---
name: "Crush of Tentacles"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Surge"]
set: "OGW"
set_name: "Oath of the Gatewatch"
collector_number: "53"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Jama Jurabaev"
oracle_id: "4ede153c-89cb-4121-bf23-a1d213d6f238"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crush-of-tentacles-ogw"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Crush of Tentacles
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Surge

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Surgespanner](/printing/surgespanner-lrw.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
2. [Devastation Tide](/printing/devastation-tide-avr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Whelming Wave](/printing/whelming-wave-ddo.md) — Sorcery
4. [Flood of Tears](/printing/flood-of-tears-voc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Grip of the Roil](/printing/grip-of-the-roil-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Yarok's Wavecrasher](/printing/yaroks-wavecrasher-j25.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW) #53
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Jama Jurabaev
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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