Chosen Saruman (copy)

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Grixis spellslinger deck built around Saruman, the White Hand, where every noncreature spell adds to a single Army. The plan is to land Saruman early, reduce spell costs with Glamdring and Wizards of Thay, then chain instants and sorceries to grow an unblockable Army while token engines like Talrand, Young Pyromancer, and Metallurgic Summonings produce a secondary board. Saruman's ward makes the Army and Orcs difficult to remove. Removal and counterspells keep the path clear, and the win usually comes from a Balmor-trample alpha strike or Kazuul's Fury one-shot. No hidden commander; Saruman's scaling amass is the core engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 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 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 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 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 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 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
  • 1 Supreme Will
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swarming of Moria
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 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