Isengard Unleashed by GordonRamsaysFury

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis spellslinger strategy led by Saruman, the White Hand. It converts every noncreature spell into combat pressure by building a massive Orc Army token. The mana base uses efficient two-mana rocks to deploy Saruman on Turn 3 or 4. Once Saruman is active, low-cost cantrips, removal, and counterspells rapidly grow the Army while keeping opponents off balance. Built-in ward {2} protects the Army from cheap spot removal. The deck closes games around Turn 8 by granting the Army evasion through The Black Gate and Rogue's Passage, doubling combat power with Assault on Osgiliath, or dealing direct table-wide burn with Chandra's Ignition and Fling. Alternate token engines like Lord of the Nazgûl and passive burn from Fiery Inscription ensure the deck remains dangerous even if the commander is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Display of Power
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fall of Cair Andros
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Invade the City
  • 1 Isengard Unleashed
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman the White
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Fire
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Widespread Brutality
  • 1 Wizard's Staff