Gandalf, Pound Town by bdmac97

Format: Commander

Commander: Gandalf, Party Guest

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Jeskai Wizards tribal deck helmed by Gandalf, Party Guest. The primary game plan is to amass a board of legendary wizards, then use Gandalf's beginning-of-combat trigger to cast extra combat spells and copy effects for free, chaining multiple attack phases in a single turn. The deck leverages a dense core of instant/sorcery-matters payoffs like Talrand, Sky Summoner, Kykar, Wind's Fury, and Veyran, Voice of Duality to generate a wide board of tokens while discounting and copying spells. Win conditions include overwhelming combat damage through repeated combats, Akroma's Will for double strike and protection, and Insurrection as a one-shot takeover. The deck lacks infinite combos but creates inevitability through sheer spell volume and combat recursion.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Complete the Circuit
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Gandalf, Party Guest
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Inspired Ultimatum
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jori En, Ruin Diver
  • 1 Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire
  • 1 Kaza, Roil Chaser
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mnemonic Deluge
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overflowing Insight
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plagon, Lord of the Beach
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Pore Over the Pages
  • 1 Pyretic Charge
  • 1 Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Recurring Insight
  • 1 Relentless Assault
  • 1 Repeated Reverberation
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shantotto, Tactician Magician
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spelltwine
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Surge to Victory
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Tersa Lightshatter
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 Time Spiral
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Ugin's Insight
  • 1 Urza's Ruinous Blast
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Waves of Aggression
  • 1 Wizard's Retort
  • 1 World at War