Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
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SetCLB
Collector #485
Released2022-06-10
Rarityrare
ArtistCristi Balanescu
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy

RareColour IDMV 3
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, you may cast up to one target card of the other type from your graveyard. If a spell cast from your graveyard this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
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Keywords
Choose a background
Card capabilities
CreatureGraveyard interactionLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
4 other English printingsEarliest 2022-06-10Newest 2026-02-09Cheapest priced $0.38 in CLB
Rulings (10)
wotc10 Jun 2022
Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won’t have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 combat damage from any one of them, not from both of them combined (although your Background won’t usually be a creature anyway).
wotc10 Jun 2022
If you control a Background that grants an ability to commander creatures you own, and you own more than one commander creature, each of them will have that ability.
wotc10 Jun 2022
If your commander loses the choose a Background ability or stops being a Background during the game, as appropriate, it is still your commander.
wotc10 Jun 2022
You can choose two commanders that are the same color or colors.
wotc10 Jun 2022
If a card refers to a commander creature you own, a Background won't usually be counted or included for that effect. If another spell or ability causes your Background to become a creature, however, it will be included. Any effect that refers to your commander or a commander you own or control without specifying creature will apply to a Background that is your commander, as appropriate.
wotc10 Jun 2022
Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards (or 58 cards in a Commander Draft game) of your deck are shuffled to become your library.
Ranked by shared capabilities, colour identity, mana value and type — never by strategic judgement.