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Saruman, the White Hand

Saruman, the White Hand - Built around Orcish Siegemaster, Treason of Isengard and Orcish Medicine

Saruman, the White Hand · BRU · 100 cards · 38 lands

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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 30Instants 14Sorceries 14Artifacts 1Enchantments 2Lands 38
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Commander (1)

Saruman, the White Hand
Saruman, the White Hand
Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, amass Orcs X, where X is that spell's mana value. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.) Goblins and Orcs you control have ward {2}.
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Creatures (30)

Orcish Siegemaster
Orcish Siegemaster
Creature — Orc Soldier
$0.8
Trample Other Orcs and Goblins you control have trample. Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
Sauron, the Dark Lord
Sauron, the Dark Lord
Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror
$18.8
Ward—Sacrifice a legendary artifact or legendary creature. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, amass Orcs 1. Whenever an Army you control deals combat damage to a player, the Ring tempts you. Whenever the Ring tempts you, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw four cards.
Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
Legendary Creature — Orc Soldier
$0.26
Menace If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on an Army, Goblin, or Orc you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
Corsairs of Umbar
Corsairs of Umbar
Creature — Human Pirate
$0.32
{2}{U}: Target Goblin, Orc, or Pirate can't be blocked this turn. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, amass Orcs 3. (Put three +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Guttersnipe
Guttersnipe
Creature — Goblin Shaman
$0.24
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.
Gríma, Saruman's Footman
Gríma, Saruman's Footman
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
$2.07
Gríma can't be blocked. Whenever Gríma deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Goblin Electromancer
Goblin Electromancer
Creature — Goblin Wizard
$0.23
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
Legendary Creature — Goblin Soldier
$0.2
When Grishnákh enters, amass Orcs 2. When you do, until end of turn, gain control of target nonlegendary creature an opponent controls with power less than or equal to the amassed Army's power. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
Harmonic Prodigy
Harmonic Prodigy
Creature — Human Wizard
$5.09
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) If a triggered ability of a Shaman or another Wizard you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
$0.25
When Gothmog enters, amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.) Creature tokens you control have deathtouch.
Warg Rider
Warg Rider
Creature — Orc Warrior
$38.17
Menace Other Orcs and Goblins you control have menace. At the beginning of combat on your turn, amass Orcs 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Archmage Emeritus
Archmage Emeritus
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.57
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
The Mouth of Sauron
The Mouth of Sauron
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
$0.19
When The Mouth of Sauron enters, target player mills three cards. Then amass Orcs X, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in that player's graveyard. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Lord of the Nazgûl
Lord of the Nazgûl
Legendary Creature — Wraith Noble
$3.82
Flying Wraiths you control have protection from Ring-bearers. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 3/3 black Wraith creature token with menace. Then if you control nine or more Wraiths, Wraiths you control have base power and toughness 9/9 until end of turn.
Saruman the White
Saruman the White
Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
$0.24
Ward {2} Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, amass Orcs 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Moria Scavenger
Moria Scavenger
Creature — Orc Rogue
$0.39
Deathtouch, haste {T}, Discard a card: Draw a card. If the discarded card was a creature card, amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Nightscape Familiar
Nightscape Familiar
Creature — Zombie
$0.41
Blue spells and red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {1}{B}: Regenerate this creature.
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror
$0.59
When you cast this spell, amass Orcs 5, mill five cards, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Trample Whenever a commander an opponent controls dies, the Ring tempts you.
Treasure Nabber
Treasure Nabber
Creature — Goblin Rogue
$2.05
Whenever an opponent taps an artifact for mana, gain control of that artifact until the end of your next turn.
Veyran, Voice of Duality
Veyran, Voice of Duality
Legendary Creature — Efreet Wizard
$1.62
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Veyran gets +1/+1 until end of turn. If you casting or copying an instant or sorcery spell causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Kess, Dissident Mage
Kess, Dissident Mage
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
$3.9
Flying Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Storm-Kiln Artist
Storm-Kiln Artist
Creature — Dwarf Shaman
$1.7
This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Notion Thief
Notion Thief
Creature — Human Rogue
$1.52
Flash If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.
Uglúk of the White Hand
Uglúk of the White Hand
Legendary Creature — Orc Soldier
$0.16
Whenever another creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Uglúk. If that creature was a Goblin or Orc, put two +1/+1 counters on Uglúk instead.
Archmage of Runes
Archmage of Runes
Creature — Giant Wizard
$3.67
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
The Balrog of Moria
The Balrog of Moria
Legendary Creature — Avatar Demon
$0.48
Trample, haste When The Balrog of Moria dies, you may exile it. When you do, for each opponent, exile up to one target creature that player controls. Cycling {3}{R} ({3}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, create two Treasure tokens.
Gorbag of Minas Morgul
Gorbag of Minas Morgul
Legendary Creature — Orc Soldier
$0.23
Whenever a Goblin or Orc you control deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. When you do, choose one — • Draw a card. • Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Moria Marauder
Moria Marauder
Creature — Goblin Warrior
$0.42
Double strike Whenever a Goblin or Orc you control deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.
Vivi Ornitier
Vivi Ornitier
Legendary Creature — Wizard
$32.07
{0}: Add X mana in any combination of {U} and/or {R}, where X is Vivi Ornitier's power. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Vivi Ornitier and it deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
$0.23
Flash You may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Gandalf as your Ring-bearer, draw a card.

