saruman by user5063946

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman of Many Colors

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Esper spellslinger deck is helmed by Saruman of Many Colors, leveraging a "second spell each turn" trigger to mill opponents and then copy impactful instants or sorceries from their graveyards. The strategy blends control elements (counterspells, removal, stax pieces like Lavinia, Azorius Renegade) with a value-oriented milling subtheme. Win conditions are incremental: grinding card advantage through Archmage of Runes, Firja, Judge of Valor, and theft effects like Memory Plunder or Shadow of the Enemy; finishing via Syr Konrad, the Grim with mass milling; or accumulating combat damage from Stormtide Leviathan or an oversized Consuming Aberration. The deck lacks fast combos and instead aims to outvalue opponents over the long game, relying on Saruman's copy ability to gain explosive turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aminatou's Augury
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archaeomancer
• 1 Archmage of Runes
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Benevolent Blessing
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Clarion Spirit
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Compelling Deterrence
• 1 Consuming Aberration
• 1 Cruel Somnophage // Can't Wake Up
• 1 Darksteel Mutation
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dispel
• 1 Drown in the Loch
• 1 Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
• 1 Ertai Resurrected
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Firja, Judge of Valor
• 1 Gadwick, the Wizened
• 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Get Out
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 God-Eternal Kefnet
• 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
• 1 Halimar Depths
• 1 Hidden Strings
• 1 Hurkyl's Recall
• 9 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Jace's Sanctum
• 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 1 Leyline of the Void
• 1 Memory Plunder
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mortuary Mire
• 1 Nemesis of Reason
• 1 Notion Thief
• 1 Opt
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 8 Plains
• 1 Plumecreed Escort
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Rex, Cyber-Hound
• 1 Saruman of Many Colors
• 1 Saruman the White
• 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
• 1 Shadow of the Enemy
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Step Through
• 1 Stone of Erech
• 1 Storm of Saruman
• 1 Stormtide Leviathan
• 1 Stream of Unconsciousness
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 9 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1 Temple of Deceit
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Thief of Sanity
• 1 Trinket Mage
• 1 Turn Aside
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
• 1 Wizard's Retort