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Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
Card Information
Type: Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
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Set: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 50
Oracle 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.
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Card Rulings
- June 16, 2023
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."
Source: wotc - June 16, 2023
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.
Source: wotc
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