Saruman by Kingj2401

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Spellslinger Midrange build led by Saruman, the White Hand. The primary strategy leverages Saruman's ability to convert every noncreature spell into counters on an Orc Army token while granting Goblins and Orcs ward {2}. The deck builds a massive threat by chaining removal, card draw, and utility artifacts. Evasion enablers like The Black Gate, Corsairs of Umbar, and Orcish Siegemaster allow the Army to bypass blockers and eliminate opponents in sequential combat steps. Backup plans focus on mass reanimation with Living Death and Too Greedily, Too Deep, bringing back high-impact creatures like Sauron, Lord of the Rings. Interaction is well-rounded, utilizing efficient creature removal and sweepers such as Blasphemous Act, while Notion Thief punishes opposing draw engines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
  • 1 Bitter Downfall
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Forbidden Alchemy
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
  • 1 Goblin Plate Mail
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Gríma Wormtongue
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Gundabad Opportunist
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Languish
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Rhovanion Rampager
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Shadow of the Enemy
  • 1 Shagrat, Loot Bearer
  • 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Smite the Deathless
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Too Greedily, Too Deep
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Worn Powerstone