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Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
USD $0.63
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Gandalf, Friend of the Shire

{3}{U}

Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard

Flash

You may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.

Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Gandalf as your Ring-bearer, draw a card.

"After a hundred years, Hobbits can still surprise you at a pinch."

2 / 4

Flash
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR #501)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
4
Released
2023-11-03
Artist
Dmitry Burmak
EDHREC rank
#5,663
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 0.07
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Draw

Combos 10

Approach of the Second Sun+Memory Lapse+Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
{W}{U}
Win the game
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Ashling, Flame Dancer+Worldfire+Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
{U}{R}
Each opponent loses the gameExile all cards in hands and graveyardsExile all permanentsMass Land DenialNear-infinite lifeloss for all players
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Approach of the Second Sun+Hinder+Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
{W}{U}
Win the game
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Approach of the Second Sun+Lapse of Certainty+Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
{W}{U}
Win the game
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Near-Death Experience+Gandalf, Friend of the Shire+Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel
{G}{W}{U}
Win the game
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Near-Death Experience+Channel+Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
{G}{W}{U}
Win the game
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Sway of the Stars+Myojin of Roaring Blades+Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
{U}{R}
Each opponent loses the gameNear-infinite lifeloss for all playersShuffle all hands, graveyards and permanents on the battlefield into their owner's library
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Approach of the Second Sun+Gandalf, Friend of the Shire+Swat Away
{W}{U}
Win the game
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Approach of the Second Sun+Endless Detour+Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
{G}{W}{U}
Win the game
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Approach of the Second Sun+Gandalf, Friend of the Shire+Sudden Setback
{W}{U}
Win the game
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

All 10 combos.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Birthday Escape 71 %+70.4 %
  2. Soothing of Sméagol 58 %+57.8 %
  3. Glorious Gale 58 %+57.6 %
  4. Flood of Recollection 50 %+47.8 %
  5. Horses of the Bruinen 48 %+47.5 %
  6. Talrand, Sky Summoner 60 %+46.9 %
  7. Inherited Envelope 46 %+45.5 %
  8. Murmuring Mystic 52 %+42.6 %
  9. Elrond, Lord of Rivendell 41 %+40.6 %
  10. Curse of the Swine 51 %+40.4 %
  11. Call to Mind 39 %+38.2 %
  12. Rangers of Ithilien 37 %+36.9 %
  13. Archmage Emeritus 56 %+36.5 %
  14. Haughty Djinn 42 %+35.7 %
  15. Baral, Chief of Compliance 46 %+35.4 %
  16. Ravenform 43 %+35.4 %
  17. Wizards of Thay 36 %+33.9 %
  18. Preordain 56 %+32.6 %
  19. Mocking Sprite 35 %+32.2 %
  20. Wavebreak Hippocamp 42 %+31.6 %
  21. Lórien Revealed 39 %+31.1 %
  22. Dreadful as the Storm 31 %+31.0 %
  23. Glamdring, Foe-hammer 33 %+30.0 %
  24. Blue Sun's Twilight 33 %+29.7 %
  25. Glamdring 30 %+29.5 %
  26. Archmage of Runes 40 %+29.4 %
  27. Day's Undoing 30 %+29.0 %
  28. Mindsplice Apparatus 33 %+28.7 %
  29. Scroll of Isildur 29 %+28.4 %
  30. Wash Out 32 %+27.6 %
  31. Treasure Cruise 37 %+26.9 %
  32. Deep Analysis 32 %+26.9 %
  33. Rivendell 36 %+26.1 %
  34. Ponder 55 %+25.9 %
  35. Shark Typhoon 33 %+25.6 %
  36. Archaeomancer 39 %+25.0 %
  37. Serum Visions 33 %+23.8 %
  38. Solve the Equation 35 %+23.7 %
  39. Invoke the Winds 25 %+22.9 %
  40. Bribery 26 %+22.4 %
  41. Thunderclap Drake 27 %+22.4 %
  42. Aether Gale 24 %+22.3 %
  43. Windfall 44 %+22.1 %
  44. Clone Legion 23 %+20.2 %
  45. Rise from the Tides 22 %+20.2 %
  46. Riptide Laboratory 29 %+19.8 %
  47. Baral's Expertise 21 %+19.5 %
  48. Borrowing 100,000 Arrows 20 %+19.3 %
  49. Sleep 20 %+18.7 %
  50. Naiad of Hidden Coves 20 %+18.4 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 97 %+3.1 %
  2. Sol Ring 78 %-6.7 %
  3. Birthday Escape 71 %+70.4 %
  4. Arcane Signet 64 %-0.5 %
  5. Counterspell 63 %-2.3 %
  6. Sapphire Medallion 61 %+0.9 %
  7. Talrand, Sky Summoner 60 %+46.9 %
  8. Mystic Sanctuary 60 %+9.8 %
  9. Reliquary Tower 59 %+3.0 %
  10. Soothing of Sméagol 58 %+57.8 %
  11. Glorious Gale 58 %+57.6 %
  12. High Tide 58 %+14.0 %
  13. Archmage Emeritus 56 %+36.5 %
  14. Thought Vessel 56 %+4.8 %
  15. Preordain 56 %+32.6 %
  16. Ponder 55 %+25.9 %
  17. Murmuring Mystic 52 %+42.6 %
  18. Curse of the Swine 51 %+40.4 %
  19. Flood of Recollection 50 %+47.8 %
  20. Negate 49 %+12.3 %
  21. Horses of the Bruinen 48 %+47.5 %
  22. Baral, Chief of Compliance 46 %+35.4 %
  23. Inherited Envelope 46 %+45.5 %
  24. Windfall 44 %+22.1 %
  25. Ravenform 43 %+35.4 %
  26. Haughty Djinn 42 %+35.7 %
  27. Wavebreak Hippocamp 42 %+31.6 %
  28. Mind Stone 41 %+7.1 %
  29. Elrond, Lord of Rivendell 41 %+40.6 %
  30. Archmage of Runes 40 %+29.4 %
  31. Frantic Search 40 %+8.3 %
  32. Lórien Revealed 39 %+31.1 %
  33. Archaeomancer 39 %+25.0 %
  34. Call to Mind 39 %+38.2 %
  35. Brainstorm 39 %-1.9 %
  36. Treasure Cruise 37 %+26.9 %
  37. Rangers of Ithilien 37 %+36.9 %
  38. Rivendell 36 %+26.1 %
  39. Wizards of Thay 36 %+33.9 %
  40. Myriad Landscape 35 %+11.2 %
  41. Mocking Sprite 35 %+32.2 %
  42. Solve the Equation 35 %+23.7 %
  43. Propaganda 34 %+2.0 %
  44. Glamdring, Foe-hammer 33 %+30.0 %
  45. Arcane Denial 33 %-4.0 %
  46. Serum Visions 33 %+23.8 %
  47. Shark Typhoon 33 %+25.6 %
  48. Blue Sun's Twilight 33 %+29.7 %
  49. Mindsplice Apparatus 33 %+28.7 %
  50. Hullbreaker Horror 33 %+8.3 %

Format legality

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

Rulings

  • 2023-06-16

    If the creature you choose as your Ring-bearer was already your Ring-bearer, that still counts as choosing that creature as your Ring-bearer for the purpose of abilities that trigger "whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer" or abilities that care about which creature was chosen as your Ring-bearer.

  • 2023-06-16

    The second ability applies only to casting spells. It does not, for example, change when you may activate abilities that can be activated "only as a sorcery."

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