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Sauron's Ransom 
Instant
Oracle Text
Choose an opponent. They look at the top four cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. The Ring tempts you.
Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Sauron's Ransom, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Commander | 3 | 1 | 149 | 1 |
| Modern | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Legacy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Details
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 3
- Collector #
- 225
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Sauron's Ransom
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Sinister Concierge
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Notion Thief
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (8)
Instants (31)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Force of Despair
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Shadow of Doubt
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (38)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Fetid Pools
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 13 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Sinister Concierge
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Notion Thief
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (8)
Instants (31)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Force of Despair
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Shadow of Doubt
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (38)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Fetid Pools
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 13 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Sinister Concierge
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Notion Thief
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (8)
Instants (31)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Force of Despair
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Shadow of Doubt
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (38)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Fetid Pools
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 13 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (36)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (41)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (36)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (41)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (36)
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (41)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (35)
- 1 Eliminate
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (1)
Lands (40)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 12 Island
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (32)
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Void Rend
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
Artifacts (2)
Lands (41)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (31)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 2 Island
- 4 Island
- 2 Island
- 2 Island
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
