Stormcaller of Keranos
Creature — Human Shaman
Haste
: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #28457
Stormcaller of Keranos gives any red or blue instant or sorcery a free copy the turn it enters — that's an immediate two-for-one stapled to a 2/2 body for three mana. The flash clause means you can drop it at the end of your opponent's turn and untap into a doubled spell, which is a lot of work for a common.
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 |
In Commander, Stormcaller of Keranos earns a slot in any spellslinger deck running Izzet colors — the flash timing and instant-copy trigger line up cleanly with draw-spell chains and combat tricks. Competitive formats like Modern and Legacy have access to far more efficient copy effects, so Stormcaller of Keranos sits well below the power threshold there. Pioneer is the same story — the card is legal but outclassed by dedicated spell-copy payoffs at lower mana costs. Commander is where it lives, and even there it competes with Dualcaster Mage and Nivmagus Elemental variants, so it earns its slot through redundancy rather than dominance.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Stormcaller of Keranos is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the effect. Bulk rares spike and crater unpredictably, but a three-mana flash creature with a single-use copy trigger has a narrow ceiling, so don't expect this to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.