Maelstrom Pulse
Sorcery
Destroy target nonland permanent and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent.
During the collision of the shards, entire ways of life disappeared without a trace.
Illustrated by John Avon ยท Double Masters (2XM)
Legalities
- Standard
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
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Innistrad Remastered #244 rare 2025-01-24
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Foundations #661 rare 2024-11-15
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Bloomburrow Commander #126 rare 2024-08-02
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Modern Horizons 3 Commander #269 rare 2024-06-14
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Double Masters #207 rare 2020-08-07
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Historic Anthology 2 #16 rare 2020-03-12
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Ultimate Masters #204 rare 2018-12-07
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Ultimate Box Topper #U24 mythic 2018-12-07
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Amonkhet Invocations #29 special 2017-04-28
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Modern Masters #180 rare 2013-06-07
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Magic Online Promos #37845 rare 2011-06-17
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Grand Prix Promos #2011 rare 2011-01-01
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Alara Reborn #92 rare 2009-04-30
Rulings
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Maelstrom Pulse has only one target. Other permanents with the same name will be destroyed even if they have hexproof or protection.
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If the target permanent is an illegal target by the time Maelstrom Pulse tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve. You won't destroy any permanents at all. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), you do destroy other permanents with the same name.
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Unless a token is a copy of another permanent or was explicitly given a name by the effect that created it, its name is the subtypes it was given when it was created plus the word "Token." For example, if an effect creates a 1/1 Soldier creature token, that token is named "Soldier Token."
Archetypes that play this card
Pioneer
- Golgari Midrange 32.3% of lists
Standard
- Golgari Midrange 75.0% of lists
- Other 14.5% of lists
- Jund Sacrifice 0.7% of lists