Tifa Lockhart 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
Trample Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, double Tifa Lockhart's power until end of turn.
Complete guide
Tifa Lockhart is a powerhouse on the battlefield, leveraging the very terrain to increase her martial prowess. This Human Monk turns every land drop into a massive surge of strength, making her a formidable threat in any deck focused on mana acceleration. With the keyword Trample, Tifa ensures that her explosive growth translates directly into damage against your opponent.
Unpacking Landfall and Power Doubling
Tifa Lockhart features a Landfall trigger that doubles her power until the end of the turn. In Magic: The Gathering rules, 'doubling' a creature's power is treated as giving it a bonus equal to its power at the time the ability resolves. Because this is a triggered ability, it goes on the stack whenever a land enters under your control, and the calculation of the bonus only happens once that ability actually resolves.
Step-by-Step Resolution
When a land enters the battlefield under your control, Tifa's Landfall ability triggers and is placed on the stack. Players have a chance to respond with spells or abilities. When the ability resolves, the game checks Tifa's current power (including any equipment, auras, or other temporary buffs). Tifa then gains +X/+0, where X is that current power value. If multiple lands enter at once, each triggers separately, and they will resolve one by one, exponentially increasing her power.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
A common misconception is that Tifa's power is 'locked in' when the land is played. In reality, if Tifa's power changes while the Landfall trigger is still on the stack (for example, via a Giant Growth), the doubling effect will use the new, higher value. Also, remember that Landfall only triggers when a permanent enters the battlefield as a land; a permanent already on the battlefield simply becoming a land will not trigger the ability.
When to Play Tifa Lockhart
Tifa is most effective when you have ways to play multiple lands in a single turn. Since she has Trample, she is an excellent target for permanent power boosts from equipment. Ideally, you want to cast her early using mana dorks and then follow up with land-search effects to jump her power from a modest base to a lethal number in one combat phase.
Interaction examples
Llanowar ElvesYou have Llanowar Elves on the battlefield and use its ability to add {G}, helping you cast Tifa Lockhart. After Tifa is on the battlefield, you play a Forest for your turn. Tifa's Landfall ability triggers. When it resolves, it checks her base power (which is 2). She gains +2/+0, making her a 4/3 creature with Trample until the end of the turn.
Birds of ParadiseWith Birds of Paradise and Tifa Lockhart on the battlefield, you play an Evolving Wilds. This triggers Landfall, and Tifa becomes a 4/3. You then sacrifice the Evolving Wilds to put a basic land onto the battlefield. This triggers Landfall a second time. Upon resolution, the game sees Tifa's current power is 4, so she gets an additional +4/+0, resulting in an 8/3 Trampler for the turn.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Tifa Lockhart
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve. As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
To double Tifa Lockhart's power, it gets +X/+0, where X is Tifa Lockhart's power when the landfall ability resolves.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Tifa Lockhart + Scale Up + Evolving Wilds
- 1Cast Scale Up by paying
, targeting Tifa. - 2Play Evolving Wilds.
- 3When Evolving Wilds enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn.
- 4Activate Evolving Wilds by tapping and sacrificing it, searching your library for an applicable land and putting it onto the battlefield.
- 5When the land enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn
- 6Deal combat damage to an opponent using Tifa. That opponent loses the game due to being dealt 21 or more combat damage by your commander.
Tifa Lockhart + Scale Up + Terramorphic Expanse
- 1Cast Scale Up by paying , targeting Tifa.
- 2Play Terramorphic Expanse.
- 3When Terramorphic Expanse enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn.
- 4Activate Terramorphic Expanse by tapping and sacrificing it, searching your library for an applicable land and putting it onto the battlefield.
- 5When the land enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn
- 6Deal combat damage to an opponent using Tifa. That opponent loses the game due to being dealt 21 or more combat damage by your commander.
Tifa Lockhart + Scale Up + Fabled Passage
- 1Cast Scale Up by paying , targeting Tifa.
- 2Play Fabled Passage.
- 3When Fabled Passage enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn.
- 4Activate Fabled Passage by tapping and sacrificing it, searching your library for an applicable land and putting it onto the battlefield.
- 5When the land enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn
- 6Deal combat damage to an opponent using Tifa. That opponent loses the game due to being dealt 21 or more combat damage by your commander.
Tifa Lockhart + Scale Up + Cabaretti Courtyard
- 1Cast Scale Up by paying , targeting Tifa.
- 2Play Cabaretti Courtyard.
- 3When Cabaretti Courtyard enters, it and Tifa trigger.
- 4Resolve the Tifa trigger, doubling its power until end of turn.
- 5Resolve the Cabaretti Courtyard trigger, causing you to sacrifice it and search your library for an applicable land and put it onto the battlefield.
- 6When the land enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn
- 7Deal combat damage to an opponent using Tifa. That opponent loses the game due to being dealt 21 or more combat damage by your commander.
Tifa Lockhart + Scale Up + Riveteers Overlook
- 1Cast Scale Up by paying , targeting Tifa.
- 2Play Riveteers Overlook.
- 3When Riveteers Overlook enters, it and Tifa trigger.
- 4Resolve the Tifa trigger, doubling its power until end of turn.
- 5Resolve the Riveteers Overlook trigger, causing you to sacrifice it and search your library for an applicable land and put it onto the battlefield.
- 6When the land enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn
- 7Deal combat damage to an opponent using Tifa. That opponent loses the game due to being dealt 21 or more combat damage by your commander.
Tifa Lockhart + Scale Up + Brokers Hideout
- 1Cast Scale Up by paying , targeting Tifa.
- 2Play Brokers Hideout.
- 3When Brokers Hideout enters, it and Tifa trigger.
- 4Resolve the Tifa trigger, doubling its power until end of turn.
- 5Resolve the Brokers Hideout trigger, causing you to sacrifice it and search your library for an applicable land and put it onto the battlefield.
- 6When the land enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn
- 7Deal combat damage to an opponent using Tifa. That opponent loses the game due to being dealt 21 or more combat damage by your commander.
Tifa Lockhart + Scale Up + Escape Tunnel
- 1Cast Scale Up by paying , targeting Tifa.
- 2Play Escape Tunnel.
- 3When Escape Tunnel enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn.
- 4Activate Escape Tunnel by tapping and sacrificing it, searching your library for an applicable land and putting it onto the battlefield.
- 5When the land enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn
- 6Deal combat damage to an opponent using Tifa. That opponent loses the game due to being dealt 21 or more combat damage by your commander.
Tifa Lockhart + Scale Up + Windswept Heath
- 1Cast Scale Up by paying , targeting Tifa.
- 2Play Windswept Heath.
- 3When Windswept Heath enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn.
- 4Activate Windswept Heath by paying 1 life, tapping and sacrificing it, searching your library for an applicable land and putting it onto the battlefield.
- 5When the land enters, Tifa triggers, doubling its power until end of turn
- 6Deal combat damage to an opponent using Tifa. That opponent loses the game due to being dealt 21 or more combat damage by your commander.
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