Cyclonic Rift

Instant

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.

Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

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
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

eyes2sky on Lose Your Illusion (Minn EDH)

1 week ago

Like you said maybe you have too much ramp...I would replace some of it with more control and removal spells like Arcane Denial and Pongify. (It looks like you currently have about 4 of those kind of spells). Cyclonic Rift or similar effects would be huge for this deck.

Niko9 on Favorite EDH Cards

1 week ago

Oh, and it may seem a little weird but I really love targeted removal in EDH. One of my favorite things in a game is to look around the table, assess threats, and have lots of flexible answers. Cards like

Cast Out

Lightning Bolt

Mutiny

Path to Exile

Swift Reconfiguration

Tragic Slip

Actually, yep, Tragic Slip is definitely my pet removal spell : ) It's always the best card in my hand, it just depends on when it gets used.

I guess part of it is that when I used to play board sweepers it always felt so uninteractive. So many games became, somebody doing a combo, does anyone have Cyclonic Rift? And that's so chance dependent that it feels unfun, to me at least. I like target removal because they always have a target, so I can play enough of them to always have some answer, and then it's on me if I don't save it for the correct threat.

ThassaUpYo@ssa on Davy Jones Locker

2 weeks ago

Profet93

The only real ways I have to deal with (all/most) Eldrazi are as follows:

1. Curse of the Swine
2. Cyclonic Rift
3. Raise the Palisade
4. Mind Flayer

I'll note that the above only work if they're on the battlefield and don't do anything for me if I mill a titan(s). I'm honestly torn because with Mill it seems that you have to focus on having the milled cards go to GY or exile from the top of the deck.

Definitely open to suggestions!

ThassaUpYo@ssa on Be'Elz A'Boot

2 weeks ago

Profet93

I made the swap primarily because Rakdos, the Muscle provides additional card advantage for me if I need to fish through my own library or, depending on how things are going with my opponent(s), I can hit another player's library to potentially disrupt someone who may be manipulating their top deck and/or who seems to be on a roll with their draws. I anticipate I'll primarily target myself for additional card access which will most likely lead me to more removal/tutor spells and is why I think the ceiling for the Muscle is much higher than that of the Showstopper.

Cyclonic Rift has always had a seat on the plane, I just swapped card version.

This list is honestly very strong and I've been having a lot of success. It's not quite cEDH, but I'd estimate its power level at around an 8/10. Even when I lose, it's incredibly fun and almost always productive - I never really feel "dead in the water" and seem to always have something I can do.

legendofa on Seeking Advice for Lazav., Dimrir …

1 month ago

Welcome to the club, Danutercisd!

For being a first deck, I'm impressed to see the Mana Crypt, Cyclonic Rift, Fierce Guardianship, The Meathook Massacre, Underground Sea... I'm going to guess that budget isn't a major constraint here.

One of my pet cards for this sort of thing is Geth, Lord of the Vault. It offers milling, reanimation theft for creatures and artifacts, and a pretty big evasive body.

If you like instant-win combos, both Bloodchief Ascension and Duskmantle Guildmage set up full-deck milling and lots of damage with the Mindcrank in the deck.

Another suggestion is to diversify your copy/theft effects. There's a lot of ways to copy opponents' creatures, but you can take them directly with Control Magic, Beguiler of Wills, and similar effects, steal and copy spells with Talent of the Telepath or Twincast, or yank something from their deck with Praetor's Grasp. You opponents are probably going to be doing things beside throwing creatures around, and being able to react to different threats and take advantage of different opportunities is always good.

SufferFromEDHD on Lost Among the Stars in Search of the Moon

1 month ago

Cyclonic Rift is an EDH staple that I try to avoid so my decks don't get stale. It's a power creeped Upheaval with a wonky mana cost. IMO it should be {6}{U}{U}. Reminiscent of the Invasion rare cycle of spells that could be played with flash for an additional {2}.

Land Equilibrium not the first time you have suggested this blast from the past. I don't think it will be as effective in this deck as it was in the other one. Mid to late game I've utilized Patron multiple times and will have nullified the hefty tax.

Moonfolk offering oddly enough can consistently bring out on turn 4, 5 or 6. What profitable mono blue ramp tricks do you have in mind?

Rasaru on Octavia

1 month ago

TheCardPool Here is the version I quickly came up w/ based on your list. You'll see that I've made about 10 swaps based on my preferences.

Some of the cards I removed are Cyclonic Rift, Wash Away, Mana Drain, Teferi, Master of Time, Mystical Tutor, Personal Tutor, and so on.

Some of the cards I added are Brazen Borrower, Wavebreak Hippocamp, Traverse Eternity, Rise from the Tides, Glamdring, Runechanter's Pike, and so on.

My group def doesn't normally play tutors or cyc rift. I love bad cards like Rise from the Tides and I'm toying around with trying out Invasion of Segovia  ^Flip, Case of the Ransacked Lab, and Throne Of Eldraine.

I love the animate land sub theme!

Anything else I should know?

What I understand it could change based on the situation, but what do you normally target w/ Intuition?

Have you ever come close to decking yourself? I've never played a cantrip-y deck like this before.

Mortlocke on PRIMER | Heliod, Radiant Dawn

2 months ago

I just realized I didn't properly state that I got Cyclonic Rift-ed at the worst possible time. That's what I meant when I said "When he cast the rift..."