Maelstrom Pulse

Mana cost

Mana value3TypeSorcery Color identity

Golgari RarityRare SetInnistrad Remastered (INR) ArtistChris Rallis Price€0.44 · foil €0.65 · $0.38

About this card

Maelstrom Pulse is a sorcery card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 3 (color identity: black and green). First printed in Alara Reborn (2009); 11 paper printings in total. Role in Commander: removal. It is one of the 5,000 most played cards in Commander (EDHREC rank 3,736). Legal in Commander, Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Vintage. Cheapest printing: €0.21 (Foundations); most expensive: €0.71 (Modern Masters).

Maelstrom Pulse

Sorcery

Destroy target nonland permanent and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent.

"I can't abide shoddy work. Whose are these?" —Ghoulcaller Gisa

Name in each language

FrançaisPulsation du MaelstromEnglishMaelstrom PulseEspañolPulso del RemolinoDeutschPuls des MahlstromsItalianoImpulso del MaelstromPortuguêsPulsar do Maelstrom日本語大渦の脈動

Legality

CommanderLegalStandardLegalPioneerLegalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlLegalOathbreakerLegalHistoricLegalTimelessLegalPenny DreadfulLegal

Rulings

2022-06-10
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."

2020-08-07
Maelstrom Pulse has only one target. Other permanents with the same name will be destroyed even if they have hexproof or protection.

2020-08-07
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.