Saruman Enrollment by daniel3375

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck utilizes Saruman, the White Hand to convert every noncreature spell into power, growing a massive Orc Army token. By casting low-cost cantrips, interaction, and setup artifacts in the early turns, it rapidly deploys Saruman and scales the Army into double-digit power. Instead of spreading wide, the strategy functions as a spellslinger-voltron hybrid, aiming to knock out opponents through decisive combat steps backed by evasion spells such as Artful Dodge and Crash Through, or burst direct damage via Temur Battle Rage, Soul's Fire, and Fling. The commander's built-in ward {2} combined with inexpensive protection spells keeps the primary threat safe against single-target interaction. While lacking dedicated tutors and infinite combos, the deck compensates with high mana velocity, dense spell synergies, and resilient backup attackers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Ajani's Anguish
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Artful Dodge
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Baral's Expertise
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Crash Through
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drown in Ichor
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Impulse
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Lasting Tarfire
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Molten-Core Maestro
  • 1 Moment of Truth
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Oblivion's Hunger
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Serum Snare
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Fire
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
  • 1 Widespread Brutality
  • 1 Wizard's Staff