Gandalf, Party Guest by whambamhamman

Format: Commander

Commander: Gandalf, Party Guest

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai spellslinger and creature-synergy strategy led by Gandalf, Party Guest. It uses a dense suite of legendary Wizards to scale Gandalf's combat ability, allowing you to cast high-impact instants and sorceries from hand for free each turn. Early turns focus on mana ramp, cost reduction, and deploying low-cost legendary Wizards such as Ral, Monsoon Mage, Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage, and Naban, Dean of Iteration. Once Gandalf, Party Guest enters play, the deck cheats expensive draw, board control, and damage spells like Call Forth the Tempest, Distant Melody, and Mystic Confluence during combat. Victory is achieved by compounding noncombat damage through Sorcerer Class Level 3, Collective Inferno, and Gandalf the Grey, supported by combat damage from Murmuring Mystic Bird tokens and anthem effects like Flowering of the White Tree. The deck controls opposing threats with efficient neutralizing auras and counterspells while building toward a midgame finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Aether Channeler
• 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
• 1 Annul
• 1 Aquitect's Defenses
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arni, Humble Scribe
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blossombind
• 1 Bounce Off
• 1 Call Forth the Tempest
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Collective Inferno
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1 Darksteel Mutation
• 1 Distant Melody
• 1 Enchanted River's Grasp
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Firmament Sage
• 1 Flowering of the White Tree
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Gandalf the Grey
• 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
• 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
• 1 Gandalf, Party Guest
• 1 Gandalf, Spark Starter
• 1 Gandalf, Wandering Wizard
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Goblin Electromancer
• 1 Goliath Daydreamer
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hypothesizzle
• 5 Island
• 1 It'll Quench Ya!
• 1 Kasmina's Transmutation
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Mesmerizing Dose
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Murmuring Mystic
• 1 Mystic Confluence
• 1 Mystic Monastery
• 1 Naban, Dean of Iteration
• 1 Nin, the Pain Artist
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Pinecone Strike
• 3 Plains
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
• 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
• 1 Rebuff the Wicked
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Rhet-Tomb Mystic
• 1 Riverpyre Verge
• 1 Robe of Stars
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Shantotto, Tactician Magician
• 1 Sharae of Numbing Depths
• 1 Shore Up
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sorcerer Class
• 1 Spectral Interference
• 1 Spellseeker
• 1 Spider-Man No More
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Step Through
• 1 Stingcaster Mage
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Stormcarved Coast
• 1 Stormcatch Mentor
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Sunbillow Verge
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Creativity
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1 Tempest Angler
• 1 Tersa Lightshatter
• 1 Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage
• 1 Treasure Cruise
• 1 Uncover the Moon-Letters
• 1 Uneasy Partings
• 1 Urza's Incubator
• 1 Vadrik, Astral Archmage
• 1 Wizard Class
• 1 Wizard's Staff
• 1 Zaffai and the Tempests