Stormsurge Kraken
Stormsurge Kraken: Creature - Kraken, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Kraken
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 5/5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 122
- Artist
- Svetlin Velinov
- Commander rank
- 5,904 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Hexproof, Lieutenant
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About Stormsurge Kraken
Stormsurge Kraken is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 122 in that set, with art by Svetlin Velinov. It costs {3}{U}{U} (three generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Commander 2014 (2014) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.81 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Hexproof
Lieutenant - As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you may draw two cards."
Most see krakens as wantonly violent, failing to notice their meticulous attention to detail when dismantling a vessel.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.81 (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 Stormsurge Kraken by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Stormsurge Kraken
Stormsurge Kraken has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Commander Masters (CMM) #497 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander 2014 (C14) #18 | Rare | 2014 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Stormsurge Kraken, newest first.
- If you lose control of your commander, lieutenant abilities of creatures you control will immediately stop applying. If this causes a creature’s toughness to become less than or equal to the amount of damage marked on it, the creature will be destroyed.
- If you gain control of a creature with a lieutenant ability owned by another player, that ability will check to see if you control your commander and will apply if you do. It won’t check whether its owner controls their commander.
- Lieutenant abilities apply only if your commander is on the battlefield and under your control.
- Lieutenant abilities refer only to whether you control your commander, not any other player’s commander.
- If a triggered ability granted by a lieutenant ability triggers, and in response to that trigger you lose control of your commander (causing the lieutenant to lose that ability), that triggered ability will still resolve.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.