The Hosts of Mordor Precon Upgrade: 36 Budget Swaps for $22.20

Upgraded Decklist

Your upgraded The Hosts of Mordor.

100 / 100 cards · 36 new

Creatures 24$41.26

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Instants 8$4.62

Sorceries 15$14.88

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Artifacts 11$13.18

Enchantments 3$4.33

Lands 38$23.00

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Upgrade Guide

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10 swaps · All suggested swaps

Cards to swapMaximum per added card · USD

About 28% of the recorded Sauron, Lord of the Rings decks are this precon almost unchanged.

All suggested swaps: 36 swaps. No further swaps meet the model’s play-rate, role, and price criteria.

Spells 26

$14.52

Spells to add, each with the card it replaces
#	Add	Price	Take out	Your call
1	Saruman's Trickery Counterspells synergy staple fills a gap	$0.25	Goblin Cratermaker Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
2	Victimize Recursion synergy staple	$0.58	Siege-Gang Commander Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
3	One Ring to Rule Them All Board Wipes synergy	$1.98	Boon of the Wish-Giver Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
4	Sauron's Ransom Card Draw synergy	$0.57	Revenge of Ravens Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
5	Ringsight Tutors synergy staple	$0.37	Bitter Downfall Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
6	Sauron, the Necromancer Tgt Removal synergy	$0.47	Shiny Impetus Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
7	Frantic Search Card Draw synergy staple	$0.74	Subjugate the Hobbits Board Wipes	Skip the new card Keep the old card
8	Big Score Ramp synergy staple	$0.41	Guttersnipe Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
9	The Balrog, Durin's Bane Tgt Removal synergy	$0.42	Goblin Dark-Dwellers Recursion	Skip the new card Keep the old card
10	Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.21	Fiery Inscription Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
11	Dark Ritual Ramp synergy staple	$0.44	Inferno Titan Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
12	Archon of Cruelty Card Draw synergy	$1.82	Lidless Gaze Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
13	Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain Theme/Synergy synergy staple	$0.29	Monstrosity of the Lake Tutors	Skip the new card Keep the old card
14	Rakdos Signet Ramp synergy staple	$0.41	Voracious Fell Beast Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
15	Stitch Together Recursion synergy	$0.32	Corsairs of Umbar Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
16	Dimir Signet Ramp synergy staple	$0.28	Languish Board Wipes	Skip the new card Keep the old card
17	Oliphaunt Tutors synergy	$0.22	Treason of Isengard Recursion	Skip the new card Keep the old card
18	Dread Return Recursion synergy	$0.50	Basalt Monolith Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
19	March from the Black Gate Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.29	Knollspine Dragon Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
20	Talisman of Dominance Ramp synergy staple	$0.53	Wake the Dragon Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
21	Persist Recursion synergy	$0.72	Deep Analysis Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
22	Talisman of Indulgence Ramp synergy staple	$0.46	Forbidden Alchemy Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
23	Izzet Signet Ramp synergy staple	$0.24	Consider Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
24	Etali, Primal Storm Card Draw synergy staple	$0.46	Everflowing Chalice Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
25	Foray of Orcs Tgt Removal synergy	$0.19	Merciless Executioner Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
26	Ringwraiths Tgt Removal synergy	$1.35	Grishnákh, Brash Instigator Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card

Lands 10

$7.68

Lands to add, each with the card it replaces
#	Add	Price	Take out	Your call
1	Barad-dûr Lands synergy staple	$1.60	Mountain Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
2	Exotic Orchard Lands synergy staple	$0.20	Swamp Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
3	Bojuka Bog Lands synergy staple	$1.18	Island Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
4	Rivendell Lands synergy	$1.03	Mountain Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
5	The Grey Havens Lands synergy	$0.29	Swamp Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
6	Myriad Landscape Lands synergy staple	$0.26	Island Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
7	Shivan Reef Lands synergy staple	$0.22	Mountain Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
8	Shipwreck Marsh Lands synergy staple	$1.42	Swamp Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
9	Haunted Ridge Lands synergy staple	$1.25	Island Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
10	Seething Landscape Lands synergy staple	$0.23	Mountain Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card

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Lands. 38 lands, as sold and after these swaps; typical builds run 38. Change the number of basics in the deck workspace.

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What the upgrade changes.

The deck as sold compared with the upgraded deck
Statistic	As sold	Upgraded
Singles value	$90.59	$101.86
Average mana value	4.16	3.97
Game Changers	1	1
Combos	0	0
Deck match	98%	82%

Mana curve

Mana value 0: 1 as sold, 0 upgraded
Mana value 1: 4 as sold, 4 upgraded
Mana value 2: 7 as sold, 15 upgraded
Mana value 3: 13 as sold, 10 upgraded
Mana value 4: 14 as sold, 13 upgraded
Mana value 5: 8 as sold, 6 upgraded
Mana value 6: 6 as sold, 5 upgraded
Mana value 7+: 9 as sold, 9 upgraded

Each pair of bars is the deck as sold (gray) and the upgraded deck (blue). The curve and the average cover Sauron, Lord of the Rings and every nonland card. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that the 100 cards hold every piece of. Deck match says how much of what this commander’s decks usually play the list captures.

Roles

Cards per role: as sold, typical for this commander, and upgraded
Role	As sold	Typical	Upgraded
Lands	38	38	38
Ramp	10	11	14
Card draw	17	16	16
Targeted removal	9	8	6
Board wipes	5	4	4
Counterspells	0	1	1
Protection	1	1	1
Tutors	2	2	3

Typical is the median count across this commander’s decks. Each card counts toward its main role only. A swap never takes a role below 80% of its typical count unless the new card fills the same role.