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Character -
Warrior/Scout/Sage/Diplomat Wizard
Mind: 0
Direct
Influence: 10
Marshalling Points:
0
Prowess/Body: 6/9Unique All of his
corruption checks are modified by +1. Can tap to "test" a gold ring. Home
site: Any Haven
Gandalf is an interesting wizard, one who greatly benefitted from the release of
Dragons. Dragons demoted Radagast somewhat from his top position among the wizards to
not being so high, kicking up Gandalf to an amazing 1st place, because of Pallando of
course being simply awful, Radagast worse as I just mentioned, Saruman now duplicated
with Wizard's Staff, and Alatar just not that useful with the more deadly hazards in
Dragons and the upcoming Dark Minions. His corruption check enhancer is extremely
useful and with the lessening numbers of some nasties like Nazgul in most decks his
gold ring testing is even more useful than it was in Wizards (though this may change
in Dark Minions). His ability to pop up anywhere is also useful, as are the cards that
only he can use (mainly Narya, though that isn't too useful, but I hope to see more in
Dark Minions). And the only skill he's missing is Ranger, one of the least useful
skills (not many cards use it and those that do most aren't that good). Finally, he's
just plain cool. I'm naturally prejudiced (since he is my namesake after all, at least
for the COTD), but even without that he was the key figure in The Hobbit and The Lord
of the Rings, played a pivotal role in destroying the ring (it was really his quest,
even though much of the glory went to Frodo and Sam), and in general did a really good
job of accomplishing his quest. Gandalf is useful in almost any deck, particularly
ring ones because of his ring testing ability, but even without those he's a pretty
nice Wizard to have. So overall Gandalf is an excellent Wizard, probably the best one
out now, well worth putting in most decks.
Well, that's it. Goodbye, everyone, and thanks for reading. Hopefully I'll be talking
to you again fairly soon with my little "project" to determine the next COTD baron.
Until then, live long and prosper. (Yes, I know it's the wrong series, but I'm a
Trekkie in addition to a ME fan and I've always wanted to close something with
that).
Ratings for: GANDALF| Rater | Rating |
|---|
| Gandalf | 10.0 |
| Elrond | 9.0 |
| Morgoth | 8.0 |
| Tom
Bombadil | 6.5 |
| Smaug | 8.0 |
| Shadowfax | 7.0 |
| Cirdan | 9.0 |
| Average | 8.21 |
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