First printed in Final Fantasy (2025)
Instant
Tiered (Choose one additional cost.)
Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control" and has the chosen base power and toughness.
• Galian Beast — — 3/2.
• Death Gigas — — 5/2.
• Hellmasker — — 7/2.
- Illustrated by
- Ryuichi Sakuma
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH
Rulings (8)
- If a spell with tiered is copied, the effect that creates the copy may allow you to choose new targets. You cannot choose a new mode.
- If a mode requires a target, you can select that mode only if there's a legal target available. Ignore the targeting requirements for modes you don't choose.
- You must choose exactly one of the listed modes and pay its associated additional cost in order to cast a spell with tiered.
- If the target creature is a token, the ability still triggers when it dies, but you won't return the token to the battlefield.
- If an effect allows you to cast a spell with tiered "without paying its mana cost," you must still choose exactly one mode and pay the associated additional cost.
- Vincent's Limit Break will overwrite any previous effects that set the creature's power and toughness to specific numbers. Effects that otherwise modify its power and toughness will still apply no matter when they took effect. The same is true for +1/+1 counters.
- You choose the mode as you cast the spell with tiered. Once the mode is chosen, it can't be changed.
- The mana value of a spell with tiered is determined only by its mana cost (in the upper right corner of the card). It doesn't matter which mode you choose or which additional costs you pay, including any additional costs imposed by other effects.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy (FIN), Premier Draft | 52.6% | -3.2 | -1.0 | 17414 |
| Final Fantasy (FIN), Sealed | 53.9% | -3.5 | -2.9 | 2185 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
30 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Vincent's Limit Break
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Goblin Bombardment + Vincent's Limit Break
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Vincent's Limit Break + Viscera Seer
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Phyrexian Altar + Vincent's Limit Break
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Carrion Feeder + Dualcaster Mage + Vincent's Limit Break
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Vincent's Limit Break + Yahenni, Undying Partisan
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Umbral Collar Zealot + Vincent's Limit Break
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Dualcaster Mage + Vincent's Limit Break
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Vincent's Limit Break + Woe Strider
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Vincent's Limit Break + Viscera Seer