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Gandalf, Friend of the Shire

· Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard · The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)

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Times Brought

Decks Running

In Decks

358

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Card text

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire

Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard

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.

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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Dmitry Burmak

Final zone distribution

29 instances

Not enough tracked games yet to show a reliable final-zone breakdown.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

93 brought · 55 players

Brought to game

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

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