
Gandalf — Fireworks and Fellowship
Gandalf, Party Guest Commander Deck
A Jeskai spellslinger deck built on legendary Wizards. Each legendary Wizard raises the mana value Gandalf, Party Guest can cast for free from hand at the beginning of combat, by twice the number of legendary Wizards you control. Gandalf himself counts as one, so he can always cast at least a two-drop free, and with three or four Wizards out the free spell can be a large draw spell or a sweeper. Around that engine, a wide cast of Wizards and spell-triggered creatures turns every instant and sorcery into cards, tokens, mana or damage to each opponent, and trigger doublers amplify those payoffs. How it wins: Chaining instants and sorceries through repeated "deals damage to each opponent" triggers and wide token boards pumped by cast triggers until opponents' life totals collapse, with a big finisher spell or alpha strike to close. Key roles: - Legendary Wizard engine: Raises the X on Gandalf, Party Guest's free combat-step cast while each body adds its own spell payoff, and the legendary spells refuel through Venat's once-per-turn draw. (Talrand, Sky Summoner, Kykar, Wind's Fury, Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal) - Trigger doubling: Makes Wizard and cast triggers fire twice, so each spell yields double tokens, cards or burn. (Veyran, Voice of Duality, Harmonic Prodigy, Wizard's Staff) - Spell-cast burn: Pings or bolts every opponent whenever a noncreature or instant/sorcery spell is cast, which is the deck's main damage clock. (Guttersnipe, Fiery Inscription, Vivi Ornitier) - Card flow and cost reduction: Cantrips, draw spells and magecraft draw keep the hand full of spells to fuel triggers and Gandalf's free cast, while reducers and mana makers let several spells resolve each turn. (Archmage Emeritus, Whirlwind of Thought, Baral, Chief of Compliance) - Token army and team pump: Cast triggers create flyers, drakes and soldiers, and instants or sorceries then grant +1/+1, trample or double strike for lethal swings. (Talrand, Sky Summoner, Balmor, Battlemage Captain, Akroma's Will) - Interaction and big spells: Counters and spot removal protect the engine, and hefty sorceries become cheap or free payoffs through Gandalf, Party Guest. (Inspired Ultimatum, Counterspell, Cyclonic Rift)
Gandalf — Fireworks and Fellowship decklist
- Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
- Inspired Ultimatum
- Recurring Insight
- Third Path Iconoclast
- Rhystic Study
- Mystic Remora
- Coruscation Mage
- Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
- Azami, Lady of Scrolls
- Balmor, Battlemage Captain
- Baral, Chief of Compliance
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
- Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
- Jori En, Ruin Diver
- Kykar, Wind's Fury
- Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart
- Talrand, Sky Summoner
- Veyran, Voice of Duality
- Harmonic Prodigy
- Archmage Emeritus
- Storm-Kiln Artist
- Guttersnipe
- Ponder
- Preordain
- Expressive Iteration
- Frantic Search
- Fact or Fiction
- Flame of Anor
- Lórien Revealed
- Swords to Plowshares
- Path to Exile
- Generous Gift
- Wear // Tear
- Counterspell
- Arcane Denial
- Dovin's Veto
- Swan Song
- Boros Charm
- Teferi's Protection
- Raise the Palisade
- Blasphemous Act
- Austere Command
- Akroma's Will
- Call Forth the Tempest
- Cyclonic Rift
- Sol Ring
- Arcane Signet
- Fellwar Stone
- Talisman of Creativity
- Talisman of Conviction
- Talisman of Progress
- Fiery Inscription
- Command Tower
- Exotic Orchard
- Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
- Adarkar Wastes
- Shivan Reef
- Battlefield Forge
- Glacial Fortress
- Sulfur Falls
- Clifftop Retreat
- Deserted Beach
- Stormcarved Coast
- Sundown Pass
- Hallowed Fountain
- Steam Vents
- Sacred Foundry
- Mystic Monastery
- Path of Ancestry
- Ash Barrens
- Evolving Wilds
- Prairie Stream
- 8× Island
- 4× Plains
- Commander's Sphere
- Minas Tirith
- Reliquary Tower
- Whirlwind of Thought
- 4× Mountain
- Vivi Ornitier
- The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
- Wizard's Staff
- Olórin's Searing Light
- The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
- Kitsa, Otterball Elite
- Kaza, Roil Chaser