Gandalf, Party Boy by Klathe36

Format: Commander

Commander: Gandalf, Party Guest

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a Jeskai spellslinger deck commanded by Gandalf, Party Guest, built to abuse his beginning-of-combat trigger to chain free instants and sorceries. The deck packs an enormous density of legendary Wizard creatures-over twenty-that simultaneously fuel Gandalf's X value (twice their count), provide cost reduction, and generate additional value through triggered abilities like Talrand, Sky Summoner's Drakes or Krark, the Thumbless's coin-flip copies. The primary win condition is Approach of the Second Sun, double-cast via free combat steps or explosive draw, backed by storm kills with Mind's Desire and burn from Soulfire Eruption. Extra-combat effects like Relentless Assault let Gandalf fire his ability twice per turn, dramatically accelerating the game plan. The deck is slow and linear, lacking tutors and relying heavily on finding its key pieces through raw draw, but once the Wizard count reaches four or five the free-spell engine becomes overwhelming.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 Aminatou's Augury
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Beholder's Charm Ray
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Calamitous Tide
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Channeled Force
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explosion of Riches
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
  • 1 Gandalf the Grey
  • 1 Gandalf's Sanction
  • 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Gandalf, Party Guest
  • 1 Gandalf, Spark Starter
  • 1 Gandalf, Wandering Wizard
  • 1 Gandalf, White Rider
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Hurkyl, Master Wizard
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Jadzi, Steward of Fate // Oracle's Gift
  • 1 Kaza, Roil Chaser
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Krark, the Thumbless
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
  • 1 Mind's Desire
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Pirate's Prize
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Psionic Ritual
  • 1 Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Rasputin, the Oneiromancer
  • 1 Release to the Wind
  • 1 Relentless Assault
  • 1 Reroute Systems
  • 1 Saruman the White
  • 1 Shantotto, Tactician Magician
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulfire Eruption
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
  • 1 Step Between Worlds
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom // Sygg, Wanderbrine Shield
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vadrik, Astral Archmage
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Wizard's Staff