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| Format | Legality |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Arena | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Leviathan | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Saruman of Many Colors
Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
Ward—Discard an enchantment, instant or sorcery card. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player discards an enchant, instant or sorcery card.)
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, each opponent mills two cards. When one or more cards are milled this way, exile target enchantment, instant, or sorcery card with equal or lesser mana value than that spell from an opponent's graveyard. Copy the exiled card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
GaussiArson on Is Saruman Of Many Colors …
2 months ago
If you cast a first spell, like Sol Ring and then cast Saruman of Many Colors, will opponents mill from Saruman's second ability?
1empyrean on Advertise your COMMANDER deck!
8 months ago
Saruman of Synthetic Colors
Commander / EDH
100 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER
A casual Saruman of Many Colors deck that's really just an excuse to play Synthesis Pod.
Let me know what you think.
Darsul on
9 months ago
Hey, Just and an FYI Rest in Peace and Saruman of Many Colors would be a non-bo. Rest would stop you from casting a spell you find as no cards were milled (they were exiled).
Azoth2099 on
Saruman, the X man
10 months ago
So, this list is off to a great start in my opinion. I've put together a few lists for Saruman of Many Colors of my own, and the only ones that work at a high level are the ones with literally like 15+ Mana Rocks because of the Commander's MV, so great job there lol.
I do think you need a LOT more low-cost Instants to consistently Trigger Saruman of Many Colors' Ability, though. Mainly 1-drop & 2-drop Counterspells, Cantrips & Removal Spells are what I mean, as they'll allow you to seamlessly meet your proc requirement, draw cards, interact & fill your opponent's Graveyards with things you wanna steal without having to necessarily pivot your focus to do so. I'd consider Mystical Tutor, Swan Song, An Offer You Can't Refuse, Flusterstorm, Dispel, Miscast, Brainstorm, Thought Scour, Winds of Rebuke, Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Silence, Orim's Chant & Disenchant for example. Free spells like Misdirection & Snapback can also carry a lot of weight here, never underestimate the power of a free cast at Instant speed in this deck. Borne Upon a Wind, Quicken & Emergence Zone could enable some craziness as well.
Intentionally filling your opponents yards with things like Mind Grind & Traumatize is also good strategy, but personally I'd be very discerning as to which of those pieces actually make the cut compared to cards like the aforementioned Instants.
Also, I know its expensive but I'd have to recommend Vampiric Tutor here. It was around $90 a little bit ago, and now it's around $40 I think. Better to get it while the getting is good, so to speak.
Cheers!