---
name: "Aether Tide"
mana_cost: "{X}{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "EXO"
set_name: "Exodus"
collector_number: "27"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Andrew Robinson"
oracle_id: "2fbf95b4-bcf4-4b5e-b5dc-0294f2b48d3e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aether-tide-exo"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Aether Tide
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X creature cards.
Return X target creatures to their owners' hands.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Turbulent Dreams](/printing/turbulent-dreams-tor.md) — Sorcery
2. [Calamitous Tide](/printing/calamitous-tide-blb.md) — Sorcery
3. [Aether Burst](/printing/aether-burst-ody.md) — Instant
4. [Aether Gale](/printing/aether-gale-e02.md) — Sorcery
5. [Alexi, Zephyr Mage](/printing/alexi-zephyr-mage-pcy.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Spellshaper
6. [Sea God's Scorn](/printing/sea-gods-scorn-thb.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Exodus (EXO) #27
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Andrew Robinson
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`