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Gandalf, Wandering Wizard
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Gandalf, Wandering Wizard

{4}{U}

Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard

Ward {3} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {3}.)

{6}: Gandalf's owner shuffles him into their library and draws three cards.

"May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks."

4 / 5

Ward
Set
The Hobbit (HOB #41)
Rarity
Common
Mana value
5
Released
2026-08-14
Artist
Irvin Rodriguez
EDHREC rank
#23,402
Colour identity
{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.00
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Draw

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Preordain 58 %+34.2 %
  2. Training Grounds 38 %+31.4 %
  3. Consider 46 %+31.1 %
  4. Peregrine Drake 38 %+30.4 %
  5. Step Through 35 %+29.6 %
  6. Stock Up 35 %+29.6 %
  7. Mind Stone 62 %+27.3 %
  8. Frantic Search 58 %+26.1 %
  9. Wayfarer's Bauble 42 %+25.7 %
  10. Ponder 54 %+24.6 %
  11. Vedalken Aethermage 27 %+24.4 %
  12. Into the Flood Maw 31 %+23.7 %
  13. Ghostly Flicker 35 %+23.0 %
  14. Campfire 23 %+22.7 %
  15. Murmuring Mystic 31 %+21.5 %
  16. Basalt Monolith 31 %+20.9 %
  17. Windfall 42 %+20.7 %
  18. Cloud of Faeries 23 %+19.3 %
  19. Displace 23 %+19.1 %
  20. Snap 38 %+19.0 %
  21. Deadeye Navigator 23 %+18.8 %
  22. Lórien Revealed 27 %+18.7 %
  23. Bender's Waterskin 31 %+18.7 %
  24. Laboratory Maniac 38 %+18.5 %
  25. Elrond, Moon-Reader 19 %+18.4 %
  26. Trinket Mage 27 %+18.0 %
  27. Fabricate 38 %+17.9 %
  28. Opt 42 %+17.4 %
  29. Displacer Kitten 27 %+17.3 %
  30. Trophy Mage 23 %+17.1 %
  31. Rings of Brighthearth 23 %+16.9 %
  32. Archaeomancer 31 %+16.4 %
  33. Sleight of Hand 19 %+16.3 %
  34. Omen Hawker 19 %+15.9 %
  35. Sage of the Unknowable 15 %+15.2 %
  36. Thassa's Oracle 27 %+14.9 %
  37. Impulse 19 %+14.8 %
  38. Guidelight Optimizer 15 %+14.7 %
  39. Bilbo Baggins, Burglar 15 %+14.5 %
  40. The Bath Song 15 %+14.4 %
  41. Augur of Bolas 15 %+14.1 %
  42. Wizard's Staff 19 %+13.9 %
  43. High Tide 58 %+13.8 %
  44. Heartstone 15 %+13.7 %
  45. Ravenhill Flock 15 %+13.7 %
  46. Arcane Denial 50 %+13.1 %
  47. Negate 50 %+12.9 %
  48. Sensei's Divining Top 27 %+12.6 %
  49. Mischievous Mystic 19 %+12.4 %
  50. Tribute Mage 19 %+12.2 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 96 %+2.4 %
  2. Sol Ring 73 %-11.6 %
  3. Arcane Signet 73 %+8.4 %
  4. Thought Vessel 62 %+10.3 %
  5. Mind Stone 62 %+27.3 %
  6. Preordain 58 %+34.2 %
  7. Mystic Sanctuary 58 %+7.9 %
  8. Counterspell 58 %-8.0 %
  9. High Tide 58 %+13.8 %
  10. Frantic Search 58 %+26.1 %
  11. Ponder 54 %+24.6 %
  12. Arcane Denial 50 %+13.1 %
  13. Negate 50 %+12.9 %
  14. Brainstorm 46 %+5.4 %
  15. Consider 46 %+31.1 %
  16. Opt 42 %+17.4 %
  17. Wayfarer's Bauble 42 %+25.7 %
  18. Sapphire Medallion 42 %-17.4 %
  19. Windfall 42 %+20.7 %
  20. Fabricate 38 %+17.9 %
  21. Swan Song 38 %+10.8 %
  22. Snap 38 %+19.0 %
  23. Peregrine Drake 38 %+30.4 %
  24. Laboratory Maniac 38 %+18.5 %
  25. Training Grounds 38 %+31.4 %
  26. Stock Up 35 %+29.6 %
  27. Step Through 35 %+29.6 %
  28. Reliquary Tower 35 %-21.5 %
  29. Ghostly Flicker 35 %+23.0 %
  30. An Offer You Can't Refuse 35 %-4.5 %
  31. Fierce Guardianship 31 %+8.4 %
  32. Rhystic Study 31 %-0.2 %
  33. Mystic Remora 31 %+4.6 %
  34. Bender's Waterskin 31 %+18.7 %
  35. Murmuring Mystic 31 %+21.5 %
  36. Archaeomancer 31 %+16.4 %
  37. Sky Diamond 31 %+8.9 %
  38. Into the Flood Maw 31 %+23.7 %
  39. Otawara, Soaring City 31 %+4.9 %
  40. Basalt Monolith 31 %+20.9 %
  41. Force of Will 27 %+10.3 %
  42. Thassa's Oracle 27 %+14.9 %
  43. Lórien Revealed 27 %+18.7 %
  44. Sensei's Divining Top 27 %+12.6 %
  45. Propaganda 27 %-4.7 %
  46. Force of Negation 27 %+11.8 %
  47. Trinket Mage 27 %+18.0 %
  48. Hullbreaker Horror 27 %+2.6 %
  49. Archmage Emeritus 27 %+7.0 %
  50. Displacer Kitten 27 %+17.3 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗
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