Flood of Tears
Flood of Tears: Sorcery, Crimson Vow Commander. Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Crimson Vow Commander (VOC)
- Released
- 2021-11-19
- Collector number
- 104
- Artist
- Adam Paquette
- Commander rank
- 4,423 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Flood of Tears
Flood of Tears is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue sorcery from Crimson Vow Commander (VOC), a Commander product released in November 2021. It is collector number 104 in that set, with art by Adam Paquette. It costs {4}{U}{U} (four generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Core Set 2020 (2019) to Crimson Vow Commander (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.95 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. If you return four or more nontoken permanents you control this way, you may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.
"I have wept such a torrent as to scour the land clean." -Mu Yanling
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.95 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Flood of Tears by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Flood of Tears
Flood of Tears has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Core Set 2020 (M20) #59 | Rare | 2019 |
| Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20) #59p | Rare | 2019 |
| Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20) #59s | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Flood of Tears, newest first.
- Any abilities that trigger as the nonland permanents are returned are put onto the stack at the same time as any abilities that trigger as the permanent card is put onto the battlefield (if applicable).
- If a permanent would be returned to your hand but ends up in another zone (most likely because an effect exiled it instead or because it's a player's commander in the Commander variant) Flood of Tears counts it when determining whether four or more of your nontoken permanents were returned.
- If you return four or more nontoken permanents, the permanent card you put onto the battlefield may be one of the cards returned to your hand this way.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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