Saruman the white hand by Ecooksey

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

An amass/Orc Army deck built around Saruman, the White Hand rather than a hidden second commander. The primary plan is to create one large Army token, grow it with every noncreature spell, equip it with unblockable/hexproof gear, and swing for lethal. Secondary paths use go-wide token generation (Empty the Warrens, Docent of Perfection, Deekah) and direct burn from The Great Goblin, Vial Smasher, and Fling. Saruman's face is essential as a repeatable amass engine and gives Goblins/Orcs ward 2, protecting the Army and token horde. The deck is a mid- to slow-speed, combat-focused build with no fast mana or infinite combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alesha's Legacy
  • 1 Aquitect's Defenses
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Boiling Rock Prison
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Chase Inspiration
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Crackling Drake
  • 1 Crude Bent Blade
  • 1 Deekah, Fractal Theorist
  • 1 Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
  • 1 Dragonologist
  • 1 Dreadbore
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Foresee
  • 1 Gandalf's Sanction
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Goblin Plate Mail
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Hithlain Knots
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Izzet Chemister
  • 1 Lakeshore Apothecary
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Omen of the Sea
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette
  • 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Ragged Short Spear
  • 1 Rapturous Moment
  • 1 Ravenhill Flock
  • 1 Restless Reef
  • 1 Rhovanion Rampager
  • 1 Riddles in the Dark
  • 1 Rise from the Tides
  • 1 Saruman the White
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Shagrat, Loot Bearer
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Spectacle Summit
  • 1 Stony-Voiced Goblins
  • 1 Surrounded by Orcs
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Vial Smasher the Fierce
  • 1 Witness Protection