Tidewater Minion
Ravnica: City of Guilds 71 • common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 71
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Tomas Giorello
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
4 generic mana: This creature loses defender until end of turn.
tap: Untap target permanent.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Tidewater Minion was released in 2005 as part of the Ravnica: City of Guilds expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a card tied to the blue-aligned Izzet League guild, it was designed to showcase the guild's mechanic of untapping permanents, reflecting the guild's chaotic and experimental approach to magic. The card was created to serve as a versatile utility creature in Limited formats, providing players with a consistent way to manipulate their board state by untapping other assets.
The artwork was illustrated by Luca Zontini, who captured the creature as a towering, elemental construct of water and machinery, fitting the industrial yet arcane aesthetic of the Ravnica plane. Zontini’s work on the set often emphasized the fusion of natural elements with the city’s vast infrastructure. Upon its debut, the card was well-regarded by players for its synergy with other artifacts and activated abilities, cementing its status as a reliable engine card within the early modern-era drafting environments.
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