-Saruman Orc Army-
Saruman, the White Hand Commander Deck
Saruman, the White Hand is the engine of this deck, growing a single massive Orc Army token by amassing X counters equal to the mana value of every noncreature spell cast, while a suite of cost-reduction creatures, mana rocks, and cheap cantrips keeps the spell count high and the Army growing fast. The deck amplifies its triggers through doubling effects on wizard permanents, turning each instant or sorcery into multiple sources of value including card draw, treasure, and additional amass counters, then threatens to finish opponents by directing the giant Army's power as direct damage via spells like Fling, Soul's Fire, Chandra's Ignition, or Essence Harvest. The primary combo win involves Fall of Cair Andros and Blasphemous Act, where the massive noncombat damage dealt to creatures generates excess damage that feeds back into amass triggers, creating an arbitrarily large Army that can then be weaponized to kill all opponents.
Decklist
- 4× Mountain
- Soul Immolation
- Counterspell
- Desolate Lighthouse
- Windfall
- Uncover the Moon-Letters
- Negate
- Barad-dûr
- Treason of Isengard
- Fellwar Stone
- Summons of Saruman
- Izzet Signet
- Lazotep Plating
- Storm-Kiln Artist
- Blasphemous Act
- Volcanic Salvo
- Crumbling Necropolis
- Command Tower
- Shivan Reef
- Sol Ring
- Feed the Swarm
- Sulfur Falls
- Bolt Bend
- Ringsight
- Underground River
- Dimir Signet
- Big Score
- Lord of the Nazgûl
- Force of Will
- Goblin Electromancer
- Dragonskull Summit
- Frostboil Snarl
- Drowned Catacomb
- Exotic Orchard
- Choked Estuary
- Stormcarved Coast
- Foreboding Ruins
- Widespread Brutality
- Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
- Dark Ritual
- March of Swirling Mist
- Arcane Denial
- Storm of Saruman
- Sauron's Ransom
- Sunken Hollow
- Cascade Bluffs
- Sulfurous Springs
- Flame of Anor
- Smoldering Marsh
- Chandra's Ignition
- Arcane Signet
- Consider
- Rogue's Passage
- Fall of Cair Andros
- Bothersome Noisemaker
- 7× Island
- Brainstorm
- Orcish Siegemaster
- Dig Through Time
- Veyran, Voice of Duality
- 4× Swamp
- Baral, Chief of Compliance
- Nightscape Familiar
- Solve the Equation
- Preordain
- Saruman's Trickery
- Talisman of Dominance
- Mystic Remora
- Essence Harvest
- Soul's Fire
- Wizard's Staff
- Harmonic Prodigy
- Call of the Ring
- Archmage Emeritus
- Commence the Endgame
- Frantic Search
- Mordor Muster
- Treasure Cruise
- Dreadhorde Invasion
- Red Elemental Blast
- Opt
- Kess, Dissident Mage
- Fling
- Sleight of Hand
- Orcish Medicine
- Rakdos Signet
- Ash Barrens