---
name: "Tidal Bore"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "109"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Frank Kelly Freas"
oracle_id: "513ad32a-2887-4825-adad-86a87cf1d2cb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tidal-bore-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tidal Bore
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
You may tap or untap target creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ensnare](/printing/ensnare-nem.md) — Instant
2. [Daze](/printing/daze-wc00.md) — Instant
3. [Flooded Shoreline](/printing/flooded-shoreline-vis.md) — Enchantment
4. [Tidal Warrior](/printing/tidal-warrior-ddt.md) — Creature — Merfolk Warrior
5. [Thwart](/printing/thwart-mmq.md) — Instant
6. [Tidal Force](/printing/tidal-force-c13.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #109
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Frank Kelly Freas
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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