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Sauron, the Dark Lord

· Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror · The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)

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Times Brought

113

Decks Running

In Decks

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Decklist Inclusion

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Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Showing 1v1 (duel) data only. 1v1 is a different format from multiplayer Commander, so these numbers are not comparable.

Card text

Sauron, the Dark Lord

Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror

Ward—Sacrifice a legendary artifact or legendary creature. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, amass Orcs 1. Whenever an Army you control deals combat damage to a player, the Ring tempts you. Whenever the Ring tempts you, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw four cards.

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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) · Mythic · Illustrated by Kieran Yanner

Final zone distribution

28 instances

35.7%

Battlefield

17.9%

Graveyard

10.7%

Exile

35.7%

Hand

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Saruman, the White Hand 13 decks
2 Jodah, the Unifier 12 decks
3 Sauron, Lord of the Rings 11 decks
4 Kess, Dissident Mage 5 decks
5 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen 2 decks
6 Ezio Auditore da Firenze 1 decks
7 Morophon, the Boundless 1 decks
8 Sisay, Weatherlight Captain 1 decks

The "good card" funnel

113 brought · 41 players

Brought to game

113

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Frequently Asked

Why isn't there more data on this card?

Playgroup Live collects per-card gameplay data from real Commander games. Play counts appear once a card reaches 100 tracked games, and the full charts need a sample of at least 25 observed games that is not dominated by a single pilot. Until this card clears those bars you're seeing only the basic counts. Stats refresh nightly.

How is Playgroup Live card data collected?

Players using Playgroup Live import their decklists before a game and log card actions as they play. Each cast, zone change, and resolution is recorded as a real game event. Stats on this site are computed from those events, not from decklist scrapes or theorycrafting. Playgroup has recorded 730,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.