WaterFall by user3292657

Format: Commander

Commander: Gandalf, Shadow's Foe

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a mono-blue landfall-value deck helmed by Gandalf, Shadow's Foe. The core plan is to accelerate into a turn-6-7 Gandalf, then chain multiple land drops per turn (via the commander's own ETB, fetch lands, Sword of the Animist, Dreamscape Artist, etc.) to draw cards, put +1/+1 counters on Gandalf, and trigger a suite of landfall payoffs. A dense cloning subtheme (Sakashima of a Thousand Faces, Spark Double, Auton Soldier, Impostor Syndrome) lets the deck flood the board with non-legendary copies of Gandalf or other value creatures, generating overwhelming card advantage and an army of large attackers. The primary win condition is combat damage through multiple copies of Gandalf, often accelerated by Genji Glove for extra combats. There is no infinite combo; the deck wins by out-valuing opponents and overwhelming them with sheer board presence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Auton Soldier
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Council of Reeds
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dreamscape Artist
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Extravagant Replication
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Gogo, Master of Mimicry
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Impostor Syndrome
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 36 Island
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Kefnet's Monument
  • 1 Long-Term Plans
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mirror Box
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Multiversal Recruitment
  • 1 Octopus Form
  • 1 Orvar, the All-Form
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 River's Rebuke
  • 1 Roil Elemental
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Stunt Double
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wizard's Staff