Sauron's One Ring (Self-Mill, Reanimation, Swarm)

Update by Neldoran 1 year ago

Description

Roles in the deck
Here are the cards I choose divided into the roles they have in the deck.

> Mana (51/50): 38 lands +
Treasure Nabber, The Balrog of Moria, Cavern-Hoard Dragon, Everflowing Chalice, Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Mind Stone, Basalt Monolith, Commander's Sphere, Worn Powerstone, Relic of Sauron, Shiny Impetus, Wake the Dragon.

> Card Draw (11/10):
Gríma Saruman's Footman, Notion Thief, Shelob Dread Weaver, Sauron the Dark Lord, Knollspine Dragon, Palantír of Orthanc, Sauron's Ransom, Deep Analysis, Fact or Fiction, Lidless Gaze, Decree of Pain.

> Targeted Removal (14/9):
Grishnákh Brash Instigator, Merciless Executioner, Hostage Taker, Monstrosity of the Lake, Witch-King of Angmar, Inferno Titan, Voracious Fell Beast, Witch-king Bringer of Ruin, Rampaging War Mammoth, The Balrog of Moria, Shiny Impetus, Arcane Denial, Feed the Swarm, Field of Ruin.

> Board Wipes (7/3):
One Ring to Rule Them All, Languish, Living Death, Too Greedily Too Deep, Decree of Pain, Blasphemous Act, Mount Doom.

> Recursion (7/2):
Sauron Lord of the Rings, Sauron the Necromancer, Reanimate, Treason of Isengard, Extract from Darkness, Living Death, Too Greedily Too Deep.

> Flexible Tutors (0/2):

> Graveyard Hate (1/1):
Shelob Dread Weaver.

> Surprise "I Win" Card (3/1):
Scourge of the Throne, One Ring to Rule Them All, Living Death.

I've added some roles in line of our main strategy:

> The Ring Tempts You (4):
Sauron Lord of the Rings, Witch-King of Angmar, Sauron the Dark Lord, In the Darkness Bind Them.

> Fill Your Own Graveyard (20):
Merciless Executioner, Moria Scavenger, The Mouth of Sauron, Sauron the Dark Lord, Knollspine Dragon, Palantír of Orthanc, Relic of Sauron, One Ring to Rule Them All, Consider, Faithless Looting, Thrill of Possibility, Forbidden Alchemy, Sauron's Ransom, Fact or Fiction, Extract from Darkness, Summons of Saruman, Desolate Lighthouse, the ring tempts you (3x).

> Threatening Reanimation Targets (14):
Sauron Lord of the Rings, Monstrosity of the Lake, Sauron the Necromancer, Witch-King of Angmar, Inferno Titan, Sauron the Dark Lord, Scourge of the Throne, Troll of Khazad-dûm, Voracious Fell Beast, Witch-king Bringer of Ruin, Knollspine Dragon, Rampaging War Mammoth, The Balrog of Moria, Cavern-Hoard Dragon

> Create Creature Tokens (15):
Sauron Lord of the Rings, Grishnákh Brash Instigator, Moria Scavenger, Corsairs of Umbar, Saruman the White Hand, Sauron the Necromancer, The Mouth of Sauron, Warbeast of Gorgoroth, Sauron the Dark Lord, March from the Black Gate, In the Darkness Bind Them, Treason of Isengard, Wake the Dragon, Summons of Saruman, Barad-dûr.

> Evasion (7):
Orcish Siegemaster, Monstrosity of the Lake, Rogue's Passage, The Black Gate, the ring tempts you (3x).

> Haste (1):
Anger.

> Protection (2):
Saruman the White Hand, Arcane Denial.

Upgrades?
- ? > Orcish Bowmasters?
- ... > Saruman's Trickery?
- ... > Call of the Ring?
- ... > Gollum, Patient Plotter?
- ... > Gríma Wormtongue?
- ... > Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant?
- ... > Saruman the White?