Genesis Wave
Foundations 396 • rare
- Set
- Foundations
- Collector number
- 396
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- X mana green mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Liiga Smilshkalne
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put any number of permanent cards with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield into your graveyard.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Genesis Wave was originally introduced in the Scars of Mirrodin expansion as a powerful sorcery representing the transformative, world-altering potential of Phyrexian mana. The card design focuses on the mechanic of revealing cards from the top of your library and putting permanents directly onto the battlefield, creating a 'wave' effect that rewards players for accumulating large amounts of mana. It quickly became a hallmark card in green-based ramp strategies, prized for its ability to swing the momentum of a game in a single turn.
For the Foundations set, the card was reissued to provide a foundational green centerpiece that aligns with the game's ongoing design philosophy of impactful high-mana payoffs. The updated art maintains the theme of chaotic growth and structural reconfiguration, emphasizing the original intent of a spell that threatens to reshape the entire game state. Its inclusion in Foundations serves to introduce newer players to the classic 'big mana' experience while maintaining the strategic identity established in its initial 2010 release.
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