Galvanic Relay
Galvanic Relay: Sorcery, Modern Horizons 2. Exile the top card of your library. During your next turn, you may play that card. Storm. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2 (MH2)
- Released
- 2021-06-18
- Collector number
- 127
- Artist
- Lucas Staniec
- Commander rank
- 9,815 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Storm
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About Galvanic Relay
Galvanic Relay is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common red sorcery from Modern Horizons 2 (MH2), a draft-focused set released in June 2021. It is collector number 127 in that set, with art by Lucas Staniec. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Pauper. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Modern Horizons 2 (2021) to Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.20 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Exile the top card of your library. During your next turn, you may play that card.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)
Abandoned years ago, the experiment continues to iterate upon itself.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.20 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Galvanic Relay by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Banned |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Galvanic Relay
Galvanic Relay has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #450 | Common | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #406 | Common | 2021 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Galvanic Relay, newest first.
- You can play the exiled card only on your next turn after Galvanic Relay resolves. Notably, this means you cannot play it the same turn you cast Galvanic Relay.
- Playing the card has the same timing restrictions and requires the same payments as normal, but it can only be played next turn.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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