Super duper orc army so super by user5667164

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Spellslinger Midrange strategy led by Saruman, the White Hand. The primary game plan accelerates into Saruman on Turn 3 using low-cost mana rocks, then chains noncreature spells to amass a single, massive Orc Army token. Built-in ward {2} provides early protection against spot removal while you accumulate +1/+1 counters. By Turn 6, the deck transitions into lethal pressure by leveraging the Army's high power through explosive board-clearing effects like Chandra's Ignition, direct life loss via Essence Harvest, or evasive attacks enabled by The Black Gate and Corsairs of Umbar. Alternate win conditions include wide token swarms from Lord of the Nazgûl and direct burn from Fiery Inscription and Guttersnipe. The deck balances offensive growth with efficient Grixis interaction, relying on counterspells and sweepers to protect its life total while closing out the table over consecutive turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corsairs of Umbar
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Essence Harvest
  • 1 Fall of Cair Andros
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Isengard Unleashed
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Saruman the White
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Subjugate the Hobbits
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Surrounded by Orcs
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Mouth of Sauron
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Widespread Brutality
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Xander's Lounge