Eluge, the Shoreless Sea is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Eluge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Islands you control. Whenever Eluge enters or attacks, put a flood counter on target land. It's an Island in addition to its other types for as long as it has a flood counter on it. The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn costs(or
) less to cast for each land you control with a flood counter on it.
Complete guide
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea is a massive Elemental Fish that turns the very landscape into a surging ocean to fuel your magic. By placing flood counters on lands, you not only grow Eluge's strength but also drastically reduce the cost of your most powerful spells.
Flooding the Field
Eluge's power and toughness are dynamic, scaling with the number of Islands you control. When Eluge enters the battlefield or attacks, you place a flood counter on a land. This land becomes an Island in addition to its other types. This effect is permanent as long as the counter remains, even if Eluge is removed from the battlefield. Because these lands gain the Island subtype, they can tap for blue mana and contribute to Eluge's total power and toughness.
Casting at a Discount
The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn receives a cost reduction for every land you control with a flood counter on it. This reduction is unique because it can reduce both blue mana ({U}) and generic mana ({1}). If the spell requires blue mana, the reduction applies to the blue requirements first. Once all blue mana symbols are accounted for, any remaining reduction applies to the generic mana cost. Note that this only applies to the very first instant or sorcery you cast in a turn; if that spell doesn't benefit from the reduction, you cannot save it for a second spell.
Strategic Timing and Rulings
To determine the total cost of your spell, start with the mana cost or an alternative cost (like Flashback), add any increases (like Kicker), and then apply Eluge's reduction. Remember that the mana value of the spell never changes, regardless of how much mana you actually spent. Additionally, Eluge's power-defining ability works in all zones, meaning it could be a valid target for search effects that look for creatures with specific power while it is still in your library.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf you use Solemn Simulacrum to put a basic Island onto the battlefield tapped, you directly increase Eluge's power and toughness. When Eluge later attacks and puts a flood counter on another land you control, that land also becomes an Island. If Eluge was a 2/2, these two actions combined would make it a 4/4 while providing more sources of blue mana.
Roaming ThroneWith Roaming Throne on the battlefield naming 'Elemental' or 'Fish', Eluge's triggered ability triggers an additional time. When Eluge enters or attacks, you will place two flood counters on target lands instead of one. This doubles the rate at which you reduce the costs of your instants and sorceries and allows Eluge to grow in power twice as fast.
Suppose you control four lands with flood counters. You cast a sorcery costing {4}{U}{U}. Eluge's ability reduces the cost by 4 units. First, it covers the {U}{U}, leaving 2 units of reduction. Those 2 remaining units reduce the {4} generic mana. You only pay {2} total to cast the spell.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The ability that defines Eluge’s power and toughness functions in all zones, not just the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
A land affected by Eluge’s second ability stays an Island until the flood counter is removed, even if Eluge leaves the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The land retains any land types and abilities it already had. An Island has the ability “
: Add .”No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If the first instant or sorcery spell you cast in a turn doesn’t cost any
, its cost will be reduced by for each land you control with a flood counter on it.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
In the case where the first instant or sorcery spell you cast in a turn does cost some
but you control more lands with flood counters on them than the number of in that spell’s mana cost, all of the in the cost are reduced first before moving on to the generic mana. For example, if you control four lands with flood counters on them and you cast Season of Weaving (a sorcery with mana cost 
) as the first instant or sorcery spell of your turn, its cost will be reduced by 
, meaning its total cost will be .No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you’re paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of this ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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