What are the best cards for Sauron, the Lidless Eye?

Across 512 public decks, the most-played cards with Sauron, the Lidless Eye are Sol Ring (78%), Arcane Signet (73%) and Command Tower (71%).

Which cards have the best synergy with Sauron, the Lidless Eye?

The cards played far more often with Sauron, the Lidless Eye than usual: The Balrog, Flame of Udûn (126× its usual rate), Snarling Warg (110× its usual rate) and Fires of Mount Doom (89× its usual rate).

What colors is Sauron, the Lidless Eye?

Sauron, the Lidless Eye is Rakdos (black-red), so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.

How popular is Sauron, the Lidless Eye?

Sauron, the Lidless Eye leads 512 public decks in our corpus, #2,022 of 3,757 commanders.

Sauron, the Lidless Eye

BRRakdos commanders512 decks in the corpus

Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror3BR$7.63

Sauron, the Lidless Eye appears in 512 public decks. The most-played cards are Sol Ring, Arcane Signet and Command Tower. The strongest synergies by lift are The Balrog, Flame of Udûn, Snarling Warg and Fires of Mount Doom.

Build a deck with Sauron, the Lidless Eye

Commander Brawl

Top cards

#1Swamp

Basic Land — Swamp

95.3%

488 decks-0.02$0.18

#2Mountain

Basic Land — Mountain

94.9%

486 decks-0.02$0.16

#3Sol Ring

Artifact

77.7%

398 decks-0.10$1.51

#4Arcane Signet

Artifact

73.2%

375 decks-0.10$0.41

#5Command Tower

Land

71.1%

364 decks-0.19$0.27

#6Rakdos Signet

Artifact

48.6%

249 decks-0.11$3.94

#7Dragonskull Summit

Land

46.7%

239 decks-0.30$0.67

#8Nasty End

Instant

1B2

46.1%

236 decks+2.41$0.23

#9Feed the Swarm

Sorcery

1B2

45.9%

235 decks+0.13$0.35

#10Smoldering Marsh

Land — Swamp Mountain

44.5%

228 decks-0.31$0.28

#11Grishnákh, Brash Instigator

Legendary Creature — Goblin Soldier

2R3

44.1%

226 decks+3.16$0.23

#12Blasphemous Act

Sorcery

8R9

43.4%

222 decks-0.13$1.01

#13Talisman of Indulgence

Artifact

40.6%

208 decks-0.31$3.25

#14Mind Stone

Artifact

39.5%

202 decks+0.43$0.41

#15Sulfurous Springs

Land

39.5%

202 decks-0.24$1.45

#16Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

3B4

39.1%

200 decks+3.21$0.25

#17Village Rites

Instant

38.7%

198 decks+0.97$0.76

#18Blood Crypt

Land — Swamp Mountain

38.1%

195 decks-0.33$8.68

#19Deadly Dispute

Instant

1B2

36.9%

189 decks+0.26$0.46

#20Dark Ritual

Instant

36.5%

187 decks-0.20$5.41

#21Mount Doom

Legendary Land

36.1%

185 decks+0.77$6.13

#22Foreboding Ruins

Land

35.5%

182 decks-0.20$0.39

#23Uglúk of the White Hand

Legendary Creature — Orc Soldier

2BR4

35.0%

179 decks+2.74$0.24

#24Luxury Suite

Land

34.2%

175 decks-0.17$11.54

#25Evolving Wilds

Land

34.2%

175 decks+0.65$0.23

#26Barad-dûr

Legendary Land

34.0%

174 decks+2.33$1.43

#27Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin

Legendary Creature — Wraith Noble

4BB6

33.8%

173 decks+4.41$10.24

#28Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain

Legendary Creature — Orc Soldier

BR2

33.8%

173 decks+2.74$0.30

#29Foray of Orcs

Sorcery

3R4

33.4%

171 decks+3.10$0.31

#30Terminate

Instant

BR2

31.8%

163 decks-0.17$0.34

#31Dunland Crebain

Creature — Bird Horror

2B3

31.3%

160 decks+3.56$0.21

#32Swarming of Moria

Sorcery

2R3

30.9%

158 decks+3.17$0.21

#33Ashnod's Altar

Artifact

30.3%

155 decks+1.11$15.59

#34Chaos Warp

Instant

2R3

30.1%

154 decks-0.40$0.32

#35Gríma Wormtongue

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

2B3

29.7%

152 decks+3.87$0.23

#36Viscera Seer

Creature — Vampire Wizard

29.5%

151 decks+1.19$0.57

#37Voracious Fell Beast

Creature — Drake Beast

4BB6

29.1%

149 decks+3.87$0.22

#38Fires of Mount Doom

Legendary Enchantment

2R3

28.5%

146 decks+4.49$2.81

#39Zealous Conscripts

