Scourge of Fleets
Creature — Kraken
When this creature enters, return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Commander
- Price
- $0.48
- EDHREC rank
- #2103
Scourge of Fleets enters and bounces every opposing creature with toughness less than or equal to the number of Islands you control — at seven mana, that's typically a full board wipe against non-green decks. Kenessos, Priest of Thassa can cheat it into play for free off the top of your library, making the seven-mana ask largely irrelevant.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kenessos, Priest of Thassa
Kenessos, Priest of Thassa cheats Scourge of Fleets directly onto the battlefield whenever you attack with a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent, bypassing the seven-mana cost entirely and triggering the board-clear the moment it lands.
Runo Stromkirk
Runo Stromkirk wants the biggest sea monsters available, and Scourge of Fleets fits that list while serving as a built-in answer to go-wide boards the moment it enters.
Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep
Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep cascades into sea creatures when you cast them, so Scourge of Fleets can chain into another threat on the same turn it clears the board.
Braids, Conjurer Adept
Braids, Conjurer Adept lets everyone cheat permanents into play, and Scourge of Fleets punishes opponents who flood the board by wiping their creatures the instant it arrives.
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle runs enough Islands to make Scourge of Fleets's bounce trigger hit hard, and both cards reward stacking blue mana sources.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Scourge of Fleets earns its keep — Island-heavy mono-blue or Simic decks routinely control eight or more lands by the time it lands, meaning the bounce effect clears most creature boards on the spot. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it sees essentially no play; seven mana is too slow to matter before the game ends, and the effect doesn't interact well with the format's low land counts. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but offer no meaningful home. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander case at smaller scale — viable in sea-creature builds, irrelevant everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.48 bulk tier
At $0.48, Scourge of Fleets is deep bulk — easy to pick up in a trade binder or finish off a cheap order. That price reflects its narrow home rather than its power level; in the right deck it's a one-sided board wipe, and nothing in that range comes close to replicating the effect.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kenessos, Priest of Thassa
- Runo Stromkirk
- Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep
- Braids, Conjurer Adept
- Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.