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Shark Typhoon

Enchantment

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create an X/X blue Shark creature token with flying, where X is that spell's mana value.
Cycling {X}{1}{U} ({X}{1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, create an X/X blue Shark creature token with flying.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{5}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Store Championships
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#1226
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Shark Typhoon card art
Shark Typhoon puts a flying Shark into play for free every time you cast a noncreature spell, then cycles into another one when you need to dig — it does real work while sitting in play and exits with value when it becomes a liability. The six-mana front cost is real, but enchantment-matters commanders like Aminatou, Veil Piercer treat it as a free token engine, and spell-volume payoffs like Storm-Kiln Artist compound its output fast enough that the casting cost stops feeling steep by turn four.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Aminatou, Veil Piercer

Aminatou, Veil Piercer

79.5% of decks · synergy 0.74

Aminatou, Veil Piercer triggers on each opponent's first spell each turn as well as your own, which means Shark Typhoon's token clause fires far more than once per round — you're getting Sharks off your opponents' interaction, not just your own spells.

02
Quandrix, the Proof

Quandrix, the Proof

47.8% of decks · synergy 0.46

Quandrix, the Proof rewards you for casting instants and sorceries with escalating counters and card advantage, so Shark Typhoon slots in as a permanent that converts each of those spells into a flying body and stretches the token count across a long game.

03

Ashling, Rekindled

48.5% of decks · synergy 0.41

Ashling, Rekindled cares about noncreature spells in multiples, and Shark Typhoon converts each of those fires into a scaled Shark token, giving the deck a wide aerial board presence alongside Ashling's damage output.

04
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

43.7% of decks · synergy 0.36

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea wants spells cast at instant speed, and Shark Typhoon's cycling mode means it can produce a Shark on an opponent's end step without telegraphing anything — low-risk interaction that still advances your board.

05
Hinata, Dawn-Crowned

Hinata, Dawn-Crowned

40.1% of decks · synergy 0.36

Hinata, Dawn-Crowned reduces the cost of spells with multiple targets, and Shark Typhoon's cycling cost drops accordingly, letting you churn through the deck while leaving a trail of Shark tokens behind each activation.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Shark Typhoon is a long-game engine rather than a tempo play — the six-mana investment pays back quickly in spell-dense decks, and the cycling escape hatch means it almost never sits as a dead draw. In Modern and Pioneer, it carved out a role in control sideboards and mainboards as a threat that blanks graveyard exile removal and closes games through counterspell wars, since cycling it at instant speed produces an uncounterable token. Legacy and Vintage have enough acceleration that the front cost is trivial, but the competition at six mana is fierce, so Shark Typhoon earns its slot mostly in blue control shells that need a resilient win condition. It's absent from Standard rotation and Pauper on legality grounds, but across every format where it's playable, the common thread is the same: it rewards decks that cast spells and punishes opponents who try to interact with the stack.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for current buylist and retail figures. Shark Typhoon has historically settled in the $3–8 range depending on print run and demand spikes from competitive play, making it a reasonable pickup for any blue spellslinger deck.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.