[quote=@Headless]
I kinda did some checking after posting and they both do. Orange is something called ophidian, and red is something called the butcher.
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Ah, now I remember those two. The amount of information in DC blanks my memory sometimes.

Also, Black Lanterns are immune to magic so I'm not sure how he'd control them. That and they only appear once Nekron leaves the Dead Zone, if I remember correctly, as that's when the rings start appearing. I could be wrong about that though.