Ominous Seas

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Ominous Seas: Enchantment, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. Whenever you draw a card, put a foreshadow counter on this enchantment. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)
Released
2020-04-24
Collector number
61
Artist
Vincent Proce
Commander rank
1,399 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Cycling

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About Ominous Seas

Ominous Seas is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue enchantment from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO), an expansion set released in April 2020. It is collector number 61 in that set, with art by Vincent Proce. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.72 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever you draw a card, put a foreshadow counter on this enchantment.

Remove eight foreshadow counters from this enchantment: Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token.

Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.72 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Ominous Seas by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Ominous Seas

Ominous Seas has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #IKO-61Uncommon2022

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Ominous Seas.

  • If a spell or ability causes you to put cards into your hand without specifically using the word “draw,” it’s not a card drawn.

Similar cards

Other enchantment cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Ominous Seas is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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