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Kalamax, the Stormsire

Legendary Creature — Elemental Dinosaur MV 4

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What it does

Whenever you cast your first instant spell each turn, if Kalamax is tapped, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Whenever you copy an instant spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Kalamax.

Combos with Kalamax, the Stormsire

Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.

Rulings

10 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2020-04-17

    You can't choose to pay any additional costs for the copy created by Kalamax's first ability. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too.

  • 2020-04-17

    If the spell that's copied has damage divided as it was cast, the division can't be changed, although the targets receiving that damage still can. The same is true of spells that distribute counters.

  • 2020-04-17

    Kalamax's first ability considers the entire turn. If you cast an instant spell before Kalamax becomes tapped, its first ability won't trigger when you cast your second.

  • 2020-04-17

    If an effect copies an instant spell multiple times, Kalamax's last ability triggers that many times.

  • 2020-04-17

    A copy is created even if the spell that caused Kalamax's ability to trigger has been countered by the time that ability resolves. The copy resolves before the original spell.

  • 2020-04-17

    An ability that triggers when a player copies a spell resolves before the copy. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

  • 2020-04-17

    If Kalamax becomes tapped as a cost to cast your first instant spell in a turn, its first ability triggers.

  • 2020-04-17

    If an effect copies a card rather than a spell (such as that of God-Eternal Kefnet), this doesn't cause Kalamax's last ability to trigger.

  • 2020-04-17

    The copies that Kalamax's first ability creates are created on the stack, so they're not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.

  • 2020-04-17

    If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy created by Kalamax's first ability will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

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As a commander

Decks built with Kalamax, the Stormsire in the command zone.

Decks led 1
Games played 1
Wins 1
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.

Every version of Kalamax, the Stormsire

5 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Kalamax, the Stormsire — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.