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Gandalf the White

{3}{W}{W}

Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard

LTRThe Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#19mythic
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
triangle
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 70–3570
Illustrator
Magali Villeneuve
Found in
The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Jumpstart Booster Pack · The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Jumpstart Vol 2 Booster Pack · 3 more
Printings9Combos18EDHREC rank#2,703
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Flash You 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.
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Flash
Market · per finishspark updated 24h ago · prices as of 2026-08-29
Nonfoil+40.0%
$10.47
$7.50 low-$1.00 gapTCGplayer
Foil+23.6%
$13.03
$9.00 low$0.60 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$10.47· across 9 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

10 · latest Jun 16, 2023
  • WotCJun 16, 2023

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

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    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."

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    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.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    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.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    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.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    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.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    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.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    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."

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    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."

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

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