How many lands, ramp and draw do Sauron, the Dark Lord decks run?
Sauron, the Dark Lord decks run a median of 35 lands and 10 ramp cards, across 50 public decks on Moxfield.
Moxfield lists 15 of these 50 Sauron, the Dark Lord decks as bracket 4, and they get a column of their own in the bracket table below.
Counted on , from decks collected in July and November 2026.
We counted these 50 decks with the same code EDHTuner runs on your deck.
Compared with all decks, Sauron, the Dark Lord decks run more mass disruption (4.5 against 2) and more targeted disruption (11 against 9).
The first number in each row is the median for these decks, and the range after it covers the middle half of them. The last column is the median across all 18,414 decks we counted.
| This commander | All decks | |
|---|---|---|
| Lands | 35 (32-36) | 34 |
| Ramp | 10 (8-12) | 11 |
| Card advantage | 9 (8-12) | 9 |
| Targeted disruption | 11 (9-13) | 9 |
| Mass disruption | 4.5 (3-6) | 2 |
| Protection | 2 (1-3) | 2 |
| Decks counted | 50 | 18,414 |
Moxfield lists these decks as bracket 2 (3 decks), bracket 3 (24), bracket 4 (15) and bracket 5 (8).
Sauron, the Dark Lord decks by bracket
These are the same rows for each bracket that holds at least 8 of these decks, by the bracket Moxfield lists for each one. The Bracket 4 and Bracket 5 (cEDH) columns hold 15 and 8 decks. Those are small counts, so their medians can sit a card or two away from what bigger counts would show.
| Bracket 3 | Bracket 4 | Bracket 5 (cEDH) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lands | 35.5 (34-36) | 35 (34-37) | 27 (27-28) |
| Ramp | 10 (7-12) | 11 (9-12) | 10.5 (10-12) |
| Card advantage | 9 (8-12) | 9 (8-13) | 9.5 (9-12) |
| Targeted disruption | 10 (9-11) | 11 (9-14) | 15.5 (15-18) |
| Mass disruption | 5 (4-6) | 5 (3-6) | 2 (2-3) |
| Protection | 2 (1-3) | 3 (1-5) | 1 (1-2) |
| Decks counted | 24 | 15 | 8 |
What Sauron, the Dark Lord bracket 3 decks run
These are the nonland cards these 24 bracket 3 decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column counts the same cards in the other 26 Sauron, the Dark Lord decks.
| Card | Bracket 3 | This commander's other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Arcane Signet | 24 of 24 | 25 of 26 |
| Sol Ring | 23 of 24 | 26 of 26 |
| Call of the Ring | 21 of 24 | 18 of 26 |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 20 of 24 | 23 of 26 |
| Relic of Sauron | 20 of 24 | 11 of 26 |
| Reanimate | 19 of 24 | 19 of 26 |
| The One Ring | 18 of 24 | 19 of 26 |
| Nazgûl | 17 of 24 | 8 of 26 |
| Arcane Denial | 15 of 24 | 8 of 26 |
| Blasphemous Act | 15 of 24 | 8 of 26 |
What Sauron, the Dark Lord bracket 4 decks run
These are the nonland cards these 15 bracket 4 decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column counts the same cards in the other 35 Sauron, the Dark Lord decks. With 15 decks this is a small count, so a few more decks could change the order.
| Card | Bracket 4 | This commander's other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Arcane Signet | 15 of 15 | 34 of 35 |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 15 of 15 | 28 of 35 |
| Sol Ring | 15 of 15 | 34 of 35 |
| Talisman of Dominance | 14 of 15 | 19 of 35 |
| Dark Ritual | 13 of 15 | 16 of 35 |
| Mana Drain | 13 of 15 | 9 of 35 |
| The One Ring | 13 of 15 | 24 of 35 |
| Cyclonic Rift | 12 of 15 | 8 of 35 |
| Toxic Deluge | 12 of 15 | 20 of 35 |
| Rhystic Study | 11 of 15 | 10 of 35 |
What Sauron, the Dark Lord cEDH decks run
These are the nonland cards these 8 cEDH decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column counts the same cards in the other 42 Sauron, the Dark Lord decks. With 8 decks this is a small count, so a few more decks could change the order.
| Card | Bracket 5 (cEDH) | This commander's other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Arcane Signet | 8 of 8 | 41 of 42 |
| Brain Freeze | 8 of 8 | 0 of 42 |
| Cabal Ritual | 8 of 8 | 2 of 42 |
| Chain of Vapor | 8 of 8 | 1 of 42 |
| Chrome Mox | 8 of 8 | 2 of 42 |
| Dark Ritual | 8 of 8 | 21 of 42 |
| Demonic Consultation | 8 of 8 | 0 of 42 |
| Demonic Tutor | 8 of 8 | 13 of 42 |
| Flusterstorm | 8 of 8 | 1 of 42 |
| Force of Negation | 8 of 8 | 4 of 42 |
Where Sauron, the Dark Lord bracket 4 and bracket 3 decks differ
These nonland cards are in a far bigger share of the 15 bracket 4 decks than of the 24 bracket 3 decks. For each one the gap is at least three decks in ten. Of these 8 cards, 4 are Game Changers. Moxfield lists any deck with more than three Game Changers as bracket 4 or higher, by its own count of them, so part of this gap comes from that rule.
| Card | Bracket 4 | Bracket 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Mana Drain | 13 of 15 | 4 of 24 |
| Cyclonic Rift | 12 of 15 | 3 of 24 |
| Rhystic Study | 11 of 15 | 2 of 24 |
| Dark Ritual | 13 of 15 | 6 of 24 |
| Deflecting Swat | 9 of 15 | 0 of 24 |
| Fierce Guardianship | 9 of 15 | 0 of 24 |
| Talisman of Dominance | 14 of 15 | 9 of 24 |
| Demonic Tutor | 10 of 15 | 3 of 24 |
What bracket is a Sauron, the Dark Lord deck?
