Cyclone
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a wind counter on this enchantment, then sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay 
for each wind counter on it. If you pay, this enchantment deals damage equal to the number of wind counters on it to each creature and each player.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Masters Edition IV
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25515
Cyclone is a symmetrical board wipe stapled to a cumulative upkeep clock — it deals damage equal to the number of cumulative upkeep counters to each creature and each player every turn, which means it ends games fast and indiscriminately. The cost is that you're spending green mana every upkeep to keep it alive, and once you stop paying, it hits you too.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cyclone is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but in practice it only sees fringe play in Commander. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient and reliable damage engines, so Cyclone doesn't compete there. In Commander, the appeal is narrow — it's a repeating damage source that scales up turn after turn, which can close out a stalled board state, but the symmetrical damage and mandatory upkeep payment make it a liability without a dedicated life-gain or damage-redirect shell. Most green Commander decks have better options for board control.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Cyclone isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest listings. As an older card with niche appeal, copies tend to be cheap when they surface — don't expect to pay a premium, but supply can be sparse.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.