Maelstrom Muse
Creature — Djinn Wizard
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn costs 
less to cast, where X is this creature's power as this ability resolves.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #21046
Maelstrom Muse reduces the cost of the next spell you cast each turn by its color count — effectively a repeatable discount engine stapled to a 3/2 body. The catch is that cost reduction only triggers once per turn and scales with multicolor spells, so it earns its slot in Izzet-or-wider shells and mostly dead weight in mono-color builds.
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 |
Maelstrom Muse is a Commander card — the 99-card format's density of multicolor spells is exactly where its discount lands with real weight. In Legacy and Vintage, a 3/2 for three that discounts one spell per turn is too slow and too fragile to compete with the raw power of those formats. Modern and Pioneer are marginally more forgiving on creature stats, but neither format runs enough multicolor density in the decks that would want a cost-reduction payoff to make Maelstrom Muse a serious inclusion. Stick to Commander, where the five-color and four-color decks built around multicolor synergies treat it as a reliable, repeatable discount on their most expensive spells.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Maelstrom Muse is deep bulk — you're picking this up out of a commons box, not a singles list. Bulk mythics and rares with narrow conditions rarely climb without a format breakout, and nothing in the current metagame points toward that happening here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.