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Swirling Torrent

Sorcery5 generic manaBlue mana

The interesting half is the tuck. "Put target creature on top of its owner's library" is a rarer effect than plain bounce: instead of handing a creature back ready to recast, it strands the thing for a full draw step, forcing the opponent to redraw it before they can even think about replaying it, and denying them a fresh card off the top in the process. Nothing dies, nothing is exiled, so it is the softest kind of answer imaginable, but against a bomb with an awkward cost it buys a genuine turn and taxes the next draw at the same time. The modal frame lets you split the two effects across two creatures: one tucked, one bounced, two threats pushed out of a single combat. Pointing both modes at the same creature does not stack, though: the tuck resolves first, the creature changes zones, and the bounce clause finds nothing left to target. That is the ceiling on the "hit harder" fantasy; the card is built to spread its effect wide, not to double up. The tension is the rate. Six mana for what amounts to two bounces stapled together is a lot, so the card only justifies itself when you reliably want both halves against a committed board. It reads as a control-shell tempo swing rather than an efficient removal spell, betting that stranding two creatures for a turn is worth what it costs to cast.

Swirling Torrent (rna)
RNA · #56uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.05
Foil: $0.24
Oracle Text

Rules text

Choose one or both — • Put target creature on top of its owner's library. • Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Legalities

Format Status

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