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Tide Shaper

{U}

Creature — Merfolk Wizard

MH2Modern Horizons 2#394uncommon
FoilEtched
Border
black
Frame
1997
Pull rate
~1 in 29–3590
Illustrator
Lie Setiawan
Found in
Modern Horizons 2 Collector Booster Pack · Modern Horizons 2 Collector Booster Hanger Pack · 3 more
Printings2
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Kicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, target land becomes an Island for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield. This creature gets +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls an Island.
1/1
Kicker
Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-4.0%
$0.24
$0.05 low$0.01 gap
Foil+2.5%
$0.41
$0.17 low-$0.23 gap
Etched-4.1%
$1.17
low
Cheapest playable copy$0.24· across 2 printings

Rulings

9 · latest Nov 8, 2024 · one tap opens all
  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    A land that becomes an Island gains "{T}: Add {U}" and loses all other abilities. It loses any other land types, but it doesn't lose any types or supertypes, such as creature, legendary, or snow.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    If Tide Shaper leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target land will not become an Island.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    Tide Shaper will get +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls any land with the Island land type, not just ones named Island.