---
name: "Swirling Torrent"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "RNA"
set_name: "Ravnica Allegiance"
collector_number: "56"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ben Wootten"
oracle_id: "70f44207-338e-4031-a093-f045e8d328b2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/swirling-torrent-rna"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Swirling Torrent
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose one or both —
• Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
• Return target creature to its owner's hand.

> *"Ops!"
—Grupgrup, tecnico dei condotti di scolo*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Forced Retreat](/printing/forced-retreat-me3.md) — Sorcery
2. [Time Ebb](/printing/time-ebb-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Temporal Eddy](/printing/temporal-eddy-tsp.md) — Sorcery
4. [Churning Eddy](/printing/churning-eddy-tor.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sweep Away](/printing/sweep-away-ogw.md) — Instant
6. [Waterwhirl](/printing/waterwhirl-ktk.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) #56
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ben Wootten
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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