---
name: "Crashing Tide"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "RIX"
set_name: "Rivals of Ixalan"
collector_number: "34"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Carmen Sinek"
oracle_id: "4c3f87d7-a632-4b8c-9052-b4055ea88771"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crashing-tide-rix"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Crashing Tide
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
This spell has flash as long as you control a Merfolk.
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Harbinger of the Tides](/printing/harbinger-of-the-tides-pori.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
2. [Darting Merfolk](/printing/darting-merfolk-mmq.md) — Creature — Merfolk
3. [Waterfront Bouncer](/printing/waterfront-bouncer-mmq.md) — Creature — Merfolk Spellshaper
4. [Vodalian Hexcatcher](/printing/vodalian-hexcatcher-dmu.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
5. [Surgespanner](/printing/surgespanner-lrw.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
6. [Tidal Courier](/printing/tidal-courier-ddt.md) — Creature — Merfolk

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) #34
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Carmen Sinek
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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