Gandalf: Kingmaking and Betrayal by setojonkaiba

Format: Commander

Commander: Gandalf the White

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 59

Deck overview

This mono-white deck is commanded by Gandalf the White, functioning as a potent Stax and Historic Token Midrange strategy. The deck seeks to severely restrict opposing resource development and spell velocity using dense Rule of Law effects, tax pieces, and untap denial like Archon of Emeria, Drannith Magistrate, Rule of Law, and Winter Orb. While opponents are bottlenecked, Gandalf provides asymmetric timing by granting flash to all artifact and legendary spells, alongside doubling enters- and leaves-the-battlefield triggers. This fuels explosive card draw and massive token production via cards like Horn of Gondor, Myrel, Shield of Argive, Thousand Moons Smithy, and doublers like Mondrak, Glory Dominus and Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation. Protected by premier defensive tools including Grand Abolisher, Teferi's Protection, and Clever Concealment, the deck breaks parity effortlessly and closes games in a single combat step utilizing Akroma's Will.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Cataclysm
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Court of Ardenvale
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Crackdown
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Dusk Rose Reliquary
  • 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Ethersworn Canonist
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Gandalf the White
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Horn of Gondor
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 King Solomon's Frogs
  • 1 Kor Haven
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Loxodon Gatekeeper
  • 1 Luminarch Ascension
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Moat
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 25 Plains
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
  • 1 Serra's Sanctum
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Thalia, the Survivor
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Winter Orb