Current Gandalf party guest by ItsBUDtime

Format: Commander

Commander: Gandalf, Party Guest

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai spellslinger strategy led by Gandalf, Party Guest, turning legendary Wizard tribal synergy into explosive tempo and card advantage. Gandalf's ability scales directly with the count of legendary Wizards under your control, allowing you to cast expensive instant and sorcery spells directly from hand for free at the beginning of combat. The deck transitions into the midgame by chaining cantrips, token generators like Kykar, Wind's Fury and Talrand, Sky Summoner, and damage multipliers like Thousand-Year Storm. Win conditions center around team-wide prowess pumps from Adeliz, the Cinder Wind and Balmor, Battlemage Captain, asymmetric board wipes via Urza's Ruinous Blast, and massive combat blowouts enabled by Surge to Victory. A dense package of low-mana counterspells and removal provides resilience against opposing threats while maintaining high spell velocity.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
• 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
• 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
• 1 Alpine Meadow
• 1 Aminatou's Augury
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
• 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Bilbo's Gambit
• 1 Bolt Bend
• 1 Bonus Round
• 1 Call Forth the Tempest
• 1 Cancel
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Cosmic Cube
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Crystal Vein
• 1 Deflecting Palm
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Expressive Iteration
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Flame of Anor
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
• 1 Gandalf the Grey
• 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
• 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
• 1 Gandalf, Party Guest
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Glamdring
• 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
• 1 Gogo, Master of Mimicry
• 1 Harmonic Prodigy
• 1 Harmonized Crescendo
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 Improvisation Capstone
• 1 Inspired Ultimatum
• 1 Irrigated Farmland
• 6 Island
• 1 Jori En, Ruin Diver
• 1 Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire
• 1 Kaza, Roil Chaser
• 1 Key to the Side-Door
• 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
• 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
• 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
• 1 Mana Sculpt
• 1 Mnemonic Deluge
• 4 Mountain
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Perilous Landscape
• 4 Plains
• 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
• 1 Radiant Summit
• 1 Raise the Palisade
• 1 Rapturous Moment
• 1 Resonating Lute
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Secluded Courtyard
• 1 Secret Tunnel
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Step Through
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Stormcarved Coast
• 1 Sundown Pass
• 1 Surge to Victory
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Creativity
• 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1 Tellah, Great Sage
• 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
• 1 The Grey Havens
• 1 Thousand-Year Storm
• 1 Urza's Ruinous Blast
• 1 Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
• 1 Whirlwind of Thought
• 1 Wisdom of Ages
• 1 Wizard's Retort
• 1 Wizard's Staff