The Armies of Mordor

Commander / EDH Casual Orc UBR (Grixis)

E2R4

Land (36)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Barad-dur
• 1x Blazemire Verge
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Frostboil Snarl
• 1x Gloomlake Verge
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 3x Island
• 1x Mines of Moria
• 1x Mount Doom
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Seething Landscape
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Book of Mazarbul
• 1x Call of the Ring
• 1x Fiery Inscription
• 1x Fires of Mount Doom
• 1x March from the Black Gate
• 1x One Ring to Rule Them All
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients
• 1x Spiteful Banditry

Creature (22)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Corsairs of Umbar
• 1x Dunland Crebain
• 1x Gollum, Patient Plotter
• 1x Gorbag of Minas Morgul
• 1x Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
• 1x Grima Wormtongue
• 1x Grima, Saruman's Footman
• 1x Grishnakh, Brash Instigator
• 1x Mauhur, Uruk-hai Captain
• 1x Mirkwood Bats
• 1x Moria Marauder
• 1x Moria Scavenger
• 1x Oliphaunt
• 1x Orcish Siegemaster
• 1x Saruman, the White Hand
• 1x Sauron, Lord of the Rings
• 1x Shagrat, Loot Bearer
• 1x The Mouth of Sauron
• 1x Troll of Khazad-dum
• 1x Warg Rider
• 1x Witch-king of Angmar

Artifact (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Inherited Envelope
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Relic of Sauron
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Assault on Osgiliath
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Breaking of the Fellowship
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Claim the Precious
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Foray of Orcs
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Ringsight
• 1x Sam's Desperate Rescue
• 1x Summons of Saruman
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Treason of Isengard

Instant (9)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Cast into the Fire
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Negate
• 1x Orcish Medicine
• 1x Saruman's Trickery
• 1x Sauron's Ransom
• 1x Soul's Fire
• 1x Thrill of Possibility

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Revision 1.4, the deck churns out a lot of orcs and the ring tempts me so much I'm basically Gollum. I tried to keep the vast majority of cards in LOTR canon and/or flavor, unless something just worked too well. I tooled in a few ways to weaponize huge orc armies for more than just combat damage. The deck can leverage creating and sacrificing them, depending on the game.

Top Ranked	Achieved #30 position overall 2 months ago Achieved #26 position in Commander / EDH 2 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH UBR (Grixis) 2 months ago
Date added	3 months
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 27 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.17
Tokens	Orc Army, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You, Treasure