Gandalf, Friend of the Shire

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire

Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard

Mana cost: {3}{U}

How we read this card

Flash
You may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.

static — grants haste

Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Gandalf as your Ring-bearer, draw a card.

triggered — draws you 1 card

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: draw a card.

Cares about: a sorcery it applies speed increase to.

Works well with

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Gandalf, Friend of the Shire enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Gandalf, Friend of the Shire enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

a sorcery it applies speed increase to — 3,585 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire gives:

  1. Endless Ranks of HYDRA — haste
  2. Beck // Call — haste
  3. Abigale, Poet Laureate // Heroic Stanza — haste
  4. Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate — haste
  5. Striding Shotcaller // Run the Play — haste
  6. Indulge // Excess — haste

3,579 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).

When Gandalf, Friend of the Shire makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  7. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  8. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  9. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Psychosis Crawler — makes each opponent lose 1 life

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).

When Gandalf, Friend of the Shire attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  5. Guide of Souls — triggers
  6. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  7. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  8. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  9. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  10. Three Dog, Galaxy News DJ — sacrifices an Aura

117 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).

When Gandalf, Friend of the Shire attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

185 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).

When Gandalf, Friend of the Shire blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  4. Heat of Battle — deals 1 damage
  5. Battle Strain — deals 1 damage
  6. Favor of the Woods — gains you 3 life
  7. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  8. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  9. Dwindle — kills a creature
  10. Shield of the Righteous — triggers

18 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).

When Gandalf, Friend of the Shire attacks:

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — makes a token
  2. Basri Ket — makes a token
  3. Militia's Pride — makes a token

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).

When Gandalf, Friend of the Shire enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  7. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

322 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Gandalf, Friend of the Shire enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

76 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.