Arcane Maelstrom Commander Deck Upgrade Guide

Channeled Force is a four-mana instant that discards X cards to draw X cards and deal X damage. It is not a card Kalamax decks usually play.

Big Score costs {3}{R}, with an additional cost of discarding a card. You draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. A four-mana instant that replaces itself and pays for the next spell.

Chemister's Insight is a four-mana instant that draws two cards, with jump-start. It is not a card Kalamax decks usually play.

Opt costs {U}. You scry 1, then draw a card. A one-mana instant that is the cheapest way to make a first instant each turn, so Kalamax copies it.

Clash of Titans is a five-mana instant where one creature fights another. It is not a card Kalamax decks usually play.

Soul's Fire costs {2}{R}. Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to any target. A three-mana instant where Kalamax's growing power does the damage, and the copy does it twice.

Commune with Lava is an {X}{R}{R} instant that exiles cards you may play. It is not a card Kalamax decks usually play.

Expansion // Explosion is a split instant. Expansion costs {U/R}{U/R} and copies target instant or sorcery spell with mana value 4 or less, and Explosion costs {X}{U}{U}{R}{R} and deals X damage to any target and makes a player draw X cards. A two-mana copy spell that is also a late-game finisher.

Curious Herd is a four-mana instant that makes Beasts for each artifact an opponent controls. It is not a card Kalamax decks usually play.

Reverberate costs {R}{R}. It copies target instant or sorcery spell, and you may choose new targets for the copy. A two-mana instant that copies any spell, including an opponent's.

Decoy Gambit is a three-mana instant that bounces creatures unless their controllers let you draw. It is not a card Kalamax decks usually play.

Increasing Vengeance costs {R}{R}. It copies target instant or sorcery spell you control, twice if it was cast from a graveyard, and has flashback {3}{R}{R}. A two-mana instant that copies your spell now and twice later.

Hunting Pack is a seven-mana instant with storm that makes 4/4 Beasts. It is not a card Kalamax decks usually play.

Narset's Reversal costs {U}{U}. It copies target instant or sorcery spell, then returns it to its owner's hand, and you may choose new targets for the copy. A two-mana instant that copies a spell and returns your own to hand.

Starstorm is an {X}{R}{R} instant that deals X damage to each creature, including Kalamax, with cycling. It is not a card Kalamax decks usually play.

Archmage Emeritus is a 2/2 Human Wizard for {2}{U}{U}. Magecraft: whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell you draw a card. A four-drop that draws a card from every spell and every copy.

Strength of the Tajuru is an {X}{G}{G} instant that puts counters on creatures. It is not a card Kalamax decks usually play.

Wavebreak Hippocamp is a 2/2 Horse Fish enchantment creature for {2}{U}. Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, you draw a card. A three-drop that draws a card from the instants you cast on their turn.

Whiplash Trap is a five-mana instant that bounces two creatures. It is not a card Kalamax decks usually play.

Goblin Electromancer is a 2/2 Goblin Wizard for {U}{R}. Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less. A two-drop that makes every instant cheaper.

Bonder's Ornament is a three-mana rock that taps for any color. It is not a card Kalamax decks usually play.

Springleaf Drum costs {1}. For a tap and tapping an untapped creature you control, you add one mana of any color. A one-mana artifact that taps Kalamax at instant speed, which is what turns on its copy trigger.

Djinn Illuminatus is a seven-mana 3/5 flyer that gives your instants and sorceries replicate. It is not a card Kalamax decks usually play.

Storm-Kiln Artist is a 2/2 Dwarf Shaman for {3}{R}. It gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control, and magecraft: whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell you create a Treasure token. A four-drop that pays you a Treasure for every spell and copy.