Captivating Gyre
Sorcery
Return up to three target creatures to their owners' hands.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #26003
Captivating Gyre bounces all creatures your opponents control back to their hands — a full asymmetric board reset at instant speed for six mana. It's a blowout when it lands, and six mana in blue is a reasonable ask for that kind of impact.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Captivating Gyre is a Commander card through and through — the asymmetric bounce scales perfectly against multiple opponents, and six mana is far easier to justify in a 40-life multiplayer game where tempo swings can decide who wins. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's simply too slow; those formats kill or combo before six mana matters, and a bounce spell that doesn't answer the stack is never the right card. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it can show up legitimately, particularly in blue spell-matter shells that want mass interaction at instant speed.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Captivating Gyre is bulk — you're paying postage, not the card. Bulk rares at this price point rarely move unless a breakout deck pushes demand, and a six-mana bounce spell isn't likely to generate that kind of spike.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.