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Tidus, Blitzball Star

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior

Whenever an artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Tidus.
Whenever Tidus attacks, tap target creature an opponent controls.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{W}{U}
Color identity
UW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Final Fantasy
Price
$2.06
EDHREC rank
#13034
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Tidus, Blitzball Star card art
Tidus, Blitzball Star is a +1/+1 counter engine that rewards you just for attacking — pair him with Animation Module and a counter synergy shell and he snowballs fast. The cost is that he needs a board presence to do anything, so he's dead weight if you're behind.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Noctis, Prince of Lucis

Noctis, Prince of Lucis

12.7% of decks · synergy 0.12

Noctis, Prince of Lucis decks already want cheap creatures that generate value through combat, and Tidus, Blitzball Star slots in as a self-growing attacker who feeds the counters-matter theme Noctis enables turn after turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Tidus, Blitzball Star is a role-player in counter-proliferate decks and attack-trigger shells — he's not a build-around at the helm, but he pulls weight in the 99. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, he's too slow and too dependent on a supportive board to compete with the efficiency the format demands. Standard is the one exception where, if a counters-matter deck exists in the format, he's cheap enough to see fringe play. Legacy and Vintage simply have better options at every turn.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$2.06 cheap tier

At $2.06, Tidus, Blitzball Star sits in the cheap tier — low enough to slot into any synergy deck without hesitation. As a Final Fantasy crossover card with a named character, demand is unlikely to crater, but don't count on significant appreciation either.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.