Killing Wave
Innistrad Remastered 386 • uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Collector number
- 386
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- X mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- John Stanko
- Market price
- $0.37
What it does
For each creature, its controller sacrifices it unless they pay X life.
"Try again in the next life, darling."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Killing Wave was originally released in the 2012 set Avacyn Restored, representing the dark, gothic horror thematic of the Innistrad plane. The card depicts a localized cataclysm where the populace must sacrifice their own lives to appease the growing supernatural threats of the setting. Its inclusion in Innistrad Remastered serves as a curated retrospective, bringing iconic mechanics and flavor from the original block into a modern, draftable experience for players.
The art for this iteration maintains the high-fantasy, grim aesthetic established by the Wizards of the Coast art department. The card design by the Magic: The Gathering R&D team focused on the 'punisher' mechanic, forcing opponents to choose between losing life or sacrificing their creatures. While the card is often cited for its complex board-state interactions, it remains a notable example of black-aligned resource management and thematic misery in the game's broader history.
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