Killing Wave
Innistrad Remastered 121 • uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Collector number
- 121
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- X mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- John Stanko
- Market price
- $0.40
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, set within the gothic horror-themed plane of Innistrad. It was designed as a black sorcery that forces opponents to choose between sacrificing creatures or paying life, reflecting the theme of inescapable death. The card serves as a mechanical representation of the overwhelming, dark forces encroaching upon the human survivors in the game’s narrative.
For the Innistrad Remastered release, the card features new artwork by illustrator John Stanko. Stanko’s approach utilizes a signature expressive, abstract style that leans heavily into fluid, distorted shapes and vibrant, often unsettling color palettes. This interpretation moves away from the more literal, traditional fantasy aesthetic of the original printing, offering a stylized, haunting vision of the encroaching wave of shadow that defines the card's namesake effect.
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