Commander VS #502: Who’s The REAL Lord Of The Rings?

Only one ring bearer will be left standing! Join the crew as they battle with four commanders who really like rings!

By Commander VS

August 12, 2026August 12, 2026

Sauron, Lord of the Rings, illustrated by Alex Brock

Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings Jonathan Suarez

Commander

Article Deck

Aug 12, 2026

Commander (1)

1

Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings

Creature (12)

1

1

1

1

Iron Man, Armored Avenger

1

1

Kindly Customer

1

Mother of Runes

1

Psychosis Crawler

1

Spirited Companion

1

1

1

Willie Lumpkin, Postman

Artifact (11)

1

Alhammarret's Archive

1

1

Darksteel Reactor

1

1

Silver Shroud Costume

1

1

Swiftfoot Boots

1

Talisman of Progress

1

1

1

Enchantment (6)

1

Duelist's Heritage

1

Proft's Eidetic Memory

1

Resourceful Defense

1

1

Teferi's Ageless Insight

1

Trouble in Pairs

Sorcery (11)

1

Enter the Enigma

1

1

1

1

1

Promise of Loyalty

1

1

Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn

1

1

Treasure Cruise

1

Instant (23)

1

An Offer You Can't Refuse

1

1

1

1

1

Erode

1

Flawless Maneuver

1

1

Galadriel's Dismissal

1

1

1

Nexus Mentality

1

Opt

1

1

Pull from Tomorrow

1

Restoration Magic

1

Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs

1

Slip Out the Back

1

Sphinx's Revelation

1

Stroke of Midnight

1

1

Swords to Plowshares

1

Teferi's Protection

Land (36)

1

1

1

1

1

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

1

1

Flagstones of Trokair

1

1

Floodfarm Verge

1

Glacial Fortress

1

Gleaming Bastion

1

Hallowed Fountain

1

Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway

5

1

1

1

Meticulous Archive

1

Misty Rainforest

1

Myriad Landscape

1

Otawara, Soaring City

2

1

1

Prismatic Vista

1

Reflecting Pool

1

Reliquary Tower

1

Rogue's Passage

1

1

1

Temple of Enlightenment

1

1

Windswept Heath

Sauron, Lord of the Rings Stephen Green

Commander

Article Deck

Aug 12, 2026

Commander (1)

1

Sauron, Lord of the Rings

Creature (26)

1

Anger

1

Cavern-Hoard Dragon

1

Corsairs of Umbar

1

Goblin Dark-Dwellers

1

Grima, Saruman's Footman

1

Grishnakh, Brash Instigator

1

1

1

Knollspine Dragon

1

Lord of the Nazgul

1

Merciless Executioner

1

Monstrosity of the Lake

1

Moria Scavenger

1

1

Orcish Siegemaster

1

Rampaging War Mammoth

1

Saruman, the White Hand

1

Sauron, the Dark Lord

1

Scourge of the Throne

1

Shelob, Dread Weaver

1

The Balrog of Moria

1

The Mouth of Sauron

1

Treasure Nabber

1

Troll of Khazad-dum

1

Voracious Fell Beast

1

Witch-king of Angmar

Artifact (10)

1

1

Basalt Monolith

1

Commander's Sphere

1

Everflowing Chalice

1

1

Relic of Sauron

1

1

Talisman of Dominance

1

1

Worn Powerstone

Enchantment (4)

1

1

Fiery Inscription

1

In the Darkness Bind Them

1

One Ring to Rule Them All

Sorcery (14)

1

Blasphemous Act

1

1

1

Extract from Darkness

1

Faithless Looting

1

1

1

1

1

1

Summons of Saruman

1

Too Greedily, Too Deep

1

Treason of Isengard

1

Wake the Dragon

Instant (9)

1

1

Bitter Downfall

1

1

1

Fact or Fiction

1

Forbidden Alchemy

1

1

Sauron's Ransom

1

Thrill of Possibility

Land (36)

1

1

1

1

Crumbling Necropolis

1

Desolate Lighthouse

1

Dragonskull Summit

1

Drowned Catacomb

1

1

1

Foreboding Ruins

1

Frostboil Snarl

5

5

1

Path of Ancestry

1

Rogue's Passage

1

Smoldering Marsh

1

1

Sulfurous Springs

1

6

Swamp

1

Terramorphic Expanse

1

1

Underground River

Sonic the Hedgehog Jeremy Noell

Commander

Article Deck

Aug 12, 2026

Commander (1)

1

Sonic the Hedgehog

Creature (28)

1

Academy Manufactor

1

1

Anger

1

Archivist of Oghma

1

Arthur, Marigold Knight

1

Aurelia, the Law Above

1

Aurelia, the Warleader

1

Captain Lannery Storm

1

Cathar Commando

1

Enduring Curiosity

1

Errant and Giada

1

Faerie Mastermind

1

Goldspan Dragon

1

Guardian of Faith

1

Herald of Secret Streams

1

Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory

1

Kilo, Apogee Mind

1

Knuckles the Echidna

1

Laelia, the Blade Reforged

1

Loyal Apprentice

1

Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel

1

Plumecreed Escort

1

Professional Face-Breaker

1

Selfless Squire

1

Thundering Raiju

1

Urabrask the Hidden

1

Winged Hive Tyrant

1

Xorn

Artifact (12)

1

1

Bident of Thassa

1

1

1

Hammer of Nazahn

1

Lightning Greaves

1

1

Swiftfoot Boots

1

Talisman of Conviction

1

Talisman of Creativity

1

Talisman of Progress

1

The Reaver Cleaver

Enchantment (7)

1

Frostcliff Siege

1

1

Rising of the Day

1

Smothering Tithe

1

1

1

Sorcery (4)

1

Blasphemous Act

1

Damning Verdict

1

Fiery Confluence

1

Instant (11)

1

1

An Offer You Can't Refuse

1

1

1

1

1

Flawless Maneuver

1

1

1

Swords to Plowshares

1

Unexpected Windfall

Land (37)

1

Abandoned Air Temple

1

1

Battlefield Forge

1

Clifftop Retreat

1

1

1

Glacial Fortress

1

Hallowed Fountain

5

5

1

Mystic Monastery

5

1

1

1

Reliquary Tower

1

Rogue's Passage

1

1

1

1

Spectator Seating

1

1

1

Sunbillow Verge

1

1

Training Center

Frodo, Sauron's Bane Corey Baumeister

Commander

Article Deck

Aug 12, 2026

Commander (1)

1

Frodo, Sauron's Bane

Creature (24)

1

Bastion Protector

1

Boromir, Warden of the Tower

1

Faramir, Field Commander

1

1

Gollum, Patient Plotter

1

Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff

1

Mother of Runes

9

1

1

Samwise the Stouthearted

1

Skrelv, Defector Mite

1

Stalwarts of Osgiliath

1

1

Uruk-hai Berserker

1

Vexilus Praetor

1

Witch-king of Angmar

Artifact (15)

1

1

1

Brotherhood Regalia

1

Inherited Envelope

1

Lightning Greaves

1

1

1

1

1

Swiftfoot Boots

1

Talisman of Hierarchy

1

1

1

Trailblazer's Boots

1

Whispersilk Cloak

Enchantment (7)

1

Call of the Ring

1

1

1

One Ring to Rule Them All

1

Phyrexian Arena

1

1

War of the Last Alliance

Sorcery (8)

1

Claim the Precious

1

Damn

1

Night's Whisper

1

Now for Wrath, Now for Ruin!

1

Open the Armory

1

Sam's Desperate Rescue

1

The Battle of Bywater

1

The Black Breath

Instant (10)

1

Anguished Unmaking

1

Courageous Resolve

1

Galadriel's Dismissal

1

1

1

1

Rebuff the Wicked

1

1

Slip On the Ring

1

Swords to Plowshares

Land (35)

1

1

1

Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway

1

Caves of Koilos

1

1

1

1

Isolated Chapel

1

Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress

1

9

1

Rogue's Passage

1

Shattered Sanctum

1

Shineshadow Snarl

9

Swamp

1

1

Temple of Silence

1

1

Vault of Champions

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