Tishana's Tidebinder
Tishana's Tidebinder: Creature - Merfolk Wizard, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Merfolk Wizard
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 3/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 81
- Artist
- Nino Vecia
- Commander rank
- 2,737 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flash
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About Tishana's Tidebinder
Tishana's Tidebinder is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), an expansion set released in November 2023. It is collector number 81 in that set, with art by Nino Vecia. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.70 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Flash
When this creature enters, counter up to one target activated or triggered ability. If an ability of an artifact, creature, or planeswalker is countered this way, that permanent loses all abilities for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.70 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Tishana's Tidebinder by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Tishana's Tidebinder
Tishana's Tidebinder has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Standard Cup (PJSC) #2025-1 | Rare | 2025 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #335 | Rare | 2023 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos (PLCI) #81p | Rare | 2023 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos (PLCI) #81s | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Tishana's Tidebinder, newest first.
- If the affected permanent gains an ability after Tishana's Tidebinder's effect begins to apply to it, it will keep that ability.
- Tishana's Tidebinder's triggered ability checks to see if the source of the ability is an artifact, creature, or planeswalker as it resolves. If it isn't, it won't lose all abilities, even if it was an artifact, creature, or planeswalker when the ability was activated or when it triggered.
- If Tishana's Tidebinder leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target activated or triggered ability will still be countered, but the source of the ability won't lose its abilities at all.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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