New Untitled Deck by user2011129

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis spellslinger and aggro-control deck led by Saruman, the White Hand. The primary strategy focuses on deploying mana ramp in the opening turns, casting Saruman on Turn 4, and rapidly chaining noncreature spells to amass an enormous Orc Army token protected by ward {2}. Supporting burn engines like Fiery Inscription and Guttersnipe whittle down opposing life totals whenever instants and sorceries resolve, while alternate token generators such as Lord of the Nazgûl and Hermes, Overseer of Elpis build wide evasive boards. Evasion enablers like The Black Gate, Rogue's Passage, and Orcish Siegemaster ensure the tall Army connects for lethal combat damage, eliminating opponents one by one across Turns 7 through 9. Interaction is provided by a balanced suite of counterspells, targeted removal, and board attrition from Archfiend of Depravity. The deck converts spellcasting tempo into massive battlefield presence, though it remains vulnerable to board sweepers and enchantment removal gaps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Black Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Black Waltz No. 3
  • 1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
  • 1 Charmbreaker Devils
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Duress
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 End of the Hunt
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Goblin Plate Mail
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Kaza, Roil Chaser
  • 1 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
  • 1 Lash of the Balrog
  • 1 Levitation
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mind Flayer
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rona, Sheoldred's Faithful
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Sleep
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Stronghold Discipline
  • 1 Subjugate the Hobbits
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Team Pennant
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vapor Snag
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vibranium Strike Gauntlets
  • 1 Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Wake the Dragon
  • 1 Wisdom of Ages
  • 1 Wizards of Thay
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 You Find the Villains' Lair
  • 1 Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats