Tidal Surge
Sorcery
Tap up to three target creatures without flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $1.39
- EDHREC rank
- #27294
Tidal Surge puts a creature on the bottom of its owner's library for two mana — a permanent answer that dodges indestructible and regeneration, but only at sorcery speed with no permanent board advantage. It's fringe playable at best, and most blue decks have cleaner options.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tidal Surge is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, bottoming a creature is occasionally relevant against commanders that return from the graveyard, but the sorcery speed and one-for-one trade make it hard to justify a slot. Pauper is its most plausible home, where options are restricted and the effect is at least unique, but even there faster and more flexible tempo plays exist. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a two-mana sorcery that doesn't affect the board state immediately.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.39 cheap tier
At $1.39, Tidal Surge sits in the cheap tier but overprices its utility — you're paying a dollar-plus for a card that rarely makes Commander lists and sees no competitive play elsewhere. There's no meaningful demand driving that price up, and it's unlikely to hold long-term.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.