Tidus, Blitzball Star FIN 0246 · uncommon
Tidus, Blitzball Star · {1}{W}{U} · Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · Whenever an artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Tidus. Whenever Tidus attacks, tap target creature an opponent controls. · Power / toughness: 2/1 · "Every blitzer knows: when you got the ball, you gotta score!"
- Price
- from $0.222 printings
- Win rate
- 51.4% GIH 14,319 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickArtifact entries permanently grow Tidus, and attacking taps an opposing creature. Establish useful artifacts that also provide bodies; job-select Heroes themselves are not artifacts.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 7,365 wins in 14,319 card-in-hand instances.
13,303 distinct games · 4,963 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025.
17Lands file dated Jul 18, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Artifact entries permanently grow Tidus, and attacking taps an opposing creature. Establish useful artifacts that also provide bodies; job-select Heroes themselves are not artifacts.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Use Equipment and other artifacts that also affect the board, then reward their entries with a growing attacker and evasive pressure.
- What to take next
- Play Tidus before Paladin’s Arms when the curve allows. The Equipment gives Tidus one counter and makes a nonartifact Hero; later Tidus can tap a blocker when attacking.
- Wrong pick
- A job-select Hero is not a second artifact. Count actual artifacts for Gaelicat and keep enough creatures to survive while spending four mana on Auracite.
- Mana & splash
- Keep the colored sources needed for early spells. A synergy payoff does not automatically justify a splash.
Support cards
3Interactions from the card text, not a ranking.
More
- One-pick Draft
- Artifact entries permanently grow Tidus, and attacking taps an opposing creature. Establish useful artifacts that also provide bodies; job-select Heroes themselves are not artifacts.
- Sealed vs Draft
- Artifact entries permanently grow Tidus, and attacking taps an opposing creature. Establish useful artifacts that also provide bodies; job-select Heroes themselves are not artifacts.
Draft data
−4.3 pp vs 55.7% average · 14,319 instances
Premier Draft · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · average from 769,659 games
#284 of 330 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.6 on average (89,844 packs).
50 of 56 multicolor cards · 20 of 21 multicolor uncommon cards.
31,302.6 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 51.4% · 5,887 instances
● Drawn later 51.4% · 8,432 instances
In hand 51.4% · 14,319 instances
Unseen in deck 53.6% · 19,368 instances
−2.2 percentage points when drawn
Compared with multicolor cards
Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.
Best decks for it
no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum
Artifacts WU53.3%10,526 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (51.4% · 14,319 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Usually played with
Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.
White Auracite16,065 games with both in the deckWhite Mage's Staff14,964 games with both in the deckGaelicat14,554 games with both in the deckHow to read this
Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.
At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.
Where it sits in the set
Above 14% of 330 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster | $0.22 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.26 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 36 packs (2.75%) · 28.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 301 packs (0.33%) · 9.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 31 packs (3.26%) · 63.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play Booster | Uncommons | 100% per position | Uncommons |
| Play Booster | Wildcard | 100% | Wildcard |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil | 100% | Traditional foil |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil uncommons | 100% per position | Traditional foil uncommons |
Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY ↗ · Oct 29, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Nakamura8, FIN 246 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Artifacts cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