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Tidespout Tyrant
Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell, return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Tidespout Tyrant is a classic blue control/tempo finisher: an eight‑mana 5/5 flying Djinn whose triggered bounce every time you cast a spell lets you repeatedly blank attackers, reset problematic planeswalkers, strip lands or artifacts, and generally punish opponents for committing to the board. Thematically it reads like a tidal force that pulls things back into the surf rather than annihilating them, which fits blue’s denial identity. Practically you want this in a spell‑dense shell—cheap cantrips (Opt, Preordain/Serum Visions), snapcasters to recast spells, or even an Isochron Scepter imprint let you chain free spells and rack up bounces. Add countermagic and card draw to protect and refill while you grind them out; Strionic Resonator can copy the bounce for double disruption. In EDH/Commander it’s a potent soft lockdown; in constructed it’s best in reactive control or tempo lists that can cheat to eight mana and then convert every subsequent spell into incremental tempo and value.
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Character Background
Tidespout Tyrant is a classic blue control/tempo finisher: an eight‑mana 5/5 flying Djinn whose triggered bounce every time you cast a spell lets you repeatedly blank attackers, reset problematic planeswalkers, strip lands or artifacts, and generally punish opponents for committing to the board. Thematically it reads like a tidal force that pulls things back into the surf rather than annihilating them, which fits blue’s denial identity. Practically you want this in a spell‑dense shell—cheap cantrips (Opt, Preordain/Serum Visions), snapcasters to recast spells, or even an Isochron Scepter imprint let you chain free spells and rack up bounces. Add countermagic and card draw to protect and refill while you grind them out; Strionic Resonator can copy the bounce for double disruption. In EDH/Commander it’s a potent soft lockdown; in constructed it’s best in reactive control or tempo lists that can cheat to eight mana and then convert every subsequent spell into incremental tempo and value.
Generated using gpt-5-mini · Updated at 2026-05-16 12:20:44 UTC