Saruman of a Mill-ion Colors by arinkleine

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman of Many Colors

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Esper 'second-spell' value deck built around Saruman of Many Colors. The primary plan is to cast two spells every turn, using Saruman's trigger to mill all opponents and copy the best instant or sorcery from a graveyard, then convert those milled cards into resources with Lord of the Nazgul, Consuming Aberration, Tasha, and Syr Konrad. Secondary paths are the amass Orcs package (Saruman the White, The Mouth of Sauron, Treason of Isengard) and a grindier theft plan via Mind's Dilation and Sorcerous Squall. There is no true hidden commander: Saruman of Many Colors is the face, with Taigam, Ojutai Master and the amass legends serving as accelerators. The deck wins by incremental mill or a late 9/9 Wraith/Army turn, not by an infinite combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aetherize
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Archmage of Runes
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Bewitching Leechcraft
• 1 Borne Upon a Wind
• 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consider
• 1 Consuming Aberration
• 1 Counterpoint
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deceive the Messenger
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
• 1 Extract from Darkness
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Flow State
• 1 Forbidden Alchemy
• 1 Fractured Sanity
• 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Glamdring
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 8 Island
• 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
• 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
• 1 Lórien Revealed
• 1 Midnight Clock
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mind's Dilation
• 1 Mnemonic Deluge
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Negate
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Palantír of Orthanc
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Pelargir Survivor
• 8 Plains
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Press the Enemy
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Ringsight
• 1 Saruman of Many Colors
• 1 Saruman the White
• 1 Saruman's Trickery
• 1 Shadow of the Enemy
• 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
• 1 Sorcerous Squall
• 1 Storm of Saruman
• 1 Subjugate the Hobbits
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 8 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1 Taigam, Master Opportunist
• 1 Taigam, Ojutai Master
• 1 Tasha, the Witch Queen
• 1 Temple of Deceit
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 The Mouth of Sauron
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Time Wipe
• 1 Treason of Isengard
• 1 Wizard's Staff
• 1 Wizards of Thay