Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 4
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Promos #401s (uncommon)
Flash
You may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.
Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Gandalf as your Ring-bearer, draw a card.
Gandalf, Friend of the Shire has 8 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #5,675 among Commander cards. It appears most in Lord of the Nazgûl decks (5,591 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Gandalf, Friend of the Shire most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Lord of the Nazgûl: 5,591 decks
- Sauron, the Dark Lord: 3,888 decks
- Gandalf, Party Guest: 1,893 decks
- Gandalf of the Secret Fire: 1,630 decks
- Saruman of Many Colors: 1,022 decks
- Saruman, the White Hand: 907 decks
- Gandalf the Grey: 675 decks
- Galadriel of Lothlórien: 593 decks
Often played with Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The second ability applies only to casting spells. It does not, for example, change when you may activate abilities that can be activated "only as a sorcery."
- : If the creature you choose as your Ring-bearer was already your Ring-bearer, that still counts as choosing that creature as your Ring-bearer for the purpose of abilities that trigger "whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer" or abilities that care about which creature was chosen as your Ring-bearer.
Printings
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #501
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #800
- Secret Lair Drop #1294
- MagicFest 2023 #1
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #50
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #308
- Tales of Middle-earth Promos #401s
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #401