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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 (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (33)
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
Enchantments (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 Spara's Headquarters
- 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 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (33)
- 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 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 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 (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 Spara's Headquarters
- 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 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (33)
- 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 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 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 (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 Spara's Headquarters
- 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 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (33)
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
Enchantments (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 Spara's Headquarters
- 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 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
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 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 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 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
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
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
- 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
- 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 (9)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (36)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 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 Cryptic Command
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 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 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 Logic Knot
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (40)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 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 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 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 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 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
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Grief
- 1 Spellseeker
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Magister of Worth
- 1 Ashen Rider
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Agent of Treachery
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Astral Dragon
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Isolated Chapel
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (31)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Cosmic Rebirth
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Eladamri's Call
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Invert Polarity
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Void Rend
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Ketria Triome
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Xander's Lounge
- 1 Zagoth Triome
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Ertai Resurrected
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Tombstalker
- 1 Striped Riverwinder
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (9)
Instants (29)
- 1 Eliminate
- 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 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Disfigure
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Gollum's Bite
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Bad River
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Fetid Pools
- 1 Flood Plain
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 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
- 4 Snow-Covered Island
- 5 Snow-Covered Island
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
