Chosen Saruman

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Saruman, the White Hand is a Grixis spells-matter commander who turns every noncreature spell into an Orc Army. The primary plan is to land Saruman early behind mana rocks, then chain instants, sorceries, and enchantments to grow a single Army while building a token swarm from Young Pyromancer, Third Path Iconoclast, Chrome Host Seedshark, Metallurgic Summonings, and similar payoffs. Secondary paths include the amass subtheme (Dreadhorde Invasion, Swarming of Moria, Commence the Endgame) and a graveyard-recursion engine led by Kess. The usual finish is a large alpha strike with Balmor and Rogue's Passage, or sacrificing the Army to Kazuul's Fury; Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis offers a huge free-cast value turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Bombardment
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Case of the Ransacked Lab
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Chrome Host Seedshark
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commence the Endgame
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Crosis's Charm
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deekah, Fractal Theorist
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Flick a Coin
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Grixis Charm
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 Impulse
  • 1 Insidious Will
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
  • 1 Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs
  • 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
  • 1 Kolaghan's Command
  • 1 Maestros Charm
  • 1 Maestros Confluence
  • 1 Metallurgic Summonings
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Perplexing Test
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silumgar's Command
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swarming of Moria
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Widespread Brutality
  • 1 Wizard's Retort
  • 1 Wizards of Thay
  • 1 Wretched Confluence
  • 1 You Find the Villains' Lair
  • 1 Young Pyromancer