Magic: The Gathering

Inexorable Tide

Fallout 988 • rare

Set: Fallout
Collector number: 988
Rarity: Rare
Mana cost: 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
Type: Enchantment
Colors: Blue
Artist: James Bousema
Finish: Surge

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$11.51market price via TCGplayer · Aug 19, 2026$10.77 – $11.71 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

This rare enchantment card features artwork by James Bousema and serves as a distinct inclusion for those building decks within the Fallout series. Its classification as a rare card makes it a sought-after piece for collectors who appreciate thematic integration between game mechanics and established source material.

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Card face

What it does

Whenever you cast a spell, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Radiation is an invisible tide that seeps into the bones of the land, changing it irrevocably.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Inexorable Tide was originally printed in the Scars of Mirrodin expansion for Magic: The Gathering in 2010, designed to showcase the set's proliferate mechanic. The card serves as a centerpiece for decks built around accumulating counters, allowing players to build momentum rapidly by adding counters to every permanent or player they choose each time they cast a spell.

This specific iteration, numbered 988, was released in 2024 as part of the Magic: The Gathering Fallout Commander set. Illustrating this version, artist James Bousema reimagined the card through the lens of the Fallout universe, drawing on the post-apocalyptic aesthetic of the franchise to replace the original Mirrodin-based art with imagery consistent with the wasteland's thematic decay and technological remnants.

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