Apex Devastator

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-	35.98	2.95 tix

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Name	Apex Devastator
Type	Creature — chimera hydra
Description	Cascade, cascade, 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.See more
Artist	Svetlin Velinov
Set	Modern Horizons 3 Commander #220
Wallpaper	download
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About Apex Devastator

Apex Devastator, Creature — chimera hydra, designed by Svetlin Velinov first released in Oct, 2020 in the set Commander Legends and was printed exactly in 4 different ways. It see play in 2 formats: Commander and Duel Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 35.98.

This card, Apex Devastator, would be best suited for a ramp or cascade deck that aims to generate a lot of mana quickly and cast high-cost spells for free. While it offers a powerful cascade ability, its high mana cost may make it less efficient compared to other cascade cards like Maelstrom Wanderer, which has a lower cost and grants haste to the creatures it cascades into, making it a more popular choice in cascade strategies. However, Apex Devastator could still see play in casual or themed decks looking for a big, flashy finisher.

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03/19/21

A spell’s converted mana cost is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions. For example, Bloodbraid Elf’s converted mana cost is always 4.

03/19/21

If the card has in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

03/19/21

The converted mana cost of a modal double-faced card in exile is that of its front face. If the last card you exile is a modal double-faced card, you may only cast the back face if the resulting spell would also have a lesser converted mana cost than the spell with cascade.

03/19/21

When the cascade ability resolves, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether or not you cast the last card exiled.

03/19/21

You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.

11/10/20

Countering the spell with cascade has no effect on the cascade ability.

11/10/20

Each instance of cascade triggers and resolves separately. The spell you cast due to the first cascade ability will go on the stack on top of the second, third, and fourth cascade abilities. That spell will resolve before you exile cards for the second cascade ability. The spell you cast for the second will resolve before you exile cards for the third, and so on.

11/10/20

The cascade ability triggers when you cast the spell, meaning that it resolves before that spell. If you cast the card exiled by the cascade ability, that spell will go on the stack above the spell with cascade.

11/10/20

You don’t have to cast the last card exiled by a cascade ability. If you choose to do so, you’re casting it as a spell. This means that it can be countered, and appropriate abilities trigger (such as if that spell also has cascade).

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