Gale Force
Sorcery
Gale Force deals 5 damage to each creature with flying.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #30155
Gale Force deals 5 damage to each creature with flying — a one-sided board wipe for green decks that traditionally can't touch the air. Five mana for a clean answer to blue's evasive threats is a real rate, and the asymmetry does most of the work.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Gale Force earns its slot — flying tokens, dragon tribal, and Atraxa, Praetors' Voice builds flood the format with airborne creatures, and most green decks lack clean answers to them. In Legacy and Vintage, targeted removal and counterspells make a five-mana sorcery a liability against faster, more resilient threats; competitive decks there simply don't need it. Modern is similarly hostile to sorcery-speed answers at this cost. Gale Force is a Commander card, full stop.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Gale Force is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you find it on a price list. That price isn't going anywhere; the effect is narrow enough that demand stays low, but narrow effects at bulk pricing are exactly what singleton formats reward.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.