Saruman Gon' Krank Dat by mordonextra

Format: Commander

Creator: mordonextra

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a hybrid Grixis spellslinger and Goblin token deck led by Saruman, the White Hand. The primary strategy focuses on casting the commander on Turn 4, then chaining noncreature spells to amass a massive Orc Army while simultaneously filling the board with Goblin tokens. The commander grants passive ward {2} to protect these threats from cheap spot removal. By Turn 6, the deck transitions into a lethal threat using scaling damage multipliers such as Shared Animosity, Guttersnipe, Ovika, Enigma Goliath, or the infinite token generation of Krenko, Mob Boss paired with Intruder Alarm. Card flow is sustained through efficient draw spells like Painful Truths and Skullclamp, while a suite of countermagic and redirection defends key spells. Late-game haymakers such as Living Death, In Garruk's Wake, and Rise of the Dark Realms ensure resilient recovery and decisive board parity breaks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akul the Unrepentant
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Boggart Harbinger
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
  • 1 Burnt Offering
  • 1 Careful Study
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Elixir
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Forbidden Alchemy
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Offensive
  • 1 Goblin War Party
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 1 Ioreth of the Healing House
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Mogg Infestation
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Painful Truths
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Shard of the Void Dragon
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Troop of Ponies