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Magic: The Gathering · The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · Mythic

Gandalf the White

Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard

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Market price

4

Public decks

Gandalf the White
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Rules Text

FlashYou may cast legendary spells and artifact spells as though they had flash.If a legendary permanent or an artifact entering or leaving the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Card Facts

Mana value
5
Power / Toughness
4 / 5
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#2,704
Keywords
Flash
Rarity

Legality

Brawl

Legal

Commander

Legal

Competitive Brawl

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Gladiator

Legal

Historic

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Modern

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Penny Dreadful

Legal

Timeless

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

Pioneer

Not legal

PreDH

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

TLR

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Jun 16, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    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."

  2. Jun 16, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    Gandalf the White affects a permanent's own enters-the-battlefield and leaves-the-battlefield triggered abilities as well as other triggered abilities that trigger when that permanent enters or leaves the battlefield. Such triggered abilities start with "when" or "whenever."

  3. Jun 16, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    Replacement effects are unaffected by Gandalf the White's ability. For example, a legendary creature that enters the battlefield with one +1/+1 counter on it won't receive an additional +1/+1 counter.

  4. Jun 16, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    Abilities that apply "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield," such as choosing a color with Gauntlet of Power, are also unaffected.

  5. Jun 16, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    You don't need to control the permanent entering or leaving the battlefield, only the permanent that has the triggered ability.

  6. Jun 16, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    Gandalf the White's effect doesn't copy the triggered ability; it just causes the ability to trigger twice. Any choices made as you put the ability onto the stack, such as modes and targets, are made separately for each instance of the ability. Any choices made on resolution, such as whether to put counters on a permanent, are also made individually.

  7. Jun 16, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    If you somehow control two copies of Gandalf the White, a legendary permanent or an artifact entering or leaving the battlefield causes abilities to trigger three times, not four. A third Gandalf the White causes abilities to trigger four times, a fourth causes abilities to trigger five times, and so on.

  8. Jun 16, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    If a legendary permanent or an artifact entering or leaving the battlefield at the same time as Gandalf the White (including Gandalf the White itself) causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

  9. Jun 16, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    The trigger event doesn't have to specifically refer to legendary permanents or to artifacts, nor does it have to specifically refer to when something "leaves the battlefield." For example, an ability that triggers "whenever a creature dies" would trigger twice if a legendary creature or an artifact creature dies while Gandalf the White is on the battlefield, as would an ability that triggers "whenever a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield."

  10. Jun 16, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    Look at each legendary permanent and each artifact as it exists on the battlefield, taking into account continuous effects, to determine whether any triggered abilities will trigger multiple times. For example, if a nonlegendary creature that has become legendary (probably because it's a player's Ring-bearer) dies, an ability that triggers when it leaves the battlefield triggers twice.

Printings

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9 printings
Tales of Middle-earth Promos
Tales of Middle-earth PromosPLTR · $29.70
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · $8.84
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · $2,999.99
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · $13.86
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · $15.92
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · $23.91
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · $262.97
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · $101.25
Community

Decks using this card

4 public decks run Gandalf the White.


MTGCommanderB4

Noctis

LO
LordKrasus79 months ago
800
MTGModern

La Leggenda degli Uomini Straordinari

IE
Ierias10 months ago
200
LCNConstructed

Commander Cube

BA
BazMiltonFelix11 months ago
600