Tidal Visionary
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
: Target creature becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #19934
Tidal Visionary is a one-mana 1/1 that taps to change a permanent's color — narrow enough that it almost never earns a mainboard slot. The only place it pulls real weight is in decks that explicitly care about color identity, like Painter's Servant strategies or color-matters tribal shells.
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 |
In Commander, Tidal Visionary is a fringe include that sees play almost exclusively in combo shells built around color-dependency — think Grenzo, Havoc Raiser triggers or Laccolith-style color-checking effects. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but ignore it entirely; no competitive archetype wants a 1/1 that taps to recolor a permanent when faster, more resilient tools exist. Pauper is the one format where budget constraints and commons-only restrictions make Tidal Visionary's color-manipulation marginally more relevant, though even there it rarely makes cuts. Outside a dedicated synergy build, it functions as a trivia answer rather than a playable.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Tidal Visionary is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a penny bin rather than buy intentionally. That price reflects its demand accurately: it's a niche tool for niche decks, and nothing on the horizon changes that calculus.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.