Keiga, the Tide Star

Keiga, the Tide Star: Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost: {5}{U}
Mana value: 6
Type: Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
Colour identity: Blue (U)
Power / toughness: 5/5
Rarity: Rare
Set: Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Released: 2025-04-11
Collector number: 156
Artist: Ittoku
Commander rank: 4,333 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords: Flying
Commander: Can be your commander

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About Keiga, the Tide Star

Keiga, the Tide Star is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue legendary creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 156 in that set, with art by Ittoku. It costs {5}{U} (five generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Champions of Kamigawa (2004) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.37 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

When Keiga dies, gain control of target creature.

The pull of the tide star holds eternal sway.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.37 (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 Keiga, the Tide Star by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Modern	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Vintage	Legal
Commander	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Penny Dreadful	Legal

Other printings of Keiga, the Tide Star

Keiga, the Tide Star has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Printing	Rarity	Year
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #725	Rare	2022
Iconic Masters (IMA) #63	Rare	2017
Modern Masters (MMA) #48	Mythic	2013
Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #72	Rare	2004

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Keiga, the Tide Star.

2017-11-17 Keiga's effect lasts indefinitely. It doesn't wear off during the cleanup step.

Similar cards

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

In these precons

Keiga, the Tide Star is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

Temur Roar (TDC), led by Eshki, Temur's Roar