---
name: "Saruman of Many Colors"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{U}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard"
colors: ["B", "U", "W"]
color_identity: ["B", "U", "W"]
keywords: ["Ward", "Mill"]
set: "HOC"
set_name: "The Hobbit Eternal"
collector_number: "35"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "rk post"
oracle_id: "c2d04138-cc17-4dd0-9a4c-9c87df72ed01"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/saruman-of-many-colors-hoc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Saruman of Many Colors
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{U}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4
- **Keywords:** Ward, Mill

## Oracle Text
Ward—Discard an enchantment, 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Saruman the White](/printing/saruman-the-white-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
2. [Storm of Saruman](/printing/storm-of-saruman-ltr.md) — Enchantment
3. [Saruman, the White Hand](/printing/saruman-the-white-hand-ltc.md) — Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
4. [Manic Scribe](/printing/manic-scribe-j21.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Summons of Saruman](/printing/summons-of-saruman-ltc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Gandalf, Wandering Wizard](/printing/gandalf-wandering-wizard-hob.md) — Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #35
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** rk post
- **Total Printings:** 35 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`