gandalf mtg card the White - #1 Ultimate Proxy Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater LotR TCG Wiki: Gandalf, Powerful

You can look at the top card of your library and cast creature spells with power 4 or greater, and when you do, they get haste

However, I would still favor Hades because his removal ability is a game-changer

We want to build our Energy stores and card advantage until we can either assemble a strong engine, or power out one of our big threats: Aetherwind Basker, Aethersquall Ancient, and the Demon of Dark Schemes

You "only" ever get two cards (and probably face down)

RECURSION A big part of ramping in white is using recursion

The archetypes primary guiding voice was historically great deckbuilder Mike Long who actually went on to win that Invitational with Keeper, albeit with both copies of The Abyss in the sideboard