“"After a hundred years, Hobbits can still surprise you at a pinch."”
Flash
Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
Mana Cost: {3}{U}
Oracle Rules Text: 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.
Flavor Text: "After a hundred years, Hobbits can still surprise you at a pinch."
Set: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (#50), Rarity: Uncommon, Artist: Dmitry Burmak
Legendary
Creature
Blue
Uncommon
$0.16
Regular
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✨ Foil
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (2)
2023-06-16
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."
2023-06-16
If the creature you choose as your Ring-bearer was already your Ring-bearer, that still counts as choosing that creature as your Ring-bearer for the purpose of abilities that trigger "whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer" or abilities that care about which creature was chosen as your Ring-bearer.
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