---
name: "Tidal Flats"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "FEM"
set_name: "Fallen Empires"
collector_number: "27a"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Rob Alexander"
oracle_id: "bf39d0f7-f689-45fd-b37b-12d1618fd6e7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tidal-flats-fem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tidal Flats
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
{U}{U}: For each attacking creature without flying, its controller may pay {1}. If that player doesn't, creatures you control blocking that creature gain first strike until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flood](/printing/flood-5ed.md) — Enchantment
2. [Vodalian Knights](/printing/vodalian-knights-me1.md) — Creature — Merfolk Knight
3. [Tidal Surge](/printing/tidal-surge-p02.md) — Sorcery
4. [Barbed Foliage](/printing/barbed-foliage-mir.md) — Enchantment
5. [Soaring Seacliff](/printing/soaring-seacliff-c20.md) — Land
6. [Bleeding Effect](/printing/bleeding-effect-acr.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fallen Empires (FEM) #27a
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Rob Alexander
- **Total Printings:** 3 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`