Wizard Raves is inspired by the old meme of Gandalf being “delayed” because he was actually at a rave. The deck plays as a Wizard tribal midrange/spellslinger deck. Early turns build mana and establish legendary Wizards, increasing the size of the spells Gandalf, Party Guest can cast for free. Cheap spells keep the party going, while other Wizards and spell payoffs generate cards, tokens and increasingly large combat buffs. The main finishers are deliberately excessive spells such as Volcanic Vision, River's Rebuke, Blatant Thievery, Soulfire Eruption, Mnemonic Deluge and Apex of Power—the point where the Wizard rave peaks. Gandalf of the Secret Fire is the alternative commander mainly because he shares the Jeskai colour identity and I wanted an alternative commander from either LOTR or the Hobbit which was limiting. The other Jeskai Middle-earth legends, Aragorn and Éowyn, were already used as commanders in the official Riders of Rohan precon.