Market reason
Ira upgrade sequencing repeatedly starts with this equipment pair in current decision-intelligence copy.
Tide Flippers
WatchEditorial seed: Buy FirstIntel confidence: 91/100Signal type: Ira first equipment upgrade
One of the cleanest first upgrades after Armory Deck: Ira.
Risk: LowReprint risk: LowHero dependency: High on Ira/Ninja upgrade path
Decision readiness
Decision this page helps with: should I act on Tide Flippers now, or keep this as a watch/wait signal?
- Marketdata price/health/velocity signals
- Available; use with risk caveats.
- Canonical print selection status
- selectedRules-assisted playable anchor: Uprising UPR159 selected with score 142; next candidate gap 87.
- Current signal posture
- Recommendation-gated to Watch: canonical print, marketdata confidence, and evidence gates do not yet support stronger public action language.
Recommendation gate active
- Strong recommendation downgraded: requires 2+ independent sources, an official source, or high-confidence marketdata support.
- Single-source commentary signal capped at watch until corroborated by official or marketdata-backed evidence.
Marketdata enrichment status
Marketdata card match found.
- Matched card
- Tide Flippers
- Set
- Uprising
- Collector number
- UPR159
- Rarity
- C
- Upstream current price
- $9.23
- Upstream confidence label
- LOW
- Upstream health grade
- D
- Marketdata upstream risk label
- selling_out
- Resolved 3 exact-name marketdata matches using reviewed canonical print selection 8b0e0ebb-b54a-42e6-b151-4d23dfbdbb9c.
Generated: 2026-07-07T08:07:45.011Z
Why it matters
Early spend efficiency stays high when first upgrades are practical, low-waste, and immediately playable.
Legality notes
Use local format policy checks for final deck legality and card-pool constraints.
Watchlist notes
Buy first after the deck when following the Ira staged-upgrade path.
Evidence summary
We separate confirmed facts from likely and speculative signals.
Confirmed
- Current Ira affordability guidance places Tide Flippers in the first practical upgrade tier.
Likely
- Staged Armory Deck: Ira buyers continue to prioritize this before premium generics.
Speculative
- Short-lived supply friction can happen if a local room upgrades simultaneously.
What would change this recommendation
- Canonical playable print is reviewed and selection status moves to selected.
- Derived marketdata price, health, and velocity signals are populated for this card.
- Related hero or product demand shifts materially in current metagame usage.
- Official reprint, legality, or format-policy news changes the card outlook.
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Last updated: 2026-07-02