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Maelstrom Wanderer
Legendary Creature — Elemental · 5GUR
Color identity: Green · Red · Blue · Temur
Maelstrom Wanderer is Temur (green, red and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Creatures you control have haste.
Cascade, cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order. Then do it again.)
Reference price of the card: €0.39
Comes in the precon Dance of the Elements
Average lands in decks for Maelstrom Wanderer: 38
CascadeRampChaosBig ManaComboAggroGood StuffExtra Turns
Build your Maelstrom Wanderer deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
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The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: B+ (75/100)
- Consistency83
- Speed59
- Interaction52
- Resilience81
- Closing99
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 38 lands (27 nonbasic, 3 Island, 3 Mountain, 5 Forest)
Sol Ring · Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty · Arcane Signet · Cultivate · Etali, Primal Storm · Apex Devastator · Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma · Farseek · Kodama's Reach · Genesis Ultimatum · Nature's Lore · Skyshroud Claim · Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness · Garruk's Uprising · Averna, the Chaos Bloom · Selvala, Heart of the Wilds · Hullbreaker Horror · Rampant Growth · Somberwald Sage · Temur Sabertooth · Three Visits · Surrak Dragonclaw · Thryx, the Sudden Storm · Aurora Phoenix · Beast Within · Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea · Monstrous Vortex · Temur Battlecrier · Bloodbraid Elf · Call Forth the Tempest · Pathbreaker Ibex · Annoyed Altisaur · Chaos Warp · Trumpeting Carnosaur · Eternal Witness · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Rishkar's Expertise · Terror of the Peaks · Thran Dynamo · Up the Beanstalk · Temur Ascendancy · Brainstorm · Crystal Shard · Etherium-Horn Sorcerer · Sakashima's Protege · Blasphemous Act · Fanatic of Rhonas · Kodama of the East Tree · Quandrix, the Proof · Kogla, the Titan Ape · Koma, Cosmos Serpent · Release to the Wind · Shardless Agent · Drakuseth, Maw of Flames · Old Gnawbone · Gilded Lotus · Growth Spiral · Nezahal, Primal Tide · Sunbird's Invocation · Hit the Mother Lode · Natural Reclamation · Command Tower · Stomping Ground · Breeding Pool · Steam Vents · Exotic Orchard · Hinterland Harbor · Ketria Triome · Rootbound Crag · Cinder Glade · Frontier Bivouac · Sulfur Falls · Wooded Foothills · Yavimaya Coast · Misty Rainforest · Rejuvenating Springs · Scalding Tarn · Shivan Reef · Spire Garden · Training Center · Dreamroot Cascade · Temple of the False God · Karplusan Forest · Rockfall Vale · Boseiju, Who Endures · Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth · Ancient Tomb · Mosswort Bridge
🃏 Recommended cards for Maelstrom Wanderer
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Maelstrom Wanderer, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty | 72% | +67% |
| Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma | 57% | +51% |
| Etali, Primal Storm | 59% | +48% |
| Apex Devastator | 57% | +48% |
| Genesis Ultimatum | 51% | +45% |
| Averna, the Chaos Bloom | 46% | +44% |
| Skyshroud Claim | 50% | +41% |
| Etali, Primal Conqueror | 48% | +39% |
| Somberwald Sage | 41% | +38% |
| Temur Sabertooth | 41% | +37% |
| Thryx, the Sudden Storm | 39% | +36% |
| Aurora Phoenix | 38% | +35% |
| Monstrous Vortex | 37% | +34% |
| Selvala, Heart of the Wilds | 42% | +33% |
| Bloodbraid Elf | 36% | +33% |
| Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea | 38% | +33% |
| Pathbreaker Ibex | 34% | +33% |
| Surrak Dragonclaw | 39% | +33% |
| Hullbreaker Horror | 41% | +32% |
| Call Forth the Tempest | 35% | +32% |
| Annoyed Altisaur | 33% | +29% |
| Trumpeting Carnosaur | 33% | +29% |
| Thran Dynamo | 30% | +27% |
| Crystal Shard | 28% | +27% |
💰 The best cards for your Maelstrom Wanderer deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
- Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
- Etali, Primal Storm
- Genesis Ultimatum
- Averna, the Chaos Bloom
- Skyshroud Claim
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Apex Devastator
- Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
- Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
- Hullbreaker Horror
- Kodama of the East Tree
- Up the Beanstalk
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Pathbreaker Ibex
- Call Forth the Tempest
- Nyxbloom Ancient
- Terror of the Peaks
- Fanatic of Rhonas
- Consecrated Sphinx
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Maelstrom Wanderer
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mana Vault → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
- Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- Tidespout Tyrant + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Squee, the Immortal + Food Chain → Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is Maelstrom Wanderer's color identity?
Maelstrom Wanderer is Temur (green, red and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Maelstrom Wanderer come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Maelstrom Wanderer deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 38 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 6.8 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 69 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 11 % of the time and floods 5 %. Deck health: B+ (75/100).
How many lands should a Maelstrom Wanderer deck run?
Real Maelstrom Wanderer decks run 38 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Maelstrom Wanderer?
The three highest-synergy cards are Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma, Etali, Primal Storm. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Maelstrom Wanderer decks.
What combos does Maelstrom Wanderer have?
Maelstrom Wanderer has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Maelstrom Wanderer deck cost?
You can start cheap: Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma, Etali, Primal Storm are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.