Chandra's Ignition
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
20%synergy
Palantír of Orthanc
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mithril Coat
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Mindsplice Apparatus
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Whip of Erebos
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Stone of Erech
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Strionic Resonator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Enchantments
Necromancy
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
March from the Black Gate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Animate Dead
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
In the Darkness Bind Them
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Freed from the Real
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Fiery Inscription
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
The Eldest Reborn
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Gratuitous Violence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Metallurgic Summonings
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mystic Remora
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
No Mercy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Thousand-Year Storm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Spiteful Banditry
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Planeswalkers
Professor Onyx
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Utility Lands
Desolate Lighthouse
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
44%synergy
Mines of Moria
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Bojuka Bog
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Field of Ruin
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Sol Ring
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Relic of Sauron
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Worn Powerstone
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
Inherited Envelope
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
20%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Izzet Signet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-17%synergy
Rakdos Signet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-17%synergy
Relic of Legends
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
2%synergy
Dimir Signet
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-19%synergy
Fellwar Stone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-19%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Island
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Sulfur Falls
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
37%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
41%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Underground River
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
39%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Frostboil Snarl
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
35%synergy
Path of Ancestry
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
19%synergy
Mount Doom
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Evolving Wilds
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Choked Estuary
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Haunted Ridge
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Fabled Passage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Shivan Reef
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-13%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-40%synergy
Seething Landscape
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Stormcarved Coast
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-9%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-2%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Ferrous Lake
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Xander's Lounge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-24%synergy
The Grey Havens
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Polluted Delta
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-18%synergy
Cascade Bluffs
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Valakut Awakening
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
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