Release the Gremlins
- Mana cost
- {X}{X}{R}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Aether Revolt Promos #96s (rare)
Destroy X target artifacts. Create X 2/2 red Gremlin creature tokens.
Release the Gremlins has 3 printings, first in Aether Revolt (2017). EDHREC ranks it #14,078 among Commander cards. It appears most in Magnus the Red decks (1,897 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Release the Gremlins most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Magnus the Red: 1,897 decks
- Hinata, Dawn-Crowned: 556 decks
- Neriv, Crackling Vanguard: 162 decks
- Márton Stromgald: 23 decks
- Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked: 16 decks
- Homura, Human Ascendant // Homura's Essence: 10 decks
- Chandler: 7 decks
- Pia Nalaar: 7 decks
Often played with Release the Gremlins
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You can target an artifact with indestructible. It won’t be destroyed, and you’ll still create X Gremlin tokens.
- : If an artifact becomes an illegal target for Release the Gremlins, it won’t change the number of tokens created. However, if every target artifact becomes an illegal target, Release the Gremlins doesn’t resolve and no tokens are created.
- : The value of X is limited by the number of artifacts that you can target. You can’t target the same artifact more than once.