Shadow Wizard Money Gang by user6771925

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This Grixis Spellslinger deck leverages Saruman, the White Hand to convert every noncreature spell into an increasingly lethal Orc Army token while keeping it protected with innate ward {2}. The game plan plays like a control-spellslinger hybrid: early turns establish mana rocks, fix colors, and deploy low-cost draw spells. Once Saruman or a magecraft payoff like Veyran, Voice of Duality hits the board, the deck chains cantrips and removal to assemble massive power and trigger direct damage from creatures like Vivi Ornitier and Gandalf, Goblins' Bane. It protects its development using format-staple free countermagic including Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Deflecting Swat. The deck finishes games through massive combat attacks augmented by The Reaver Cleaver or Aggravated Assault, supported by burn triggers that close out the table across turns 6 through 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dragon's Desire
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fire Magic
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 1 Increasing Vengeance
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jaws, Relentless Predator
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Teachings
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tellah, Great Sage
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wizard's Staff