A Wizard Is Never Late... (duplicated from Knightwish) by artifactenjoyerqt

Format: Commander

Creator: artifactenjoyerqt

Commander: Gandalf, Party Guest

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Gandalf, Party Guest leads a Jeskai spellslinger deck centered on legendary Wizards and devastating high-cost sorceries. The strategy develops a low-curve board of legendary Wizards like Kaza, Roil Chaser, Balmor, Battlemage Captain, and Ral, Monsoon Mage. Once Gandalf enters, his combat trigger evaluates your legendary Wizard count and casts game-warping extra-turn and extra-combat spells from hand for free. Chaining spells like Temporal Manipulation, Expropriate, and Full Throttle generates overwhelming tempo, while massive team buffs from Akroma's Will or burn damage from Vivi Ornitier and Gandalf, Goblins' Bane rapidly close out the game. Alternatively, Approach of the Second Sun provides an alternate direct victory when paired with wheel effects or heavy card draw.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Aminatou's Augury
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Azami, Lady of Scrolls
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Cadric, Soul Kindler
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Capture of Jingzhou
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
  • 1 Gandalf the White
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Gandalf, Party Guest
  • 1 Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Gogo, Master of Mimicry
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kaza, Roil Chaser
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Krark, the Thumbless
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Multiversal Incursion
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage
  • 1 Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rise of the Eldrazi
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Urza's Ruinous Blast
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Walk the Aeons
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 World at War