---
name: "Sauron, the Necromancer"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "LTR"
set_name: "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"
collector_number: "106"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Yongjae Choi"
oracle_id: "8dcd7e2b-75a9-476a-a0a0-798613e8dad6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sauron-the-necromancer-ltr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sauron, the Necromancer
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
Whenever Sauron attacks, exile target creature card from your graveyard. Create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 3/3 black Wraith with menace. At the beginning of the next end step, exile that token unless Sauron is your Ring-bearer.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sauron, the Lidless Eye](/printing/sauron-the-lidless-eye-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror
2. [Sauron, Lord of the Rings](/printing/sauron-lord-of-the-rings-ltc.md) — Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror
3. [Sauron, the Dark Lord](/printing/sauron-the-dark-lord-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror
4. [Sarevok, Ferocious Usurper](/printing/sarevok-ferocious-usurper-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Knight
5. [The Mouth of Sauron](/printing/the-mouth-of-sauron-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
6. [Ringwraiths](/printing/ringwraiths-ltr.md) — Creature — Wraith Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #106
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Yongjae Choi
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`