-Saruman Orc Army- by user5770462

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is built around Saruman, the White Hand, combining Grixis spellslinger control with a rapid Voltron/burn payoff. By casting efficient noncreature spells, the deck generates and rapidly pumps an Orc Army token with built-in ward {2}. Rather than relying on infinite combos, it leverages magecraft triggers, cost reduction, and trigger doublers like Harmonic Prodigy and Veyran, Voice of Duality to build overwhelming board presence. The deck closes games through asymmetric board wipes like Widespread Brutality and game-ending burst damage spells such as Chandra's Ignition, Soul Immolation, and Essence Harvest. Supported by strong countermagic and premium card draw engines, it maintains stability while methodically eliminating opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Essence Harvest
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fall of Cair Andros
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Soul Immolation
  • 1 Soul's Fire
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Uncover the Moon-Letters
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Volcanic Salvo
  • 1 Widespread Brutality
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wizard's Staff