Sarumon, Spellslinger and General

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

The deck is a Grixis Army-combat/spellslinger hybrid. Saruman, the White Hand turns every noncreature spell into an amass trigger, so the plan is to cast a high density of instants, sorceries, and other noncreature permanents to grow one or more Army tokens into lethal size, then finish with Chandra's Ignition, Assault on Osgiliath, Soul's Fire, Thud, or similar direct-damage effects. Secondary paths include Kess and Mizzix's Mastery for graveyard recursion, Guttersnipe plus Harmonic Prodigy for burn, and The Ozolith to preserve counters after a wipe. There is no double-faced hidden commander; the deck is openly built around Saruman and his trigger-stacking engines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commence the Endgame
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Essence Harvest
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Gravitic Punch
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Invade the City
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs
  • 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerous Squall
  • 1 Soul Immolation
  • 1 Soul's Fire
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Thud
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Volcanic Salvo
  • 1 Wake the Dragon
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Widespread Brutality
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wizard's Retort
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Xander's Lounge