Sauron wants a deck that plays cheap creatures and attacks from the first turns. It also works in a deck built around Dinosaurs, Vampires or Villains.
Mana cost
Green ()
Power / toughness4 / 4
RarityMythic
Flying
Whenever Sauron enters or attacks, choose one —
• Cure Cancer — You gain 3 life.
• Turn People into Dinosaurs — Put a saurian counter on another target creature. It's a green Dinosaur with base power and toughness 5/5 for as long as it has a saurian counter on it.
Picked for what they do in Sauron's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Sauron's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Open the full glossary
Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryGPlayers write colors as letters: G for green.AggroAggro decks play cheap creatures early and attack every turn, trying to knock opponents out before their bigger plans come together.Open the Aggro pageEvasionAn ability that makes a creature hard to block, so its attacks reach the player. Flying, menace, landwalk and plain 'can't be blocked' are the common kinds.Open the Evasion pageAttack TriggerTriggers when a creature attacks, so the reward comes from declaring the attack. You get it even if the creature is blocked. Sword of the Animist, Adeline, Resplendent CatharOpen the Attack Trigger pageCounter ManipulationAdds, moves or multiplies counters already on permanents. It works on any kind (+1/+1, loyalty, charge), so the same card can serve very different decks. Karn's Bastion, Doubling SeasonOpen the Counter Manipulation pageDinosaursDinosaurs are mostly green, red and white creatures, often big, and some have enrage: they do something whenever they are dealt damage.Open the Dinosaurs page
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