Tiller Engine 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
Whenever a land you control enters tapped, choose one — • Untap that land. • Tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls.
Complete guide
Tiller Engine is a versatile two-mana artifact creature that ensures your resources are always ready for action. By reacting to lands entering the battlefield tapped, it allows you to maintain tempo or disrupt your opponent's defensive line. Whether you are playing utility lands or mana-fixing tools, this Construct keeps your engine running smoothly.
Efficiency in Motion
Tiller Engine features a triggered ability that activates whenever a land you control enters the battlefield tapped. When this happens, you get to choose between two distinct modes. The first mode allows you to untap that specific land, effectively negating the 'enters the battlefield tapped' drawback. The second mode allows you to tap any target nonland permanent an opponent controls, which is perfect for removing blockers or disabling mana dorks.
Step-by-Step Resolution
First, a land enters the battlefield under your control in a tapped state. This causes the Tiller Engine's ability to trigger and go on the stack. Next, you choose which mode you are using; if you choose the second mode, you must also choose a valid target nonland permanent an opponent controls. Finally, the ability resolves. If you chose the first mode, the land untaps. If you chose the second, the targeted permanent becomes tapped.
Strategic Timing
It is important to remember that Tiller Engine only triggers if a land enters the battlefield tapped. If a land enters untapped and you tap it later for mana, the Engine will not trigger. Use this card to maximize lands that provide multiple colors or powerful utility effects that usually come at the cost of speed. In aggressive decks, use the second mode during your pre-combat main phase to tap down your opponent's best creature, clearing the way for an attack.
Interaction examples
If you play a land that says 'enters the battlefield tapped', Tiller Engine triggers. By choosing the first mode, you untap that land immediately, allowing you to use it for mana on the same turn you played it.
Ornithopter of ParadiseIf your opponent controls Ornithopter of Paradise and you play a land that enters tapped, you can choose Tiller Engine's second mode. Target the Ornithopter of Paradise to tap it, preventing your opponent from using it to block your attackers or tap it for mana during their next turn.
Foundry InspectorWith Foundry Inspector on the battlefield, Tiller Engine costs only one generic mana to cast. Once Tiller Engine is out, any subsequent lands you play that enter tapped can trigger the Engine to tap down your opponent's Foundry Inspector, potentially slowing down their ability to cast further artifact spells if they needed that creature for mana or defense.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Tiller Engine
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.
Shifting Woodland + Aftermath Analyst + Tiller Engine + Sylvan Safekeeper
- 1Activate Sylvan Safekeeper by sacrificing any land except Shifting Woodland.
- 2Repeat step 1 until you control no other lands except Shifting Woodland.
- 3Activate Shifting Woodland's second ability by paying
, causing it to become a copy of Aftermath Analyst until end of turn. - 4Activate Shifting Woodland by paying
and sacrificing it, returning it and all other land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. - 5When the lands enter the battlefield, Tiller Engine triggers that many times, untapping the lands.
- 6Activate any number of lands by tapping them, adding at least
. - 7Repeat.
- 8Resolve all Sylvan Safekeeper abilities.
Shifting Woodland + Aftermath Analyst + Zuran Orb + Tiller Engine
- 1Activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing any land except Shifting Woodland, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 2Repeat step 1 until you control no other lands except Shifting Woodland.
- 3Activate Shifting Woodland's second ability by paying , causing it to become a copy of Aftermath Analyst until end of turn.
- 4Activate Shifting Woodland by paying and sacrificing it, returning it and all other land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- 5When the lands enter the battlefield, Tiller Engine triggers that many times, untapping the lands.
- 6Activate any number of lands by tapping them, adding at least .
- 7Repeat.
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods + Mirrorpool + Tiller Engine + Sylvan Safekeeper
- 1Activate any number of other lands by tapping them, adding at least
. - 2Activate Sylvan Safekeeper by sacrificing a land except Mirrorpool.
- 3Repeat step 2 until you control no lands except Mirrorpool.
- 4Activate Mirrorpool's third ability by paying , tapping and sacrificing it, creating a token copy of Lumra.
- 5Put the Lumra token into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 6The Lumra token's enters-the-battlefield ability triggers, causing you to mill four cards and return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- 7When the lands enter the battlefield, Tiller Engine triggers that many times, untapping the lands.
- 8Repeat.
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods + Mirrorpool + Zuran Orb + Tiller Engine
- 1Activate any number of other lands by tapping them, adding at least .
- 2Activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing a land except Mirrorpool.
- 3Repeat step 2 until you control no lands except Mirrorpool.
- 4Activate Mirrorpool's third ability by paying , tapping and sacrificing it, creating a token copy of Lumra.
- 5Put the Lumra token into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 6The Lumra token's enters-the-battlefield ability triggers, causing you to mill four cards and return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- 7When the lands enter the battlefield, Tiller Engine triggers that many times, untapping the lands.
- 8Repeat.
Food Chain + Lumra, Bellow of the Woods + Command Beacon + Tiller Engine
- 1Activate Food Chain by exiling Lumra, adding seven that can only be spent to cast creature spells.
- 2Choose to return Lumra to the command zone from exile.
- 3Activate Command Beacon's second ability by tapping and sacrificing it, putting Lumra from the command zone into your hand.
- 4Cast Lumra by paying .
- 5When Lumra enters, it triggers, causing you to mill four cards and return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- 6When the lands enter, Tiller Engine trigger that many times, untapping the lands.
- 7Repeat.
Springbloom Druid + Springheart Nantuko + Tiller Engine
- 1Play a land.
- 2When the land enters, Springheart Nantuko triggers, causing you to pay
to create a token copy of Springbloom Druid. - 3When the Springbloom Druid token enters, it triggers, causing you to sacrifice a land, then search your library for a basic Forest and another basic land and put them onto the battlefield tapped.
- 4When the Forest and other basic land enter, Tiller Engine and Springheart Nantuko trigger twice.
- 5Resolve both Tiller Engine triggers, untapping the basic lands.
- 6Holding priority, activate both lands by tapping them, adding .
- 7Resolve the first Springheart Nantuko trigger, choosing not to pay and creating a 1/1 Insect creature token.
- 8Resolve the second Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay to create a token copy of Springbloom Druid.
Mirrorpool + Splendid Reclamation + Zuran Orb + Tiller Engine
- 1Cast Splendid Reclamation by paying .
- 2Holding priority, activate any number of lands you control except Mirrorpool by tapping them, adding at least .
- 3Activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing a land other than Mirrorpool.
- 4Repeat step 3 until Mirrorpool is the only land you control.
- 5Activate Mirrorpool's second ability by paying , tapping and sacrificing it, copying Splendid Reclamation.
- 6Resolve the Splendid Reclamation copy, returning all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- 7When the lands enter, Tiller Engine triggers that many times, untapping the lands.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
Patron of the Moon + Tiller Engine + Guildless Commons
- 1Pay to activate Patron of the Moon, putting Guildless Commons from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 2When Guildless Commons enters, it and Tiller Engine each trigger.
- 3Resolve Tiller Engine's ability, untapping Guildless Commons.
- 4Activate Guildless Commons by tapping it, adding two mana.
- 5Resolve Guildless Commons's triggered ability, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
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