Torrential Gearhulk

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Torrential Gearhulk: Artifact Creature - Construct, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{U}{U}
Mana value
6
Type
Artifact Creature - Construct
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
5/6
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Released
2023-08-04
Collector number
128
Artist
Svetlin Velinov
Commander rank
2,714 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flash

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About Torrential Gearhulk

Torrential Gearhulk is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue artifact creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 128 in that set, with art by Svetlin Velinov. It costs {4}{U}{U} (four generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 5/6 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Kaladesh (2016) to Final Fantasy Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.62 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).

Card text

Flash

When this creature enters, you may cast target instant card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.62 (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 Torrential Gearhulk by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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

Other printings of Torrential Gearhulk

Torrential Gearhulk has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #272Rare2025
Commander Masters (CMM) #501Rare2023
Kaladesh Remastered (KLR) #70Mythic2020
Kaladesh (KLD) #67Mythic2016
Kaladesh Inventions (MPS) #2Special2016
Kaladesh Promos (PKLD) #67sMythic2016

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Torrential Gearhulk, newest first.

  • If you cast the card, you do so as part of the resolution of Torrential Gearhulk's triggered ability. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing restrictions (such as "Cast [this card] only during combat") still apply.
  • If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as emerge costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Incendiary Sabotage, 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.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Torrential Gearhulk is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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