Very Great Goblin Pingmaster Flex by user2556947

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 86

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Grixis storm and wheel combo list commanded by Saruman, the White Hand. While Saruman provides ward protection to Orc and Goblin pieces like Orcish Bowmasters and Hexing Squelcher, the primary strategy relies on format-defining fast mana, efficient tutors, and the powerful loop of Underworld Breach, Lion's Eye Diamond, and Brain Freeze. The deck races to assemble its core win condition on Turns 2–3, leveraging powerful draw engines like Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, and Bolas's Citadel to overwhelm opposing interaction. Beyond the Breach line, the deck exerts heavy pressure through wheel effects such as Wheel of Fortune, Windfall, and Time Spiral, which turn into asymmetric win conditions when paired with Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Orcish Bowmasters, or Tergrid, God of Fright. Supported by free countermagic and targeted disruption, the list executes rapid, resilient combo turns that eliminate the table in a single cycle.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Intuition
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Memory Jar
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Panoptic Mirror
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
  • 1 Time Spiral
  • 1 Timetwister
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winds of Change
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will