Gandalf the White by user6229836

Format: Commander

Commander: Gandalf the White

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This mono-white deck is helmed by Gandalf the White, leveraging his ability to grant flash to legendary and artifact spells while doubling triggered abilities of legendary permanents and artifacts entering or leaving the battlefield. The core strategy revolves around a dense flicker/blink package (Cloudshift, Ephemerate, Eerie Interlude, Teleportation Circle, The Mind Stone) to repeatedly trigger ETB/LTB effects on artifact creatures and legendary permanents, generating card advantage, token swarms, and incremental value. The primary win condition is combat, using large artifact creatures like Myr Battlesphere and Wurmcoil Engine backed by Akroma's Will for a finishing blow. The deck lacks infinite combos and instead grinds out advantage through repeated flicker loops, token multiplication (Mondrak, Glory Dominus, Mirrorworks, Ultron, Artificial Malevolence), and resilient recursion from cards like Sanctum Gargoyle and Pre-War Formalwear.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bag End Banquet
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Circuit Mender
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dusk Rose Reliquary
  • 1 Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Fíli the Pathfinder
  • 1 Gandalf the White
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Getaway Glamer
  • 1 Guardian of Ghirapur
  • 1 H.E.R.B.I.E. Scout Unit
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Lae'zel's Acrobatics
  • 1 Lembas
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirror Box
  • 1 Mirror of Life Trapping
  • 1 Mirrorworks
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
  • 23 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Portable Hole
  • 1 Pre-War Formalwear
  • 1 Preston, the Vanisher
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Sanctum Gargoyle
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Sigrid, God-Favored
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyscanner
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
  • 1 Thrór's Map
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Ultron, Artificial Malevolence
  • 1 Urza's Ruinous Blast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine