Maralen, Fae Ascendant

two generic mana one black mana one green mana one blue mana Legendary Creature — Elf Faerie NoblePower and toughness4/5

Flying

Whenever Maralen or another Elf or Faerie you control enters, exile the top two cards of target opponent's library.

Once each turn, you may cast a spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of Elves and Faeries you control from among cards exiled with Maralen this turn without paying its mana cost.

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Maralen, Fae Ascendant rulings

2025-11-17
If an exiled card has in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
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If the spell you cast has in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
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Since you are using an alternative cost to cast the spell, you can't pay any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
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If Maralen enters at the same time as one or more other Elves or Faeries you control, its first ability will trigger for each of those other Elves and Faeries as well as itself.

Maralen, Fae Ascendant keyword rules

Flying Rule 702.9

Flying is an evasion ability.

A creature with flying can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying and/or reach. A creature with flying can block a creature with or without flying. (See rule , “Declare Blockers Step,” and rule , “Reach.”)

Multiple instances of flying on the same creature are redundant.