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Gandalf, Friend of the Shire LTR 0050 · uncommon

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire · {3}{U} · Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard · Flash You may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Gandalf as your Ring-bearer, draw a card. · Power / toughness: 2/4 · "After a hundred years, Hobbits can still surprise you at a pinch."

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire · {3}{U} · Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard · Flash You may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Gandalf as your Ring-bearer, draw a card. · Power / toughness: 2/4 · "After a hundred years, Hobbits can still surprise you at a pinch."

Price
from $0.177 printings
Win rate
57.0% GIH 53,559 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 30,543 wins in 53,559 card-in-hand instances.

50,051 distinct games · 16,248 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

17Lands file dated Aug 30, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Play

Choose a different creature as Ring-bearer when tempted to draw. Flash lets you leave mana for an answer first.

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One-pick Draft
Choose a different creature as Ring-bearer when tempted to draw. Flash lets you leave mana for an answer first.

Draft data

57.0%when drawn (GIH)

+1.4 pp vs 55.6% average · 53,559 instances

Premier Draft · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · average from 980,485 games

#90 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.7 on average (54,318 packs).

15 of 38 blue cards · 4 of 11 blue uncommon cards.

Taken at pick3.020,775 picks
Makes the deck82.5%20,775 picks with known usage
When played54.6%88,956.2 matchesBenched 54.8%
13,101.8 matches
When drawn57.0%53,559 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 54.9% · 18,254 instances
● Drawn later 58.1% · 35,305 instances

In hand 57.0% · 53,559 instances
Unseen in deck 52.3% · 55,103 instances
+4.7 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn57.0%53,559 instances15 of 38
Opening hand54.9%18,254 instances13 of 38
Drawn later58.1%35,305 instances16 of 38
In the deck54.7%108,855 instances15 of 38
Without seeing it52.3%55,103 instances14 of 38
Improvement when drawn+4.7 pp53,559 instances / 55,103 instances14 of 38
When benched54.8%13,101.8 matches37 of 38
Makes the deck82.5%20,775 picks with known usage2 of 38
Pick (last seen)2.754,318 packs2 of 38
Taken at3.020,775 picks2 of 38

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Blue–Black UB60.1%11,469 instancesBlue–Red UR58.4%16,933 instancesWhite–Blue WU55.0%3,548 instancesBlue–Green UG48.6%1,800 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (57.0% · 53,559 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Breaking of the Fellowship+6.1 pp16,419 games with both in the deck · 4,530 both drawnLórien Revealed+3.3 pp55,900 games with both in the deck · 17,465 both drawnBirthday Escape+2.6 pp57,295 games with both in the deck · 19,236 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 64% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023

Collect

7 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0050 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.26
Foildraft · set · Collector Booster$0.37

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,075 packs (0.09%) · 3.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.35%) · 70.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 358 packs (0.28%) · 8.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 24 packs (4.13%) · 71.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 39 packs (2.53%) · 26.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Draft BoosterCommon or foil33%Main set and booster-fun foils
Draft BoosterUncommons100% per positionDraft and Set Booster uncommon printings
Set BoosterTen other Magic cards100%Other Draft and Set Booster printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed traditional foil100%Main set and booster-fun foils
Collector BoosterFoil uncommons100% per positionFoil uncommons other than Nazgûl

Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR ↗ · Sep 22, 2023

Details & sources

Legal in
Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Dmitry Burmak, LTR 50 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