Card

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.


  Alara Reborn (ARB)
#92, Rare

Illustrated by: Anthony Francisco
Multiverse ID: 180613

Not Legal Alchemy BO1
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Not Legal Pauper
Not Legal Pioneer
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Traditional Alchemy
Not Legal Traditional Explorer

Rulings

  • 2009-05-01
    Maelstrom Pulse has only one target. If that permanent is an illegal target as Maelstrom Pulse tries to resolve, it will be countered and none of its effects will happen. Nothing will be destroyed.
  • 2009-05-01
    The name of a creature token is the same as its creature types unless the token is a copy of another creature or the effect that created the token specifically gives it a different name. For example, a 1/1 Soldier creature token is named "Soldier."
  • 2009-05-01
    A face-down creature has no name, so it doesn't have the same name as anything else.
  • 2013-07-01
    If Maelstrom Pulse resolves but the targeted permanent isn't destroyed (perhaps because it regenerates or has indestructible), all other permanents with the same name as it will still be destroyed (unless they also have indestructible.
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