Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
Mana cost: {5}{U}{U}
How we read this card
Vigilance
When Gandalf enters, exile up to three target lands you control, then return them to the battlefield tapped under their owner's control.
triggered —
triggered — blinks a permanent
Whenever a land you control enters, draw a card and put a +1/+1 counter on Gandalf.
triggered — draws you 1 card
triggered — puts a counter on it
What a deck led by this card wants
Causes: exile a land, a land leaves the battlefield, put a land onto the battlefield, draw a card, put a counter on anything.
Cares about: a land enters the battlefield.
Works well with
hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.
- Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Gandalf, Shadow's Foe onto the battlefield from your library
- Polymorph — Polymorph can put Gandalf, Shadow's Foe onto the battlefield from your library
- Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Gandalf, Shadow's Foe onto the battlefield from your library
- Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Gandalf, Shadow's Foe onto the battlefield from your library
- Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Gandalf, Shadow's Foe onto the battlefield from your library
- Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Gandalf, Shadow's Foe onto the battlefield from your library
- Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Gandalf, Shadow's Foe onto the battlefield from your library
- Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Gandalf, Shadow's Foe onto the battlefield from your library
- Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Gandalf, Shadow's Foe onto the battlefield from your library
- Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Gandalf, Shadow's Foe onto the battlefield from your library
- Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put Gandalf, Shadow's Foe onto the battlefield from your library
12 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Gandalf, Shadow's Foe 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).
- Diviner's Wand — When Gandalf, Shadow's Foe enters, Diviner's Wand triggers
a land enters the battlefield — 1,560 cards in the game can cause this.
- Primeval Bounty — When a land enters thanks to Gandalf, Shadow's Foe, Primeval Bounty gains you 3 life
- Toph, Earthbending Master — When a land enters thanks to Gandalf, Shadow's Foe, Toph, Earthbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
- Dancing from Dark to Dawn — When a land enters thanks to Gandalf, Shadow's Foe, Dancing from Dark to Dawn makes a token
- Emeria Shepherd — When a land enters thanks to Gandalf, Shadow's Foe, Emeria Shepherd brings a card back
- Quest for the Necropolis — When a land enters thanks to Gandalf, Shadow's Foe, Quest for the Necropolis puts a quest counter on itself
- Soul Stair Expedition — When a land enters thanks to Gandalf, Shadow's Foe, Soul Stair Expedition puts a quest counter on itself
- Nissa of Shadowed Boughs — When a land enters thanks to Gandalf, Shadow's Foe, Nissa of Shadowed Boughs puts counters on a permanent
- Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally — When a land enters thanks to Gandalf, Shadow's Foe, Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally makes a token
- Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald — When a land enters thanks to Gandalf, Shadow's Foe, Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald makes a token
- Silvan Reveler — When a land enters thanks to Gandalf, Shadow's Foe, Silvan Reveler returns itself from the graveyard
- Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — When Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls enters, Gandalf, Shadow's Foe draws you 1 card
- Sunken Palace — When Sunken Palace enters, Gandalf, Shadow's Foe draws you 1 card
- Staff of Titania — When a Forest or Dryad enters thanks to Staff of Titania, Gandalf, Shadow's Foe draws you 1 card
- Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus — When a land enters thanks to Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus, Gandalf, Shadow's Foe draws you 1 card
- Sword of the Animist — When a land enters thanks to Sword of the Animist, Gandalf, Shadow's Foe draws you 1 card
- Explorer's Scope — When a land enters thanks to Explorer's Scope, Gandalf, Shadow's Foe draws you 1 card
- Dragon-Cursed Halls — When Dragon-Cursed Halls enters, Gandalf, Shadow's Foe draws you 1 card
- Cephalid Coliseum — When Cephalid Coliseum enters, Gandalf, Shadow's Foe draws you 1 card
- Haven of the Spirit Dragon — When Haven of the Spirit Dragon enters, Gandalf, Shadow's Foe draws you 1 card
- Edgewall Inn — When Edgewall Inn enters, Gandalf, Shadow's Foe draws you 1 card
630 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).
- The War Doctor — When a land is exiled thanks to Gandalf, Shadow's Foe, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Gandalf is one).
- All Will Be One — When Gandalf, Shadow's Foe gets a counter, All Will Be One deals that much damage
8 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).
- Adaptive Omnitool — When Gandalf, Shadow's Foe attacks, Adaptive Omnitool searches a library
192 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.