Maelstrom Wanderer

Legendary Creature — Elemental

Creatures you control have haste.

Cascade, cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order. Then do it again.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

Rhadamanthus on Wondering how many triggers of …

4 months ago

In this case you get zero additional triggers. If an effect refers to a particular permanent type (e.g. Creature) or subtype (e.g. Elemental) without specifically saying something more like "spell" or "card in [zone]" then it only means a permanent of that type/subtype on the battlefield. Cascade triggers when the spell is on the stack, so neither Twinflame Travelers nor Roaming Throne will add to Maelstrom Wanderer's cascading.

bhst5019 on Wondering how many triggers of …

4 months ago

I have Twinflame Travelers or Roaming Throne out and I cast Maelstrom Wanderer. I know for a fact I get the 2 cascade triggers, however unsure if the Twinflame adds 0, 1, or 2 extra triggers. I could see each having reason for being the right answer.

Thanks for your time Ben

plakjekaas on How have your EDH games …

7 months ago

I played a The Unagi of Kyoshi Island deck. An opponent playing the new Lorwyn Elementals precon evoked a Maelstrom Wanderer out for cheap. Cascades ensue, silly board stuff happens, I had a Thing in the Ice  ^Flip with two counters remaining on my battlefield. As soon as the Elemental player tried moving to combat, I used Reenact the Crime on his evoked (so sacrificed) Maelstrom Wanderer, spinning into Arcane Denial allowing me to counter my own Wanderer ànd flip my Awoken Horror  ^Flip to bounce the board, then cascade the second time into Teferi's Tutelage to capitalize on the 3 cards Arcane Denial will draw me the next upkeep.

Quite the interruption to the the Elemental combat plans.

Flarhoon13 on Anafenza's Human Tribal Graveyardigans

1 year ago

May 3, 2024, I started a new quest. Having built 52 decks, I endeavoured to play them all, in roughly the same order as I created them.

July 26

Anafenza's Human Tribal Graveyardigans Win, epic game, Mira  misplayed on Korvold, Fae-Cursed King, Wildfired late, thinking Anafenza exiled dying lands. She does not. Blaine's Aurora Phoenix cascaded into a Forceful Denial which he cast after some hesitation, cascading into a Delayed Blast Fireball. I eventually cast a Boonweaver Giant to get Pattern of Rebirth with a Pyre of Heroes as a sac outlet but Blaine attacked Maelstrom Wanderer, his commander, into it, which got a Protean Hulk. I Untapped with it plus the Pyre to sacrifice it, which wins the game. I don't play fair with my Protean Hulk 18-23-1

Win percentage .439

Theasus7 on Horde of Notions

2 years ago

Maelstrom Wanderer would be a pretty awesome bomb to finish off the game. I almost wonder if you figure out ways to get really big expensive elementals into your graveyard and then cheat them onto the battlefield with Horde of Notions's ability.

Also, Vigor is my favorite card in all of MTG. If you are ever looking for some different elementals he might be a good option.

GingerLife117 on Horde of Notions

2 years ago

It could probably use a little more card draw......I do have a Mulldrifter and the cluestones can draw if I sacrifice them....the one that would help the most is the Vanquisher's Banner....I also really want to run all of the Omnaths and an Animar, Soul of Elements and maybe a Maelstrom Wanderer but it doesn't necessarily need a wanderer.....Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer would also go good in it but also doesn't need need it....and any of the Titanias would go better in it than greensleeves

legendofa on How Did Riku Lose Popularity?

2 years ago

The original Commander 2011 commanders were as much defining and refining the color space for enemy trios as they were introducing a new product. The last 10+ years have seen a lot of development, and what was exploratory and experimental then is well-established now. If nothing else, there are simply a lot more options--a deck that might have been headed by Riku of Two Reflections could now be Iluna, Apex of Wishes or Xyris, the Writhing Storm or Surrak Dragonclaw. If you were playing {G}{U}{R} before 2019, you had five options: Riku, Surrak, Animar, Soul of Elements, Maelstrom Wanderer, or Intet, the Dreamer. Now, there are more options, and more specialized options. The four years since then have quadrupled the lost of possible commanders for that color set.

I haven't seen a Ruhan of the Fomori or Damia, Sage of Stone deck for a very long time, but those were popular, too.

eliakimras on Cascade of the Caos Gods

2 years ago

If you're willing to add {G} to your build, Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder brings his friends Maelstrom Wanderer, Averna, the Chaos Bloom and Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty to the cascade party ;-)