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Tifa Lockhart
Legendary Creature — Human Monk · 1G
Color identity: Green
Tifa Lockhart is green: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Trample
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, double Tifa Lockhart's power until end of turn.
Reference price of the card: €1.86
Average lands in decks for Tifa Lockhart: 37
Lands MatterVoltronRampLandfall+1/+1 CountersAggroEquipmentCommander Matters
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The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (59/100)
- Consistency72
- Speed51
- Interaction48
- Resilience74
- Closing58
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (19 nonbasic, 18 Forest)
Harrow · Cultivate · Azusa, Lost but Seeking · Sol Ring · Swiftfoot Boots · Entish Restoration · Snakeskin Veil · Tifa's Limit Break · Ride the Shoopuf · Traveling Chocobo · Sword of the Animist · Explore · Kodama's Reach · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Nature's Lore · Beast Within · Heroic Intervention · Mightform Harmonizer · Rampant Growth · Adventuring Gear · Ancient Greenwarden · Oracle of Mul Daya · Planar Engineering · Ram Through · Ramunap Excavator · Scute Swarm · Crop Rotation · Loot, Exuberant Explorer · Lotus Cobra · Roiling Regrowth · Exploration · Bristly Bill, Spine Sower · Blackblade Reforged · Springbloom Druid · Mossborn Hydra · Tireless Provisioner · Skyclave Pick-Axe · Tamiyo's Safekeeping · Three Visits · Blanchwood Armor · Icetill Explorer · Overprotect · Skyshroud Claim · Tyvar's Stand · Emerald Medallion · Sazh's Chocobo · Scythecat Cub · Staff of Titania · Rampaging Baloths · Scale Up · Harmonize · Lightning Greaves · Llanowar Elves · Blossoming Defense · Scapeshift · Tireless Tracker · Conduit of Worlds · Dryad of the Ilysian Grove · Invigorate · Sylvan Safekeeper · Gaea's Gift · Rishkar's Expertise · Evolving Wilds · Terramorphic Expanse · Fabled Passage · Myriad Landscape · Cabaretti Courtyard · Rogue's Passage · Riveteers Overlook · Brokers Hideout · Escape Tunnel · Windswept Heath · Wooded Foothills · Misty Rainforest · Verdant Catacombs · Vibrant Cityscape · Blighted Woodland · Prismatic Vista · Boseiju, Who Endures · Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth · Reliquary Tower
🃏 Recommended cards for Tifa Lockhart
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Tifa Lockhart, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Evolving Wilds | 81% | +65% |
| Terramorphic Expanse | 77% | +63% |
| Harrow | 76% | +57% |
| Tifa's Limit Break | 62% | +57% |
| Ride the Shoopuf | 61% | +55% |
| Azusa, Lost but Seeking | 71% | +54% |
| Traveling Chocobo | 60% | +52% |
| Sword of the Animist | 57% | +51% |
| Fabled Passage | 63% | +49% |
| Adventuring Gear | 52% | +49% |
| Entish Restoration | 66% | +49% |
| Mightform Harmonizer | 53% | +46% |
| Cabaretti Courtyard | 52% | +46% |
| Riveteers Overlook | 50% | +44% |
| Snakeskin Veil | 64% | +43% |
| Brokers Hideout | 48% | +42% |
| Planar Engineering | 51% | +42% |
| Ancient Greenwarden | 52% | +41% |
| Roiling Regrowth | 49% | +41% |
| Skyclave Pick-Axe | 43% | +40% |
| Ramunap Excavator | 50% | +40% |
| Loot, Exuberant Explorer | 49% | +39% |
| Escape Tunnel | 44% | +39% |
| Bristly Bill, Spine Sower | 46% | +38% |
💰 The best cards for your Tifa Lockhart deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Evolving Wilds
- Terramorphic Expanse
- Harrow
- Tifa's Limit Break
- Ride the Shoopuf
- Fabled Passage
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Azusa, Lost but Seeking
- Sword of the Animist
- Mightform Harmonizer
- Ancient Greenwarden
- Ramunap Excavator
- Loot, Exuberant Explorer
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Traveling Chocobo
- Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
- Scythecat Cub
- Exploration
- Icetill Explorer
- Mossborn Hydra
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Tifa Lockhart
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
👥 Community decks with Tifa Lockhart
Full decklists published by players on EDH Optimizer, with their analysis, bracket and health. Clone them to your account and optimize them for free.
🎬 Videos and guides about Tifa Lockhart
The written version of our videos (in Spanish): deck checks, mulligans, duels and precon upgrades.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Tifa Lockhart's color identity?
Tifa Lockhart is green: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Tifa Lockhart come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Tifa Lockhart deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.2 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 24 % of the time and floods 18 %. Deck health: C+ (59/100).
How many lands should a Tifa Lockhart deck run?
Real Tifa Lockhart decks run 37 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Tifa Lockhart?
The three highest-synergy cards are Evolving Wilds, Terramorphic Expanse, Harrow. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Tifa Lockhart decks.
What combos does Tifa Lockhart have?
Tifa Lockhart has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Tifa Lockhart deck cost?
You can start cheap: Evolving Wilds, Terramorphic Expanse, Harrow are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.