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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
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (32)
- 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 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 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (39)
- 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
- 1 Island
- 2 Island
- 2 Island
- 6 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
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (34)
- 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 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 Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
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
- 11 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
- 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
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 (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 (18)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Fallen Shinobi
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Spyglass Siren
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Satoru, the Infiltrator
Sorceries (9)
Instants (30)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Corrupted Conviction
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Village Rites
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 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 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 11 Snow-Covered Island
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (37)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 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 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 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
- 10 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 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (35)
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 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 (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (33)
- 1 Eliminate
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 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 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 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 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Lands (40)
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 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
- 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 Snow-Covered Island
- 8 Snow-Covered Island
- 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
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (34)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Cosmic Rebirth
- 1 Daze
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Orim's Chant
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Jetmir's Garden
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shifting Woodland
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (34)
- 1 Eliminate
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 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 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 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 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Lands (40)
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 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
- 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 Snow-Covered Island
- 8 Snow-Covered Island
- 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
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
