Sea God's Revenge
Sorcery
Return up to three target creatures your opponents control to their owners' hands. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #25275
Sea God's Revenge bounces up to three creatures and taps down a player's entire team — six mana for a board reset that keeps you safe through an opponent's next attack step. It's a role-player, not a staple: powerful in the right shell, invisible filler in the wrong one.
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 |
In Commander, Sea God's Revenge earns its slot in tempo and Merfolk builds that want to buy a full turn rather than destroy threats permanently — the tap effect on all of a target player's creatures is the real payoff, not the three bounces. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have long since moved past six-mana sorceries that don't end the game immediately, so it sees essentially no competitive play there. Legacy and Vintage are even less hospitable; the card simply costs too much for formats where the game is often decided by turn two or three. The sweet spot is lower-power Commander tables where the tempo swing of Sea God's Revenge can close out a stalled board state or protect a combo turn.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Sea God's Revenge is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Price stability is a non-issue at this tier; it will stay bulk indefinitely unless a high-profile reprint or breakout Commander build changes its demand overnight, which is unlikely.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.