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Gandalf, Westward Voyager

Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard · {3}{G}{U} · Green/Blue commander

Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater, each opponent reveals the top card of their library. If any of those cards shares a card type with that spell, copy that spell, you may choose new targets for the copy, and each opponent draws a card. Otherwise, you draw a card. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

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What Gandalf, Westward Voyager actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater, each opponent reveals the top card of their library. If any of those cards shares a card type with that spell, copy that spell, you may choose n

What a Gandalf, Westward Voyager deck needs

Plays as copy engine. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• instants, sorceries and artifact spells worth copying (it copies your spells)
• spells with mana value 5 or greater (only those trigger it)

The Gandalf, Westward Voyager deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 21× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 18× Mana value at or above the floor — for a cascade commander a cheap card is a DEFECT, not a bargain
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Gandalf, Westward Voyager

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

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