Invasion of Alara // Awaken the Maelstrom

Battle — Siege // Sorcery

When this Siege enters, cards from the top of your library until you two nonland cards with mana value 4 or less. You may one of those two cards without paying its mana cost. Put one of them into your hand. Then put the other cards exiled this way on the bottom of your library in a random order. // the Maelstrom is all colors. Target player draws two cards. You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield. a token that's a copy of a permanent you control. Distribute three +1/+1 among one, two, or three creatures you control. target permanent an opponent controls.

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Ability classification

Published revision
482a4a8d-910a-4262-8142-5f79ac2d4159
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34,605
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34,605
Complete
1,684
Partial
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Unsupported
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partial Extraction abilities-3

Incomplete card classification: unmodeled effect: exile cards from the top of your library until you exile two nonland cards with mana value 4 or less; unmodeled effect: You may cast one of those two cards without paying its mana cost; unmodeled effect: Put one of them into your hand; unmodeled effect: Then put the other cards exiled this way on the bottom of your library in a random order.; unmodeled effect: Awaken the Maelstrom is all colors.; unmodeled effect: You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield; unmodeled effect: Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three creatures you control; unmodeled effect: Destroy target permanent an opponent controls.

Ability 1

triggeredpartial

When this Siege enters, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile two nonland cards with mana value 4 or less. You may cast one of those two cards without paying its mana cost. Put one of them into your hand. Then put the other cards exiled this way on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Active zone
battlefield
Trigger
permanent etb
Cost
No recorded activation cost.
Requirements
All of: Unsupported condition: unmodeled effect: exile cards from the top of your library until you exile two nonland cards with mana value 4 or less; unmodeled effect: You may cast one of those two cards without paying its mana cost; unmodeled effect: Put one of them into your hand; unmodeled effect: Then put the other cards exiled this way on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Source span
0–313

Functional categories

Effects

trigger · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

  • payoff permanent_etb · self card
    No additional explicit requirement.

Incomplete: unmodeled effect: exile cards from the top of your library until you exile two nonland cards with mana value 4 or less; unmodeled effect: You may cast one of those two cards without paying its mana cost; unmodeled effect: Put one of them into your hand; unmodeled effect: Then put the other cards exiled this way on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Source evidence
Source
oracle
Revision
33c0adeb51ee24be36a41432c49e91df3b7b1d44d6642ef75f5a03c83bc39503
Rule
abilities-3
Confidence
Not calibrated

When this Siege enters, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile two nonland cards with mana value 4 or less. You may cast one of those two cards without paying its mana cost. Put one of them into your hand. Then put the other cards exiled this way on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Ability 2

castunsupported

Cast Invasion of Alara

Active zone
hand
Trigger
Unavailable
Cost
Mana {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Requirements
All of: timing: sorcery; Unsupported condition: multi-face casting choice not modeled
Source span
0–0

No functional category evidence is published for this ability.

Effects

cast · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

  • requires mana · self B · amount 1
    action kind: noncreature_spell
  • requires mana · self G · amount 1
    action kind: noncreature_spell
  • requires mana · self R · amount 1
    action kind: noncreature_spell
  • requires mana · self U · amount 1
    action kind: noncreature_spell
  • requires mana · self W · amount 1
    action kind: noncreature_spell
  • produces noncreature_cast · self spell · amount 1 · hand → stack
    No additional explicit requirement.

Incomplete: multi-face casting choice not modeled

Source evidence
Source
scryfall
Revision
33c0adeb51ee24be36a41432c49e91df3b7b1d44d6642ef75f5a03c83bc39503
Rule
card-type-cast-event
Confidence
Not calibrated

Battle — Siege

Ability 3

spellunsupported

Awaken the Maelstrom is all colors.

Active zone
stack
Trigger
Unavailable
Cost
No recorded activation cost.
Requirements
All of: Unsupported condition: unmodeled effect: Awaken the Maelstrom is all colors.
Source span
0–35

Functional categories

Effects

No effect records were extracted.

Incomplete: unmodeled effect: Awaken the Maelstrom is all colors.

Source evidence
Source
oracle
Revision
33c0adeb51ee24be36a41432c49e91df3b7b1d44d6642ef75f5a03c83bc39503
Rule
abilities-3
Confidence
Not calibrated

Awaken the Maelstrom is all colors.

Ability 4

spellpartial

Target player draws two cards. You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield. Create a token that's a copy of a permanent you control. Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three creatures you control. Destroy target permanent an opponent controls.

Active zone
stack
Trigger
Unavailable
Cost
No recorded activation cost.
Requirements
All of: Unsupported condition: unmodeled effect: You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield; unmodeled effect: Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three creatures you control; unmodeled effect: Destroy target permanent an opponent controls.
Source span
36–316

Functional categories

Effects

draw · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

  • produces card_draw · any card · amount 2 · library → hand
    No additional explicit requirement.

token · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

  • produces token · self token · amount 1 · unknown zone → battlefield
    No additional explicit requirement.

Incomplete: unmodeled effect: You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield; unmodeled effect: Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three creatures you control; unmodeled effect: Destroy target permanent an opponent controls.

Source evidence
Source
oracle
Revision
33c0adeb51ee24be36a41432c49e91df3b7b1d44d6642ef75f5a03c83bc39503
Rule
abilities-3
Confidence
Not calibrated

Target player draws two cards. You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield. Create a token that's a copy of a permanent you control. Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three creatures you control. Destroy target permanent an opponent controls.

Ability 5

castunsupported

Cast Awaken the Maelstrom

Active zone
hand
Trigger
Unavailable
Cost
No recorded activation cost.
Requirements
All of: timing: sorcery; Unsupported condition: no ordinary mana cost; multi-face casting choice not modeled
Source span
0–0

No functional category evidence is published for this ability.

Effects

cast · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

  • produces noncreature_cast · self spell · amount 1 · hand → stack
    No additional explicit requirement.

Incomplete: no ordinary mana cost; multi-face casting choice not modeled

Source evidence
Source
scryfall
Revision
33c0adeb51ee24be36a41432c49e91df3b7b1d44d6642ef75f5a03c83bc39503
Rule
card-type-cast-event
Confidence
Not calibrated

Sorcery

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