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Warstorm Surge

Enchantment

Whenever a creature you control enters, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{5}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Price
$1.05
EDHREC rank
#675
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Warstorm Surge card art
Warstorm Surge turns every creature entering the battlefield into a free Lightning Bolt aimed anywhere — and with self-replacing creatures like Norin the Wary or infinite-token generators like Polyraptor, that damage adds up to a table wipe before opponents can answer. Six mana is a real ask, but the payoff is immediate and unconditional.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Norin the Wary

Norin the Wary

72.0% of decks · synergy 0.63

Norin the Wary blinks out and returns every single turn cycle, which means Warstorm Surge deals 2 damage to any target on a guaranteed loop — no additional investment required, just the enchantment and a commander that can't stop triggering it.

02
Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Bello, Bard of the Brambles

72.8% of decks · synergy 0.59

Bello, Bard of the Brambles makes Forests and Plains into creatures when they enter, so Warstorm Surge converts every land drop into a free damage ping — combined with Bello's token generation, the enchantment turns a mana base into a kill condition.

03
Neriv, Heart of the Storm

Neriv, Heart of the Storm

60.4% of decks · synergy 0.57

Neriv, Heart of the Storm generates a stream of Spirit tokens whenever a nontoken creature dies, so Warstorm Surge fires repeatedly off the same chain of triggers — one board wipe can translate into lethal damage spread across every opponent.

04
Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Be'lakor, the Dark Master

54.4% of decks · synergy 0.51

Be'lakor, the Dark Master creates a Demon token every time a Demon enters under your control, and Warstorm Surge punishes opponents for each one — the more Demons you cascade into, the more direct damage the enchantment delivers alongside Be'lakor's card draw.

05
Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients

Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients

64.4% of decks · synergy 0.51

Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients pings itself to generate Dragon Spirit tokens whenever it takes noncombat damage, and Warstorm Surge closes that loop by dealing the triggering damage the moment each token enters — a single setup turn can spiral into an arbitrarily large damage chain.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Warstorm Surge lives — three opponents, creature-heavy strategies everywhere, and games long enough to make a six-mana enchantment pay off. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; the format's pace makes a six-mana do-nothing-on-resolution enchantment unplayable outside of janky combo shells. Modern is the same story: too slow, too fragile to removal, no competitive home. Warstorm Surge is a Commander card, full stop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

2,363 decks
Vrondiss, Rage of AncientsWarstorm Surge

Vrondiss, Rage of AncientsWarstorm Surge

Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$1.05 cheap tier

At $1.05, Warstorm Surge is one of the cheapest high-impact enchantments in the format — the price reflects wide supply from multiple printings, not low demand. It's a stable budget staple; there's no reason to expect movement in either direction.

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