Maelstrom Pulse

Public decks that run Maelstrom Pulse

• Graveyard Overdrive - Modern Horizons 3 Commander, led by Disa the Restless
• Squirreled Away - Bloomburrow Commander, led by Hazel of the Rootbloom

Commanders that run Maelstrom Pulse most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Hazel of the Rootbloom: 5,781 decks
• Chatterfang, Squirrel General: 4,697 decks
• Disa the Restless: 4,437 decks
• Coram, the Undertaker: 746 decks
• The Gitrog Monster: 628 decks
• Camellia, the Seedmiser: 578 decks
• Skullbriar, the Walking Grave: 495 decks
• The Odd Acorn Gang: 336 decks

Often played with Maelstrom Pulse

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Exterminator Magmarch
• Moonstone Eulogist
• Sawhorn Nemesis
• Kolaghan's Command
• Pyrogoyf
• Broodmate Tyrant
• Legions to Ashes
• Coram, the Undertaker
• Insatiable Frugivore
• Bloodbraid Challenger

Rulings

• 2020-08-07: Maelstrom Pulse has only one target. Other permanents with the same name will be destroyed even if they have hexproof or protection.
• 2020-08-07: If the target permanent is an illegal target by the time Maelstrom Pulse tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve. You won't destroy any permanents at all. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), you do destroy other permanents with the same name.
• 2022-06-10: Unless a token is a copy of another permanent or was explicitly given a name by the effect that created it, its name is the subtypes it was given when it was created plus the word "Token." For example, if an effect creates a 1/1 Soldier creature token, that token is named "Soldier Token."