its in a planeswalker deck of mine and YES its Great when you swing then drop a Planeswalker for free and then with the left over mana play another Planeswalker.
Is there anything this card cant do? :P
Ixidors_Heir
★★★☆☆ (4.0/5.0)(21 votes)
It can't do your laundry.
steamedrice
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0)(11 votes)
actually..she did mine..
macic666
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I agree with "hallowed_fountain" it is a VERY useful card for a Planeswalker deck, or any other super big creature...No paying!!!
thaviel
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(4 votes)
-.- 2 of my friends got 1 of her.
BrimandVormay
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
this card can also be used to bring out those pesky 6 or more mana cost creatures, and can be used quite efficiently in an angel deck. addedly, it's also good with charnelhoard wurm, who has trample and returns cards from your graveyard to your hand. the combo basically allows you to bring cards from your graveyard into play for free
dk101
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(8 votes)
Nice card but without haste it simply says "kill me!" - it is going to attract any point removal because its far too dangerous to risk a hit. Now if it survives.............
The_Somnambulist
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(13 votes)
I noticed this wasn't discussed here, but I have a thought on making this card work even faster: Notice it says "whenever it deals combat damage to a player", my thought is if you give Maelstrom Archangel double strike, you can play 2 spells for free in one turn instead! After all, double strike says creatures deal their first strike damage first, then their normal combat damage, plus they mention a separate damage step altogether anyway. Basically, 2 instances of combat dmg = 2 free spells in one turn! combine that with something like Waves of Aggression and you could really dish stuff out!
The only thing that may bother some players is the 5 color cost, otherwise this card is awesome!
alman
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Maelstrom Archangel and Charnelhoard Wurm attacks, cast Relentless Assault for free. Attack again. Get Relentless Assault from graveyard, cast again for free. Wash, rinse and repeat.
billpasdmf
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I managed to get 3 of these and a progenitus. And progenitus now has 3 confirmed kills for me; which is pretty awesome. Crazy ridiculous combo: Madrush Cyclops + Maelstrom Archangel + Progenitus + Finest Hour = INSTANT DEATH! Haven't done that one YET, but salivating quite anxiously over it.
lightning19
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(3 votes)
ya this is a pretty sick card
five colors, harder to play but do able besides ur most likely only going to hav one in ur deck so its going to take time as is
rubber
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Lol, nonland card. Like anyone's using this for mana accel. A deck that combos this would probably be awkward and vulnerable, but if it's just an attack creature (in a deck that happens to be pentacolored anyway...yeah...) it can be quite amazing. Primarily a casual card, but there's probably some deck that can use it.
Keropee
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
this in a reanimator deck.... first turn... = anger in graveyard (Badlands or blood crypt)... an attacking 5/5 flying Angel... and finally a Nicol Bolas planeswalker... MWAHAHAHAHAHAAAH
U-caster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Man I wish I had one. Imagine all the creatures youu could play.
KnightLord77
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Maelstrom Archangel is an awesome card!!! The artwork is fantastic, for one! And the flavor text is pretty cool, especially for lovers of Angel creatures! :-) But to pay 5 total mana for a 5/5 Flying creature with an ability like hers is just plain phenomenal! Sure, she costs five *different* colors of mana, but there are plenty of ways to get that, right? Besides, I like The_Somnambulist's idea about giving her double-strike! A very clever idea! That's why I love this game (well, one of the many reasons)!!! It's all about understanding that "double-strike" is dealing 5 damage TWO times, not 10 damage once. :-)
Donovan_Fabian
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(6 votes)
Got to love this card if for no other reason than it doesn't say what kind of card, can be playing some 10 mana sorcery for free whenever she hits. Easy to do with a whispersilk cloak, course she already has flying. Also, very useful in the sense that shards of alara has the major umm.. what to call them.. leaders of each shard, godsire, sphinx sovereign, and so on, and she gives you a way to play them by playing normally and thus not losing momentum.
Demonic_Angel13
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
I traded this for Nicol Bolas and I now regret it. With this you could play Progenitus or an ultimatum. Also Manaplasm with this would be extreme. Get Finest Hour out and give the angel double strike and trample to get 4 spells free a turn.
thezanet
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A 5/5 flyer for cmc 5 with incredible game text? 5 stars all the way
Colossus_of_Darkstee
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I find it hard to believe that no one has mentioned kaleidostone yet to get her out. even in a mono colored deck, just throw a few of these in and a few of the angels in, and u can get her pretty fast.
turn one= llanowar elves turn two= kaleidostone+2nd llanowar elves
turn three= crack kaleidostone play angel
turn four= swing for five play a progenitus of something else extremely absurd
achilleselbow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
As far as I know, this is one of the only acceleration cards that lets you actually CAST spells rather than PLAY them. So you could safely use this with Phage.
