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Invoke Calamity, art by Svetlin Velinov
Art by Svetlin Velinov · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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Invoke Calamity

{1}{R}{R}{R}{R} · Instant

You may cast up to two instant and/or sorcery spells with total mana value 6 or less from your graveyard and/or hand without paying their mana costs. If those spells would be put into your graveyard, exile them instead. Exile Invoke Calamity.

Rulings (4)

Feb 18, 2022 · If you cast a spell without paying its mana cost, you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay any additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.

Feb 18, 2022 · The spells are cast one after the other during the resolution of Invoke Calamity. The one you cast second will be the first one to resolve.

Feb 18, 2022 · If the spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

Feb 18, 2022 · Invoke Calamity looks for the mana values and types of the spells on the stack, not the mana values and types of the cards in your graveyard. Notably, this means that you may cast the back face of a modal double-faced card or either face of a split card as long as the spells you are casting are either instants or sorceries and together have a total mana value of 6 or less.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype · cEDH

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=4 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Ral, Monsoon MagecEDH75%4
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

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