Saruman, the White Hand turns every noncreature spell into Orc Army counters equal to its mana value. The deck is a dense Grixis spells list of counterspells, cantrips, tutors, rituals and big sorceries that grows a single huge Army while drawing and refilling. Doublers like Harmonic Prodigy, Veyran and Wizard's Staff make Saruman trigger twice, Mauhúr adds extra counters, and the ward Saruman grants Orcs protects the Army. Mass-damage spells then turn that giant Army's power into board wipes and direct damage. How it wins: Saruman and the other amass cards grow one enormous ward-protected Orc Army, which either attacks with trample and evasion or is fired at opponents through Chandra's Ignition, Fling, Soul's Fire or Soul Immolation, with Fall of Cair Andros plus Blasphemous Act available as a looping counter-and-damage engine. Key roles: - Trigger multipliers: Wizards and equipment that make the commander's cast trigger, or the magecraft triggers, happen an extra time, and replacement effects that add more counters per amass, so each spell grows the Army far faster. (Harmonic Prodigy, Veyran, Voice of Duality, Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain) - Spell density and amass spells: cheap interaction, cantrips and spells that amass by themselves keep the cast triggers flowing and grow the Army while answering threats, with Lord of the Nazgûl adding Wraith bodies from the same spells. (Saruman's Trickery, Summons of Saruman, Treason of Isengard) - Army-power conversion: effects that make the biggest creature deal its power to every opponent and their board, or that scale off total or greatest power, turning the Army into a finisher or a one-sided wipe. (Chandra's Ignition, Soul Immolation, Fling) - Excess-damage engine: Fall of Cair Andros turns overkill damage on opposing creatures into more Orc counters. Paired with a board wipe it forms the infinite counter-and-damage combo. (Fall of Cair Andros, Blasphemous Act, Widespread Brutality) - Spell economy and recursion: cost reducers, rituals, Treasure makers and magecraft draw fuel long chains of spells, while graveyard recasting and copy effects squeeze more value out of key instants and sorceries. (Storm-Kiln Artist, Archmage Emeritus, Kess, Dissident Mage) - Protection and tutoring: free counters, hexproof and phasing keep Saruman and the Army alive, and tutors fetch whichever finisher or engine piece is missing. (Force of Will, Lazotep Plating, Dark Petition)

-Saruman Orc Army- decklist

• 4× Mountain
• Soul Immolation
• Counterspell
• Desolate Lighthouse
• Windfall
• Uncover the Moon-Letters
• Barad-dûr
• 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
• Sunken Hollow
• Cascade Bluffs
• Sulfurous Springs
• Flame of Anor
• Smoldering Marsh
• Chandra's Ignition
• Arcane Signet
• Consider
• Rogue's Passage
• Fall of Cair Andros
• 7× Island
• Brainstorm
• Orcish Siegemaster
• Dig Through Time
• Veyran, Voice of Duality
• 4× Swamp
• Baral, Chief of Compliance
• Nightscape Familiar
• Preordain
• Talisman of Dominance
• Mystic Remora
• Essence Harvest
• Soul's Fire
• Wizard's Staff
• Harmonic Prodigy
• Call of the Ring
• Archmage Emeritus
• Frantic Search
• Mordor Muster
• Treasure Cruise
• Dreadhorde Invasion
• Red Elemental Blast
• Kess, Dissident Mage
• Fling
• Orcish Medicine
• Dark Petition
• Rakdos Signet
• Ash Barrens
• Solve the Equation
• Saruman's Trickery
• Treason of Isengard
• An Offer You Can't Refuse
• Mizzix's Mastery
• Sauron's Ransom
• Fact or Fiction
• Resonating Lute