The Hosts of Mordor
Commander $127.06
100 cards
Bracket 3 by the list · Upgraded
Blue: the colour is how well it does what Bracket 3 allows.
- The three dials average 68 for what Bracket 3 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 27 counts as 54 here: Bracket 3 is for Power 50 and up. With Manabase 88 and Health 67, that is 68 on average (weights 40 / 30 / 30).
- 1 Game Changer (Core allows none; Upgraded up to three): Notion Thief
- cEDH signals: 2 pieces of fast mana · 0 tutors that find any card · 0 free spells
- Combos are not checked yet.
Power 27: why
- Average mana value 4.16: it acts late
- 2 pieces of fast mana: Everflowing Chalice, Sol Ring
- 16 cards that draw or dig
Manabase 88: why
- 19 sources make blue, and it has a card costing {U}{U}: aim for about 26
- 20 sources make red, and it has a card costing {R}{R}: aim for about 26
- 38 lands, counting ramp ≈ 41 sources: short of the ≈41.5 a deck at mana value 4.16 wants
Health 67: why
- 15 spells cost 6 or more (24% of spells; aim under 10%)
- Only 4 ways to remove a threat (aim for 8)
- Only 9 ramp pieces (aim for 10)
◈ Commander
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
$0.60 Main deck (99)
Creatures 27
1
Anger
3R $1.05
1
1
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
7RR $20.96
1
1
Corsairs of Umbar
3U $0.32
1
1
Goblin Cratermaker
1R $0.33
1
1
Goblin Dark-Dwellers
3RR $0.32
1
1
Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
2R $0.19
1
1
Gríma, Saruman's Footman
2UB $1.92
1
1
Guttersnipe
2R $0.37
1
1
Hostage Taker
2UB $0.36
1
1
Inferno Titan
4RR $0.33
1
1
Knollspine Dragon
5RR $0.40
1
1
Lord of the Nazgûl
3UB $4.85
1
1
Merciless Executioner
2B $0.50
1
1
Monstrosity of the Lake
4U $0.38
1
1
Moria Scavenger
1BR $0.45
1
1
Notion Thief
2UB $3.19
1
1
Orcish Siegemaster
2R $1.10
1
1
Rampaging War Mammoth
5RR $0.33
1
1
Saruman, the White Hand
1UBR $0.79
1
1
Scourge of the Throne
4RR $1.02
1
1
Shelob, Dread Weaver
3B $0.97
1
1
Siege-Gang Commander
3RR $0.30
1
1
The Balrog of Moria
4BBR $0.75
1
1
The Mouth of Sauron
3UB $0.12
1
1
Treasure Nabber
2R $2.18
1
1
Troll of Khazad-dûm
5B $0.63
1
1
Voracious Fell Beast
4BB $0.18
1
Instants 6
1
Arcane Denial
1U $3.30
1
1
Bitter Downfall
3B $0.16
1
1
Consider
U $1.01
1
1
Fact or Fiction
3U $0.33
1
1
Forbidden Alchemy
2U $0.28
1
1
Thrill of Possibility
1R $0.30
1
Sorceries 16
1
Blasphemous Act
8R $2.58
1
1
Boon of the Wish-Giver
4UU $0.32
1
1
Decree of Pain
6BB $0.39
1
1
Deep Analysis
3U $0.27
1
1
Extract from Darkness
3UB $0.38
1
1
Faithless Looting
R $0.64
1
1
Feed the Swarm
1B $0.38
1
1
Languish
2BB $0.37
1
1
Lidless Gaze
2BR $0.30
1
1
Living Death
3BB $6.94
1
1
Reanimate
B $11.44
1
1
Subjugate the Hobbits
5UU $0.35
1
1
Summons of Saruman
XUR $0.39
1
1
Too Greedily, Too Deep
5BR $0.34
1
1
Treason of Isengard
2U $0.14
1
1
Wake the Dragon
4BR $0.37
1
Artifacts 8
1
Arcane Signet
2 $0.89
1
1
Basalt Monolith
3 $5.35
1
1
Commander's Sphere
3 $0.37
1
1
Everflowing Chalice
0 $0.40
1
1
Mind Stone
2 $0.39
1
1
Relic of Sauron
4 $8.54
1
1
Sol Ring
1 $2.92
1
1
Worn Powerstone
3 $0.64
1
Enchantments 4
1
Fiery Inscription
2R $0.54
1
1
In the Darkness Bind Them
2UBR $2.26
1
1
Revenge of Ravens
3B $0.61
1
1
Shiny Impetus
2R $0.28
1
Lands 38
1
Choked Estuary
$0.36
1
1
Command Tower
$0.30
1
1
Crumbling Necropolis
$0.44
1
1
Desolate Lighthouse
$0.26
1
1
Dragonskull Summit
$1.78
1
1
Drowned Catacomb
$1.75
1
1
Evolving Wilds
$0.29
1
1
Field of Ruin
$0.37
1
1
Foreboding Ruins
$0.37
1
1
Frostboil Snarl
$0.34
1
3
Island
$0.17
3
3
Island
$0.15
3
4
Mountain
$0.21
4
3
Mountain
$0.25
3
1
Path of Ancestry
$0.33
1
1
Rogue's Passage
$0.70
1
1
Smoldering Marsh
$0.38
1
1
Sulfur Falls
$0.39
1
1
Sulfurous Springs
$3.35
1
1
Sunken Hollow
$0.37
1
3
Swamp
$0.14
3
3
Swamp
$0.17
3
1
Terramorphic Expanse
$0.31
1
1
The Black Gate
$10.06
1
1
Underground River
$2.37
1
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3Bracket
3 · Upgraded by the list. The bracket comes from Wizards' card rules alone; the colour says how well the deck does what Bracket 3 allows.
- The three dials average 68 for what Bracket 3 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 27 counts as 54 here: Bracket 3 is for Power 50 and up. With Manabase 88 and Health 67, that is 68 on average (weights 40 / 30 / 30).
- 1 Game Changer (Core allows none; Upgraded up to three): Notion Thief
- cEDH signals: 2 pieces of fast mana · 0 tutors that find any card · 0 free spells
- Combos are not checked yet.
27Power
How fast and how hard this deck can take over a game. Absolute: about 90 and up is cEDH, so a casual deck scores low on purpose.
Focused
- Average mana value 4.16: it acts late
- 2 pieces of fast mana: Everflowing Chalice, Sol Ring
- 16 cards that draw or dig
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
- 1 Game Changer: Notion Thief
- 2 answers at mana value 2 or less
88Manabase
Can it cast its spells on time, in its colours?
Good
- 19 sources make blue, and it has a card costing {U}{U}: aim for about 26
- 20 sources make red, and it has a card costing {R}{R}: aim for about 26
- 38 lands, counting ramp ≈ 41 sources: short of the ≈41.5 a deck at mana value 4.16 wants
67Health
Does it have the parts every Commander deck needs: ramp, cards, answers, and a curve it can cast?
Fair
- 15 spells cost 6 or more (24% of spells; aim under 10%)
- Only 4 ways to remove a threat (aim for 8)
- Only 9 ramp pieces (aim for 10)
- 16 cards that draw or dig ✓
- 4 board wipes ✓
Scores read the list alone, from each card's own rules text: they can't see how a deck is played. Bracket names and the Game Changers list are Wizards of the Coast's (Commander Brackets, list as Wizards last changed it, 9 February 2026).
Led by Sauron, Lord of the Rings. A blue-black-red Commander deck built around spellslinging and graveyard recursion. 28 creatures, 38 lands, average mana value 4.16.
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