ReturnToSender
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I can see this baby cheating an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn if played right, plus another turn, then swing!
opinionfailure
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Too bad it has to be combat damage. Find a way to give this thing haste and your ready to rock and roll with some free planeswalkers and/or rediculous creatures like Emrakul, the Aeons Torn and Progenitus.
Paleopaladin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I have a friend who basically concedes when I imprint one of these on a Soul Foundry. Good times. :-)
SoulShatterer
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(8 votes)
Free Prognetius.
Darklink1026
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Fireball for 1337.
donjohnson
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
heh. Turn 1 - drop a swamp, cast dark ritual, cast Skull Fracture to discard the Maelstrom, cast Exhume to bring her into play. Turn 2 - attack and damage your opponent with Maelstrom and start dropping Eldrazi on the table each turn.
I wish mythics were still just really powerful cards that we don't play in tournaments =/
LiXinjian
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Demonic Angel: it's not very profitable to use her "cast a spell for free" in order to pump up a Manaplasm, mainly because the Manaplasm will revert to its original P/T at end of turn, and all combat damage has been assigned and dealt by the time the ooze grows. And as we all know, barring some shenanigans, there is only one attack phase per turn.
@Achilleselbow: the distinction between CAST and PLAY is irrelevant. Nowadays, PLAY is used when you could either cast (a spell) or play (a land) the given card. This is why her ability was reworded in Oracle, substituting "Play" for "Cast", since the ability specifically says "nonland card", making the use of "Play" needless. You are correct, however, in pointing out that this would let you cast Phage without fear (Phage only cares that she was cast from your hand upon entering the battlefield, not that you paid her mana cost or not).
On another subject, why is her helmet floating about on some earthmote, and not under her arm or on her head?
Kryptnyt
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Bullet boobs ftw
intothevoid
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
haven't bought cards since 2002, got a booster friday night- ...nice welcome back present
Templar314
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's possible, if scarcely practical, to cheat in a Phage the Untouchable with this.
MAELSTROM ARCHANGEL EDH WOULD HAVE BEEN SO FANTASTIC
TherealphatMatt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Am I the only one entertained by the thought that she's throwing her helmet at her foes with her mind?
Dr.Pingas
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Dear Flavor Text: there are no angels on Kamigawa. Nice try though.
phyrexiantrygon
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Darklink1026
X would be 0.
@Dr.Pingas
Kamaigawa?!? What does that have to do with this card? Its from ALARA...
And remember... now you only need a three color deck.... (unfortunately doesnt work in EDH....)
JaxsonBateman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As has already been said, it's a great card, but that mana cost is incredibly restrictive. Still, at least you get access to most cards to cast for free, and being able to cast something for free so 'easily' gives you a lot of combo potential.
It's a shame she isn't a Legendary Angel. If she was, a dedicated 5 color Angel EDH would be possible.
Oh well, there's always the option of running a random 5 color General jut to get the colors.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You guys looking for the Ultimate Legendary creature to pair with this?
Scion of the Ur-Dragon. Now Maelstrom Archangel and Kaalia of the Vast can cast whatever the heck you want them to for free. Disentomb is better than Entomb for this, and maybe ONLY for this deck. You Ur-Dragon your Dragons to the graveyard, you Disentomb, Kaalia and Maelstrom play em for free. Now instead of 'Any Dragon at my Command', you actually have 'EVERY Dragon' at your Command!
ok ok- now here's something wild: Xenograft. Naming 'Demon'. Congratulations, Rakdos, the Defiler just got stupid.
Seems to reliably win on turn 4 or 5 against any deck that isn't running very much control.
Chogori27
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This thing likes to come out on turn four using Channel of the Suns and equipped with lightning greaves and goes and Fetches Maelstrom Wanderer for another Maelstrom Archangel, good times had by half the players.
Extraneous
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you can get this thing into play and help it survive long enough to actually hit a player then this is a brilliant card. In particularly, this pairs well with cards with Bloodthirst - if you get a hit with it on turn 6 (possible whilst defending your card with mana accel), for instance, Carnage Wurm gives you a 9/9 with trample and Furyborn Hellkite gives you a 12/12 with flying. Turn 6. And you still have enough mana free to play another creature!
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Interesting choice for reanimator since the casting cost can make it difficult to drop normally and it lets you cheat your fatties in from your hand if you're short on reanimation/discard
ShatterPalm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Turn 2 progenitus anyone?
