Saruman by shelbytaylor18

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Grixis deck uses Saruman, the White Hand to turn every noncreature spell into power on the board. By casting low-cost cantrips, removal, and utility artifacts, the deck rapidly builds a massive Orc Army token. Rather than relying on infinite combos, the list leverages combat enhancements like Temur Battle Rage, unblockable enablers like The Black Gate and Herald of Secret Streams, and explosive burn spells like Chandra's Ignition and All Will Be One to close out the game. Free interaction spells like Deflecting Swat and Fierce Guardianship protect your investments while Saruman provides native Ward {2} to your forces. The Ozolith ensures that accumulated +1/+1 counters persist through board wipes, making the deck resilient against standard interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Essence Harvest
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Isengard Unleashed
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Soul's Fire
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Widespread Brutality
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xander's Lounge