Tidespout Tyrant is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Flying Whenever you cast a spell, return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Complete guide
Tidespout Tyrant is a legendary engine of disruption that can turn every one of your spells into a powerful bounce effect. Whether you are clearing blockers or recycling your own resources, this Djinn ensures your opponents struggle to keep anything on the battlefield.
What it Does
Tidespout Tyrant has a triggered ability that triggers whenever you cast any spell. Unlike many similar effects, this ability targets any 'permanent,' which includes lands, creatures, enchantments, artifacts, and planeswalkers. This makes it exceptionally versatile for controlling the tempo of the game.
How it Resolves Step by Step
First, you must cast a spell by paying its costs and putting it onto the stack. This immediately triggers Tidespout Tyrant's ability. You then choose a target permanent to return to its owner's hand. The bounce ability is put on the stack on top of your spell, meaning the permanent is returned before your spell even finishes resolving. If the target is no longer legal when the ability tries to resolve, it will fail to bounce anything.
Common Mistakes
A frequent mistake is forgetting that the trigger happens on 'cast,' not when the spell enters the battlefield. If your spell is countered, the Tidespout Tyrant trigger still resolves because the act of casting was completed. Additionally, remember that you can target your own permanents to save them from removal or to reuse their 'enters-the-battlefield' abilities.
When to Play It
Because of its high mana cost, Tidespout Tyrant is often used as a finisher in control decks or as a combo piece in decks with cheap artifacts. It is most effective when you have a handful of low-cost spells ready to follow it, allowing you to wipe your opponent's board in a single turn.
Interaction examples
Hullbreaker HorrorIf you control both Tidespout Tyrant and Hullbreaker Horror, casting a single spell will trigger both creatures. You can stack the triggers so that Tidespout Tyrant bounces a land and Hullbreaker Horror bounces a nonland permanent or a spell on the stack. This combination effectively prevents your opponent from maintaining any board presence.
Thought MonitorWith Tidespout Tyrant on the battlefield, you cast Thought Monitor (potentially for only two blue mana due to Affinity). The Tyrant's trigger targets a permanent you want to bounce. Then, Thought Monitor enters the battlefield and draws you two cards, giving you more fuel to trigger the Tyrant again on your next cast.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Tidespout Tyrant
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Tidespout Tyrant + Sol Ring
- 1Cast Sol Ring by paying its mana cost.
- 2Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning a nontoken permanent that can be cast using
from the battlefield to your hand. - 3Activate Sol Ring by tapping it, adding .
- 4Cast the nontoken permanent returned in step 2 by paying its mana cost.
- 5Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning Sol Ring from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
Tidespout Tyrant + Mana Vault
- 1Cast Mana Vault by paying its mana cost.
- 2Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning a nontoken permanent that can be cast using from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Activate Mana Vault by tapping it, adding
- 4Cast the nontoken permanent returned in step 2 by paying its mana cost.
- 5Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning Mana Vault from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
Tidespout Tyrant + Mox Amber
- 1Cast Mox Amber by paying its mana cost.
- 2Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning a nontoken permanent from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Activate Mox Amber by tapping it, adding one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.
- 4Cast the nontoken permanent returned in step 2 by paying its mana cost.
- 5Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning Mox Amber from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
Tidespout Tyrant + Mox Opal
- 1Cast Mox Opal by paying its mana cost.
- 2Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning a nontoken permanent that can be cast using one colored mana from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Activate Mox Opal by tapping it, adding one mana of any color.
- 4Cast the nontoken permanent returned in step 2 by paying its mana cost.
- 5Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning Mox Opal from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
Tidespout Tyrant + Grim Monolith
- 1Cast Grim Monolith by paying its mana cost.
- 2Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning a nontoken permanent that can be cast using from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Activate Grim Monolith by tapping it, adding .
- 4Cast the nontoken permanent returned in step 2 by paying its mana cost.
- 5Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning Grim Monolith from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
Tidespout Tyrant + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Maelstrom Wanderer
- 1Activate Selvala by paying
and tapping it, adding at least 
plus enough mana to cast a creature card from your hand. - 2Cast a creature card by paying its mana cost.
- 3Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning Selvala from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Cast Selvala by paying .
- 5Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning the creature cast in step 2 from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
Tidespout Tyrant + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Temur Ascendancy
- 1Activate Selvala by paying and tapping it, adding at least plus enough mana to cast a creature card from your hand.
- 2Cast a creature card by paying its mana cost.
- 3Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning Selvala from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Cast Selvala by paying .
- 5Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning the creature cast in step 2 from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
Tidespout Tyrant + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Concordant Crossroads
- 1Activate Selvala by paying and tapping it, adding at least plus enough mana to cast a creature card from your hand.
- 2Cast a creature card by paying its mana cost.
- 3Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning Selvala from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Cast Selvala by paying .
- 5Tidespout Tyrant triggers, returning the creature cast in step 2 from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
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