Tidal Barracuda

Creature — Fish

Any player may cast spells as though they had flash.

Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (41)

legendofa on Fun cards make fun decks

4 days ago

I would start by looking for cards with "any player may [...]"-type effects like Endbringer's Revel, Well of Knowledge, or Tidal Barracuda. One thing to keep in mind is that active games are usually considered more fun than static games. If the people you play with like Standstill effects, then absolutely put it in. But I would lean more into the group hug idea and focus on keeping the game moving.

Or if you're looking for cards that set up mini games and mind games, something like Master of Predicaments, Reverse the Sands, or clash cards could fit in.

DemonDragonJ on Elemental Storm

5 months ago

I have replaced Tidal Barracuda with High Fae Trickster, since the faerie is simply too good to not put in any deck that contains the color blue.

DemonDragonJ on Don't Blink, or You'll Miss It!

5 months ago

I have replaced Tidal Barracuda with High Fae Trickster, because this deck is not as group hug deck.

DemonDragonJ on The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Raze

5 months ago

I have replaced Master of the Feast with Scrawling Crawler, since, as nice as it was to have a 5/3 flying beater for only 3 mana, the crawler is a better match, for this deck, since it has a more lenient casting cost, draws me a card, as well, and also provides another way to hurt my opponents, when they draw cards.

I contemplated replacing Tidal Barracuda with High Fae Trickster, but I ultimately chose to keep the barracuda, in this deck, since it works well with this decks group hug/group slug strategy, and it would also be nice to put Niv-Mizzet, Visionary into this deck, as well, but I am not certain what card I would remove, to make room for that card.

DemonDragonJ on Foundations Speculation and Discussion

6 months ago

I am very surprised to see that there is no thread yet for discussing the upcoming Foundations set, so I am making such a thread.

I shall not write and elaborate introduction, but there are many cards in that set in which I am very interested; High Fae Trickster is very powerful, and I intend to put it into nearly all of my EDH decks that contain the color blue (Tidal Barracuda and Leyline of Anticipation are still good, in certain decks); I simply must find a way to put perforating artist into my decks that contain the colors red and black; and Scrawling Crawler is an obvious inclusion for my Nekusar, the Mindrazer deck. Is Firespitter Whelp worth the 1 additional mana over Kessig Flamebreather for it to have flying?

Two cards that could have been good, if not for very minor and ridiculous drawbacks, are ravenous amulet and wardens of the cycle; in the case of the wardens, I undersand that WotC had their ability trigger only on their controller's end step, to avoid rendering Deathreap Ritual completely obsolete, but why is the first ability of the amulet usable only as a sorcery, when the second ability can be used as an instant? That severely limits its utility.

What does everyone else here say about this set? Are you excited for Foundations? What are you hoping to see, from it? I am very eager to begin discussion of this set!

KongMing on Imoti Cascade V3

7 months ago

I don't normally recommend cuts, but I can't imagine the Hydroelectric Specimen  ^Flip is doing much for you, is it? Also, how about Tidal Barracuda instead of Gandalf, Friend of the Shire?

DemonDragonJ on Elemental Storm

1 year ago

I have made several changes to this deck, as follows:

I replaced Vithian Renegades with Reclamation Sage, because the latter creature is more versatile.

I have replaced Vedalken Orrery with Tidal Barracuda, which is one less card that shall synergize with Wandering Mind but one more card that shall synergize with Riku, himself.

I have replaced Clout of the Dominus, Favor of the Overbeing, and Runes of the Deus with Galvanic Iteration, Regrowth, and Rite of Replication, since the auras did not match the theme of this deck, but the new cards most certainly do. I had contemplated putting Flame of Anor in this deck, but the deck contains only two wizards: Riku himself and Dualcaster Mage, so that card would not work well in this deck, and I also very much wished to put See Double in this deck, as well, but the fact that that spell cannot be copied reduces its potential synergy with this deck's strategy.

Amazingly, the average converted mana cost of this deck remained the same at 3.82, but the color distribution is now slightly different.

DemonDragonJ on The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Raze

1 year ago

I have replaced Leyline of Anticipation with Tidal Barracuda, since I feel that the latter card better fits the group hug/group slug theme that this deck has.