Halimar Tidecaller
Creature — Human Wizard Ally
When this creature enters, you may return target card with awaken from your graveyard to your hand.
Land creatures you control have flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #15833
Halimar Tidecaller enters and returns all your lands with flying abilities from graveyard to hand — a free mass-recovery effect stapled to a 2/2 flyer for three mana. In any deck running Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir or similar land-animation strategies, that ETB is a genuine card-advantage engine, not a consolation prize.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir
Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir animates lands into birds, and Halimar Tidecaller recovers every one that hit the graveyard during combat or through removal — the two cards form a tight loop that turns board wipes into setup rather than setbacks.
Jyoti, Moag Ancient
Jyoti, Moag Ancient produces Forest Island tokens, and Halimar Tidecaller's ETB retrieves any of those animated lands that died, making it a recursive safety net that keeps Jyoti's token engine running through attrition.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Halimar Tidecaller is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but outside Commander it sees virtually no play — the effect is too narrow for competitive non-rotating formats where graveyard recursion at this rate doesn't clear the bar. In Commander, it slots cleanly into land-animation decks where the ETB triggers repeatedly through blink and bounce effects. Outside that specific niche, it's a blank 2/2 flyer for three, so don't run it without a critical mass of lands that gain flying abilities.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Halimar Tidecaller is deep bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. Demand is narrow enough that the price isn't going anywhere; it's a stable bulk rare you grab from a pile, not a card you track.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.