Gandalf the White - Artifacts + Angels [Primer]

Commander / EDH Angels Artifact Flash Flying Legendary Matters Mono-White Primer

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Artifact (32)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Archaeomancer's Map
• 1x Arcum's Astrolabe
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Coveted Jewel
• 1x Golden Egg
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mithril Coat
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Portal to Phyrexia
• 1x Prized Statue
• 1x Scourglass
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sleeper Dart
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x The Mightstone and Weakstone  ^Meld
• 1x The One Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Wizard's Rockets

Creature (23)

• 1x Angel of the Ruins
• 1x Arcbound Ravager
• 1x Avacyn, Guardian Angel
• 1x Bruna, the Fading Light  ^Meld
• 1x Circuit Mender
• 1x Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
• 1x Filigree Familiar
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar
• 1x Linvala, the Preserver
• 1x Loran of the Third Path
• 1x Loran, Disciple of History
• 1x Lyra Dawnbringer
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Oswald Fiddlebender
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
• 1x Windshaper Planetar
• 1x Workshop Assistant

Instant (6)

• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Ephemerate
• 1x Excise the Imperfect
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Minas Tirith
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 23x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x War Room

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Organic Extinction
• 1x Search for Glory

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Teleportation Circle

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Hello !

I wanted to make a Gandalf Flash deck the minute I pulled him from a booster. So I went to work and build a quite "normal" -artifact combodeck-. After some days I found this to be quite boring and wanted to redo the deck and think about a more fun and fair way to play it.

So... This is my final iteration (for now ;-) ) of Gandalf using "value artifacts" ( Coveted Jewel, Chromatic Star ...), "enter the battlefield doubler" ( Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines, Panharmonicon ...), "cool combat tricks" ( Windshaper Planetar, Sleeper Dart ...) and... ANGELS ! ( Lyra Dawnbringer, Linvala, the Preserver, Restoration Angel ...)

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Some of the value-cards do their work when entering AND / OR leaving the battlefield I included some

"staple" sac-outlets Ashnod's Altar, Krark-Clan Ironworks

and some very useful "not so standard" ones like Phyrexia's Core and Arcbound Ravager

Phyrexia's Core is nice because it a land and not very prone to destruction and Arcbound Ravager is very synergistic with the angels ;-) Sac a few artifacs and then transfer the counters to Lyra Dawnbringer. Congrats, you got yourself a nice 10/10 First Strike Lifelinking Angel (and maybe you have also drawn a lot of cards from the sacrificed value-artifacts....)

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One of the weak points of the deck was... flyers.

A single big flyer could end me fast (without me using tutor-combo play) so... Problem recognized - Problem solved :-)

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This deck still includes some potential combos like for example

Aetherflux Reservoir + Foundry Inspector + Sensei's Divining Top or any other cost reducer but there is mostly no need to play or tutor them. Tutor for a nice impactfull Angel instead! ;-)

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This deck features the most cost effective Angels, often featuring (one or more) of the following abilities: First Strike / Lifelink / Vigilance. These forces will be a nice combat trick to flash in and are quite effective in keeping you alive or end the other players.

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I´m using some nice (mostly) one-sided boardwipes for this deck.

One awesome boardwipe in this deck for example is Scourglass. Don´t know the card ? Just read it ;-) Flash is sooo good. BTW: This is an artifact so you can get it back with the various recursion artifacts like Myr Retriever ;-)

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There is also a lot of ramp in this deck and a lot of times you will be the player with the most lands on the board... in mono white !! ;-)

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines + Gandalf the White + Solemn Simulacrum and maybe a flicker effect-> a lot of lands on the battlefield ;-) ;-)

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Recursion is also not a problem.

You can get a lot of artifacts back with the likes of Myr Retriever or Scrap Trawler. Need some Angel from your graveyard and wanna put it into play at instant speed ? Cast Bruna, the Fading Light  , hehe. During combat maybe? ;-)

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So, this was a brief overview of the deck. Got any suggestions ? Let me know ! Any other comments ? Would love to hear them !!!

Greets ! Ingo

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Aetherflux Reservoir + Foundry Inspector + Sensei's Divining Top Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines + Gandalf the White + Solemn Simulacrum
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.45
Tokens	Angel 3/3 W, Elephant 3-3 G, Incubator, Phyrexian 0/0 C, Treasure
Folders	My EDH Decks, Aragorn