Maralen, Fae Ascendant

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Maralen, Fae Ascendant: Legendary Creature - Elf Faerie Noble, Lorwyn Eclipsed. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}{G}{U}
Mana value
5
Type
Legendary Creature - Elf Faerie Noble
Colour identity
Blue, black and green (UBG)
Power / toughness
4/5
Rarity
Rare
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL)
Released
2026-01-23
Collector number
233
Artist
Steve Prescott
Commander rank
6,400 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Maralen, Fae Ascendant is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue, black and green legendary creature from Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL), an expansion set released in January 2026. It is collector number 233 in that set, with art by Steve Prescott. It costs {2}{B}{G}{U} (two generic, one blue, one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/5 creature. Its colour identity is blue, black and green. 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 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).

Card text

Flying

Whenever Maralen or another Elf or Faerie you control enters, exile the top two cards of target opponent's library.

Once each turn, you may cast a spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of Elves and Faeries you control from among cards exiled with Maralen this turn without paying its mana cost.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.33 (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 Maralen, Fae Ascendant by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Maralen, Fae Ascendant has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #376Rare2026
Lorwyn Eclipsed Promos (PECL) #233pRare2026

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Maralen, Fae Ascendant, newest first.

  • If an exiled card has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
  • Since you are using an alternative cost to cast the spell, you can't pay any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
  • If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If Maralen enters at the same time as one or more other Elves or Faeries you control, its first ability will trigger for each of those other Elves and Faeries as well as itself.

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