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Sauron, the Lidless Eye
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Sauron, the Lidless Eye

{3}{B}{R}

Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror

When Sauron enters, gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.

{1}{B}{R}: Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. Each opponent loses 2 life.

There is an Eye in the Dark Tower that does not sleep.

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Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR #288)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
5
Released
2023-06-23
Artist
Yigit Koroglu
EDHREC rank
#10,828
Colour identity
{B}{R}
Finishes
Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.25
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Nasty End 50 %+45.4 %
  2. Grishnákh, Brash Instigator 46 %+45.3 %
  3. Uglúk of the White Hand 39 %+37.7 %
  4. Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin 38 %+37.3 %
  5. Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant 38 %+37.3 %
  6. Barad-dûr 38 %+35.9 %
  7. Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain 35 %+34.1 %
  8. Foray of Orcs 34 %+33.0 %
  9. Dunland Crebain 33 %+32.5 %
  10. Gríma Wormtongue 30 %+29.8 %
  11. Fires of Mount Doom 30 %+29.5 %
  12. Swarming of Moria 30 %+29.5 %
  13. Easterling Vanguard 28 %+28.1 %
  14. Zealous Conscripts 29 %+27.5 %
  15. Gollum, Scheming Guide 27 %+26.3 %
  16. Voracious Fell Beast 27 %+25.8 %
  17. Lash of the Balrog 27 %+25.7 %
  18. Mordor Trebuchet 26 %+25.7 %
  19. Act of Treason 27 %+25.4 %
  20. The Balrog, Durin's Bane 26 %+24.6 %
  21. Cast into the Fire 26 %+24.5 %
  22. Oliphaunt 25 %+23.9 %
  23. Captivating Crew 25 %+23.4 %
  24. March from the Black Gate 24 %+22.7 %
  25. Village Rites 38 %+22.6 %
  26. Fire of Orthanc 23 %+22.5 %
  27. Ashnod's Altar 32 %+21.6 %
  28. Mount Doom 37 %+21.4 %
  29. Mordor Muster 22 %+21.3 %
  30. The Balrog, Flame of Udûn 21 %+20.8 %
  31. The One Ring 28 %+20.4 %
  32. Orcish Medicine 22 %+20.3 %
  33. Goblin Fireleaper 20 %+19.7 %
  34. Snarling Warg 20 %+19.4 %
  35. Shelob's Ambush 20 %+19.1 %
  36. Viscera Seer 28 %+19.1 %
  37. Claim the Precious 19 %+18.8 %
  38. Call of the Ring 20 %+18.7 %
  39. Olog-hai Crusher 19 %+18.6 %
  40. Sauron, the Necromancer 19 %+18.4 %
  41. Book of Mazarbul 19 %+18.3 %
  42. Insurrection 21 %+18.2 %
  43. Mob Rule 20 %+17.8 %
  44. Conjurer's Closet 22 %+17.4 %
  45. Gollum, Patient Plotter 17 %+17.0 %
  46. Goblin Bombardment 27 %+16.8 %
  47. Evolving Wilds 37 %+16.6 %
  48. Furnace Reins 18 %+16.5 %
  49. Nazgûl 17 %+16.4 %
  50. Witch-king of Angmar 17 %+16.4 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Mountain 99 %+1.3 %
  2. Swamp 99 %+0.9 %
  3. Sol Ring 81 %-4.6 %
  4. Command Tower 75 %-10.6 %
  5. Arcane Signet 75 %-6.8 %
  6. Dragonskull Summit 51 %-13.9 %
  7. Smoldering Marsh 50 %-13.8 %
  8. Nasty End 50 %+45.4 %
  9. Rakdos Signet 49 %-7.3 %
  10. Feed the Swarm 48 %+7.7 %
  11. Grishnákh, Brash Instigator 46 %+45.3 %
  12. Foreboding Ruins 41 %-4.2 %
  13. Blasphemous Act 41 %-10.4 %
  14. Talisman of Indulgence 40 %-15.0 %
  15. Uglúk of the White Hand 39 %+37.7 %
  16. Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant 38 %+37.3 %
  17. Village Rites 38 %+22.6 %
  18. Barad-dûr 38 %+35.9 %
  19. Sulfurous Springs 38 %-10.3 %
  20. Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin 38 %+37.3 %
  21. Mount Doom 37 %+21.4 %
  22. Mind Stone 37 %+10.2 %
  23. Blood Crypt 37 %-11.2 %
  24. Evolving Wilds 37 %+16.6 %
  25. Deadly Dispute 37 %+8.5 %
  26. Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain 35 %+34.1 %
  27. Foray of Orcs 34 %+33.0 %
  28. Dark Ritual 34 %-9.7 %
  29. Dunland Crebain 33 %+32.5 %
  30. Ashnod's Altar 32 %+21.6 %
  31. Gríma Wormtongue 30 %+29.8 %
  32. Swarming of Moria 30 %+29.5 %
  33. Chaos Warp 30 %-16.8 %
  34. Luxury Suite 30 %-8.3 %
  35. Tainted Peak 30 %-13.1 %
  36. Fires of Mount Doom 30 %+29.5 %
  37. Terminate 29 %-10.3 %
  38. Zealous Conscripts 29 %+27.5 %
  39. Reanimate 28 %+5.4 %
  40. Easterling Vanguard 28 %+28.1 %
  41. The One Ring 28 %+20.4 %
  42. Viscera Seer 28 %+19.1 %
  43. Bloodfell Caves 28 %+9.5 %
  44. Temple of Malice 27 %-4.7 %
  45. Mayhem Devil 27 %+2.3 %
  46. Act of Treason 27 %+25.4 %
  47. Goblin Bombardment 27 %+16.8 %
  48. Bojuka Bog 27 %-8.9 %
  49. Lash of the Balrog 27 %+25.7 %
  50. Gollum, Scheming Guide 27 %+26.3 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗
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