Tripleman by Gnomekickerr

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman of Many Colors

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper control and theft strategy piloted by Saruman of Many Colors. The game plan revolves around playing low-cost cantrips and interaction to trigger Saruman's double-cast ability, milling opponents and casting their best instants, sorceries, and enchantments for free. Early turns focus on mana development with rocks like Arcane Signet and hand sculpting using cantrips such as Ponder and Opt. Once Saruman lands on turn 5, the deck transitions into value generation and board control, utilizing efficient removal like Swords to Plowshares and sweepers like Blood Money. Standalone win conditions including Lord of the Nazgûl, Brainstealer Dragon, and The Mindskinner provide combat damage and rapid mill to close out games across multiple turns. While the deck possesses robust stack interaction and asymmetric theft potential, its relatively high mana curve, thin 32-land count, and reliance on creature combat leave it vulnerable to aggressive starts and board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archive Trap
  • 1 Arvinox, the Mind Flail
  • 1 Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Bad River
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Brainstealer Dragon
  • 1 Bribery
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chancellor of the Spires
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Cut Your Losses
  • 1 Diluvian Primordial
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Ever-Watching Threshold
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exorcise
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Glorious Protector
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grasping Tentacles
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 Head Games
  • 1 Hidden Cataract
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Hidden Necropolis
  • 1 Highspire Bell-Ringer
  • 1 Hobbit Hole
  • 1 Holy Day
  • 1 Hoofprints of the Stag
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Leyline of Sanctity
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Loyal Drake
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Nightmare Shepherd
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 One with the Multiverse
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Out of Air
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Potioner's Trove
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Restless Reef
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Saruman of Many Colors
  • 1 Sen Triplets
  • 1 Shambling Vent
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwanted Remake
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wingblade Disciple
  • 1 Xanathar, Guild Kingpin