Etali, Primal Storm
Etali, Primal Storm: Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur, Foundations. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 6/6
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations (FDN)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 194
- Artist
- Raymond Swanland
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Etali, Primal Storm
Etali, Primal Storm is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red legendary creature from Foundations (FDN), a core set released in November 2024. It is collector number 194 in that set, with art by Raymond Swanland. It costs {4}{R}{R} (four generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 6/6 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 17 sets, from Rivals of Ixalan (2018) to Foundations (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.66 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Whenever Etali attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.
The storm rages and the earth breaks.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.66 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Etali, Primal Storm by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Etali, Primal Storm
Etali, Primal Storm has been printed in 17 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations (FDN) #329 | Rare | 2024 |
| Foundations (FDN) #391 | Rare | 2024 |
| Foundations Promos (PFDN) #194s | Rare | 2024 |
| Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #196 | Rare | 2024 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #152 | Rare | 2024 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #224 | Rare | 2023 |
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) #121 | Rare | 2022 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #793 | Rare | 2022 |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #268 | Rare | 2022 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #126 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #167 | Rare | 2021 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #342 | Special | 2021 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Etali, Primal Storm, newest first.
- If an exiled card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- Any cards not cast, including land cards, remain in exile. They can't be cast on later turns, even if Etali attacks again.
- If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the card.
- In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spells or permanents you control from Etali's ability are exiled.
- Because all attacking creatures are chosen at once, a creature cast this way can't attack during the same combat as Etali, even if it has haste.
- If you cast more than one of the exiled cards, you choose the order in which to cast them. A spell you cast this way can be the target of a later spell you cast this way. However, permanent spells cast this way won't resolve until you're done casting spells, so the permanents they become can't be the target of spells cast this way. For example, if you exile Twincast and Lightning Strike, you can cast Lightning Strike and then cast Twincast targeting it; but if you exile a creature card and an Aura card, you can't cast that Aura targeting that creature.
- If you cast any of the exiled cards, you do so as part of the resolution of the triggered ability. You can't wait to cast them later in the turn. Timing permissions based on a card's type are ignored, and the spells resolve before blockers are declared.
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