Gandalf the Grey card art

Gandalf the Grey

Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard MV 5

Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.

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What it doesRulingsAs a commanderIn the 99Every version

What it does

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, choose one that hasn't been chosen —

• You may tap or untap target permanent.

• Gandalf deals 3 damage to each opponent.

• Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

• Put Gandalf on top of its owner's library.

Rulings

4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2023-06-16

    You choose the mode as the triggered ability goes on the stack. You can choose a mode that requires targets only if there are legal targets available.

  • 2023-06-16

    It doesn't matter who has chosen any particular mode. For example, say you control Gandalf the Grey and have chosen the first two modes. If an opponent gains control of Gandalf the Grey, that player can choose only the third or fourth mode.

  • 2023-06-16

    If the ability doesn't resolve (either for having its target become illegal or because a spell or ability counters it), the mode chosen for that instance of the ability still counts as being chosen.

  • 2023-06-16

    The phrase "that hasn't been chosen" refers only to that specific Gandalf the Grey. If Gandalf the Grey leaves the battlefield (possibly because of the fourth mode of its ability) and then returns to the battlefield later, it will be a new object with no memory of the modes chosen when it was last on the battlefield.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

As a commander

Decks built with Gandalf the Grey in the command zone.

Decks led 2
Games played 2
Wins 2
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Gandalf the Grey, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 1
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Aragorn, the Uniter 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Four-Color (no Black) 1 deck

Every version of Gandalf the Grey

5 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 genuinely publishes none for some of them.

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 the Grey — a name search across every version, for 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.