Into the Flood Maw
Instant
Gift a tapped Fish (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token before its other effects.)
Return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand. If the gift was promised, instead return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Wizards Play Network 2026
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #786
Into the Flood Maw bounces a nonland permanent and draws a card — clean tempo and card-neutral at instant speed, which is the baseline ask for a four-mana blue spell. Katara, Waterbending Master pushes it over the edge by unlocking it as a free, reusable effect whenever she goes unblocked, turning a decent cantrip into an engine piece.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Katara, Waterbending Master
Katara, Waterbending Master triggers on combat damage, and Into the Flood Maw is one of her most-included cards precisely because she can cast it for free off that trigger — bounce a blocker, draw a card, swing again.
Clement, the Worrywort
Clement, the Worrywort rewards playing spells on your opponents' turns, and Into the Flood Maw's instant speed means it slots naturally into that reactive game plan while still advancing the board.
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
The Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept pairing runs Into the Flood Maw as a way to clear a blocker for Rograkh's free swings while keeping the hand topped off through Silas's artifact-recursion shell.
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce uses Into the Flood Maw as a combat-step bounce spell that keeps pirates connecting and triggers Vial Smasher's damage on the rebound cast.
Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces loves every cheap instant, and Into the Flood Maw becomes a coinflip engine piece that can bounce itself or an opponent's permanent while generating copies through Krark's ability.
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 |
Into the Flood Maw is legal everywhere except Pauper, but Commander is its natural home — the format rewards instant-speed interaction and card neutrality matters less when one free cast off a combat trigger is all it takes to snowball. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a four-mana bounce-and-draw faces stiff competition from cheaper tempo options and rarely makes the cut. Legacy and Vintage have the same problem amplified: the bar for a four-mana blue spell is extremely high against faster, more powerful alternatives. In Commander, especially under Katara, Waterbending Master or any spell-matters commander that can reduce or eliminate the cost, Into the Flood Maw earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't currently available for Into the Flood Maw, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the current market rate. Given its niche as a recent Avatar: The Last Airbender tie-in card with strong synergy in specific commander shells, availability may be limited — worth snagging a copy sooner rather than waiting if you're building Katara.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Katara, Waterbending Master
- Clement, the Worrywort
- Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
- Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce
- Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.