Only Gandalf gets to play by Rowdy_Runaround

Format: Commander

Commander: Gandalf of the Secret Fire

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai spellslinger control deck commanded by Gandalf of the Secret Fire. The strategy revolves around passing the turn with open mana to cast interactive instants and flash spells during opponents' turns. Gandalf exiles these spells with three time counters, giving them suspend so they cast again for free three turns later. The deck controls the board state using efficient spot removal, countermagic, and sweepers like Raise the Palisade and Blasphemous Act. As suspended spells reach their final counters, they create explosive turns of free spellcasts that trigger burn enablers such as Fiery Inscription and Erebor Flamesmith. With supplemental card advantage from Rhystic Study and Chimil, the Inner Sun, the deck grinds down opposing life totals while maintaining full control over the stack and battlefield.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Arcane Lighthouse
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1 As Foretold
• 1 Banishing Light
• 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
• 1 Borne Upon a Wind
• 1 Call Forth the Tempest
• 1 Cast into the Fire
• 1 Chain Reaction
• 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Courageous Resolve
• 1 Cryptic Serpent
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Display of Power
• 1 Dream Fracture
• 1 Earthquake
• 1 Echo Mage
• 1 Emergence Zone
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Erebor Flamesmith
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fell Beast's Shriek
• 1 Fell the Mighty
• 1 Fiery Inscription
• 1 Flame of Anor
• 1 Fumigate
• 1 Gandalf of the Secret Fire
• 1 Gandalf the Grey
• 1 Gandalf the White
• 1 Gandalf's Sanction
• 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Glamdring
• 1 Glorious Gale
• 1 Hithlain Knots
• 1 Horses of the Bruinen
• 6 Island
• 1 Karmic Justice
• 1 Learn from the Past
• 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
• 1 Lost to Legend
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mines of Moria
• 1 Mists of Lórien
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Confluence
• 1 Naru Meha, Master Wizard
• 1 Negate
• 1 Olórin's Searing Light
• 1 Opt
• 1 Pelargir Survivor
• 6 Plains
• 1 Plateau
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Preordain
• 1 Press the Enemy
• 1 Quistis Trepe
• 1 Raise the Palisade
• 1 Reprieve
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Smite the Deathless
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soothing of Sméagol
• 1 Sorcerous Squall
• 1 Stone of Erech
• 1 Storm of Saruman
• 1 Subjugate the Hobbits
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 The Bath Song
• 1 The Battle of Bywater
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Time Warp
• 1 Treason of Isengard
• 1 Tundra
• 1 Volcanic Island
• 1 White Auracite
• 1 You Cannot Pass!