The Maelstrom

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Name	The Maelstrom
Type	Plane — alara
Description	When you planeswalk to The Maelstrom or at the beginning of your upkeep, you may reveal the top card of your library. If it's a permanent card, you may put it onto the battlefield. If you revealed a card but didn't put it onto the battlefield, put itSee more
Artist	James Paick
Set	Planechase Anthology Planes #49
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About The Maelstrom

The Maelstrom, Plane — alara, designed by James Paick first released in Sep, 2009 in the set Planechase Planes and was printed exactly in 2 different ways.

A deck that focuses on high-cost permanents or has a strong graveyard recursion theme would benefit from using The Maelstrom card in Magic: The Gathering. However, there are potentially better options like Omniscience for casting spells for free or Reanimate for targeted graveyard recursion, depending on the specific strategy of the deck. The Maelstrom could see play in a casual or themed deck for its unique and chaotic effect, but in competitive settings, it may not be as efficient as other cards with similar abilities.

Rules

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A permanent card is an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card.

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A plane card is treated as if its text box included “When you roll , put this card on the bottom of its owner’s planar deck face down, then move the top card of your planar deck off that planar deck and turn it face up.” This is called the “planeswalking ability.”

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If you reveal a permanent card that can’t enter the battlefield (because it’s an Aura and there’s nothing it can enchant, for example), then you must put it on the bottom of your library.

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The controller of a face-up plane card is the player designated as the “planar controller.” Normally, the planar controller is whoever the active player is. However, if the current planar controller would leave the game, instead the next player in turn order that wouldn’t leave the game becomes the planar controller, then the old planar controller leaves the game. The new planar controller retains that designation until they leave the game or a different player becomes the active player, whichever comes first.

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