New Gandalf Post Reality Fracture by mwalsh155

Format: Commander

Commander: Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 56

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity mono-red spellslinger and storm list helmed by Gandalf, Goblins' Bane. The core game plan accelerates mana through low-cost rocks and rituals, deploys Gandalf or a key engine creature by Turn 3, and strings together cheap one-mana cantrips to rapidly burn down the entire table. Gandalf turns every noncreature spell into direct damage across all three opponents while growing into a potent combat threat. The list also packs compact infinite win routes, including the classic Dualcaster Mage and Heat Shimmer token loop alongside Storm-Kiln Artist and buyback Haze of Rage. Card velocity is sustained through explosive refill spells like Wheel of Misfortune, Hex Magic, and Underworld Breach. Defensively, efficient red redirection spells and anti-counter tools protect the critical turn from opposing interaction. While vulnerable to heavy stax and fast board wipes, the deck reliably executes a game-ending turn around Turn 4.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Artifact Blast
  • 1 Artifist Acumen
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Burning Inquiry
  • 1 Burnout
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Crash Through
  • 1 Crimson Wisps
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dragon's Desire
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Dwarven Ruins
  • 1 Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Fogwell's Gym
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Haze of Rage
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Impolite Entrance
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magus of the Moon
  • 1 Might of the Meek
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 17 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Sanctum of Eternity
  • 1 Sandstone Needle
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorceress's Schemes
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Stingcaster Mage
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warlord's Fury
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge