I steal your creatures..? (Prototype)

Commander / EDH* Counterspell Flash Island Mono-Blue

Horkus_Wormslurper

Creature Steal/Copy (19)

• 1x Acquire
• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Blue Sun's Twilight
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Entrancing Melody
• 1x Invoke the Winds
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
• 1x Mass Manipulation
• 1x Mnemonic Deluge
• 1x Modify Memory
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Sakashima's Protege
• 1x See Double
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Tempted by the Oriq
• 1x Vedalken Shackles

Interaction (w/ some Creature steal/copy) (10)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Domineering Will
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Gale's Redirection
• 1x Gather Specimens
• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Theoretical Duplication

Card Draw/Value (15)

• 1x Drawn from Dreams
• 1x Flow of Ideas
• 1x Flow of Knowledge
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Haughty Djinn
• 1x Ideas Unbound
• 1x Muse Vortex
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Silundi Vision  ^Flip
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x The Reality Chip
• 1x Wavebreak Hippocamp
• 1x Wizard Class

Lands (35)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Island
• 3x Island
• 3x Island
• 21x Island
• 1x Isolated Watchtower
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory

Shutdown (5)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mass Diminish

Commander (1)

Ramp (15)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bonder's Ornament
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Drain Power
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Replicating Ring
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

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Maybeboard

Friends' Recommendations (20)

• 1x Aether Gale
• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Archmage Emeritus
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Cultural Exchange
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Inherited Envelope
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Plea for Power
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Walking Atlas
• 1x Wash Out

Card Draw/Value (9)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Arcane Endeavor
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Delver of Secrets  ^Flip
• 1x Ingenious Mastery
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Ledger Shredder
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Overflowing Insight

Ring Temptation (3)

• 1x Birthday Escape
• 1x Horses of the Bruinen
• 1x Scroll of Isildur

Counter/Card Draw or Value (2)

• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Cryptic Command

Land (2)

• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Terrain Generator

Creature Steal/Copy (8)

• 1x Commandeer
• 1x Dominate
• 1x Echo Storm
• 1x Keiga, the Tide Star
• 1x Mind Control
• 1x Sakashima's Will
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Undercover Operative

Counter (6)

• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Overwhelming Intellect
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Unwind
• 1x Wash Away

Mana Rock (1)

• 1x Sceptre of Eternal Glory

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Growing up in the-middle-of-nowhere Kansas as a child, I had no cable/video games/etc until I was about 8-9 years old. (Boo-hoo right? lol) However, I did have my dad's VHS player and his collection of tapes. Almost every weekend my brother and I would watch Ralph Bakshi's animated The Lord of the Rings. When I saw this card was coming out via Secret Lair, I hopped on it as quickly as I could. I understand that this version of Gandalf isn't "the best," but my intention is to make him as great as I possibly can. I was heavily inspired by a couple other decks I found here on TappedOut, so I'd like to mention them as well:

Yoink! by FreddieFrick

Gandalf is not a friend by RyaaanTV

Without these folks' work, I would be very lost on how to build this deck. If anyone out there has any better ideas, (such as including some of the ring temptation mechanics) I am very open to suggestions.

It should be noted that this deck is very much intended for a three or four player game, not one on one. It kinda sucks one on one.

The idea of this deck is to get Gandalf out on the field ASAP, and then start stealing your opponents creatures/copying their spells. I feel like there's a decent amount of ramp, although getting the game started often turns out to be a little slow card-draw wise, so I'm not sure what to do there. The main interaction goal is to shutdown your opponent's gameplan and steal it for your own. There's also a good amount of card draw, opportunities for an unlimited hand, and playing the top card of your deck. The shutdown I've added seems to work well, but mostly against big creature decks. (I'm a little confused on card value, so any input would be appreciated there) I think my main issue is getting things started quickly.

Please evaluate the deck in the "custom" card order type. I set a bunch of categories that will make sense while reading the decklist.

Date added	8 months
Last updated	5 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.55
Tokens	Copy Clone, Replicated Ring, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You