New Untitled Deck by unguarded

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman of Many Colors

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger and graveyard-theft strategy commanded by Saruman of Many Colors. It leverages 'second spell each turn' mechanics to generate recurring value, mill opponents, and cast their best instant, sorcery, and enchantment spells for free. In the early game, the deck accelerates mana using efficient rocks while shaping hand quality with cantrips and holding up versatile removal. During the mid-game, it establishes engine creatures like Lord of the Nazgûl, Archmage Emeritus, and Consuming Aberration to build board presence and deplete opposing libraries. The late game pivots into decisive win conditions through massive graveyard payoffs such as Breach the Multiverse, Rise of the Dark Realms, and kicked Maddening Cacophony. Backed by a dense suite of counterspells and spot removal, the deck controls the tempo of the table while converting opposing resources into its own overwhelming battlefield advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Ancient Spring
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Condemn
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dromar's Cavern
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Mnemonic Deluge
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nemesis Trap
  • 1 Neyam Shai Murad
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time
  • 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Saruman of Many Colors
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerous Squall
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Sphinx's Tutelage
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taigam, Master Opportunist
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Tutelage
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive