GRAVE ENCOUNTERS by Inguru

Format: Commander

Creator: Inguru

Commander: Saruman of Many Colors

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper control and theft strategy led by Saruman of Many Colors. It leverages 'second spell each turn' mechanics to continuously mill opponents and steal their best instants, sorceries, and enchantments without paying their mana costs. Supported by a suite of low-cost cantrips and cost-reducers such as Alisaie Leveilleur and Monk Class, the deck transitions into the midgame where it casts large mill spells like Maddening Cacophony and Fractured Sanity. Late-game victory is achieved by reanimating massive boards through Breach the Multiverse and Rise of the Dark Realms, draining life totals via Syr Konrad, the Grim, or assembling an incidental infinite mill-and-drain combo with Duskmantle Guildmage and Mindcrank. While resilient and capable of explosive turns, the deck is reliant on opponent graveyards and mana-intensive engines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Harvester
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Duskmantle Guildmage
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Firja, Judge of Valor
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Memory Erosion
  • 1 Mind's Dilation
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mnemonic Deluge
  • 1 Monk Class
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nemesis of Reason
  • 1 Nita, Forum Conciliator
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phenax, God of Deception
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Saruman of Many Colors
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sen Triplets
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerous Squall
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Sunstar Lightsmith
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tasha, the Witch Queen
  • 1 Terisian Mindbreaker
  • 1 Uthros Psionicist
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Visions of Beyond
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Zellix, Sanity Flayer