-Saruman Orc Army- by user5770462

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This Grixis spellslinger deck leverages Saruman, the White Hand to turn every noncreature spell into raw board presence through the Amass Orcs mechanic. Early turns establish mana acceleration through 2-drop rocks, cost-reducing creatures like Baral, Chief of Compliance and Goblin Electromancer, and card velocity engines. Once Saruman enters the battlefield, chaining cantrips, delve spells, and trigger doublers like Veyran, Voice of Duality and Harmonic Prodigy inflates a massive Orc Army token with built-in ward {2}. The deck transitions rapidly from setup to victory around Turn 6 by leveraging its giant Army through asymmetric board wipes such as Widespread Brutality, direct damage board clears like Chandra's Ignition, and lethal burn spells including Essence Harvest and Fling. A dense suite of low-cost countermagic and protection spells ensures that both Saruman and the primary Army threat survive opposing disruption while dismantling hostile win attempts.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Essence Harvest
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fall of Cair Andros
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Soul Immolation
  • 1 Soul's Fire
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Uncover the Moon-Letters
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Volcanic Salvo
  • 1 Widespread Brutality
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wizard's Staff