Return Upon the Tide 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
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If it's an Elf, create two 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens. Foretell(During your turn, you may pay
and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
How it works : Return Upon the Tide
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You check if the creature is an Elf once it’s on the battlefield. You’ll create tokens if it is, even if the card in the graveyard wasn’t an Elf card.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Players can’t take any actions in between the card returning to the battlefield and Elf Warrior tokens being created.
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- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Because exiling a card with foretell from your hand is a special action, you can do so any time you have priority during your turn, including in response to spells and abilities. Once you announce you’re taking the action, no other player can respond by trying to remove the card from your hand.
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- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Casting a foretold card from exile follows the timing rules for that card. If you foretell an instant card, you can cast it as soon as the next player’s turn. In most cases, if you foretell a card that isn’t an instant (or doesn’t have flash), you’ll have to wait until your next turn to cast it.
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- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If you’re casting a foretold card from exile for its foretell cost, you can’t choose to cast it for any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Scholar of the Ages + Burnt Offering + Return Upon the Tide
- 1Cast Burnt Offering by paying and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven mana in any combination of and/or
. - 2Cast Return Upon the Tide by paying
, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield. - 3Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Burnt Offering and Return Upon the Tide from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
Umbral Collar Zealot + Dualcaster Mage + Return Upon the Tide
- 1Cast Return Upon the Tide by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Return Upon the Tide.
- 4Holding priority, activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage, causing you to surveil 1.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Return Upon the Tide
- 6Resolve the Return Upon the Tide copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Goblin Bombardment + Dualcaster Mage + Return Upon the Tide
- 1Cast Return Upon the Tide by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Return Upon the Tide.
- 4Holding priority, activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Return Upon the Tide
- 6Resolve the Return Upon the Tide copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Goblin Bombardment + Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Return Upon the Tide
- 1Cast Return Upon the Tide by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Naru Meha by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Naru Meha enters, it triggers, targeting Return Upon the Tide.
- 4Holding priority, activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Naru Meha, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 5Resolve the Naru Meha trigger, copying Return Upon the Tide
- 6Resolve the Return Upon the Tide copy, returning Naru Meha from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Scholar of the Ages + Sacrifice + Return Upon the Tide
- 1Cast Sacrifice by paying and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven .
- 2Cast Return Upon the Tide by paying , returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Sacrifice and Return Upon the Tide from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
Umbral Collar Zealot + Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Return Upon the Tide
- 1Cast Return Upon the Tide by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Naru Meha by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Naru Meha enters, it triggers, targeting Return Upon the Tide.
- 4Holding priority, activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Naru Meha, causing you to surveil 1.
- 5Resolve the Naru Meha trigger, copying Return Upon the Tide
- 6Resolve the Return Upon the Tide copy, returning Naru Meha from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Carrion Feeder + Return Upon the Tide
- 1Cast Return Upon the Tide by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Naru Meha by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Naru Meha enters, it triggers, targeting Return Upon the Tide.
- 4Holding priority, activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Naru Meha, putting a +1/+1 counter on Carrion Feeder.
- 5Resolve the Naru Meha trigger, copying Return Upon the Tide
- 6Resolve the Return Upon the Tide copy, returning Naru Meha from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Yahenni, Undying Partisan + Return Upon the Tide
- 1Cast Return Upon the Tide by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Naru Meha by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Naru Meha enters, it triggers, targeting Return Upon the Tide.
- 4Holding priority, activate Yahenni by sacrificing Naru Meha, Resolve the Naru Meha trigger, copying Return Upon the Tide
- 5Resolve the Return Upon the Tide copy, returning Naru Meha from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
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