New Untitled Deck by user6855640

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis spellslinger strategy helmed by Saruman, the White Hand. It converts every noncreature spell into board presence by continuously growing a single large Orc Army token. The commander provides built-in protection by granting Goblins and Orcs ward {2}. The early game focuses on deploying mana rocks and card selection spells like Faithless Looting and Sauron's Ransom. Once Saruman is established, mid-game spellslinging triggers passive burn engines such as Fiery Inscription and Guttersnipe while scaling the Army. The deck closes games around Turn 7 to 9 using decisive combat spells like Assault on Osgiliath, mass board theft via Mob Rule and Call for Aid, or swarm generation with Elemental Mastery. While powerful in casual battlecruiser and synergy pods, its reliance on a single tall creature token makes it vulnerable to well-timed sweepers and bounce effects.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Call for Aid
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Court of Ire
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Diamond City
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elemental Mastery
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evil Twin
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
  • 1 Feldon's Cane
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Fork
  • 1 Gandalf the Grey
  • 1 Glimmervoid
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Grond, the Gatebreaker
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Lasting Tarfire
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mob Rule
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nazgûl Battle-Mace
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Revenge of Ravens
  • 1 Saruman the White
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Searchlight
  • 1 Stroke of Genius
  • 1 Subjugate the Hobbits
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 Throne of the High City
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman