SAAA-RU-MAAAN by DARKJDR

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman of Many Colors

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper combo-control strategy helmed by Saruman of Many Colors. It blends a reactive control shell with two compact, game-ending combo lines. The primary win condition centers on resolving Buried Alive to place Necrotic Ooze, Phyrexian Devourer, and Triskelion into the graveyard, followed by a low-cost reanimation spell like Reanimate or Animate Dead. Once Necrotic Ooze enters the battlefield, it inherits the activated abilities of both creatures, exiling cards from the library to generate +1/+1 counters and firing them as direct lethal damage at instant speed without giving opponents a response cycle. As a secondary route, the deck leverages an infinite mill-and-drain loop using Mindcrank alongside Duskmantle Guildmage, Bloodchief Ascension, or The Master of Lake-town. Supported by free and low-cost interaction, efficient mana rocks, and draw engines, the deck reliably controls the pace before pivoting into a decisive Turn 4 finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consign to Memory
  • 1 Contagion
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Duskmantle Guildmage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Halo Forager
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Lat-Nam's Legacy
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Memory Erosion
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necrotic Ooze
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Phyrexian Devourer
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Sapphire Charm
  • 1 Saruman of Many Colors
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Slaughter
  • 1 Snapback
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerous Squall
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Stormscape Familiar
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Triskelion
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Uthros Psionicist
  • 1 Visions of Beyond
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wizard's Staff