Storm the Festival is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put up to two permanent cards with mana value 5 or less from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Flashback(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Complete guide
Storm the Festival is a powerful sorcery that allows you to dig deep into your library and cheat high-impact permanents directly into play. As a staple of ramp decks, it provides incredible card advantage and can be cast a second time from the graveyard thanks to its flashback ability.
What it Does
When you cast Storm the Festival, you look at the top five cards of your library and select up to two permanent cards—such as creatures, enchantments, or planeswalkers—that have a mana value of 5 or less. These selected cards enter the battlefield simultaneously, while the remaining cards are placed on the bottom of your library in a random order.
How it Resolves Step by Step
First, you pay the mana cost and the spell moves to the stack. Upon resolution, you look at the top five cards; this is a private action until you choose which permanents to reveal. You check the mana value of each permanent card; if it is 5 or less, you may choose it. Even if you find two eligible cards, you can choose to put only one or zero onto the battlefield. Finally, any cards not chosen are shuffled into a random order and placed at the bottom of your deck.
Flashback and Timing
You can cast Storm the Festival from your graveyard by paying its flashback cost of {7}{G}{G}{G}. Note that flashback does not change the spell's timing; because it is a sorcery, you can only cast it during your main phase when the stack is empty. Once the flashback version resolves or leaves the stack for any reason (like being countered), the card is exiled instead of returning to the graveyard.
Common Mistakes
A frequent error is trying to pick non-permanent cards like instants or sorceries; Storm the Festival only allows permanents. Additionally, remember that the mana value is determined by the printed cost in the corner of the card, not what you actually paid for it. If you use flashback, the spell's mana value remains 6, even though you paid 10 mana to cast it.
Interaction examples
Shamanic RevelationIf you have a board full of creatures, you might cast Shamanic Revelation to draw a fresh hand. If Storm the Festival is among those cards and you have the mana, you can then cast it to look for two more permanents to further grow your board state and maximize future Shamanic Revelation casts.
Rishkar's ExpertiseWhen you cast Rishkar's Expertise, you draw cards and then get to cast a spell with mana value 5 or less for free. Note that you cannot use the 'free spell' effect of Rishkar's Expertise to cast Storm the Festival because Storm the Festival has a mana value of 6. However, Storm the Festival can put Rishkar's Expertise into the graveyard if it's in the top five, though it cannot put it onto the battlefield since Rishkar's Expertise is not a permanent.
If you cast Storm the Festival and see two 5-mana creatures in your top five cards, you can put both onto the battlefield. This effectively nets you 10 mana worth of permanents for the 6 mana spent on the spell, providing a massive tempo swing.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Storm the Festival
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
"Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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