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Maelstrom Wanderer, art by Thomas M. Baxa
Art by Thomas M. Baxa · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
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Maelstrom Wanderer

{5}{G}{U}{R} · Legendary Creature — Elemental

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.)

Rulings (3)

Nov 10, 2020 · 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 cascade ability. That spell will resolve before you exile cards for the second cascade ability.

Nov 10, 2020 · Maelstrom Wanderer gives itself haste.

Nov 10, 2020 · No matter what spell you cast with the first cascade trigger (or with any cascade triggers that result from casting that spell), the second cascade trigger will look for a spell with mana value less than Maelstrom Wanderer's mana value of 8.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernNot legal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=13 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder / Thrasios, Triton HerocEDH100%1
Creative comboLegacy66.7%1–2×3
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh / Thrasios, Triton HerocEDH11.1%9
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Maelstrom Wanderer — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfallcasthaven.com

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