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Saruman Orc Control for $92
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Est deck cost: $109.44
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Commander

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Saruman, the White Hand

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}.

Creature
Saruman, the White Hand (ltc) 8

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Land

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Choked Estuary

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Choked Estuary (lcc) 322
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (woc) 156
Crosis's Catacombs

When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you return a non-Lair land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Land
Crosis's Catacombs (dmr) 242
Crumbling Necropolis

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Land
Crumbling Necropolis (brc) 179
Dragonskull Summit

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Dragonskull Summit (dmc) 207
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (brc) 185
Foreboding Ruins

As this land enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Foreboding Ruins (soi) 272
Frostboil Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Frostboil Snarl (lcc) 332
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (woe) 270
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (woe) 273
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (cmr) 353
Shivan Reef

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Shivan Reef (ori) 251
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (woe) 272
Underground River

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Underground River (10e) 362

Land

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Artifact

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (woc) 145
Boots of Speed

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has haste. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Boots of Speed (afr) 133
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (40k) 233
Dimir Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Artifact
Dimir Signet (woc) 146
Izzet Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Artifact
Izzet Signet (mm3) 223
Lotus Bloom

Suspend 3—{0} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {0} and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color.

Artifact
Lotus Bloom (tsr) 270
Obelisk of Grixis

{T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Artifact
Obelisk of Grixis (ala) 214
Rakdos Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (scd) 272
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (woc) 149
Talisman of Creativity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (cmm) 979
Team Pennant

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has vigilance and trample. Equip creature token {1} Equip {3}

Artifact
Team Pennant (stx) 260

Artifact

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Planeswalker

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Angrath, Captain of Chaos

Creatures you control have menace. −2: 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.)

Planeswalker
Angrath, Captain of Chaos (war) 227
Narset, Parter of Veils

Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn. −2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Planeswalker
Narset, Parter of Veils (war) 61

Planeswalker

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Creature

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Flux Channeler

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Flux Channeler (cmm) 847
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs

Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks, if you're the defending player, create a 3/3 red Ogre creature token unless that creature's controller pays {3}.

Creature
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs (cmm) 237
Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that spell's mana value. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat (clb) 402
Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain

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.

Creature
Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain (ltr) 214
Orcish Siegemaster

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.

Creature
Orcish Siegemaster (ltc) 435

Creature

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Sorcery

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Honor the God-Pharaoh

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards. Amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter 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.)

Sorcery
Honor the God-Pharaoh (war) 132
Insult

Sorcery
Insult // Injury (akh) 213
Invade the City

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.)

Sorcery
Invade the City (war) 201
Killing Wave

For each creature, its controller sacrifices it unless they pay X life.

Sorcery
Killing Wave (avr) 111
Mordor Muster

You draw a card and you lose 1 life. 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.)

Sorcery
Mordor Muster (ltr) 547
Plan the Heist

Surveil 3 if you have no cards in hand. Then draw three cards. (To surveil 3, look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) Plot {3}{U} (You may pay {3}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Sorcery
Plan the Heist (otj) 62
Ringsight

The Ring tempts you. Search your library for a card that shares a color with a legendary creature you control, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Ringsight (ltr) 220
Sword-Point Diplomacy

Reveal the top three cards of your library. For each of those cards, put that card into your hand unless any opponent pays 3 life. Then exile the rest.

Sorcery
Sword-Point Diplomacy (xln) 126
Widespread Brutality

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.)

Sorcery
Widespread Brutality (war) 226

Sorcery

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Enchantment

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Alexi's Cloak

Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Enchantment
Alexi's Cloak (pcy) 29
Book of Mazarbul

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — 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.) II — Amass Orcs 2. III — Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain menace until end of turn.

Enchantment
Book of Mazarbul (ltr) 116
Citadel of Pain

At the beginning of each player's end step, this enchantment deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of untapped lands they control.

Enchantment
Citadel of Pain (pcy) 86
Dreadhorde Invasion

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter 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.) Whenever a Zombie token you control with power 6 or greater attacks, it gains lifelink until end of turn.

