---
name: "Tibalt, Rakish Instigator"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Tibalt"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "515"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Chase Stone"
oracle_id: "0b768f8f-2213-45b9-bced-8fb1bbb441c3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tibalt-rakish-instigator-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tibalt, Rakish Instigator
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Planeswalker — Tibalt

## Oracle Text
Your opponents can't gain life.
−2: Create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tibalt, Wicked Tormentor](/printing/tibalt-wicked-tormentor-ymid.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Tibalt
2. [Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded](/printing/tibalt-the-fiend-blooded-ddk.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Tibalt
3. [Tibalt the Chaotic](/printing/tibalt-the-chaotic-cmb2.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Tibalt
4. [Tibalt's Rager](/printing/tibalts-rager-jmp.md) — Creature — Devil
5. [Ob Nixilis, the Adversary](/printing/ob-nixilis-the-adversary-snc.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis
6. [Elspeth Tirel](/printing/elspeth-tirel-som.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #515
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Chase Stone
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2019-05-03)* Spells and abilities that cause opponents to gain life still resolve while Tibalt is on the battlefield. No opponent will gain life, but any other effects of that spell or ability will happen.
- *(2019-05-03)* If an effect says to set an opponent's life total to a number that's higher than their current life total while Tibalt is on the battlefield, the player's life total doesn't change.