Gush
Mana cost {4}{U}.
You may return two Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Draw two cards.
Gush is a blue card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Mercadian Masques printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€4.97) · TCGplayer ($5.47) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €4.61 and €5.80 in that time.
How often Gush is played
Gush is maindecked in 4 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (3%), averaging 3.8 copies; used by 4 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 48 decks that can cast blue cards, 4 of them play it (8%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Gush
- Stiflenought: Return two Islands to draw two cards without spending mana. The two Islands also feed Foil and your next land drops.
- Stasis: Return two Islands, tapped or untapped, instead of paying {4}{U}, and draw two cards. Under Stasis that is two cards for two lands you could not use anyway, an Island to replay untapped, and more cards to exile to Forsaken City.
- Psychatog: It costs no mana if you return two Islands you control, so you can cast it at instant speed with all your lands tapped; tap the Islands for mana first if you need it this turn. It refills the hand, and on the kill turn the two Islands and the two new cards are four discards for Psychatog, plus two more power once those four are exiled from the graveyard.
- Gro-a-Tog: Return two Islands instead of paying five mana and draw two cards. Free card advantage that also grows Quirion Dryad, and the trick with Armageddon: cast Gush in response and two Islands are safe in your hand. Tap the Islands for mana first.
Tournament decks with Gush
- Nantuko Cultivator: 6th Place at Finland Nationals 2026 (4× mainboard)
- Gro-A-Tog: 1st Place at Eurofest Valencia 2026 (4× mainboard)
- 4c Blessing Control: 5th Place at Midwest Championship Ope (3× mainboard)
- Merfolks: 1st Place at Tribal Wars Premodern Brazil (4× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Gush
- 4c Blessing Control (3×)
- Counter Sliver (3×)
