Card
Maralen, Fae Ascendant
Mana cost {2}{B}{G}{U}
Legendary Creature — Elf Faerie Noble 4/5
Flying Whenever Maralen or another Elf or Faerie you control enters, exile the top two cards of target opponent's library. Once each turn, you may cast a spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of Elves and Faeries you control from among cards exiled with Maralen this turn without paying its mana cost.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. 4 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · ECL · #233
- Cheapest printing
- €0.26
- EDHREC salt
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- Color identity
- Black, Green, Blue
- Keywords
- Flying
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
No known combos for this card.
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2025-11-17 · Wizards of the Coast
If an exiled card has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value. - 2025-11-17 · Wizards of the Coast
Since you are using an alternative cost to cast the spell, you can't pay any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those. - 2025-11-17 · Wizards of the Coast
If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost. - 2025-11-17 · Wizards of the Coast
If Maralen enters at the same time as one or more other Elves or Faeries you control, its first ability will trigger for each of those other Elves and Faeries as well as itself.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast