Floodwaters
Sorcery
Return up to two target creatures to their owners' hands.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #24707
Floodwaters bounces up to two creatures for six mana — that's the whole deal, and six mana for a sorcery-speed double bounce is too expensive for most honest uses. The cycling clause is what redeems it: one blue mana to cycle makes it a live card in any hand when the bounce is irrelevant.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Floodwaters is a cycling card that occasionally converts into a two-creature bounce — run it in dedicated cycling decks like Anikthea, Hand of Erebos or any Zur, Eternal Schemer build that wants cheap cycle triggers, not as a removal spell. In Pauper, it sees real use in cycling combo shells where the one-blue cycle cost is the point and the bounce mode is irrelevant gravy. Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Pioneer all have enough efficient interaction that a six-mana sorcery bounce never makes the cut — the cycle mode is fine but not better than dedicated cantrips available in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Floodwaters is deep bulk — pick it up in any common lot without a second thought. Bulk commons with narrow utility don't move in price, so there's nothing to track here beyond whether your local store has a copy in the dollar box.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.