Waterspout Elemental
Creature — Elemental
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, return all other creatures to their owners' hands and you skip your next turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Planeshift
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #29345
Waterspout Elemental bounces every opposing creature to hand the turn it enters — a full reset on the board state at five mana. The skip-next-turn cost is real, but in Commander the tempo swing is often worth it.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Waterspout Elemental does its best work: five mana for a mass bounce across three opponents can dismantle an entire table's board development in one swing, and the skip-next-turn drawback is easier to exploit here than elsewhere — flicker effects, sacrifice outlets, or simply winning before your next turn all dodge the downside. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested; the effect is too slow and too clunky for formats where games end faster and individual permanents matter less than instant-speed interaction. Oathbreaker is legal and occasionally relevant if your planeswalker shell can capitalize on a cleared board immediately.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Waterspout Elemental sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying almost nothing for a genuine mass-bounce effect. Bulk rares like this rarely appreciate unless a new commander breaks the effect wide open, so pick it up for the effect, not as a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.