Saruman Many Colors by user6738983

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman of Many Colors

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger Control list commanded by Saruman of Many Colors, focusing on spell-chaining, card advantage, and library exhaustion. The early game focuses on deploying efficient mana rocks, cost reducers such as Baral, Chief of Compliance and Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, and cantrips to sculpt the hand. Around turns 4 to 5, the deck deploys its commander or card engines like Archmage Emeritus to establish repeatable value. By casting two spells per turn, Saruman mills opponents and copies their best instants, sorceries, or enchantments for free. The deck controls the board with uncounterable sweepers like Supreme Verdict, flexible removal, and cheap countermagic. The primary win condition revolves around Bruvac the Grandiloquent combined with a kicked Maddening Cacophony, instantly milling all opposing libraries to win on the following draw steps, with Breach the Multiverse and The Mindskinner serving as robust secondary finishers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Avatar's Wrath
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Boomerang Basics
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drown in Dreams
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Duskmantle Guildmage
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Malicious Malfunction
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pelargir Survivor
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Restless Reef
  • 1 Run Behind
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Saruman of Many Colors
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taigam, Master Opportunist
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Terisian Mindbreaker
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Uneasy Partings
  • 1 Uthros Psionicist
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Visions of Beyond
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
  • 1 Wishing Well
  • 1 Zellix, Sanity Flayer