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Sauron, the Dark Lord LTR 0224 · mythic

Sauron, the Dark Lord · {3}{U}{B}{R} · Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror · Ward—Sacrifice a legendary artifact or legendary creature. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, amass Orcs 1. Whenever an Army you control deals combat damage to a player, the Ring tempts you. Whenever the Ring tempts you, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw four cards. · Power / toughness: 7/6

Sauron, the Dark Lord · {3}{U}{B}{R} · Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror · Ward—Sacrifice a legendary artifact or legendary creature. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, amass Orcs 1. Whenever an Army you control deals combat damage to a player, the Ring tempts you. Whenever the Ring tempts you, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw four cards. · Power / toughness: 7/6

Price
from $15.318 printings
Win rate
61.7% GIH 8,904 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 5,494 wins in 8,904 card-in-hand instances.

8,825 distinct games · 3,052 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

17Lands file dated Aug 30, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Play

A powerful reason to consider a splash in blue-black or black-red, but first draft real fixing and early defense. All three colors are required; Treasure alone is not a complete mana plan.

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One-pick Draft
A powerful reason to consider a splash in blue-black or black-red, but first draft real fixing and early defense. All three colors are required; Treasure alone is not a complete mana plan.
Bombs
A powerful reason to consider a splash in blue-black or black-red, but first draft real fixing and early defense. All three colors are required; Treasure alone is not a complete mana plan.

Draft data

61.7%when drawn (GIH)

+6.1 pp vs 55.6% average · 8,904 instances

Premier Draft · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · average from 980,485 games

#17 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 1.5 on average (4,908 packs).

4 of 45 multicolor cards · 2 of 5 multicolor mythic cards.

Taken at pick1.43,537 picks
Makes the deck83.4%3,537 picks with known usage
When played55.2%15,693.2 matchesBenched 56.1%
2,068.8 matches
When drawn61.7%8,904 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 59.3% · 3,163 instances
● Drawn later 63.0% · 5,741 instances

In hand 61.7% · 8,904 instances
Unseen in deck 49.1% · 9,950 instances
+12.6 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn61.7%8,904 instances4 of 45
Opening hand59.3%3,163 instances10 of 43
Drawn later63.0%5,741 instances4 of 44
In the deck55.2%19,095 instances15 of 45
Without seeing it49.1%9,950 instances33 of 44
Improvement when drawn+12.6 pp8,904 instances / 9,950 instances3 of 44
When benched56.1%2,068.8 matches10 of 45
Makes the deck83.4%3,537 picks with known usage1 of 45
Pick (last seen)1.54,908 packs1 of 45
Taken at1.43,537 picks1 of 45

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Inherited Envelope+6.3 pp5,720 games with both in the deck · 1,285 both drawnSoothing of Sméagol+5.5 pp5,791 games with both in the deck · 1,634 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 94% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023

Collect

8 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0224 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$15.31
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$29.81

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 3,570 packs (0.03%) · 1.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 179 packs (0.56%) · 18.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 1,343 packs (0.07%) · 2.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 119 packs (0.84%) · 22.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · 8.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Draft BoosterCommon or foil33%Main set and booster-fun foils
Draft BoosterRare or mythic rareRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedDraft and Set Booster mythic printings
Set BoosterTen other Magic cards100%Other Draft and Set Booster printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed rare or mythicRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedDraft and Set Booster mythic printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed traditional foil100%Main set and booster-fun foils
Collector BoosterFoil main-set rare or mythic14.3%Main set · mythic

Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR ↗ · Sep 22, 2023

Details & sources

Legal in
Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Kieran Yanner, LTR 224 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
17Lands public datasets · CC BY 4.0 · Oct 10, 2026
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