The Two Towers (Sauron EDH)

Commander / EDH Amass Aristocrats Exile Group Slug Sacrifice UBR (Grixis)

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Land (41)

• 1x Barad-dur
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Echoing Deeps
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Ferrous Lake
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Forgotten Monument
• 1x Frostboil Snarl
• 1x Hidden Cataract
• 1x Hidden Necropolis
• 1x Hidden Volcano
• 5x Island
• 1x Madblind Mountain
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Pit of Offerings
• 1x Promising Vein
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Steam Vents
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Volatile Fault
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Instant (5)

• 1x Bituminous Blast
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Fleeting Reflection
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Rowan's Grim Search

Creature (25)

• 1x Atmosphere Surgeon
• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• 1x Clackbridge Troll
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
• 1x Dream Devourer
• 1x Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
• 1x Eruth, Tormented Prophet
• 1x Gorbag of Minas Morgul
• 1x Havoc Jester
• 1x Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos
• 1x Hoarding Broodlord
• 1x Juri, Master of the Revue
• 1x Keeper of Secrets
• 1x Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
• 1x Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1x Mauhur, Uruk-hai Captain
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Mizzix, Replica Rider
• 1x Nalfeshnee
• 1x Ruthless Knave
• 1x Saruman, the White Hand
• 1x The Balrog, Durin's Bane
• 1x Visage Bandit
• 1x Wild-Magic Sorcerer

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bucknard's Everfull Purse
• 1x Chimil, the Inner Sun
• 1x Collector's Vault
• 1x Glittering Stockpile
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip
• 1x Unstable Obelisk

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Distortion Strike
• 1x Ecstatic Beauty
• 1x Feast of Succession
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Light Up the Stage
• 1x Monastery Raid
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Shadow of the Enemy
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Volcanic Torrent

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Call of the Ring
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Impatience
• 1x Rain of Riches
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x The Lost and the Damned
• 1x Theater of Horrors

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Ashnod the Uncaring
• 1x Prosper, Tome-Bound
• 1x Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
• 1x Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Passionate Archaeologist

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Artifact (8)

• 1x Aether Spellbomb
• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Pyre of Heroes
• 1x Treasure Chest
• 1x Zuran Orb

Creature (5)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Magda, the Hoardmaster
• 1x Moria Marauder
• 1x Undercity Scrounger

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Living End
• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Vat Emergence

Instant (1)

• 1x Unsubstantiate

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• Archetype: Group slug
• Subthemes: Exile, Sacrifice, Morbid, Caves
• Planar Flavor: Shadowmoor, Grixis, Middle-earth
• Basic Land Art: War-torn, trammeled, defiled

Under Construction

This deck started as a Saruman, the White Hand deck with lots of high-MV but cost-reducible noncreature spells à la Treasure Cruise. The goal was simple: make a giant Orc Army and swing for the fences.

That was cool, honestly no notes, but eventually I made the pivot to the big bad himself.

You may well ask, isn't impulse draw the plaything of colors with crummy card draw? My brother in Christ, you're in blue! To which, dear straw man, I would reply: it's [year you're reading this], every color has good card draw.

I do run some solid early-game cantrips, but my thinking is that card draw becomes a little superfluous once you get cooking with Sauron's temptation wheels. Unless you're storming off and wheeling to refill an empty hand, card draw merely increases the pile you'll be tossing. I mean yes, the wheel ability is a "may," so you could ignore it when you tempt and your hand is already sittin' pretty, but I'm really enticed by the ability to start over with a fresh grip.

Theory Corner

Allow me to explain. I don't have to tell you about that deeply-ingrained Magic player instinct to maximize your turn's mana and card advantage. That said, commander is a complex format for a complex game, and optimizing your game actions burdened by a profusion of choices can be a tall order indeed. I'd wager I'm not alone in occasionally finding myself with an embarrassment of riches—more cards and options than I know what to do with. It sounds like a good problem to have, but falling short of optimal play can be a bummer. Don't set yourself up for failure like that! We're following l'appel du vide, the siren call to live dangerously and discard often. This isn't 4D chess mastermind Grixis, it's something else.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 week
Exclude colors	WG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 3 Mythic Rares 35 - 1 Rares 30 - 1 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.44
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elemental 2/1 R, Foretell, Goat 0/1 W, Orc Army, Plot, Spawn 3/3 R, Monarch Emblem, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You, Treasure
Folders	EDH current decks, cool dec