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Tide Shaper, art by Lie Setiawan
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Tide Shaper

{U} · Creature — Merfolk Wizard

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.

Rulings (9)

Jun 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.

Jun 18, 2021 · If Tide Shaper leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target land will not become an Island.

Jun 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.

Nov 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.

Nov 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.

Nov 8, 2024 · The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

Nov 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.

Nov 8, 2024 · If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.

Nov 8, 2024 · If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype · Modern

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=13 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
MerfolkModern100%3–4×13
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Tide Shaper — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
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