<p>A Gatherer ruling on Maelstrom Pulse addresses this:</p>

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  <p>A face-down creature has no name, so it doesn’t have the same name as anything else.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So, if you target a face-down creature with Maelstrom Pulse, nothing else will be destroyed.</p>

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murgatroid99
<p>The big issue that needs to be addressed is that face-down creatures don't actually have a name.</p>

<p>So while <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bMaelstrom%20Pulse%5d">Maelstrom Pulse</a> would normally remove most creature tokens just fine, its effect on face-down creatures is a bit ambiguous.</p>

<p>What's the rule on this?</p>

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Maelstrom Pulse, targeting a face-down creature. Does it destroy other face-down creatures?
Man_Over_Game
# Maelstrom Pulse, targeting a face-down creature. Does it destroy other face-down creatures?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-29)

The big issue that needs to be addressed is that face-down creatures don't actually have a name.

So while [Maelstrom Pulse](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bMaelstrom%20Pulse%5d) would normally remove most creature tokens just fine, its effect on face-down creatures is a bit ambiguous.

What's the rule on this?

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering, mtg-face-down-cards


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-29. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

A Gatherer ruling on Maelstrom Pulse addresses this:

> A face-down creature has no name, so it doesn’t have the same name as anything else.

So, if you target a face-down creature with Maelstrom Pulse, nothing else will be destroyed.


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