Saruman Current by user8874566

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman, the White Hand

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Spellslinger strategy led by Saruman, the White Hand, focused on amassing a massive Orc Army token by chaining noncreature spells, then converting that tall creature into lethal table-wide direct damage. Early turns focus on establishing 2-CMC mana rocks and cost reducers like Goblin Electromancer and Stormcatch Mentor to deploy Saruman ahead of curve on turn 4. Once Saruman is on the battlefield, every noncreature spell grows the Army token, amplified by trigger multipliers like Harmonic Prodigy and Veyran, Voice of Duality. The deck transitions into a decisive win on turn 6 by resolving asymmetric mass burn spells like Chandra's Ignition or stacking fling effects like Rite of Consumption and Gravitic Punch. Supported by efficient black tutors, passive ward {2} protection, and backup engines like Sauron, the Dark Lord, the deck reliably closes out games across 1 response cycle on turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Amoeboid Changeling
  • 1 Arcane Bombardment
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commence the Endgame
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Consult the Star Charts
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Essence Harvest
  • 1 Fall of Cair Andros
  • 1 Fate Transfer
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Gravitic Punch
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rite of Consumption
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saruman's Trickery
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Immolation
  • 1 Soul's Fire
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Treason of Isengard
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Wizards of Thay
  • 1 Xander's Lounge