---
name: "Harbinger of the Tides"
mana_cost: "{U}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ORI"
set_name: "Magic Origins"
collector_number: "58"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "9f5277e8-1cbe-478c-a8bc-ac028f13305e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/harbinger-of-the-tides-ori"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Harbinger of the Tides
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
You may cast this spell as though it had flash if you pay {2} more to cast it. (You may cast it any time you could cast an instant.)
When this creature enters, you may return target tapped creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crashing Tide](/printing/crashing-tide-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Merfolk Trickster](/printing/merfolk-trickster-plst.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
3. [Surgespanner](/printing/surgespanner-lrw.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Teferi's Wavecaster](/printing/teferis-wavecaster-m21.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
5. [Disruptor of Currents](/printing/disruptor-of-currents-ecl.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
6. [Tishana's Tidebinder](/printing/tishanas-tidebinder-lci.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Origins (ORI) #58
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov
- **Total Printings:** 29 across all historical editions

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