Maelstrom Nexus

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Maelstrom Nexus: Enchantment, Dominaria United Commander. The first spell you cast each turn has cascade. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Mana value
5
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
White, blue, black, red and green (WUBRG)
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)
Released
2022-09-09
Collector number
159
Artist
Steven Belledin

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About Maelstrom Nexus

Maelstrom Nexus is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white, blue, black, red and green enchantment from Dominaria United Commander (DMC), a Commander product released in September 2022. It is collector number 159 in that set, with art by Steven Belledin. 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. Its colour identity is white, blue, black, red and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Alara Reborn (2009) to Dominaria United Commander (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.60 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).

Card text

The first spell you cast each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first 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.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.60 (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 Maelstrom Nexus by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Maelstrom Nexus

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

PrintingRarityYear
Double Masters (2XM) #206Mythic2020
The List (PLST) #ARB-130Mythic2020
Alara Reborn (ARB) #130Mythic2009

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Maelstrom Nexus, newest first.

  • Cascade triggers when you cast the spell, meaning that it resolves before that spell. If you end up casting the exiled card, it will go on the stack above the spell with cascade.
  • A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.
  • When the cascade ability resolves, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether or not you cast the last card exiled.
  • You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.
  • The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If cascade allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half but not both halves.
  • Due to a 2021 rules change to cascade, not only do you stop exiling cards if you exile a nonland card with lesser mana value than the spell with cascade, but the resulting spell you cast must also have lesser mana value. Previously, in cases where a card's mana value differed from the resulting spell, such as with some modal double-faced cards or cards with an Adventure, you could cast a spell with a higher mana value than the exiled card.
  • If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the card.
  • If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

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