I feel Gandalf most wants to be a face commander. Spell slinger is a theme wizards has used for precons most notably in the orginal strixhaven commander decks, and wizards is a theme they've use with c17 Inalla. I steered away from double sided card reprints as I didn't think they would be in a precon especially for the hobbit. So no emperor of Palamecia, venat, ashling, joshua, or pinnacle monk A few cards I thought would push the precon title so no Veyran, Vivi, kaza, or Kykar. we are building specifically for bracket 2 which caused me to steer away from a could extra turn spells. I also chose not to add orcrust or gandalf, goblin's bane from the main set because precons generally don't get main set mythics, but I did add wizards staff and glamdring. I felt this was a good opportunity for some LotR set reprints like flame of anor and gandalf the grey, but steered clear of those a little more sought out like call fourth the tempest or flowering of the white tree Overall, I am happy with how this turned out theme, budget, and power level