First printed in Conflux (2009)
Creature — Angel
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may cast a spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.
There is no world where angels fear to tread.
5/5
- Illustrated by
- Cyril Van Der Haegen
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (4)
- If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as evoke or the alternative cost provided by the morph ability. However, you can pay optional additional costs, such as conspire, and you must still pay mandatory additional costs, such as the one on Goldmeadow Stalwart.
- If you want to cast a card this way, you cast it as part of the resolution of Maelstrom Angel's triggered ability. Timing restrictions based on the card's type (such as creature or sorcery) are ignored. Other casting restrictions are not (such as “Cast [this card] only before attackers are declared”).
- If you cast a card this way, you're casting it as a spell. It can be countered.
- If you cast a card with X in its cost this way, X must be 0.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).