Gandalf, Friend of the Shire Price
8 printings · 4 sets · first printed 2023
Gandalf, Friend of the Shire has been printed 8 times across 4 sets, first in 2023. Right now the cheapest printing is The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #308 at $0.21, while the most expensive is Secret Lair Drop #1294 at $22.88 — about 109× more. The median across 8 priced printings is $1.73. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 8x, including dedicated reprint sets like The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth.
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Every Gandalf, Friend of the Shire Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #308 (U) Cheapest | 2023 | $0.21 | — |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #50 (U) | 2023 | $0.41 | — |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #501 (U) | 2023 | $0.60 | — |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #800 (U) Foil | 2023 | $0.71 | — |
| Tales of Middle-earth Promos #401s (U) Foil | 2023 | $2.74 | $1.15 foil |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #401 (U) | 2023 | $3.44 | $1.85 |
| MagicFest 2023 #1 (R) | 2023 | $7.14 | $28.00 foil |
| Secret Lair Drop #1294 (R) | 2023 | $22.88 | $23.00 foil |
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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.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 8 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
2 PrecedentsThe 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."
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.