Strange and Sorcerous
Event • Fellowship
Spell.
Exert your Wizard bearing a pipe to play a pipe from your discard pile or add 1 to the number of pipes you can spot.
“Then Gandalf’s smoke-ring would go green and come back to hover over the wizard’s head. He had quite a cloud of them about him already....”
Very nice. And subtle, indeed.
I wanted to start with this while pipes are still fresh on people’s minds. Nice and simple.

Wizard’s Fire
Event • Skirmish
Spell.
Exert Gandalf bearing an artifact X times to exert X minions once (or twice if at a forest).
“He gathered the huge pinecones from the branches of his tree. Then he set one alight with bright blue fire, and threw it whizzing down among the circle of the wolves.”
Nice. I love this, reminds me of that one card...the Nazzie-wounding card...
Obviously, the easiest way to use this (especially in Lasting Alliances) is with a staff, which is one big reason why yesterday’s staff was an artifact, unlike other generic staffs which are possessions. But I wanted it to work with someone who takes the time to pull out Nenya, too. (And interestingly, it also works with stuff like The Palantir of Orthanc, Recovered Seeing Stone. But hey, nothing’s perfect, right?)

Anyways, this is a no frills beatdown spell, and gives Gandalf some rare forest prowess. You’re going to like having him early in the Lasting Alliances site path, and especially once you pass through Mirkwood near the end.

Not sure if I’ll have time to post over the weekend with my midterm due Monday, but I suspect I will when I need a break. We shall see.

EDIT: Changes made based on AC’s suggestions.

Flashed In Its Own Light
Event • Skirmish
Spell.
Make each minion skirmishing a Wizard with an artifact or hand weapon strength -1 for each wound on it until the regroup phase.
“...the goblin soldiers fled before the sword shrieking into the darkness.”

•Vanishing
Condition • Support Area
Spell.
Assignment: If any number of minions has been assigned to skirmish Gandalf and he has at least 4 vitality, return him and any cards stacked on him to your hand to wound each minion assigned to him twice. Discard this condition.
“...when goblins came to grab him, there was a terrific flash like lightning in the cave, a smell like gunpowder, and several of them fell dead.”

Threw Down my Enemy seems better, except that it only works on Gandalf. You may want to change this up a bit.

Interesting. I don’t think it would normally work though, since assignment actions are taken before the actual assigning happens.

Hmmm. Good point. If I reduced the cost to , is it still unique enough that it can stand on its own?

I don’t think so. I suggest changing the idea around, so that the game text isn’t so similar to an existing card.

Service Rendered
Event • Maneuver
Spell.
Exert your Wizard (or spot Gandalf and add ) to heal an Eagle or a companion bearing a follower.
“As a matter of fact Gandalf, who had often been in the mountains, had once rendered a service to the eagles and healed their lord from an arrow-wound.”

Hmm. I think it should add if you spot Gandalf. I like the concept.

Service Repaid
Event • Regroup
Spell.
Exert your Wizard and spot 3 Eagles (or 2 Eagle companions) to make the move limit +1 for this turn.
“The wizard and the eagle-lord appeared to know one another slightly, and even to be on friendly terms... He was discussing plans with the Great Eagle for carrying the dwarves and himself and Bilbo far away and setting them down well on their journey across the plains below.”

That’s really powerful. Too much so I think. It should cost more twilight or require another exertion or two. With this you could play 3 add and exhaust Gandalf but move 3 extra sites...