Empyrial Storm
Sorcery
When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game.
Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2018
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #17927
Empyrial Storm creates a token Angel for each spell cast this turn before it resolves — in a storm-heavy or spell-chaining shell, that's a board of flying bodies stapled to a single six-mana sorcery. The cost is real: six mana at sorcery speed means you need a dedicated storm count or a spells-matter engine to make this payoff worth slotting over a card that just wins outright.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Empyrial Storm is a Commander card through and through — the singleton format rewards the kind of spell-chaining and storm-count buildup that turns this into a wide board of Angels in one swing. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but neither format has any interest in a six-mana sorcery that asks you to play fair and count spells; True-Name Nemesis and Tendrils of Agony do not care. Oathbreaker is the one fringe format where Empyrial Storm has genuine upside, particularly under a signature spell that chains cantrips into a storm count.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Empyrial Storm is bulk — easy to throw into a deck without thinking twice about the cost. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely climb unless a new commander breaks the archetype open, so treat it as a free inclusion rather than an acquisition.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.