saruman armado

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman of Many Colors

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper control and spellslinger strategy centered on Saruman of Many Colors. It combines 'second spell each turn' payoffs with symmetrical mill and graveyard theft. During the early game, the deck establishes mana velocity using low-cost mana rocks and cost reducers like Baral, Chief of Compliance and Stormscape Familiar. In the midgame, it deploys engine pieces such as The Council of Four, Archmage Emeritus, and Saruman to generate card advantage and cast opponents' best milled spells for free. The deck achieves critical onset around Turn 6 by resolving high-impact payoffs like Breach the Multiverse, kicked Maddening Cacophony, or Lord of the Nazgûl. It closes games by Turn 8 through wide Wraith combat damage, massive Consuming Aberration attacks, and Syr Konrad, the Grim life-drain triggers. While rich in card flow, creature removal, and stack interaction, the deck lacks universal tutors and relies on combat steps to finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accumulate Wisdom
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cruel Somnophage // Can't Wake Up
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glimpse the Unthinkable
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Insight
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riverchurn Monument
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Saruman of Many Colors
  • 1 Shadow Kin
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerous Squall
  • 1 Stormscape Familiar
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Taigam, Master Opportunist
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Visions of Beyond
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wizard's Staff