Of the 50 Sauron, the Dark Lord decks we counted, 47 (94%) need at least bracket 3, and 24 (48%) need at least bracket 4.
Each deck's lowest bracket here comes from Wizards' bracket rules, as EDHTuner's engine reads them from the deck's cards. The engine checks Game Changers, two-card infinite combos from Commander Spellbook, mass land denial and extra-turn cards.
| Lowest bracket | Decks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bracket 1 | 3 | 6% |
| Bracket 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Bracket 3 | 23 | 46% |
| Bracket 4 | 24 | 48% |
One deck can meet several of these rules, and its lowest bracket is the highest one any of them asks for.
| What the deck runs | Needs at least | Decks |
|---|---|---|
| More than three Game Changers | Bracket 4 | 24 |
| Mass land denial | Bracket 4 | 1 |
| One to three Game Changers | Bracket 3 | 23 |
| A two-card infinite combo | Bracket 3 | 8 |
| An extra-turn card | Bracket 2 | 8 |
The rules also weigh how early a combo can win and whether extra turns get chained. The cards alone do not show that, so a deck can belong in a higher bracket than the one shown here. On Moxfield, 1 of these decks has a bracket below the lowest one the rules allow.
Cards Sauron, the Dark Lord decks run most
These are the nonland cards these 50 decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column is the share of the other decks we counted that run the same card, out of those whose colors allow it.
| Card | These decks | Other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Arcane Signet | 49 of 50 | 67% |
| Sol Ring | 49 of 50 | 86% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 43 of 50 | 17% |
| Call of the Ring | 39 of 50 | 2% |
| Reanimate | 38 of 50 | 25% |
| The One Ring | 37 of 50 | 16% |
| Talisman of Dominance | 33 of 50 | 42% |
| Toxic Deluge | 32 of 50 | 25% |
| Relic of Sauron | 31 of 50 | 5% |
| Dark Ritual | 29 of 50 | 36% |
| Swan Song | 26 of 50 | 37% |
| Nazgûl | 25 of 50 | 1% |
| Talisman of Creativity | 24 of 50 | 39% |
| Talisman of Indulgence | 24 of 50 | 34% |
| Arcane Denial | 23 of 50 | 17% |
| Blasphemous Act | 23 of 50 | 28% |
| Feed the Swarm | 22 of 50 | 15% |
| Fellwar Stone | 22 of 50 | 27% |
| In the Darkness Bind Them | 22 of 50 | 1% |
| Mana Drain | 22 of 50 | 22% |
Cards that set these decks apart
These cards are not in the table above. Each one is in at least three in ten of these decks, and the other decks whose colors allow it run it far less often.
| Card | These decks | Other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Shadowspear | 22 of 50 | 5% |
| Witch-king of Angmar | 21 of 50 | under 1% |
| Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain | 19 of 50 | under 1% |
| Orcish Siegemaster | 19 of 50 | under 1% |
| Ringsight | 19 of 50 | 1% |
| Saruman, the White Hand | 19 of 50 | under 1% |
| Lord of the Nazgûl | 18 of 50 | under 1% |
| Living Death | 15 of 50 | 6% |
| Palantír of Orthanc | 15 of 50 | 1% |
| Sauron's Ransom | 15 of 50 | 1% |
Themes EDHTuner finds in these decks
EDHTuner reads each deck's themes from the rules text on its cards, the same way it reads yours. This is how many of the 50 decks it finds each theme in, for the themes it finds in at least a quarter of them. One deck can have several.
| Theme | Decks |
|---|---|
| Amass | 49 of 50 |
| Combat damage | 49 of 50 |
| The Ring tempts you | 46 of 50 |
| Graveyard value | 29 of 50 |
| Reanimator | 29 of 50 |
Similar commanders
Decks for these commanders have the same colors as these decks, or EDHTuner finds some of the same themes in them. The words after each name say what they share.
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings same colors, Amass, The Ring tempts you, Reanimator
- Saruman, the White Hand same colors, Amass, The Ring tempts you, Combat damage
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver Amass, Reanimator, Graveyard value
- Gisa and Geralf Amass, Reanimator, Graveyard value
- The Great Goblin Amass, Reanimator, Graveyard value
- Tom Bombadil The Ring tempts you, Reanimator, Graveyard value
The Commander deck numbers page shows the same rows for each bracket and says what each row counts.
The bracket 3, bracket 4 and bracket 5 pages show what all the decks we counted at those brackets run.
The lands page shows how many lands Commander decks run at each bracket, and the bracket checker names the lowest bracket your own deck fits.
Paste your deck into EDHTuner to see its own counts and the numbers it aims for, along with cards to add and cut. The guide to cutting cards shows how it picks them.