Maelstrom Archangel

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Maelstrom Archangel: Creature - Angel, Dominaria United Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Angel
Colour identity
White, blue, black, red and green (WUBRG)
Power / toughness
5/5
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)
Released
2022-09-09
Collector number
158
Artist
Cyril Van Der Haegen
Commander rank
6,597 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying

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About Maelstrom Archangel

Maelstrom Archangel is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white, blue, black, red and green creature from Dominaria United Commander (DMC), a Commander product released in September 2022. It is collector number 158 in that set, with art by Cyril Van Der Haegen. It costs {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} (one white, one blue, one black, one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is white, blue, black, red and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Conflux (2009) to Dominaria United Commander (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.85 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may cast a spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.

There is no world where angels fear to tread.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.85 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Maelstrom Archangel by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Maelstrom Archangel

Maelstrom Archangel has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Jumpstart (JMP) #454Mythic2020
The List (PLST) #CON-115Mythic2019
Conflux (CON) #115Mythic2009

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Maelstrom Archangel, newest first.

  • If you cast a card this way, you're casting it as a spell. It can be countered.
  • If you cast a card with X in its cost this way, X must be 0.
  • If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as evoke or the alternative cost provided by the morph ability. However, you can pay optional additional costs, such as conspire, and you must still pay mandatory additional costs, such as the one on Goldmeadow Stalwart.
  • If you want to cast a card this way, you cast it as part of the resolution of Maelstrom Angel's triggered ability. Timing restrictions based on the card's type (such as creature or sorcery) are ignored. Other casting restrictions are not (such as “Cast [this card] only before attackers are declared”).

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a white, blue, black, red and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Maelstrom Archangel is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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