Tidespout Tyrant

Tidespout Tyrant

Mana Cost: {5}{U}{U}{U}

Type: Creature — Djinn

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

Power/Toughness: 5/5

Rarity: rare

Prints: View all prints (1) →

Expansion: Ravnica Remastered

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Character Background

Tidespout Tyrant is a sea-born Djinn that turns every spell into a tidal judgment, immediately sending a target permanent back to its owner’s hand whenever you cast. In gameplay, that effect is pure control value: you stabilize tempo by bouncing problematic threats, denying combat lines, and resetting engines like planeswalkers, mana rocks, or key permanents before they can take over. Best results come from building a shell with lots of noncreature spell density—ideally cheap instants and sorceries—so you can trigger the bounce often and keep the board in a constant state of “almost” happening. Synergize with cards that punish opponents for rebuilding after a bounce, or with strategies that benefit from repeated land and permanent replays; a strong follow-up plan is to pair the Tyrant with discard/permission or high-impact finishers, ensuring you win the long turns after each reset.

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