---
name: "Into the Flood Maw"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Gift"]
set: "BLB"
set_name: "Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "52"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Danny Schwartz"
oracle_id: "8cb36a67-9206-4665-a03f-64f52ba559c4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/into-the-flood-maw-blb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Into the Flood Maw
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Gift

## Oracle Text
Gift a tapped Fish (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token before its other effects.)
Return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand. If the gift was promised, instead return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Parting Gust](/printing/parting-gust-blb.md) — Instant
2. [Long River's Pull](/printing/long-rivers-pull-blb.md) — Instant
3. [Mind Spiral](/printing/mind-spiral-blb.md) — Sorcery
4. [Sazacap's Brew](/printing/sazacaps-brew-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Bilbo's Gambit](/printing/bilbos-gambit-hob.md) — Instant
6. [Dewdrop Cure](/printing/dewdrop-cure-blb.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow (BLB) #52
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Danny Schwartz
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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