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Sauron, the Lidless Eye
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.
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“Steal creatures, pump your team, drain opponents—rinse and repeat.”
Aggro
Intermediate
Combat damage, Commander damage
Tokens, Sacrifice, Aristocrats
Strategy
Sauron, the Lidless Eye is all about stealing your opponents' creatures and turning them into weapons against them. When he enters, you snag a creature and untap it with haste, letting you swing immediately with someone else's bomb. This sets up a powerful tempo swing that puts your opponents on the back foot while you're ahead on the board.
The real engine is his repeatable activated ability: for just one black and one red mana, you pump all your creatures and drain each opponent. This pairs perfectly with token generators, sacrifice outlets, and creatures with evasion—you're looking to go wide while pressuring life totals. Steal a big threat, clone it, sacrifice it for value, then pump your team and drain repeatedly. The deck wants to generate lots of creatures so that ability becomes a repeatable kill clock.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey tutors like Vampiric Tutor and lean on cheaper ramp like Springleaf Drum and Morbid Curiosity; use token makers like Bitterblossom and Young Wolf instead of Doubling Season.
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