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Tidespout Tyrant

Creature — Djinn

Flying
Whenever you cast a spell, return target permanent to its owner's hand.

CMC
8
Mana cost
{5}{U}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Ravnica Remastered
Price
$1.70
EDHREC rank
#3714
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Tidespout Tyrant card art
Tidespout Tyrant turns every spell you cast into a bounce trigger, and with something like Sol Ring cycling through your hand, that's a repeatable board-clear stapled to an 5/5 flier. Eight mana is steep, but Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy decks routinely slam it ahead of curve and immediately go infinite.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

52.8% of decks · synergy 0.49

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy's ability to untap nonland permanents pairs with Tidespout Tyrant to generate infinite bounce loops the turn the Tyrant lands — it's in over half of all Kinnan lists for exactly that reason.

02
Braids, Conjurer Adept

Braids, Conjurer Adept

38.6% of decks · synergy 0.35

Braids, Conjurer Adept cheats permanents into play for free, and Tidespout Tyrant is one of the highest-impact hits she can flip — once it's on board, every subsequent free permanent resets an opponent's board piece.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Tidespout Tyrant actually lives — the singleton format's slower clock makes eight mana reachable, and the combo density in blue artifact shells gives it a reliable way to immediately take over the game. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but essentially unplayed; those formats punish eight-mana sorcery-speed threats before they ever untap, and there are cleaner ways to go infinite. Oathbreaker is legal but similarly rare, since the smaller starting life total and faster pace don't suit a top-end creature that needs a turn to generate value.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.70 cheap tier

At $1.70, Tidespout Tyrant is firmly budget territory for a card that anchors genuine combo wins in Commander. The price reflects its narrow application — it's powerful in the right shell and nearly unplayable outside it, so don't expect it to climb without a meaningful reprint or breakout spike in a high-profile format.

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