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The Mouth of Sauron
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor · 3UB
Color identity: Black · Blue · Dimir
The Mouth of Sauron is Dimir (black and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
When The Mouth of Sauron enters, target player mills three cards. Then amass Orcs X, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in that player's graveyard. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Reference price of the card: €0.07
Comes in the precon The Hosts of Mordor
Average lands in decks for The Mouth of Sauron: 36
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The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C (56/100)
- Consistency53
- Speed39
- Interaction72
- Resilience82
- Closing47
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (19 nonbasic, 12 Island, 5 Swamp)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Surrounded by Orcs · Treason of Isengard · Essence Flux · Thrór's Map · Orcish Medicine · Planar Incision · Saruman's Trickery · Blur · Counterspell · Ghostly Flicker · Dimir Signet · Mordor Muster · Consider · Singularity Rupture · Feed the Swarm · Frantic Search · March from the Black Gate · Talisman of Dominance · Dunland Crebain · Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant · Thought Scour · Saruman the White · Negate · Exhibition Tidecaller · Teferi's Time Twist · Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing · Lazotep Plating · Dark Ritual · Artful Dodge · Corsairs of Umbar · Deranged Assistant · Displace · Dreadhorde Invasion · Deceive the Messenger · Gleaming Overseer · Meneldor, Swift Savior · Conjurer's Closet · Deep Analysis · Fact or Fiction · Archaeomancer · Displacer Kitten · Easterling Vanguard · Commander's Sphere · Consuming Aberration · Mind Stone · Ringsight · Warg Rider · Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive · Pelargir Survivor · The Dawning Archaic · Enter the Enigma · Enter the God-Eternals · Extract from Darkness · Lórien Revealed · Thassa, Deep-Dwelling · Windfall · Wonder · Arcane Denial · Nasty End · Orcish Bowmasters · Reanimate · Command Tower · Sunken Hollow · Choked Estuary · Rogue's Passage · Drowned Catacomb · Dimir Aqueduct · Barad-dûr · Shipwreck Marsh · Bojuka Bog · Tainted Isle · Darkwater Catacombs · Underground River · Watery Grave · Evolving Wilds · Temple of Deceit · Dismal Backwater · Morphic Pool · Exotic Orchard · Mystic Sanctuary
🃏 Recommended cards for The Mouth of Sauron
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Mouth of Sauron, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Surrounded by Orcs | 62% | +62% |
| Treason of Isengard | 53% | +53% |
| Thrór's Map | 50% | +50% |
| Orcish Medicine | 49% | +49% |
| Essence Flux | 52% | +48% |
| Saruman's Trickery | 48% | +47% |
| Planar Incision | 48% | +45% |
| Blur | 46% | +44% |
| Mordor Muster | 42% | +42% |
| March from the Black Gate | 39% | +39% |
| Ghostly Flicker | 43% | +38% |
| Dunland Crebain | 38% | +38% |
| Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant | 38% | +37% |
| Saruman the White | 36% | +36% |
| Barad-dûr | 35% | +34% |
| Lake-town Mariners | 33% | +33% |
| Exhibition Tidecaller | 34% | +32% |
| Teferi's Time Twist | 34% | +32% |
| Thought Scour | 37% | +31% |
| Corsairs of Umbar | 30% | +30% |
| Artful Dodge | 30% | +29% |
| Deceive the Messenger | 29% | +29% |
| Displace | 30% | +28% |
| Meneldor, Swift Savior | 29% | +28% |
💰 The best cards for your The Mouth of Sauron deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Surrounded by Orcs
- Treason of Isengard
- Thrór's Map
- Orcish Medicine
- Essence Flux
- Saruman's Trickery
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Conjurer's Closet
- Lórien Revealed
- Breach the Multiverse
- Rite of Consumption
- Windfall
- Call of the Ring
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Warg Rider
- Displacer Kitten
- Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
- Orcish Bowmasters
- The Black Gate
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Mouth of Sauron
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Bruvac the Grandiloquent + Maddening Cacophony → Infinite mill
- Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake + Archaeomancer → Infinite blinking, Infinite ETB, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of lands you control
- Maddening Cacophony + Fraying Sanity → Infinite mill for target opponent, Near-infinite mill
- Bruvac the Grandiloquent + Traumatize → Infinite mill for target opponent, Near-infinite self-mill
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Mouth of Sauron's color identity?
The Mouth of Sauron is Dimir (black and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does The Mouth of Sauron come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Mouth of Sauron deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.8 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 97 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 22 % of the time and floods 22 %. Deck health: C (56/100).
How many lands should a The Mouth of Sauron deck run?
Real The Mouth of Sauron decks run 36 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for The Mouth of Sauron?
The three highest-synergy cards are Surrounded by Orcs, Treason of Isengard, Thrór's Map. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Mouth of Sauron decks.
What combos does The Mouth of Sauron have?
The Mouth of Sauron has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a The Mouth of Sauron deck cost?
You can start cheap: Surrounded by Orcs, Treason of Isengard, Thrór's Map are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.