Disruptor of Currents
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Flash
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
When this creature enters, return up to one other target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #14976
Disruptor of Currents taps a creature and bounces a land on entry — real tempo swing for two mana when you're triggering it repeatedly. Clement, the Worrywort and Kasla, the Broken Halo both loop enter-the-battlefield effects, which turns this from a one-shot annoyance into a genuine lock piece.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kasla, the Broken Halo
Kasla, the Broken Halo recurs permanents from the graveyard to the battlefield, and Disruptor of Currents becomes a repeatable tap-and-bounce engine every time Kasla's ability fires — opponents lose land access while you maintain board control.
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca runs a full Merfolk tribal package, and Disruptor of Currents fits that shell as a creature that taps itself to tap an opponent's creature while advancing the tribal headcount Kumena needs to activate.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Disruptor of Currents earns its slot exclusively in ETB-loop or Merfolk tribal decks — outside those homes it's just a two-mana bounce effect that doesn't scale to four-player games. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Legacy, the effect is too slow and too conditional to displace dedicated tempo pieces. Pioneer and Standard have the legal window, but the card lacks the raw efficiency those formats demand. Oathbreaker is the one fringe exception where a recursive commander could weaponize the bounce repeatedly at a lower power ceiling.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Clement, the WorrywortIntruder AlarmDisruptor of Currents
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Nethroi, Apex of DeathPhyrexian AltarMitotic SlimeDisruptor of Currents
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite recursion of some creature cards in your graveyard; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Disruptor of Currents is deep bulk — you're paying for a slot, not a card. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely recover value unless a future commander breaks the ETB loop wide open, so treat this as a freely replaceable include rather than a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.