---
name: "Kalamax, the Stormsire"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}{U}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Elemental Dinosaur"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G", "R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "2252"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "b8501a37-23e4-4873-80cb-d1c0f6c95155"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kalamax-the-stormsire-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Kalamax, the Stormsire
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}{U}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Elemental Dinosaur

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cast your first instant spell each turn, if Kalamax is tapped, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Whenever you copy an instant spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Kalamax.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Flamehold Grappler](/printing/flamehold-grappler-tdm.md) — Creature — Human Monk
3. [Storm King's Thunder](/printing/storm-kings-thunder-clb.md) — Instant
4. [Reflective Rimekin](/printing/reflective-rimekin-yecl.md) — Creature — Elemental Wizard
5. [Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant](/printing/jin-gitaxias-progress-tyrant-neo.md) — Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
6. [Fury Storm](/printing/fury-storm-c18.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2252
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-04-17)* You can't choose to pay any additional costs for the copy created by Kalamax's first ability. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too.
- *(2020-04-17)* If the spell that's copied has damage divided as it was cast, the division can't be changed, although the targets receiving that damage still can. The same is true of spells that distribute counters.
- *(2020-04-17)* Kalamax's first ability considers the entire turn. If you cast an instant spell before Kalamax becomes tapped, its first ability won't trigger when you cast your second.
- *(2020-04-17)* If an effect copies an instant spell multiple times, Kalamax's last ability triggers that many times.
- *(2020-04-17)* A copy is created even if the spell that caused Kalamax's ability to trigger has been countered by the time that ability resolves. The copy resolves before the original spell.
- *(2020-04-17)* An ability that triggers when a player copies a spell resolves before the copy. It resolves even if that spell is countered.