Instants (14)

Saruman's Trickery
Saruman's Trickery
Instant
$0.25
Counter target spell. Amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Flame of Anor
Flame of Anor
Instant
$3.61
Choose one. If you control a Wizard as you cast this spell, you may choose two instead. • Target player draws two cards. • Destroy target artifact. • Flame of Anor deals 5 damage to target creature.
Arcane Denial
Arcane Denial
Instant
$1.91
Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Orcish Medicine
Orcish Medicine
Instant
$0.2
Target creature gains your choice of lifelink or indestructible until end of turn. Amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Soul's Fire
Soul's Fire
Instant
$0.27
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to any target.
Dark Ritual
Dark Ritual
Instant
$0.44
Add {B}{B}{B}.
Dig Through Time
Dig Through Time
Instant
$0.3
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Mana Sculpt
Mana Sculpt
Instant
$0.8
Counter target spell. If you control a Wizard, add an amount of {C} equal to the amount of mana spent to cast that spell at the beginning of your next main phase.
Sauron's Ransom
Sauron's Ransom
Instant
$0.57
Choose an opponent. They look at the top four cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. The Ring tempts you.
Big Score
Big Score
Instant
$0.41
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Cyclonic Rift
Cyclonic Rift
Instant
$30.1
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Unexpected Windfall
Unexpected Windfall
Instant
$1.78
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Seething Song
Seething Song
Instant
$6.78
Add {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.
The Last Agni Kai
The Last Agni Kai
Instant
$2.14
Target creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. If the creature the opponent controls is dealt excess damage this way, add that much {R}. Until end of turn, you don't lose unspent red mana as steps and phases end.

Sorceries (14)

Blasphemous Act
Blasphemous Act
Sorcery
$0.72
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.
Summons of Saruman
Summons of Saruman
Sorcery
$0.38
Amass Orcs X. Mill X cards. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value X or less from among them without paying its mana cost. (To amass Orcs X, put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.) Flashback—{3}{U}{R}, Exile X cards from your graveyard.
Treason of Isengard
Treason of Isengard
Sorcery
$0.18
Put up to one target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library. Amass Orcs 2. (To amass Orcs 2, put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Foray of Orcs
Foray of Orcs
Sorcery
$0.19
Amass Orcs 2. When you do, Foray of Orcs deals X damage to target creature an opponent controls, where X is the amassed Army's power. (To amass Orcs 2, put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Feed the Swarm
Feed the Swarm
Sorcery
$0.22
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Volcanic Salvo
Volcanic Salvo
Sorcery
$0.2
This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control. Volcanic Salvo deals 6 damage to each of up to two target creatures and/or planeswalkers.
Essence Harvest
Essence Harvest
Sorcery
$0.35
Target player loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
Rite of Consumption
Rite of Consumption
Sorcery
$2.9
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Rite of Consumption deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target player or planeswalker. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Invade the City
Invade the City
Sorcery
$0.2
Amass Zombies X, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
Gravitic Punch
Gravitic Punch
Sorcery
$0.17
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target player. Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
Gandalf's Sanction
Gandalf's Sanction
Sorcery
$0.19
Gandalf's Sanction deals X damage to target creature, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. Excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead.
Widespread Brutality
Widespread Brutality
Sorcery
$1.03
Amass Zombies 2, then the Army you amassed deals damage equal to its power to each non-Army creature. (To amass Zombies 2, put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
Swarming of Moria
Swarming of Moria
Sorcery
$0.18
Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Amass Orcs 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Mana Geyser
Mana Geyser
Sorcery
$0.57
Add {R} for each tapped land your opponents control.

Artifacts (1)

Wayfarer's Bauble
Wayfarer's Bauble
Artifact
$0.31
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Enchantments (2)

Retribution of the Ancients
Retribution of the Ancients
Enchantment
$0.55
{B}, Remove X +1/+1 counters from among creatures you control: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Pain for All
Pain for All
Enchantment — Aura
$1.11
Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, enchanted creature deals damage equal to its power to any other target. Whenever enchanted creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to each opponent.

Lands (38)

Rogue's Passage
Rogue's Passage
Land
$0.29
{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Barad-dûr
Barad-dûr
Legendary Land
$1.88
Barad-dûr enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {B}. {X}{X}{B}, {T}: Amass Orcs X. Activate only if a creature died this turn.
The Black Gate
The Black Gate
Legendary Land — Gate
$9.36
As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}, {T}: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.
Reliquary Tower
Reliquary Tower
Land
$4.19
You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.
Desolate Lighthouse
Desolate Lighthouse
Land
$0.21
{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{R}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Bojuka Bog
Bojuka Bog
Land
$0.99
This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.
Field of Ruin
Field of Ruin
Land
$0.27
{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
Legendary Land
$14.39
Minas Morgul enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {3}{B}, {T}: Put a shadow counter on target creature. For as long as that creature has a shadow counter on it, it's a Wraith in addition to its other types. (A creature with shadow can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Mines of Moria
Mines of Moria
Legendary Land
$3.81
Mines of Moria enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {R}. {3}{R}, {T}, Exile three cards from your graveyard: Create two Treasure tokens.
Rivendell
Rivendell
Legendary Land
$1.06
Rivendell enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {U}. {1}{U}, {T}: Scry 2. Activate only if you control a legendary creature.
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
Legendary Land
$14.31
Boseiju enters tapped. {T}, Pay 2 life: Add {C}. If that mana is spent on an instant or sorcery spell, that spell can't be countered.
Mystic Sanctuary
Mystic Sanctuary
Land — Island
$1
({T}: Add {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Command Tower
Command Tower
Land
$0.24
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sulfur Falls
Sulfur Falls
Land
$0.25
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.
Crumbling Necropolis
Crumbling Necropolis
Land
$0.3
This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.
Dragonskull Summit
Dragonskull Summit
Land
$0.44
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.
Drowned Catacomb
Drowned Catacomb
Land
$0.47
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.
Sunken Hollow
Sunken Hollow
Land — Island Swamp
$0.29
({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Basic lands: 5 Swamp 7 Island 8 Mountain
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