Hailstorm Valkyrie
Snow Creature — Angel Wizard
Flying, trample
: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. ( can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kaldheim
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #15921
Hailstorm Valkyrie lands as a 3/3 flying trampler that grows every time you cast a snow spell — the payoff is real, and the cost is just slanting your mana base toward snow sources. Jorn, God of Winter makes that cost nearly invisible by untapping snow permanents on attack, turning every combat step into free Valkyrie counters.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jorn, God of Winter
Jorn, God of Winter's attack trigger untaps your snow lands and lets you recast snow spells mid-combat, which means Hailstorm Valkyrie can stack +1/+1 counters inside a single turn cycle rather than plodding up one per main phase.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hailstorm Valkyrie is a Commander card first — the snow synergy payoff compounds over a long game in ways 60-card formats don't reward. In Modern and Pioneer it's outclassed as a three-drop threat; dedicated snow shells have tighter, faster options, and a growing beater that requires board presence and repeated spell-casting is too slow to matter. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all. Commander is where the math works: a snow-heavy build with Jorn, God of Winter or a similar snow-matters general can grow this into a meaningful late-game threat, and flying plus trample means the counters actually translate to damage.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Hailstorm Valkyrie is deep bulk — pick it up in any snow Commander build without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow homes don't appreciate, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Jorn, God of Winter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.