Rainbow Saruman by Vuilnisbeer

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman of Many Colors

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 61

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Grixis midrange and reanimator strategy commanded by Sauron, the Dark Lord. It leverages Sauron's formidable Ward ability and automatic Orc Army generation to dominate the battlefield without overextending. As opponents cast spells, Sauron steadily amasses an Orc Army. Attacking with this Army triggers the Ring tempts ability, enabling recurring four-card wheels that dig rapidly for interaction and high-impact payoffs. The deck accelerates into Sauron on Turn 4 through efficient mana rocks and rituals like Dark Ritual and Sol Ring. Once established, it transitions into overwhelming combat pressure and graveyard reanimation, deploying format-warping threats like Toxrill, the Corrosive, Cavern-Hoard Dragon, and five copies of Nazgûl. Backed by a premier suite of free counterspells including Fierce Guardianship, Force of Will, and Deflecting Swat, the deck fiercely protects its board while systematically dismantling opposing strategies with asymmetric sweepers like Cyclonic Rift and Call Forth the Tempest.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
• 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archaeomancer
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Archmage of Runes
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1 Breach the Multiverse
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consider
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Damn
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Expropriate
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Force of Will
• 1 Fracture
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Gloomlake Verge
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hullbreaker Horror
• 1 Inkshield
• 6 Island
• 1 Kor Haven
• 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Meticulous Archive
• 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Pact of Negation
• 1 Path to Exile
• 3 Plains
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Pongify
• 1 Preordain
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Riddles in the Dark
• 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1 Rivendell
• 1 Ruin Crab
• 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1 Sapphire Medallion
• 1 Saruman of Many Colors
• 1 Seachrome Coast
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Sleight of Hand
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Storm of Saruman
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tasha, the Witch Queen
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
• 1 The Meathook Massacre
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 Torrential Gearhulk
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Troop of Ponies
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Wasteland
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Witch-king of Angmar