First printed in Mercadian Masques (1999)

All 10 prints

Media and Collaboration Promos (PMEI) #2024-4, 2024
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #164, 2024
Eternal Weekend (PEWK) #2022a, 2022
The List (PLST) #DD2-27, 2019
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #61056, 2016 (digital)
Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra (JVC) #27, 2014
Vintage Masters (VMA) #72, 2014 (digital)
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra (DD2) #27, 2008
World Championship Decks 2001 (WC01) #ab82, 2001
Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #82, 1999

Gush

Instant

You may return two Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Draw two cards.

In the last 30 days 2.6% of Vintage decks played it (1 of 38). Most played in UR (unclassified). In the last 30 days 13.1% of Premodern decks played it (18 of 137). Most played in Mono-Blue (unclassified).

Staple

Premodern staples: main deck, 7% of decks (#65)
Blue, Instants, Card draw

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Banned
Vintage Restricted
Pauper Banned
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Vintage Other periods →

In 1 of 38 decks (2.6%).

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UR (unclassified)	5.3%	50%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
UR Matt Kunze in From The Vault: Vintage 5	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UR Matt Kunze, 17 Oct	1 main	#15 2-3

Premodern Other periods →

In 18 of 137 decks (13.1%).

Share of decks

7.3%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

3 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

81%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Mono-Blue (unclassified)	8.8%	83%
WU (unclassified)	7.3%	10%
WUBRG (unclassified)	4.4%	17%
UB (unclassified)	3.6%	80%
UG (unclassified)	1.5%	50%
URG (unclassified)	1.5%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Chain of Vapor	100%	13.7
Thwart	100%	13.7
Foil	100%	13.7
Powder Keg	100%	13.7
Portent	100%	13.7
Counterspell	100%	10.3
Impulse	100%	10.3

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Mono-Blue LuffyDoChapeuDePalha in Premodern Challenge 16	7-1 88%
WU Fernando Yaksic Carrasco in Kikopen 4	7-1 88%
Mono-Blue Jerry Melton in Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event	4-1 80%
Mono-Blue _Dionysos_ in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Mono-Blue João Diniz in Road to Nationals - Pré Modern	5-3 63%
Mono-Blue Matt Kuperman in Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event	3-2 60%
URG Sergio Goncalves in Road to Nationals - Pré Modern	3-3 50%
WUBRG August Hartman in Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Mono-Blue LuffyDoChapeuDePalha, 27 Oct	4 main	#1 7-1
Mono-Blue _Dionysos_, 27 Oct	4 main	#2 6-2
UB Beicodegeia, 27 Oct	4 main	#26 0-2
Mono-Blue moises alejandro berna donoso, 17 Oct	4 main	#16 1-4
Mono-Blue João Diniz, 17 Oct	4 main	#2 5-3
URG Sergio Goncalves, 17 Oct	4 main	#8 3-3
Mono-Blue Filipe, 17 Oct	4 main	#15 1-3
Mono-Blue Pedro Dores, 17 Oct	4 main	#18 0-2

Commander Other periods →

In 47 of 6150 decks (0.8%).

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
WUBRG (unclassified)	11.1%	0%
UG (unclassified)	7.8%	0%
UR (unclassified)	6.2%	1%
WURG (unclassified)	2.5%	1%
Mono-Blue (unclassified)	2.3%	4%
UB (unclassified)	1.5%	12%
UBG (unclassified)	1.4%	25%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
UBG Tyler Duncanson in cEDH Rumble Episode III: 1.25K "Blue Rumble" at Dice City	3-2 60%
UBG Tyler Duncanson in Commander Invitational Qualifier - Final Fortune Gaming	3-2 60%
UR Blackhaze in Collectible Ventures: S.N.L. / Mages 10K Birthday Bash	3-3 50%
UB Stephen Woolums in Tabletop Tavern \| Win-A-Dual cEDH Tournament - OCTOBER 2026	1-4 20%
UBG Lucas Niece in Mortal-Kraumbat	1-4 20%
UB Adam Lebow in FOIL Gaea's Cradle cEDH 6k	1-4 20%
UBG Bruno Peixoto in 1.cEDH069 Major @Die Fabrik	1-5 17%
UG Cesar Andres Mendoza in CEDH SABANA - Cedh x Dual 2da edición VOLCANIC ISLAND	0-6 0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UR Cameron Carpenter, 25 Oct	1 main	#22 0-3
Mono-Blue Wesley Bolten, 25 Oct	1 main	#23 0-4
UR Austin Qualls, 25 Oct	1 main	#29 0-3
UBG Sergio NUÑEZ, 25 Oct	1 main	#9 1-2
UBG Tommaso Morosi, 25 Oct	1 main	#10 1-2
UB Chris Judd, 24 Oct	1 main	#14 1-3
UBG Chris Reitzel, 24 Oct	1 main	#39 0-4
UBG Brook (sentinel), 24 Oct	1 main	#16 1-1

No recent decks in: Duel Commander.