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Sea Gate Stormcaller

Creature — Human Wizard

Kicker {4}{U}
When this creature enters, copy the next instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less you cast this turn when you cast it. If this creature was kicked, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
Zendikar Rising
Price
$0.54
EDHREC rank
#18108
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Sea Gate Stormcaller card art
Sea Gate Stormcaller enters the battlefield and immediately copies the next instant or sorcery you cast with mana value two or less — free spell duplication stapled to a body. The cost is the restriction: only spells with mana value two or less qualify, which limits it in slower, haymaker-heavy shells but makes it broken in spell-dense lists like Storm-Kiln Artist decks or Katilda and Lier, where cheap cantrips and interaction are the engine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Katilda and Lier

Katilda and Lier

13.0% of decks · synergy 0.13

Katilda and Lier's ability to flash back instants and sorceries from the graveyard turns Sea Gate Stormcaller into a recursive copy engine — cast a cheap spell, copy it on entry, then flash it back and do it again, generating absurd card advantage and storm count within the same turn cycle.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Sea Gate Stormcaller slots into any spellslinger or storm build that leans on cheap interaction — one-mana cantrips, two-mana ramp, and targeted removal all get doubled on entry, which is as good as it sounds. Modern and Legacy allow it, but those formats demand more dedicated storm or tempo infrastructure before it earns a slot; it's not a format staple in either. Pioneer is legal and offers the most realistic competitive home outside Commander, particularly in spell-copy or combo-centric brews that can chain low-cost spells. Vintage has more powerful copy effects available, so Sea Gate Stormcaller rarely competes there.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.54 bulk tier

At $0.54, Sea Gate Stormcaller sits firmly in bulk territory, making it an easy include for any Commander list that can use it. Bulk rares with clear combo utility tend to hold a floor rather than drop further, but this one's appeal is purely functional — you're buying the effect, not a collectible.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.