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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
#21,317
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 0.14
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. Training Grounds 39 %+31.7 %
  2. Preordain 55 %+31.5 %
  3. Step Through 35 %+30.6 %
  4. Stock Up 35 %+30.2 %
  5. Peregrine Drake 35 %+27.5 %
  6. Into the Flood Maw 32 %+25.0 %
  7. Consider 39 %+23.5 %
  8. Vedalken Aethermage 26 %+23.3 %
  9. Frantic Search 55 %+22.8 %
  10. Basalt Monolith 32 %+22.6 %
  11. Ponder 52 %+22.5 %
  12. Wayfarer's Bauble 39 %+22.3 %
  13. Fabricate 42 %+21.6 %
  14. Mind Stone 55 %+20.7 %
  15. Ghostly Flicker 32 %+20.7 %
  16. Windfall 42 %+20.7 %
  17. Trinket Mage 29 %+20.3 %
  18. Rings of Brighthearth 26 %+19.8 %
  19. Bender's Waterskin 32 %+19.6 %
  20. Campfire 19 %+19.0 %
  21. Cloud of Faeries 23 %+18.8 %
  22. Displace 23 %+18.6 %
  23. Laboratory Maniac 39 %+18.3 %
  24. Deadeye Navigator 23 %+18.3 %
  25. Lórien Revealed 26 %+17.7 %
  26. Thassa's Oracle 29 %+17.1 %
  27. Murmuring Mystic 26 %+16.8 %
  28. Isochron Scepter 32 %+16.3 %
  29. Displacer Kitten 26 %+16.2 %
  30. Omen Hawker 19 %+16.0 %
  31. Tribute Mage 23 %+15.8 %
  32. Force of Will 32 %+15.7 %
  33. Snap 35 %+15.6 %
  34. Guidelight Optimizer 16 %+15.5 %
  35. Bilbo Baggins, Burglar 16 %+15.4 %
  36. Elrond, Moon-Reader 16 %+15.2 %
  37. Mox Amber 23 %+15.0 %
  38. Archaeomancer 29 %+14.8 %
  39. Sensei's Divining Top 29 %+14.8 %
  40. Heartstone 16 %+14.4 %
  41. High Tide 58 %+14.3 %
  42. Plunder the Trollshaws 16 %+14.3 %
  43. Ravenhill Flock 16 %+14.3 %
  44. Opt 39 %+14.0 %
  45. Force of Negation 29 %+13.9 %
  46. The One Ring 26 %+13.9 %
  47. Trophy Mage 19 %+13.6 %
  48. Sleight of Hand 16 %+13.2 %
  49. Mox Opal 23 %+13.1 %
  50. Sage of the Unknowable 13 %+12.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 97 %+2.9 %
  2. Sol Ring 74 %-10.3 %
  3. Arcane Signet 71 %+6.2 %
  4. Thought Vessel 61 %+10.0 %
  5. High Tide 58 %+14.3 %
  6. Mind Stone 55 %+20.7 %
  7. Preordain 55 %+31.5 %
  8. Frantic Search 55 %+22.8 %
  9. Counterspell 52 %-14.0 %
  10. Mystic Sanctuary 52 %+1.9 %
  11. Ponder 52 %+22.5 %
  12. Brainstorm 48 %+7.6 %
  13. Negate 45 %+8.0 %
  14. Arcane Denial 45 %+8.2 %
  15. Windfall 42 %+20.7 %
  16. Sapphire Medallion 42 %-17.5 %
  17. Fabricate 42 %+21.6 %
  18. Wayfarer's Bauble 39 %+22.3 %
  19. Opt 39 %+14.0 %
  20. Training Grounds 39 %+31.7 %
  21. Laboratory Maniac 39 %+18.3 %
  22. Consider 39 %+23.5 %
  23. Swan Song 39 %+10.9 %
  24. An Offer You Can't Refuse 35 %-4.0 %
  25. Snap 35 %+15.6 %
  26. Peregrine Drake 35 %+27.5 %
  27. Stock Up 35 %+30.2 %
  28. Step Through 35 %+30.6 %
  29. Force of Will 32 %+15.7 %
  30. Reliquary Tower 32 %-23.6 %
  31. Into the Flood Maw 32 %+25.0 %
  32. Rhystic Study 32 %+1.8 %
  33. Mystic Remora 32 %+6.3 %
  34. Bender's Waterskin 32 %+19.6 %
  35. Basalt Monolith 32 %+22.6 %
  36. Fierce Guardianship 32 %+10.1 %
  37. Ghostly Flicker 32 %+20.7 %
  38. Isochron Scepter 32 %+16.3 %
  39. Thassa's Oracle 29 %+17.1 %
  40. Archaeomancer 29 %+14.8 %
  41. Trinket Mage 29 %+20.3 %
  42. Otawara, Soaring City 29 %+3.1 %
  43. Force of Negation 29 %+13.9 %
  44. Dramatic Reversal 29 %+10.9 %
  45. Sky Diamond 29 %+7.6 %
  46. Sensei's Divining Top 29 %+14.8 %
  47. Fellwar Stone 29 %+9.5 %
  48. Hullbreaker Horror 26 %+1.8 %
  49. Murmuring Mystic 26 %+16.8 %
  50. Displacer Kitten 26 %+16.2 %

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 Legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗
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