MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #401

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire

ltr·#401·uncommon·borderless

Illus. Livia Prima

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Jun '23

3 yr ago

Value

$3.77+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.87 · low $2.61

NM$2.77

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.56–$2.92modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.23low $0.31range 941.9%n 95

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,833 · Niche pick

Variants

Borderless$2.77

Gameplay

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.

2/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 2

2023-06-16wotc

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."

2023-06-16wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.77. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.31 and $3.23 across 95 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from LTR — the lineup includes Borderless alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #401 of *The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2023 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{U} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Flash.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,833 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Livia Prima. Rarix catalogs 239 other cards credited to this artist.