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Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane{2}{R}
Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Gandalf gets +1/+1 until end of turn and deals 1 damage to each opponent.

2/3
Flameshape{1}{R}
Sorcery — Adventure

Look at the top two cards of your library and exile them face down. For as long as they remain exiled, you may play them if you control a Wizard.

Illustrated by Francisco Miyara

Formats
Legalstandard
Legalhistoric
Legaltimeless
Legalpioneer
Legalmodern
Legallegacy
Not Legalpauper
Legalvintage
Not Legalpenny
Legalcommander
Legaloathbreaker
Legalbrawl
Not Legalalchemy

This printing

Number#96
RarityMythic
ReleasedAug 14, 2026
EDHREC rank#8,025

Prices

USD$4.28
USD foil$5.15
EUR€6.89
EUR foil€7.12
MTGO0.96 tix
Rulings (14)
  • An adventurer card is a permanent card in every zone except the stack, as well as while on the stack if not cast as an Adventure. Ignore its alternative characteristics in those cases. For example, while it's in your graveyard, Bilbo, Luckwearer is a blue creature card whose mana value is 2. It can't be put into your hand by the effect of Speak Secrets ("Mill four cards, then put an instant or sorcery card from among them into your hand.").

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose the alternative Adventure name. Consider only the alternative characteristics to determine whether that is an appropriate name to choose.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • Casting a card as an Adventure isn't casting it for an alternative cost. Effects that allow you to cast a spell for an alternative cost or without paying its mana cost may allow you to apply those to the Adventure.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If an object becomes a copy of an object that has an Adventure, the copy also has an Adventure. If it changes zones, it will either cease to exist (if it's a token) or cease to be a copy (if it's a nontoken permanent), and so you won't be able to cast it as an Adventure.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If an effect copies an Adventure spell, that copy is exiled as it resolves. It ceases to exist as a state-based action; it's not possible to cast the copy as a permanent.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions for the permanent spell you cast from exile. Normally, you'll be able to cast it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If a spell is cast as an Adventure, its controller exiles it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard as it resolves. For as long as it remains exiled, that player may play it using its primary characteristics. If an Adventure spell leaves the stack in any way other than resolving (most likely by being countered or by failing to resolve because its targets have all become illegal), that card won't be exiled and the spell's controller won't be able to cast it as a permanent later.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • You pay all costs and follow all timing rules for cards exiled with Flameshape. For example, if an exiled card is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty and only if you have an available land play remaining.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If an effect refers to a card, spell, or permanent that has an Adventure, it won't find an instant or sorcery spell on the stack that's been cast as an Adventure.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If you cast an adventurer card as an Adventure, use only its alternative characteristics to determine whether it's legal to cast that spell. For example, if you control Gandalf, Party Guest ("At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value X or less from your hand without paying its mana cost, where X is twice the number of legendary Wizards you control."), you could cast Burglar's Plot from your hand without paying its mana cost (provided you control enough legendary Wizards), but not Bilbo, Luckwearer.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • You must control a Wizard to cast spells exiled by Flameshape, but losing control of your last Wizard while a spell is on the stack will not prevent the spells from resolving.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • When casting a spell as an Adventure, use the alternative characteristics and ignore all of the card's normal characteristics. The spell's color, mana cost, mana value, and so on are determined by only those alternative characteristics. If the spell leaves the stack, it immediately resumes using its normal characteristics.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • An effect may refer to a card, spell, or permanent that "has an Adventure." This refers to a card, spell, or permanent that has an adventurer card's set of alternative characteristics, even if they're not being used and even if that card was never cast as an Adventure.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If an adventurer card ends up in exile for any other reason than by exiling itself while resolving, it won't give you permission to cast it as a permanent spell.

    Jun 29, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

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