Source transparency: This Digest item is based primarily on reporting from EDHREC. TMF summarizes and interprets the news; original reporting remains credited and linked.
Sauron, the Dark Lord has moved into seventh place on EDHREC’s most-built commander list, displacing Kaalia of the Vast after her long tenure near the top. Four Universes Beyond commanders now occupy places in the Top 10.
The ranking reflects decklists in EDHREC’s tracked database rather than a survey of every Commander player, but crossing Kaalia is still a meaningful adoption milestone. Kaalia remains represented by more than 39,000 tracked decks, with Teval and Fire Lord Azula close behind at roughly 38,000 and 37,000.
EDHREC suggests Sauron’s renewed visibility from The Hobbit reprint may have helped his continued climb while Kaalia has not been reprinted since Modern Horizons 3. That catalyst is plausible rather than proven; the confirmed development is the ranking change itself.
The ranking reflects decklists in EDHREC’s tracked database rather than a survey of every Commander player, but crossing Kaalia is still a meaningful adoption milestone. Kaalia remains represented by more than 39,000 tracked decks, with Teval and Fire Lord Azula close behind at roughly 38,000 and 37,000.
EDHREC suggests Sauron’s renewed visibility from The Hobbit reprint may have helped his continued climb while Kaalia has not been reprinted since Modern Horizons 3. That catalyst is plausible rather than proven; the confirmed development is the ranking change itself.
Original source: Sauron, the Dark Lord Kicks Kaalia of the Vast to #8 in EDHREC's Top Commanders ↗EDHREC