---
name: "Quicksand Whirlpool"
mana_cost: "{5}{W}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "31"
rarity: "common"
artist: "L.A. Draws"
oracle_id: "43fb0f35-8eea-4344-9415-6ecb8aa46491"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/quicksand-whirlpool-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Quicksand Whirlpool
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{W}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {3} less to cast if it targets a tapped creature.
Exile target creature.

> *« Ceux qui volent le sang et le souffle des vivants se gorgeront de sable. »
—Souverain Okinec Ahau*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grounded for Life](/printing/grounded-for-life-tmt.md) — Instant
2. [Seized from Slumber](/printing/seized-from-slumber-dsk.md) — Instant
3. [Fate of the Sun-Cryst](/printing/fate-of-the-sun-cryst-fin.md) — Instant
4. [Hawkeye's Shot](/printing/hawkeyes-shot-msc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Ajani's Response](/printing/ajanis-response-sos.md) — Instant
6. [Banish from Edoras](/printing/banish-from-edoras-ltr.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #31
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** L.A. Draws
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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