Wizaaaard!!! by swamp

Format: Commander

Commander: Gandalf, Party Guest

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Jeskai Spellslinger deck leverages legendary Wizard tribal synergies to turn Gandalf, Party Guest into a high-velocity mana cheat engine. Early turns focus on deploying low-cost legendary Wizards like Balmor, Battlemage Captain, Kaza, Roil Chaser, and Stenn, Paranoid Partisan alongside mana rocks to establish board presence. Once Gandalf enters the battlefield on Turn 4, his combat trigger casts mid-to-high-cost instants and sorceries from hand for free, scaling directly with the number of legendary Wizards controlled. The deck transitions into a lethal critical onset around Turn 6 by chaining massive payoffs such as Dance with Calamity, Call Forth the Tempest, and Thousand-Year Storm, creating swarms of tokens via Kykar, Wind's Fury and Talrand, Sky Summoner. A decisive finish follows on Turn 7 through overwhelming combat damage amplified by Balmor, Battlemage Captain, Adeliz, the Cinder Wind, or a lethal Akroma's Will, supported by robust Jeskai countermagic and protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dance with Calamity
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Double Vision
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Gandalf of the Secret Fire
  • 1 Gandalf the Grey
  • 1 Gandalf's Sanction
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Gandalf, Party Guest
  • 1 Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Gogo, Master of Mimicry
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Inspired Ultimatum
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kaza, Roil Chaser
  • 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Multiversal Incursion
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Olórin's Searing Light
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volcanic Vision
  • 1 Wizard's Retort
  • 1 Wizard's Staff