Saruman, the White Hand
Saruman, the White Hand Commander Deck
Saruman, the White Hand is the engine of the deck, converting every noncreature spell into counters on a single massive Orc Army token that scales into a lethal combat threat. The deck floods the game with instants, sorceries, and reanimation spells to rapidly grow the Army while dealing supplemental damage through burn-on-cast effects, and Mauhur, Uruk-hai Captain amplifies counter placement to accelerate the Army's size even further. The deck closes games by swinging with a trample-and-haste-enabled Army backed by counter-magic protection, opponent card draw punishment via Orcish Bowmasters and similar effects, and reanimated threats that generate additional board pressure.
Decklist
- Anger
- Bolg of the North
- Corsairs of Umbar
- Dunland Crebain
- Goblin Dark-Dwellers
- Gorbag of Minas Morgul
- Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
- Gríma, Saruman's Footman
- Guttersnipe
- Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
- Notion Thief
- Orcish Bowmasters
- Orcish Siegemaster
- Rhovanion Rampager
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings
- Sauron, the Dark Lord
- Sauron, the Lidless Eye
- Sauron, the Necromancer
- The Balrog of Moria
- The Mouth of Sauron
- Treasure Nabber
- Witch-king of Angmar
- Arcane Signet
- Basalt Monolith
- Commander's Sphere
- Mind Stone
- Phial of Galadriel
- Relic of Sauron
- Sol Ring
- Talisman of Dominance
- Worn Powerstone
- Dark Ritual
- Fact or Fiction
- Flame of Anor
- Isildur's Fateful Strike
- Nasty End
- Press the Enemy
- Saruman's Trickery
- Thrill of Possibility
- Blasphemous Act
- Boon of the Wish-Giver
- Decree of Pain
- Deep Analysis
- Extract from Darkness
- Foray of Orcs
- Languish
- Lidless Gaze
- Living Death
- Rage into the Valley
- Reanimate
- Subjugate the Hobbits
- Summons of Saruman
- Too Greedily, Too Deep
- Treason of Isengard
- Wake the Dragon
- Book of Mazarbul
- Call of the Ring
- Fiery Inscription
- March from the Black Gate
- Rising of the Day
- Storm of Saruman
- Barad-dûr
- Blazemire Verge
- Cascade Bluffs
- Choked Estuary
- Command Tower
- Crumbling Necropolis
- Desolate Lighthouse
- Dragonskull Summit
- Drowned Catacomb
- Evolving Wilds
- Foreboding Ruins
- Frostboil Snarl
- 6× Island
- 6× Mountain
- Path of Ancestry
- Shivan Reef
- Smoldering Marsh
- Sulfur Falls
- Sulfurous Springs
- Sunken Hollow
- 5× Swamp
- Terramorphic Expanse
- The Black Gate
- Underground River