Saruman Of Many Colors by john4690273

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger control build piloted by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The strategy focuses on casting mid-to-high cost noncreature spells (mana value 3 or greater) to steadily drain opponents' life totals, stabilize your life buffer, and trigger end-step card draw whenever 4 or more life is lost in a turn. Dense 2-CMC mana acceleration supports consistent early development into flexible removal spells like Void Rend and Mortify. In the mid-to-late game, the deck pivots into decisive combat finishes through token generators such as Lord of the Nazgûl, mass reanimation via Rise of the Dark Realms and Sepulchral Primordial, or wide airborne buffs from Moonshaker Cavalry. While resilient against single-target disruption thanks to independent late-game engines, the deck relies heavily on natural card draw to find specific win conditions and must navigate creature-based combat steps to close out games against the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crypt Incursion
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Disciple of Bolas
  • 1 End of the Hunt
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Espers to Magicite
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 Frost Breath
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Gandalf the White
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Learn from the Past
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Lord of the Void
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Masterful Flourish
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Nemesis of Reason
  • 1 Old Thrush
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Potioner's Trove
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Rapier Wit
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Saruman of Many Colors
  • 1 Sepulchral Primordial
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Wrexial, the Risen Deep
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed