MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #52

Crush of Tentacles

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#52·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Jama Jurabaev

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Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #11,366 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

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 owners' hands. If this spell's surge cost was paid, create an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2016-01-22wotc

All other nonland permanents will already be in their owners' hands by the time the Octopus token is created. Any triggered abilities or abilities that would have otherwise affected that Octopus won't be around to matter.

2016-01-22wotc

Casting a spell for its surge cost doesn't change its mana cost or its mana value.

2016-01-22wotc

The other spell that you or a teammate cast can be one that's resolved, one that was countered, or (for instants with surge) one that's still on the stack.

2016-01-22

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #52 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{U}{U} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Surge.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #11,366 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jama Jurabaev. Rarix catalogs 49 other cards credited to this artist.