Scouring of Your Library by Boralin

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman of Many Colors

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 56

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger Control deck commanded by Saruman of Many Colors, focusing on double-spelling synergies, asymmetric resource theft, and fast mill finishes. Early turns establish mana velocity and cost reduction using efficient artifacts, Baral, Chief of Compliance, and Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff. Once the engine is operational, the deck generates card advantage by casting low-cost instants on opponents' turns to trigger Saruman's mill and free graveyard copy ability, supported by draw engines like Archmage Emeritus and Alphinaud Leveilleur. The primary win condition leverages Bruvac the Grandiloquent combined with a kicked Maddening Cacophony, instantly milling all opponents' libraries to end the game on their draw steps. Alternatively, an active Bloodchief Ascension paired with mass mill spells such as Cut Your Losses or Fractured Sanity drains the table rapidly. The deck is shielded by premium counterspells, uncounterable protection, and flexible removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Heist
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archive Trap
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cut Your Losses
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 God-Eternal Kefnet
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Memory Plunder
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Saruman of Many Colors
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Sorcerous Squall
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Submerge
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Uthros Psionicist
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Wizards of Thay