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Brinelin, the Moon Kraken

Legendary Creature — Kraken6 generic manaBlue manaBlue mana

Bounce spells usually cluster among cheap tempo plays, where returning a permanent buys a turn at the price of your own card advantage. This design drags the reset button toward the expensive end instead. Two triggers do the work: one when the kraken lands, clearing a blocker or resetting a problem permanent on arrival, and a second whenever you cast a spell of mana value six or greater, hitching the bounce onto haymakers already headed for the stack. A fatty, a bomb enchantment, a game-ending X-spell: each doubles as a chance to reset an opposing threat or rescue something of yours, and the trigger fires again for every costly spell that follows in the same turn. The 6/8 frame explains the plan: a slow, durable wall built to stabilize once eight-drops are genuinely castable, not a curve-topper racing to close. Partner keeps that top-heavy identity intact while inviting a second color's ramp or card draw, so the engine grows without diluting its hunger for expensive spells. The deckbuilding premise is what binds it: commit to casting big things over and over, and every haymaker arrives with a bounce riding along.

Brinelin, the Moon Kraken (plst)
PLST · #CMR-60uncommon
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Oracle Text

Rules text

When Brinelin enters and whenever you cast a spell with mana value 6 or greater, you may return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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