Enchantment
Dreadhorde Invasion (cmm) 866
Everlasting Torment

Players can't gain life. Damage can't be prevented. All damage is dealt as though its source had wither. (A source with wither deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)

Enchantment
Everlasting Torment (c16) 233
Exchange of Words

When this enchantment enters, choose two target creatures. For as long as this enchantment remains on the battlefield, exchange the text boxes of those creatures.

Enchantment
Exchange of Words (unf) 45
Fervor

Creatures you control have haste. (They can attack and {T} as soon as they come under your control.)

Enchantment
Fervor (m13) 129
Leyline of Anticipation

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. You may cast spells as though they had flash.

Enchantment
Leyline of Anticipation (wot) 23
Leyline of Punishment

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. Players can't gain life. Damage can't be prevented.

Enchantment
Leyline of Punishment (m11) 148
March from the Black Gate

When this enchantment enters and whenever an Army you control attacks, 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.)

Enchantment
March from the Black Gate (ltr) 94
Phyrexian Tyranny

Whenever a player draws a card, that player loses 2 life unless they pay {2}.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Tyranny (2x2) 262
Rising of the Day

Creatures you control have haste. Legendary creatures you control get +1/+0.

Enchantment
Rising of the Day (ltr) 145
Stasis Field

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 0/2, has defender, and loses all other abilities.

Enchantment
Stasis Field (mom) 79
The Trickster-God's Heist

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — You may exchange control of two target creatures. II — You may exchange control of two target nonbasic, noncreature permanents that share a card type. III — Target player loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

Enchantment
The Trickster-God's Heist (khm) 232
Uphill Battle

Creatures played by your opponents enter tapped.

Enchantment
Uphill Battle (mmq) 222
War Tax

{X}{U}: This turn, creatures can't attack unless their controller pays {X} for each attacking creature they control.

Enchantment
War Tax (mmq) 113

Enchantment

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Instant

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Assimilate Essence

Counter target creature or battle spell unless its controller pays {4}. If they do, you incubate 2. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

Instant
Assimilate Essence (mom) 47
Blazing Salvo

Blazing Salvo deals 3 damage to target creature unless that creature's controller has Blazing Salvo deal 5 damage to them.

Instant
Blazing Salvo (ody) 178
Commence the Endgame

This spell can't be countered. Draw two cards, then amass Zombies X, where X is the number of cards in your hand. (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.)

Instant
Commence the Endgame (war) 45
Countersquall

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life.

Instant
Countersquall (uma) 198
Fling

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Fling deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.

Instant
Fling (jmp) 320
Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Frantic Search (dmr) 51
Grip of Amnesia

Counter target spell unless its controller exiles all cards from their graveyard. Draw a card.

Instant
Grip of Amnesia (jud) 41
Izzet Charm

Choose one — • Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}. • Izzet Charm deals 2 damage to target creature. • Draw two cards, then discard two cards.

Instant
Izzet Charm (rtr) 172
Lazotep Plating

Amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter 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.) You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Lazotep Plating (scd) 57
Mana Leak

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Instant
Mana Leak (8ed) 89
Monstrous Rage

Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Create a Monster Role token attached to it. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample.)

Instant
Monstrous Rage (woe) 142
Perplex

Counter target spell unless its controller discards their hand. Transmute {1}{U}{B} ({1}{U}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Instant
Perplex (rav) 217
Power Sink

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Instant
Power Sink (6ed) 87
Risk Factor

Target opponent may have Risk Factor deal 4 damage to them. If that player doesn't, you draw three cards. 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.)

Instant
Risk Factor (grn) 113
Spell Pierce

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Instant
Spell Pierce (neo) 80
Temur Battle Rage

Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. Ferocious — That creature also gains trample until end of turn if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

Instant
Temur Battle Rage (cmm) 264
Terror

Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terror (dmr) 312
Turn Aside

Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.

Instant
Turn Aside (plst) EMN-78
Uncaged Fury

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains double strike until end of turn.

Instant
Uncaged Fury (m20) 163
You Come to a River

Choose one — • Fight the Current — Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. • Find a Crossing — Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

Instant
You Come to a River (afr) 83
You See a Guard Approach

Choose one — • Distract the Guard — Tap target creature. • Hide — Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
You See a Guard Approach (afr) 85

Instant

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0 mana - 6 cards
32 pips - 27 cards
26 mana - 24 cards
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25 mana - 23 cards
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26 mana - 24 cards
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