Multani, Maro-Sorcerer
Legendary Creature — Elemental Sorcerer
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Multani's power and toughness are each equal to the total number of cards in all players' hands.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $15.14
- EDHREC rank
- #17073
Multani, Maro-Sorcerer puts a massive shrouded body on the board for six mana — its power and toughness equal the total cards in all players' hands, which in a four-player Commander pod routinely means a 20/20 or larger that can't be targeted. The cost is real: shroud cuts both ways, locking you out of your own pump spells and auras, and its size collapses the moment a wheel resolves.
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 |
Commander is where Multani, Maro-Sorcerer lives — multiplayer hand sizes inflate its stats to absurd levels by turn six, and green decks that want an unkillable finisher on a budget have few better options. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but never played; six mana for a creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect and a conditional size is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand. Oathbreaker is legal and occasionally sees it as a signature-spell-adjacent finisher in green shells, but the 60-card format's smaller hand counts keep its ceiling lower than in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Gigantomancer and Kalonian Hydra offer large green bodies at lower price points, but neither matches Multani, Maro-Sorcerer's passive scaling without any investment — Multani grows for free as opponents draw cards. Oran-Rief Hydra and Primordial Hydra are closer in spirit, trading shroud protection for more predictable scaling that isn't dismantled by a single wheel effect.
Price Context
Current price
$15.14 mid tier
At $15.14, Multani, Maro-Sorcerer sits in the mid tier — notable for a single card from an older print run with a narrow niche. Its price is stable rather than climbing; it sees just enough Commander play to hold value, but don't expect it to spike.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.