Crush of Tentacles

Sorcery

Surge {3}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Return all nonland permanents to their owner's hands. If Crush of Tentacle's surge cost was paid, put an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token onto the battlefield.

Tokens

• Octopus 8/8 U

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (46)

Lordeh on Predatory Seafood Buffet

1 year ago

Cheers, CannedCanOpener

Crush of Tentacles is one of the first cards I put in deck purely for a flavour point of view!

Thanks heaps for the other suggestions!

CannedCanOpener on Predatory Seafood Buffet

1 year ago

I'm always a fan of big, expensive, heavy-hitting creature tribes and this is no exception! Depending on your local meta, however, you might need more board wipes than just Scourge and Wave. A fun one that is very on-theme is Crush of Tentacles, but that might leave you struggling to replay your own expensive creatures. Other possibilities are Engulf the Shore (dependent on how many islands you control, may or may not bounce your own stuff) and Spectral Deluge (basically a foretell-able Engulf that ignores your creatures).

JoosetheMuice on Janky Leviathans

1 year ago

I agree with the above comments and I would definitely add more of those low CMC ramps spells from your maybe board.

I also don't love most of your "evacuate" types cards and you seem to be missing the big one that is on flavor which is Crush of Tentacles. I really think Unwind, Rewind, Plasm Capture and the like should go, you don't want to be leaving large amounts of mana up with this deck, you want to be dumping large things. Just keep your 1 and 2 cmc counters and you will be fine. I really also don't love how almost all of your remove replaces itself with another creature especially since a lot of your leviathans can be chump blocked. I would consider finding better options for say, Pongify and Rapid Hybridization. A lot of your creatures seem really random and out of place, like murkfiend liege, sharktocrap, nimbus swimmer, come to mind. Since you don't really have anything forcing the squid, kraken, octopus theme you could add The Tarrasque which is kind of fun. Also why no Lorthos, the Tidemaker

Hexapod on Pisces' aquarium depot

1 year ago

Such a cool theme! Am I missing something, how do you have white in the deck with a Simic Commander?

As far as fish go, I like Aboleth Spawn

Bident of Thassa would be more on-them than Military Intelligence.

A cool board wipe that fits your theme is Crush of Tentacles, clear the battlefield and get an 8/8 Octopus.

Phule451 on Gorion, Wise Mentor Edh

1 year ago

I’ve found in my adventure deck that it’s really helpful to have effects that bounce creatures back to your hand, like Flood of Tears and Crush of Tentacles, are very helpful allowing you to cast your adventures all over again. Alora, Merry Thief is also good for this plus can get you past a wall of creatures your opponents may have set up. Enjoy the adventure!

Immortalys on SEND DECK PICS ♡ [Boat Themed Dimir]

2 years ago

For your lands you could look at the Kamigawa Legendary lands like Minamo, School at Water's Edge and Shizo, Death's Storehouse.

As well as the Eldrain Castles (although these are definitely not ship-themed) like Castle Vantress and Castle Locthwain.

Nephalia Drownyard is on-theme, but not that useful.

Moonring Island is somewhat more useful and also on-theme.

Karn's Bastion isn't particularly on-theme, but definitely helps the -1/-1 synergy.

Witch's Clinic might be another land to consider, although not really on-theme.

Aside from lands, Crush of Tentacles, Ominous Seas, Bident of Thassa and Retreat to Coralhelm might be nice. Not too boat-themed, but still very much sea-themed.

Lastly I have two on-theme cards I personally enjoy a lot in my Sea-Creatures tribal, but aren't that good, nor really boet-themed, but I'm giving them anyway: Sigiled Starfish and Purple-Crystal Crab.

multimedia on Sea of Monsters (need feedback)

2 years ago

Hey, well done on a budget less than $100.

Some budget upgrades to consider then I'll explain some of these suggestions.

• Court of Bounty --> Bounty of the Luxa
• Garruk's Uprising --> Talons of Wildwood
• Fierce Empath --> Explosive Vegetation
• Spawning Kraken --> Pelakka Wurm
• Arcane Signet --> Moss Diamond
• Return of the Wildspeaker --> Rush of Knowledge
• Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner --> Grow from the Ashes
• Growth Spiral --> Beneath the Sands
• Brainstorm --> Ranger's Path
• Rimewood Falls --> Woodland Stream
• Vineglimmer Snarl --> Thornwood Falls

There's lot of ramp here specifically from land ramp spells and Arixthemthes is ramp. You can afford to cut some ramp for more draw and lower mana cost draw such as Brainstorm and Growth Spiral will help to remove slumber counters faster. Court of Bounty can be repeatable draw with the monarch as well as from your hand cheat a sea monster onto the battlefield or put a land. Garruk's Uprising can give all sea monsters trample as well as draw a card whenever a 4 or more power creature you control enters the battlefield (ETB) including creature tokens.

Fierce Empath can tutor for any 6 CMC or higher creature and you can bounce him with Whelming Wave or Crush of Tentacles to cast him again. Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner can untap Arixthemthes as well as be repeatable draw like Garruk's Uprising. Spawning Kraken is an upgrade for a sea monster since it can create it's own army as long as it, Arixthemthes or other sea monsters do combat damage to a player. Rimewood Falls is an upgrade for Woodland Stream so Farseek can search for a Simic dual land.

Good luck with your deck.

RhinoSmash on

2 years ago

lagotripha - I can definitely see trying to throw in some more Upheaval type effects, but Paradoxical Outcome being only my stuff doesn't seem amazing unless I have a ton of those 1 drops you were talking about. Crush of Tentacles might be another decent option as a poor man's version of upheaval. Could also be the play after a resolved Upheaval if I don't have an Omnath, Locus of Creation or Primeval Titan in hand.

Great call.