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Chorus of the Tides

Creature — Siren3 generic manaBlue mana

Heroic asks a deck to spend cards on its own creature, and this Siren softens that bargain better than most of its cycle-mates. The scry trigger does not pump the body or threaten the board; it digs. Every aura, pump spell, or combat trick you point at it pays a small dividend toward your next draw, which means the targeting cost that heroic always carries gets partly refunded in card selection rather than tempo. That changes who wants it. A pure beatdown shell wants its heroic creature to grow when targeted; a control or tempo build wants to smooth its draws while it slowly assembles an evasive clock. A flying body that filters as it accumulates spells fits the latter, where the spells you cast on it are doing double duty as protection and as a reason to keep digging toward the ones that matter. The 3/2 frame keeps it honest: this is a threat you have to defend, not one that defends itself, so the scry is partial compensation for a creature that folds to most removal the moment it lands. Heroic was always a mechanic that rewarded a critical mass of cheap targeted spells, and the designs that gave you something useful even when the pump was overkill have aged best.

Chorus of the Tides (bng)
BNG · #33common
Pricing
Normal: $0.08
Foil: $0.25
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, scry 1. (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library, then you may put that card on the bottom.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
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
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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