Maelstrom Pulse

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Character Background

Maelstrom Pulse reads like a narrative maelstrom: a single storm that erases a named threat and every duplicate, making it a premium tool for control and midrange decks that need a one-card solution to recursive planeswalkers, enchantments or token armies. At sorcery speed for {1}{B}{G} it isn't tempo-positive against a fast aggro clock, but it provides enormous value and clean game-state resets against decks that lean on copies or indestructible threats. Deckbuilders should slot it wherever versatile board answers are scarce—Golgari midrange lists pair particularly well, combining Pulse with Assassin's Trophy and Abrupt Decay for a ruthless removal suite and using card selection (Thoughtseize, Sylvan Library or tutors) to guarantee targetable threats. Use it main in metas heavy with token or copy strategies and in the sideboard against specific combo/planeswalker builds; remember it can't hit lands and is sorcery-speed, so support it with instant-speed interaction to buy time.

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