Price$29.43 – $108.04
Buy on TCGplayerCyclonic Rift
Instant
LegalGame Changer Salt 2.36RemovalRank #51
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload 
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
KeywordsOverload
Why is this card good?
Cyclonic Rift is the premier one-sided board wipe in blue, and one of the best cards in the entire format. The early-game flexibility (a $2 bounce removal) plus the late-game overload that resets every opponent's board while leaving yours intact makes it a card you essentially never feel bad casting.
The overload is the kicker — at instant speed, you can wait until opponents tap out, then blow them out before your alpha strike or while protecting your own win. It's a tempo nuke, a counter to combos and big bodies, and an offensive enabler all in one.
Wants it: literally any deck with blue. Control, spellslinger, tempo, combo — all benefit.
When NOT to play it: it's a "Game Changer," so skip it in low-power, casual, or precon-level pods where a one-sided seven-mana wipe feels miserable and unfun. Also marginal in heavy aggro decks that prefer cheaper interaction and don't reach 7 mana.
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Printings (15)
Played by these commanders
Teferi, Temporal Archmage100% of 1
Combos (1)
- Brago, King Eternal + Archaeomancer + Cyclonic Rift
→ Return all nonland permanents opponents control to their hand on each of your turns, Lock