Creature — Human Warrior

4R5

28.5%

146 decks+2.65$0.32

#40The One Ring

Legendary Artifact

28.5%

146 decks+1.22$109.50GC

#41Reanimate

Sorcery

28.1%

144 decks+0.17$10.40

#42Fellwar Stone

Artifact

27.9%

143 decks-0.17$1.29

#43Mayhem Devil

Creature — Devil

1BR3

27.5%

141 decks+0.10$0.32

#44Cast into the Fire

Instant

1R2

27.1%

139 decks+3.23$0.56

#45Easterling Vanguard

Creature — Human Warrior

1B2

27.1%

139 decks+3.88$0.14

#46Act of Treason

Sorcery

2R3

26.6%

136 decks+2.79$0.33

#47Commander's Sphere

Artifact

26.6%

136 decks+0.72$0.28

#48Goblin Bombardment

Enchantment

1R2

26.4%

135 decks+0.83$4.06

#49March from the Black Gate

Enchantment

1B2

26.2%

134 decks+2.55$0.28

#50Mordor Trebuchet

Artifact Creature — Wall

2B3

25.4%

130 decks+3.51$0.17

#51Bojuka Bog

Land

25.2%

129 decks-0.31$1.64

#52Oliphaunt

Creature — Elephant

5R6

25.2%

129 decks+2.75$0.32

#53Lash of the Balrog

Sorcery

25.0%

128 decks+3.24$0.28

#54Orcish Bowmasters

Creature — Orc Archer

1B2

24.8%

127 decks+0.75$39.92GC

#55Bedevil

Instant

BBR3

24.6%

126 decks-0.19$0.78

#56Braids, Arisen Nightmare

Legendary Creature — Nightmare

1BB3

24.6%

126 decks+1.14$4.53

#57Faithless Looting

Sorcery

24.6%

126 decks-0.06$0.39

#58Victimize

Sorcery

2B3

24.4%

125 decks+0.53$1.25

#59Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Legendary Land

24.4%

125 decks+0.20$53.68

#60Tainted Peak

Land

24.0%

123 decks-0.52$1.62

Highest synergy

#1The Balrog, Flame of Udûn

Legendary Creature — Avatar Demon

3BR5

118 decks+4.84

In 23% of these decks, 126× its usual rate.

#2Snarling Warg

Creature — Wolf

3B4

94 decks+4.70

In 18% of these decks, 110× its usual rate.

#3Fires of Mount Doom

Legendary Enchantment

2R3

146 decks+4.49

In 29% of these decks, 89× its usual rate.

#4Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin

Legendary Creature — Wraith Noble

4BB6

173 decks+4.41

In 34% of these decks, 82× its usual rate.

#5Olog-hai Crusher

Creature — Troll Soldier

3R4

86 decks+4.40

In 17% of these decks, 82× its usual rate.

#6Fire of Orthanc

Sorcery

3R4

118 decks+4.18

In 23% of these decks, 66× its usual rate.

#7Gollum, Scheming Guide

Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror

1B2

118 decks+4.04

In 23% of these decks, 57× its usual rate.

#8Goblin Fireleaper

Creature — Goblin Warrior

1R2

105 decks+4.01

In 21% of these decks, 55× its usual rate.

#9Shelob's Ambush

Instant

95 decks+3.93

In 19% of these decks, 51× its usual rate.

#10Easterling Vanguard

Creature — Human Warrior

1B2

139 decks+3.88

In 27% of these decks, 48× its usual rate.

#11Gríma Wormtongue

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

2B3

152 decks+3.87

In 30% of these decks, 48× its usual rate.

#12Voracious Fell Beast

Creature — Drake Beast

4BB6

149 decks+3.87

In 29% of these decks, 48× its usual rate.

Public decklists

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Questions about Sauron, the Lidless Eye

What are the best cards for Sauron, the Lidless Eye?: Across 512 public decks, the most-played cards with Sauron, the Lidless Eye are Sol Ring (78%), Arcane Signet (73%) and Command Tower (71%).
Which cards have the best synergy with Sauron, the Lidless Eye?: The cards played far more often with Sauron, the Lidless Eye than usual: The Balrog, Flame of Udûn (126× its usual rate), Snarling Warg (110× its usual rate) and Fires of Mount Doom (89× its usual rate).
What colors is Sauron, the Lidless Eye?: Sauron, the Lidless Eye is Rakdos (black-red), so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.
How popular is Sauron, the Lidless Eye?: Sauron, the Lidless Eye leads 512 public decks in our corpus, #2,022 of 3,757 commanders.