Saruman Mill Deck by Korimo

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman of Many Colors

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

An Esper spells-matter control deck built around Saruman of Many Colors, with no hidden commander. The plan is to ramp into Saruman, protect him, and cast a second spell each turn to mill all opponents and copy an instant, sorcery, or enchantment from one of their graveyards. Cost reduction from Glamdring, Gigastorm Titan, Bilbo, Sapphire Medallion, and Grand Arbiter Augustin IV lets the deck chain multiple spells. Wins come from mass-mill effects such as Traumatize, Maddening Cacophony, Space-Time Anomaly, and Drown in Dreams, duplicated by Twincast, The Mirari Conjecture, and Spellweaver Volute. A slow Mechanized Production artifact-token backup exists, but the deck has no infinite combo and wins through incremental value.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Proxy
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avengers Hangar
  • 1 Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Command Bridge
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Demilich
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drown in Dreams
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fisk Tower
  • 1 Gigastorm Titan
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Hobbit Hole
  • 1 Hurkyl, Master Wizard
  • 1 Hydro-Channeler
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Lake-town
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Multiversal Incursion
  • 1 Muse Seeker
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
  • 1 Public Thoroughfare
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Saruman of Many Colors
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silverquill Campus
  • 1 Sinister Hideout
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Spellweaver Volute
  • 1 Study Hall
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Magic Mirror
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Mirari Conjecture
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Traumatize
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 3 Twincast
  • 1 Uncover the Moon-Letters
  • 1 University Campus
  • 1 Uthros Psionicist
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Villainous Wrath
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Xanathar, Guild Kingpin