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 as part of the Avacyn Restored set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game in 2012. It represents a thematic turning point in the lore of the plane of Innistrad, reflecting the darker, chaotic energies unleashed during the tumultuous events depicted in the set. Designed as a black sorcery spell, it forces players to choose between sacrificing their creatures or paying life equal to their converted mana cost, embodying the brutal, high-stakes trade-offs associated with black mana in the game's color pie.
The artwork for the card captures the unsettling atmosphere of the Innistrad setting, emphasizing the gothic horror aesthetic that defines the plane. Like much of the imagery from the original Innistrad block, the illustration focuses on themes of corruption and overwhelming forces. The card was selected for inclusion in Innistrad Remastered, a set designed to curate and distill the most iconic mechanics and flavor from the original block, allowing players to revisit these strategic challenges within a modernized draft environment.
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