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Warstorm Surge
Price$0.63 – $2.05
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Warstorm Surge

{5}{R}

Enchantment

LegalRank #683

Whenever a creature you control enters, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Why is this card good?

Warstorm Surge turns every creature you play into a Lightning Bolt (or worse). At six mana it's expensive, but the payoff scales with how many — and how big — your creatures are. This shines in two homes. First, big-creature/stompy decks (think Xenagos, Pantlaza, or any green-red ramp shell) where dropping a 7/7 also means flinging 7 damage at a face or blocker. Second, token and ETB decks — anything with Avenger of Zendikar, blink loops, or repeatable creature generation — where the trigger stacks into a board-clearing or player-killing burst. It pairs beautifully with effects that copy or double creatures. The classic combo: pair it with a flicker engine or a populate/clone source and you've got a removal cannon, or outright wincon with damage-doublers. Don't play it in creature-light decks, low-power token swarms (1/1s deal trivial damage), or anything that can't reliably keep creatures hitting the board. It also does nothing the turn it lands, making it a juicy target for removal before you cash in.

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Played by these commanders

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Combos (8)

  • Polyraptor + Warstorm Surge

    → Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB

  • Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients + Warstorm Surge

    → Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB

  • Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Bladewing the Risen + Warstorm Surge

    → Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite death triggers

  • Malignus + Warstorm Surge + Gratuitous Violence

    → Near-infinite damage, Target opponent loses the game

  • Malignus + Warstorm Surge + Fiery Emancipation

    → Near-infinite damage, Target opponent loses the game

  • Solphim, Mayhem Dominus + Malignus + Warstorm Surge

    → Near-infinite damage, Target opponent loses the game

Rulings (2)

  • 2011-09-22

    The creature that entered deals damage equal to its current power to the targeted permanent or player. If it's no longer on the battlefield, its last known existence on the battlefield is checked to determine its power.

  • 2011-09-22

    Warstorm Surge is the source of the ability, but the creature is the source of the damage. The ability couldn't target a creature with protection from red, for example. It could target a creature with protection from creatures, but all the damage would be prevented. Since damage is dealt by the creature, abilities like lifelink, deathtouch and infect are taken into account, even if the creature has left the battlefield by the time it deals damage.

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