Joyful Stormsculptor
Creature — Human Shaman
When this creature enters, create two 1/1 blue and red Elemental creature tokens.
Whenever you cast a spell that has convoke, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent and each battle they protect.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #16768
Joyful Stormsculptor turns every instant and sorcery into a free scry, and whenever a creature enters under your control, it pings any target for 1 — both triggers stapled onto a three-mana body that demands an answer. Kasla, the Broken Halo is the natural home, since Kasla's spell-copying engine fires both triggers repeatedly and turns what looks like chip damage into a real clock.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kasla, the Broken Halo
Kasla, the Broken Halo copies spells and blinks creatures for free, which means Joyful Stormsculptor triggers on both axes every turn — the scry filters toward the next spell, the ping accumulates, and the loop sustains itself without any extra setup.
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 |
Joyful Stormsculptor is a Commander card first and foremost — the combination of free scrying and repeated pings reaches critical mass only when you're casting enough instants and sorceries to lap the table. In Modern and Pioneer it occupies an awkward space: three mana for a 2/3 with conditional upside is too slow for the formats' pressure curves, and dedicated spellslinger shells there prefer payoffs that close games rather than filter. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but will never want it — the raw power bar is too high for a pinger and a scry to matter. Commander is where the card lives, specifically in high-volume spellcaster decks where the cumulative value over a long game outweighs the modest stat line.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Joyful Stormsculptor is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard and nothing else. Bulk rares with a single obvious Commander home rarely climb unless that commander breaks into the mainstream, so treat this as a throw-in pickup rather than a spec.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.