---
name: "Gandalf's Sanction"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "LTR"
set_name: "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"
collector_number: "208"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Tatiana Veryayskaya"
oracle_id: "6696d2e4-28ee-4ba7-8710-c1b735745270"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gandalfs-sanction-ltr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gandalf's Sanction
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Gandalf's Sanction deals X damage to target creature, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. Excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead.

> *ひび割れる音とともに杖はサルマンの手の内で砕け、その頭はガンダルフの足元へ転がり落ちた。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gandalf the Grey](/printing/gandalf-the-grey-pltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
2. [Galvanic Bombardment](/printing/galvanic-bombardment-sir.md) — Instant
3. [Immolating Gyre](/printing/immolating-gyre-jmp.md) — Sorcery
4. [Gandalf, Shadow's Foe](/printing/gandalf-shadows-foe-hoc.md) — Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
5. [Dwarven Shrine](/printing/dwarven-shrine-ody.md) — Enchantment
6. [Cyclops Electromancer](/printing/cyclops-electromancer-j22.md) — Creature — Cyclops Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #208
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Tatiana Veryayskaya
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`