Saruman of Many Colors

Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard

Mana cost: {3}{W}{U}{B}

How we read this card

Ward—Discard an enchantment, instant, or sorcery card.

Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, each opponent mills two cards.

triggered — mills a card

makes mill a card

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.

triggered — brings a card back

makes exile an enchantment
makes exile an instant
makes exile a sorcery
makes an enchantment leaves a graveyard
makes an instant leaves a graveyard
makes a sorcery leaves a graveyard

triggered — copies a spell

makes copy an enchantment
makes copy an instant
makes copy a sorcery

triggered —

makes cast an enchantment
makes cast an instant
makes cast a sorcery

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: mill a card, exile an enchantment, exile an instant, exile a sorcery, an enchantment leaves a graveyard, an instant leaves a graveyard, a sorcery leaves a graveyard, copy an enchantment, copy an instant, copy a sorcery, cast an enchantment, cast an instant, cast a sorcery.

Cares about: an enchantment in a graveyard, an instant in a graveyard, a sorcery in a graveyard.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Saruman of Many Colors onto the battlefield from your library
Polymorph — Polymorph can put Saruman of Many Colors onto the battlefield from your library
Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Saruman of Many Colors onto the battlefield from your library
Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Saruman of Many Colors onto the battlefield from your library
Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Saruman of Many Colors onto the battlefield from your library
Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Saruman of Many Colors onto the battlefield from your library
Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Saruman of Many Colors onto the battlefield from your library
Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Saruman of Many Colors onto the battlefield from your library
Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Saruman of Many Colors onto the battlefield from your library
Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Saruman of Many Colors onto the battlefield from your library
Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put Saruman of Many Colors onto the battlefield from your library

12 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is copied — 83 cards in the game can cause this (Saruman of Many Colors is one).

Mage Hunter — When an instant is copied thanks to Saruman of Many Colors, Mage Hunter makes a player lose 1 life

30 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is milled — 772 cards in the game can cause this (Saruman of Many Colors is one).

Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When a permanent makes a player mill a card thanks to Saruman of Many Colors, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Saruman of Many Colors is one).

Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Saruman of Many Colors enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Saruman of Many Colors is one).

Diviner's Wand — When Saruman of Many Colors enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Saruman of Many Colors is one).

The War Doctor — When an enchantment, instant or sorcery is exiled thanks to Saruman of Many Colors, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Saruman of Many Colors is one).

Defiler of Faith — When Saruman of Many Colors is cast, Defiler of Faith makes a token
Defiler of Flesh — When Saruman of Many Colors is cast, Defiler of Flesh gives +1/+1
Defiler of Dreams — When Saruman of Many Colors is cast, Defiler of Dreams draws you 1 card
Pollywog Prodigy — When an enchantment is cast thanks to Saruman of Many Colors, Pollywog Prodigy draws you 1 card
Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — When an enchantment is cast thanks to Saruman of Many Colors, Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer gets +1/+1
Chimeric Egg — When an enchantment is cast thanks to Saruman of Many Colors, Chimeric Egg puts a charge counter on itself
Soul-Scar Mage — When an enchantment is cast thanks to Saruman of Many Colors, Soul-Scar Mage gets +1/+1
Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — When an enchantment is cast thanks to Saruman of Many Colors, Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage gets +1/+1
Heartfire Immolator — When an enchantment is cast thanks to Saruman of Many Colors, Heartfire Immolator gets +1/+1
Presence of the Master — When an enchantment is cast thanks to Saruman of Many Colors, Presence of the Master counters a spell

255 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Saruman of Many Colors is one).

When an instant is cast thanks to Saruman of Many Colors:

Niv-Mizzet, Parun — draws you 1 card
Arasta of the Endless Web — makes a token
Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands — taxes the table
Geometric Nexus — puts that spell's mana value charge counters on itself
Rod of Absorption — exiles it

429 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Saruman of Many Colors is one).

When Saruman of Many Colors is cast:

God-Eternal Oketra — makes a token
Primeval Bounty — makes a token

89 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Saruman of Many Colors is one).

Riku of Two Reflections — When Saruman of Many Colors enters, Riku of Two Reflections makes a token

32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.