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Tidus, Blitzball Star

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior1 generic manaWhite manaBlue mana

Two triggers, and they want two different decks. Tapping a defender on the swing is the tempo half: it fires on attack declaration, so it clears the blocker before combat math even begins, letting a 2/1 that would trade down instead poke in unopposed and add to a widening board. Growing off artifacts entering is the other half, and it points somewhere else entirely, since it ignores combat outright and rewards a shell built on tokens, cheap equipment, and recurring metal rather than the spells-and-creatures cadence Azorius usually runs. That split is the design problem. A clean tempo build attacks well but never grows the body; an artifact-dense build grows the body fast but still has to get it through the red zone to cash those counters into the tap-and-swing plan. The card asks for both halves of a deck that do not naturally share a list, which is a sharper deckbuilding riddle than a three-drop 2/1 usually poses. Treat it as a payoff built on solving the artifact-cadence question first, then leaning on the attack trigger to keep the swelling body unblocked, not as a standalone aggressive creature that happens to have upside stapled on.

Tidus, Blitzball Star (fin)
FIN · #246uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.15
Foil: $0.31
Oracle Text

Rules text

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

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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