---
name: "Tide Shaper"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Kicker"]
set: "MH2"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 2"
collector_number: "72"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Lie Setiawan"
oracle_id: "cf4be71e-0a9a-47a3-b0ec-43e04c3c07a0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tide-shaper-mh2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tide Shaper
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, target land becomes an Island for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield.
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls an Island.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tidal Warrior](/printing/tidal-warrior-ddt.md) — Creature — Merfolk Warrior
2. [Streambed Aquitects](/printing/streambed-aquitects-lrw.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
3. [Tideshaper Mystic](/printing/tideshaper-mystic-lrw.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Floodchaser](/printing/floodchaser-mor.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Aquitect's Will](/printing/aquitects-will-ddt.md) — Kindred Sorcery — Merfolk
6. [Enclave Elite](/printing/enclave-elite-cns.md) — Creature — Merfolk Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #72
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Lie Setiawan
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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