Turn 1 drop A swamp. Play dark rit play cabal therapy name maelstrom archangel and discard it. Play exhume to bring it back. Turn 2 swing, drop progenitus. Turn 3 swing again with both, win game.
raginglittepycho
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
except pandora I have a feeling gearbox saw this and was pff lets add something else to our list of things in our game. 5/5 for winning so many games.
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Probably one of the coolest WURBG cards =D
SirLibraryEater
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Kaalia, your Simic is showing.
kiseki
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
If you want to play 5 color EDH, and don't want to be forced into a theme (slivers, atogs, elementals or dragons), then this is far and away the best choice.
That's kinda sad really.
Tapsa
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@kiseki: Sorry, can't play this as your EDH general as she isn't a legendary creature.
Comments (58)
Is there anything this card cant do? :P
Notice it says "whenever it deals combat damage to a player", my thought is if you give Maelstrom Archangel double strike, you can play 2 spells for free in one turn instead! After all, double strike says creatures deal their first strike damage first, then their normal combat damage, plus they mention a separate damage step altogether anyway. Basically, 2 instances of combat dmg = 2 free spells in one turn! combine that with something like Waves of Aggression and you could really dish stuff out!
The only thing that may bother some players is the 5 color cost, otherwise this card is awesome!
five colors, harder to play but do able besides ur most likely only going to hav one in ur deck so its going to take time as is
turn one= llanowar elves
turn two= kaleidostone+2nd llanowar elves
turn three= crack kaleidostone play angel
turn four= swing for five play a progenitus of something else extremely absurd
Turn 1 - drop a swamp, cast dark ritual, cast Skull Fracture to discard the Maelstrom, cast Exhume to bring her into play.
Turn 2 - attack and damage your opponent with Maelstrom and start dropping Eldrazi on the table each turn.
@Achilleselbow: the distinction between CAST and PLAY is irrelevant. Nowadays, PLAY is used when you could either cast (a spell) or play (a land) the given card. This is why her ability was reworded in Oracle, substituting "Play" for "Cast", since the ability specifically says "nonland card", making the use of "Play" needless.
You are correct, however, in pointing out that this would let you cast Phage without fear (Phage only cares that she was cast from your hand upon entering the battlefield, not that you paid her mana cost or not).
On another subject, why is her helmet floating about on some earthmote, and not under her arm or on her head?
MAELSTROM ARCHANGEL EDH WOULD HAVE BEEN SO FANTASTIC
there are no angels on Kamigawa. Nice try though.
X would be 0.
@Dr.Pingas
Kamaigawa?!? What does that have to do with this card? Its from ALARA...
And remember... now you only need a three color deck.... (unfortunately doesnt work in EDH....)
Oh well, there's always the option of running a random 5 color General jut to get the colors.
Scion of the Ur-Dragon. Now Maelstrom Archangel and Kaalia of the Vast can cast whatever the heck you want them to for free. Disentomb is better than Entomb for this, and maybe ONLY for this deck. You Ur-Dragon your Dragons to the graveyard, you Disentomb, Kaalia and Maelstrom play em for free. Now instead of 'Any Dragon at my Command', you actually have 'EVERY Dragon' at your Command!
ok ok- now here's something wild: Xenograft. Naming 'Demon'. Congratulations, Rakdos, the Defiler just got stupid.
Ok, Ok....Avacyn. Stoneforge a Worldslayer.
Gisela works pretty good with Ghosts of the Innocent, plus a lot of other much more well known cards.
Stoneforge also works with Withengar.
Griselbrand and 'Tutoric' (Rune-Scarred) Demon are things.
Invasion, Time Spiral, and Elder Dragons can all also be played in this deck.
That's right: you can cast Nicol Bolas for free from a Kaalia in an Ur-Dragon deck.
So who's up for a game of Timmy-Ball? :D
4 Evolving Wilds
8 Forest
3 Swamp
3 Island
2 Mountain
2 Plains
4 Rampant Growth
4 Kodama's Reach
4 Harrow
4 Lightning Greaves
4 Demonic Tutor
4 Ponder
2 Brainstorm
4 Maelstrom Archangel
4 Coalition Victory
Seems to reliably win on turn 4 or 5 against any deck that isn't running very much control.
and goes and Fetches Maelstrom Wanderer for another Maelstrom Archangel, good times had by half the players.
Turn 1 drop A swamp. Play dark rit play cabal therapy name maelstrom archangel and discard it. Play exhume to bring it back.
Turn 2 swing, drop progenitus.
Turn 3 swing again with both, win game.
That's kinda sad really.