Living Tsunami
Creature — Elemental
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you return a land you control to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #28340
Living Tsunami is a 4/4 flyer for four mana that bounces a land you control during your upkeep — a real cost that demands deliberate construction to exploit. In a vacuum it's a liability; in a landfall or bounce-matters shell, that upkeep trigger becomes the whole point.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Living Tsunami earns its slot exactly once: in decks that want to replay lands for value, where the bounce trigger fuels Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait-style card draw or Tatyova, Benthic Druid life gain on a loop. Outside of that niche it's just an expensive flyer with a punishing drawback. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but irrelevant — four mana for a 4/4 with a self-bouncing land is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand. Modern is the same story: Living Tsunami can't compete with what four mana buys elsewhere.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Living Tsunami is deep bulk — pick it out of a commons box or a dollar pile, not a single purchase. It won't appreciate; it's a niche build-around that will stay in bulk bins indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.