Tidal Barracuda

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Tidal Barracuda: Creature - Fish, Commander 2020. Any player may cast spells as though they had flash. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Fish
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
3/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
39
Artist
Uriah Voth
Commander rank
4,352 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Tidal Barracuda

Tidal Barracuda is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 39 in that set, with art by Uriah Voth. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $7.06 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Any player may cast spells as though they had flash.

Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.

It lurks in the spaces between moments.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $7.06 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Tidal Barracuda by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Tidal Barracuda

Tidal Barracuda has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #7105Rare2026

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Tidal Barracuda, newest first.

  • If an effect says that an opponent may cast a spell during your turn, Tidal Barracuda’s restriction overrules that permission.
  • Tidal Barracuda’s first ability doesn’t grant flash to any objects. It just changes when spells can be cast.
  • Tidal Barracuda’s abilities apply only while Tidal Barracuda is on the battlefield. Notably, its first ability doesn’t apply to Tidal Barracuda as you’re casting it.
  • Your opponents can still activate abilities during your turn.
  • Once a player announces that they’re casting a spell, players can’t try to remove Tidal Barracuda to make it so that spell couldn’t be cast at that time. Spells cast as though they had flash will still resolve if able, even if Tidal Barracuda is no longer on the battlefield at that time.

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