Gandalf, Spark Starter
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Reach
When Gandalf enters, he deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.
Combos with Gandalf, Spark Starter
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Smaug the Impenetrable Deadeye Navigator Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite Treasure tokens
- Infinite blinking
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite damage
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite artifact tokens
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2026-06-29
If some of the targets are illegal targets as Gandalf's triggered ability tries to resolve, the original division of damage still applies but no damage is dealt to the illegal targets. If all targets are illegal, Gandalf's triggered ability doesn't resolve.
- 2026-06-29
You choose how many targets Gandalf's triggered ability has and how the damage is divided as you put the ability on the stack. Each target must receive at least 1 damage.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Gandalf, Spark Starter, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauron, the Dark Lord | 1 | 10 | 0% |
Colors it shows up in
- Grixis 1 deck
Gandalf, Spark Starter price history
The The Hobbit #97 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.25 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.25 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.24 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.24 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.23 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.24 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.22 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.24 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.23 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.22 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.20 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.12 | $0.20 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.19 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.12 | $0.19 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.20 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.19 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.19 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.18 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.18 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.19 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.20 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.19 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.12 | $0.19 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.18 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.18 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.20 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Gandalf, Spark Starter
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Inverted
The Hobbit
- Normal
- $0.32
- Foil
- $0.33
The Hobbit
- Normal
- $0.13
- Foil
- $0.25
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Gandalf, Spark Starter. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
