Tolarian Winds
Instant
Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Beatdown Box Set
- Price
- $1.27
- EDHREC rank
- #3244
Tolarian Winds refills your hand to the size of your hand — meaning the more cards you're already holding, the more you draw. In a discard-matters shell like Rielle, the Everwise, that single blue mana buys you a full grip and a stack of triggers simultaneously.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rielle, the Everwise
Rielle, the Everwise turns every discarded card into a draw, so Tolarian Winds — which discards your whole hand before drawing that many — is essentially a one-mana engine that scales with how large your grip already is.
The Watcher in the Water
The Watcher in the Water wants you discarding cards to grow its tentacle tokens, and Tolarian Winds can empty a full hand in one shot for a single blue mana, making it one of the most mana-efficient ways to trigger that ability repeatedly.
Brallin, Skyshark Rider // Shabraz, the Skyshark
Brallin, Skyshark Rider // Shabraz, the Skyshark rewards every discard with damage and counters, so Tolarian Winds effectively converts your entire hand into a burst of triggers at instant-speed for one mana.
The Locust God
The Locust God produces an Insect for each card drawn, so Tolarian Winds — which draws cards equal to your hand size — can flood the board with tokens in a single cast.
Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
Captain Howler, Sea Scourge cares about cards leaving your hand, and Tolarian Winds dumps and refills your grip in one motion, generating a wave of those triggers for one blue mana.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tolarian Winds is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander — the longer game means you're more likely to be holding a large hand when you cast it, maximizing the draw. In Pauper it's technically available but has never carved out a real role, since that format's aggressive timelines punish one-mana spells that don't directly advance board state. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have no reason to reach for it over cantrips or actual card-advantage spells with fewer strings attached. Commander is where the math works: deep into a game, a five- or six-card hand turns Tolarian Winds into one of the most efficient draw spells at any mana cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.27 cheap tier
At $1.27, Tolarian Winds sits in impulse-buy territory — cheap enough to slot in without budgeting around it. It's a narrow card with a loyal audience in discard-matters decks, so the price is unlikely to move much in either direction.
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Mentioned
- Rielle, the Everwise
- The Watcher in the Water
- Brallin, Skyshark Rider // Shabraz, the Skyshark
- The Locust God
- Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.