First printed in Return to Ravnica (2012)
All 17 prints
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Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #14, 2026
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Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #144, 2026
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Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #79, 2026
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1869, 2025
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Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #313, 2024
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Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #313z, 2024
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Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #40, 2024
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Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #419, 2024
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Commander Masters (CMM) #485, 2023
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Commander Masters (CMM) #84, 2023
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Explorer Anthology 3 (EA3) #1, 2023 (digital)
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #82816, 2020 (digital)
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Double Masters (2XM) #339, 2020
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Double Masters (2XM) #47, 2020
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Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #35, 2017
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Commander 2014 (C14) #104, 2014
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Return to Ravnica (RTR) #35, 2012
Cyclonic Rift 
Instant
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.")
In the last 30 days 0.1% of Modern decks played it (2 of 2236). Most played in UB (unclassified). In the last 30 days 1.0% of Legacy decks played it (11 of 1071). Most played in Tron.
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), Premier Draft | 59.0% | +3.6 | +5.0 | 1521 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Staple
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Commander staples:
main deck, 14% of decks (#165)
Blue, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Board wipes, Artifact removal, Enchantment removal
Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.
Combos
20 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Return all nonland permanents opponents control to their hand on each of your turns, Lock: Archaeomancer + Brago, King Eternal + Cyclonic Rift
- Lock, Return all nonland permanents opponents control to their hand on each of your turns: Brago, King Eternal + Cyclonic Rift + Eternal Witness
- Lock, Return all nonland permanents opponents control to their hand on each of your turns: Brago, King Eternal + Cyclonic Rift + Mnemonic Wall
- Lock, Return all nonland permanents opponents control to their hand on each of your turns: Brago, King Eternal + Cyclonic Rift + Timeless Witness
- Lock, Return all nonland permanents opponents control to their hand on each of your turns: Brago, King Eternal + Cyclonic Rift + Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
- Lock, Return all nonland permanents opponents control to their hand on each of your turns: Brago, King Eternal + Cyclonic Rift + Shipwreck Dowser
- Lock, Return all nonland permanents opponents control to their hand on each of your turns: Brago, King Eternal + Cyclonic Rift + Salvager of Secrets
- Lock, Return all nonland permanents opponents control to their hand on each of your turns: Brago, King Eternal + Cyclonic Rift + Scholar of the Ages
- Lock, Return all nonland permanents opponents control to their hand on each of your turns: Brago, King Eternal + Cyclonic Rift + Skullwinder
- Lock, Return all nonland permanents opponents control to their hand on each of your turns: Ardent Elementalist + Brago, King Eternal + Cyclonic Rift
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Legal
- Modern Legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Not legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Legal
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Legal
- Premodern Not legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Not legal
- PreDH Not legal
- Tiny Leaders Legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal
