MTG Salvation

So I'll have more for you guys in a little bit, but in anticipation of another mtg.com preview, I'm bringing you guys a very crazy Johnny card. One so full of potential for insanity and style and bombastic combos and such that your head may spin.

It's one of our last mythics and it's the center of the storm, just waiting to spill out a deluge.

Maelstrom Nexus WUBRG
Enchantment (M)
The first spell you play each turn has Cascade.

Everything you play will net you something smaller. Those of you who were talking about cascade working well with a small, tight mana curve may just have their five-color build-around-me card. Maybe expensive for that deck, but someone will find a way to use this card to stellar effect.

Who can resist the temptation of endless 2-for-1s?

This is really cool. Five colors makes it pretty much unplayable outside of 5cc, but it might see casual play

THAT IS INSANE! I love every bit of it. Holy crap. Just nuts. Every Johnny will freak out, constructed guys will look for how best for Five Color to destroy (Cryptic Command that, get a free Plumeveil? Sure!), and at the kitchen table, who knows what will hit.

Love. It. That has to be a Gottlieb Original (tm).

Wow, I saw someone else speculate something like this and I thought "no way, it'll never happen". PLAYSET. NOW! This might be my favorite card from the set.

I Can't Believe It!! 5-colour Cascase Here I Come!!!

This is each turn, so casting an instant on an opponent's turn also triggers the spell.

Quite interesting. But a tad expensive.

I... am speechless... just the epic... wow...

I find it amusing that my first reaction was 'Beacon?'

This is SO going in my Coalition Victory deck.

Wow. This could have some potential. I like it.

WOW!!!

That's amazing!
Lol, lets pretend for a second you decided to somehow sneak this into blightning for example. (Like a 5 color blightning lol).
Play a bitterblossom, oh hey look! A thoughtsieze!
Play a blightning, WOOT a bitterblossom (or thoughtsieze). Play a Demigod, woot a bloodbraid elf, woot a blightning!

So if you have two of these, would that spell Cascade twice?

What.

All spells having Cascade. This certainly hits the balance since its Domain but...Whhhhaaaaaaat?

Looks like my Progenitus EDH found a new friend. RFG my general? I'll be glad to pay the extra 2 for an extra spell.

Edit: Man I wished this combo'd better with Thrumming Stone. Oh well...

Crazy, crazy card. Johnnies everywhere must be salivating. I know I'm already starting to think just how it could possibly be broken.

Of course, it's not a card that has to be broken like that. Simply sticking it in a deck that has the manabase to support it, and it'll probably do something cool on its own. So it's a different sort of Johnny card than, say, Time Sieve.

WOW, this card makes playing 5c EDH funner and more random!!

Quote from Mr. Gnomeitall

So if you have two of these, would that spell Cascade twice?

I would guess yes, and each instance would trigger/resolve separately resulting in 2 free spells.

Too bad it won't trigger the turn you play it though (since this would have likely been the first spell)

I love the thought of Pondering into Ancestral Recalls or Balances in Extended if there's a way to efficiently get the thing into play. And yes, it is the perfect Johnny card, no doubt.

Quote from scarlet_blade12

What.

All spells having Cascade. This certainly hits the balance since its Domain but...Whhhhaaaaaaat?

Not all spells. The first spell each turn.

likely, i Love how abusable this is... I know that a copy of this monsterous thing is heading to a head in my Sliver Queen EDH. deck. I'll Gladly play my Sliver Legion, and get another Free sliver off it! Wee..

First spell gets cascade huh?

Well that's gonna be fun with cards that cheat the mana cost.

Evoke Shriekmaw for 2, cascade into a cmc =4? Yes please!

Also cascading Boarder posts could be amazing as well.

Edit: Correct me if I'm wrong, but cascade would stack right? So if you had two of these out or if your first spell already had cascade, you would be netting 3-1s!!!

More brainstorming:
Maelstrom Nexus+Ardent Plea+Copy Enchantment+Bant Beaters. May as well drop in Thrumming Stone and some massed land thinners like Scapeshift or Knight of the Reliquary.

ZOMG! Holy crap this card is so cool! So much potential...

Quote from gnomedragondisciple

More brainstorming:
Maelstrom Nexus+Ardent Plea+Copy Enchantment+Bant Beaters. May as well drop in Thrumming Stone and some massed land thinners like Scapeshift or Knight of the Reliquary.

Just an FYI, cascade skips lands. That's what makes it good instead of a crappy mechanic.

Also now we see why cards had to be randomly put on the bottom. If not one ornithopter would allow you to stack your deck.